Question: This doesn't seem like the sort of question you usually tackle, but after watching last week's episode of Bones, I had a sudden realization: We've never met anyone from Hodgins' family! In fact, we don't really even know anything about his family members except that they are filthy rich and basically own the Jeffersonian. I am thinking that Hodgins is somewhat estranged from his family because they have different philosophies about life, but I could be making that up. Now that I've noticed this, it seems like a huge gaping hole! We've met family members for everyone else on the team (Brennan's father and brother, Booth's grandfather and brother, Angela's dad, Cam's sister.) Hodgins has had some fairly major events happen recently; you'd think getting married and expecting a child would be something his family would want to know about. Is there a particular reason that they aren't even mentioned? — Sarah
Matt Roush: Being something less than an encyclopedic reference on this topic, I went to the source, the show's creator/executive producer Hart Hanson, who responded back via Twitter: "We established early that Hodgins had no more nuclear family," and I'll take his word for it. "BUT," he adds enigmatically, "We have a storyline waiting for a particularly choice cast availability," so make of that what you will. Maybe there's more to Hodgins' backstory after all.
Source: Ask Matt at TV Guide
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