In Season 11, a bomb planted at a crime scene causes Hodgins such serious injuries that he is left permanently paralysed from the waist down, with various subsequent episodes focusing on Hodgins adjusting to his new limitations and the team trying to help him cope. He experiences a few moments of movement, such as an involuntary muscle spasm in his leg, but the series ends with him still in his wheelchair, now acting as interim head of the lab while Cam and Arastoo are on their honeymoon.