Except some audience members noticed some of those pieces from the most recent episode were very, very similar to how a story played out on an episode of the now-gone Fox hit Bones, and the copycat accusations even reached the ears of Instinct showrunner Michael Rauch, who took to social media to apologize to both fans and to Bones creator Hart Hanson.
With its procedural-leaning plotlines inspired by a James Patterson murder mystery, the freshman drama Instinct has all the right pieces to become CBS’ next big long-running hit.