Bones: Memories of a shallow grave

The premier was more than I had hoped for.  The dynamics of the relationship between B&B shifted with Brennan being pregnant but their interaction was just as fun.  This just might be the one show that could continue to be successful after the leads came together in a personal relationship.  Those shows who have failed previously… Remington Steele, Moonlighting… just to name a couple.  It is said that they lose all sexual tension and the show goes blah.  True… but I think the script writers of Bones switch one tension to another… how to bring up a child with such vast difference in “philosophy”.  Religion vs. Science… this should be quite interesting.  One step beyond… hurray again to writers and creators who are willing to continue to test the “formula” of success.

One more week…. Season Premieres

Love this promo!  It took them 6 seasons to be together.  This season should be quite interesting.  Can’t wait till next Thursday!

Bones–Season 7

After what seem like an endless torturous wait, the light is finally at the end of the tunnel.  Only another 3 weeks to go before the season begins for Bones.   I am so excited!!! Just finished reading the two “advance reviews” of the lucky journalists that got to see the first 2 episodes of the season.  The show seems to exceed all expectations and didn’t screw it up with their new “direction” in the relationship between B&B, it looks that the writers did a fantastic job.  What was really interesting was a few of the points that the reviews had to say.  I can’t help but draw a comparison to OP, I know I am probably hopeless regarding this.  Anyways, one of the comments was that Bones did not fit into a “box”.  It wasn’t really a procedural drama nor was it a screwball comedy and the critics at the time didn’t know what to make of it.  (Here’s to all those know it all that complained that OP wasn’t a sitcom).  The show broke the mold, gave the audience something a different but still end up being very successful. 

Here’s one of the reviews…

The Everything in the Eventually by Heather D of The Voice of TV

Once upon a time there was a little show on Fox. From the beginning it broke the mold, as it was neither straight procedural drama, nor a screwball comedy. Critics of the time weren’t sure what to make of it, but enough viewers gave it a shot that it was not only picked up, but renewed for a second season. From there a core group of some 2-3 million fans latched on to it, following it from night to night and time-slot to time-slot, never sure if the network would make good on its promise to shift it to the Friday night death slot.

They never did.

Little by little, however, word spread: Bones was a smart show and one worth tuning in into week after week. It had good stories, and even better characters. It took the Kirk-Spock dynamic and made Spock a girl, then threw in a dash of Moonlighting, Remington Steele, and The Thin Man for good measure. The result was that as the seasons rolled by the show picked up steam and viewers. And not just viewers, but fans; loyal fans whom series creator Hart Hanson once likened to a noisy tiger and whose cries and cheers could be heard as the show bobbed and weaved its way along.

The noise reached a crescendo last season when – instead of bringing the lead characters together after a seven month separation – Booth (David Boreanaz) was given a new girlfriend just as Brennan (Emily Deschanel) was waking up to how she truly felt about her partner. Bones was still refusing to color in the lines, but for as much noise as the fans made they still tuned in week after week, sometimes in record numbers. Then with six little words uttered in the last seconds of the final episode, Bones redefined themselves yet again. And yet again Hart Hanson achieved his goal to give fans exactly what they wanted in the most unexpected way possible.

Now we stand, poised on the precipice of a new season, waiting to see what will unfold next in the lives of these characters who have been coming into our living rooms for the last six years. Some still have a bitter taste in their mouths from last season and I’m sure more than a few will view the new Booth/Brennan dynamic and say, “See! We should’ve had this last year already!”

But I wonder: Would Booth’s evident joy at this new state of affairs carry as much weight if we hadn’t been forced to see him slog through the depths of despair? Would Brennan’s picture-taking antics be as hilarious were they not contrasted by the stark picture of her sobbing in an SUV because her timing in discovering how she felt about him was so horridly, cosmically, wrong? Yes, the viewing pleasure would’ve been there, but would it be as rich and sustaining?

Fine jewelers know that the best way to showcase all of the facets of their gems is to place them on a deep, black background. Artists know that to highlight the sun, you must use the shadows. Mountain climbers know that you cannot enjoy the vista if you don’t endure the brutality of the rock face on the way up. Perhaps that is what season six will prove to be to season seven.

So enjoy the view from the mountain-top, Bones fans! Soak it in as all of the things you’ve always dreamed could happen between this dynamic couple do happen. Oh, Booth will still be Booth, Brennan will still be Brennan, and the Squints will keep on squinting, but recognize that if the past teaches us anything it is that Bones will never be a show that conforms to our expectations; it will always push, always prod, never be static, never deliver things quite the way we expect them to be delivered. And we, the noisy fans, will be all the better for it.

Thank you, Bones; I’ve enjoyed the story you are crafting thus far and can’t wait for this newest chapter and congrats, Hart, on being awarded for the word artist you are!

Thank goodness for creators that think outside the box and not conform to the ordinary! 

BONES–Fall Preview 2011

  Two more months of waiting…. at least the preview of the first episode of Season 7 seems hilarious!  Bubble wrap!  Squatting in the fields!  “I’m never going to survive this pregnancy”.  Loved Hodgins smile! 

November 3?!?!?!

YOU HAVE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME?!?!?!  Awww… that’s like almost 5 months away!  What ever happened to the regular “Premier” week in late August and early September?  Geeziz… I am going to be able to memorize every one of the darn lines from Season 1-6 by then!  Sheesh!  This is gonna kill me…

Mediocre finale at best

This was the finale?!?!?  Yes, it was great that Angela and Hodgins baby was okay.  Yes, it was funny that B&B went undercover as Buck and Wanda.  Yes, the last two lines from the show were bomb shells.  But… but… that’s it?!?!  Booth just gave her that slow smile!  No hugs, and not even a single kiss?!?!  Arrgh!!!  Now, I have to wait till September to find out what really happened.  This is insane… the previous two episodes were so great and this one seems to tie up almost all the loose ends of the season but to leave us fans hanging like this is just not COOL!!  If Hanson was in front of me, I think I would hit him!  So much for me trying to be calm and collected about this.  Haha!  Out of 23 episodes this season, I can only pick out maybe… at the most five that I really loved and this finale didn’t make the list.  Damn it!  I had such high hopes since the previous two episodes were awesome. 

Next 3 and a half months without Bones… have to find something else to pass my relaxing time. 

Season Finale…

This Thursday will be the 6th season finale for Bones.  The question I, as a fan, have been asking was not will they or won’t they, but for God's sake, WHEN?!?!?  It so funny that after last week’s show, the buzz is… Did they do it?  I was even asked by a co-worker!  "Well?  Do you think..."  My immediate response was... "Nah!  Do you think they did it?"  Haha!  Got to love these writers and actors.  My guess is that they did exactly what Brennan told Angela… "I got into bed with Booth...  (which we saw by the way… just Booth holding Brennan as she cried her eyes out then the scene faded out).  I mean, you know how literal Brennan is… if she hooked up with Booth… she would say it.  Hmm… but then… Angela did ask her… “What happened AFTER you crawled into bed with Booth?” but before she could answer, poor Hodgins walked in and literally got yelled at by Angela to go away!  It was hilarious!  But I've got to love that big smile Brennan gave Angela before she dropped the bombshell and those grins between Angela and Brennan for the rest of the show… Whoohoo!  Had a grin to my face too!  I am so happy for Brennan that she... gee, I don't know exactly why I am happy for her, oh, I know!  I am happy for her because she seems very "content".  Guess that word is the best one that I could come up with, seems a bit more demure than "satisfied".  Kakaka!  Heck, even if they were just teasing us with the misconception that they finally hooked up, I must say I loved the episode!  Granted that one of their own was killed which was heartbreaking but this episode had everything!  I teared up when Vincent was dying, I had to grab some tissue when Brennan was talking to Booth about why would Vincent think she wanted him to leave, I laughed at Angela’s dropped jaw look and I totally cracked up on Hodgins bewildered, confused and agitated performance at being told, very loudly “Honey… I love you but GO… AWAY!   GO AWAY NOW!!!” after he walked in right at the time when Angela was "interrogating" Brennan.  What a wonderful cast of characters.  Can't wait till Thursday's finale!  Damn, it's going to be long summer!


PS:  This whole issue about if they got together. it would kill the “tension” and the chemistry between Booth and Brennan, then the show would die.  Maybe they’re right… hate to say this but now I kind of understand what $1 means when he mentioned that what would you write about if they (OP’s leads) are together already?  (I can't remember his word for word but I think I got the gist of it)  I guess this “will they or won’t they”. kept Bones going for six years and they have been renewed for the seventh season but after 133 shows, I think lots of fans are getting really antsy.  Me?  Nah… Been too disciplined by OP to have too much hope.  I just want to watch an entertaining show with a great cast of characters.  They can do whatever they want, as long as the script is good.  I am always afraid in the back of my mind that if they finally get together then that means the show will have written its last chapter.  But I really do hope that they will try to break through this "barrier" because if I think Brennan is quirky now, I can't wait to see her try to be girlfriend.  I think she would then really drive Booth crazy.  Haha!

Welcome back, Bones!

After a very mediocre season 6 so far, last night’s episode “Signs of Silence” was such a welcome reprieve!  The essence that made this show, a show that I have grown to love was all there.  The forensics, the “chemistry” between B & B (thank the stars that they got rid of Hannah!) and the supporting cast really rocked!  It took them almost the whole season this year to put a very memorable episode on.  Brennan was back in her old form, revealing her awkwardness at human interaction but coming to terms with it or at least speaking out that she is not as cold as everyone thinks and that she wishes she could convey her feelings because it would make other people more comfortable.  Anyway, I am not here to rehash the whole story but just so happy that they didn’t totally waste season six and that Fox did pick up the show for next season.  Hmmm… the sniper will be back next week, and someone in the cast will be “eliminated”.  I hate to see any of the regulars get killed… crossing my fingers very hard that it is just a tease…

Booth & Brennan = Bones!

Nice song.  I must say it made me warm and fuzzy…

I really do love “Bones”!

Preview #3…

This was just too funny!!    Can’t wait till Thursday! 

“… traditionally it’s the other way around” ROFLMAO