Why The Jeffersonian's Operations Make No Sense To Bones Fans

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Fans are confused as to how the Jeffersonian stays funded

In a post to the r/Bones subreddit, u/dangerouslyaware began to question the nature of the Jeffersonian Institute. In the post, this user brought up two noteworthy moments in the latter part of the series. In Season 8, Episode 12 ("The Corpse on the Canopy"), Christopher Pelant (aka The Hacktivist) (Andrew Leeds) manages to completely drain the budget of the Jeffersonian Institute. In another scene, scientist Jack Hodgins (T. J. Thyne) complains to Dr. Camille Saroyan (Tamara Taylor) that he can't keep all of their technology because of a lack of funding.

For this user, these scenes simply don't make much sense when applied to a research facility with such an interesting history. This user wrote, "Nothing changes after that episode? There are no budget cuts? Everyone stays chill? They continue experimenting? And, in fact, they add a new intern?" Interestingly, this user also pointed out another inconsistency. Three seasons before Pelant steals the group's money, the staff is forced to fire three interns, blaming it on "the economy." However, this storyline appears to ignore the Jeffersonian's largest benefactor, the Cantilever Group.

As a refresher, the Cantilever Group is the Hodgins family's enterprise and the primary funder of the Jeffersonian. According to Hodgins, the group once had a higher GNP than all of Europe. Needless to say, that's a lot of money! Noting this fact, another user wrote that they were also confused by the nature of the Jeffersonian's funding. "I imagine that there would be separate accounts and funds earmarked for the Cantilever Group that Hodgins didn't actually own and couldn't touch," u/smaniby wrote, pointing out a number of logical issues with Hodgins having direct access to such sizable funds.

Understandably, this has caused a number of people to ask about the Smithsonian's actual budget.