Booth (David Boreanaz) and Brennan (Emily Deschanel) may not be breaking up on the next episode of Fox's Bones, but their alter egos might be.

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While Booth and Brennan are inhabiting their alter egos Buck and Wanda for an undercover mission in the next episode of Bones but they won't be a couple this time. Bones executive producer Michael Peterson spoke with TVGuide.com recently about the dynamic duo's new undercover case and why their story will change.

"Booth is much more into the idea of going undercover than Brennan is," Peterson explained. "She's like, 'This is a waste of time. You just want to wear a silly cowboy hat and guns.' She doesn't believe that it's actually necessary for the case, so she doesn't join him initially. She comes in later, but it changes the dynamic. Every other time they're basically a couple going undercover, and this time they're getting to play strangers to one another. They've been married for so long and to get to see each other in a different dynamic was a fun opportunity we wanted to take."

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The episode will see Brennan and Booth going undercover at an Old West-style shooting competition, as per Fox's press release.

Meanwhile, Angela (Michaela Conlin) and Hodgins (T.J. Thyne) will "discuss the future of their family" as Cam (Tamara Taylor) "gets close" with photographer Sebastian Kohl (guest star Gil Darnell). This complicates things with Arastoo (Pej Vahdat), who will return in the episode.

Bones airs Thursdays at 8 p.m. ET/PT on Fox.

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