"The Hole in the Heart" Favorite Quote/Scene Post

[toomanysides]

Come in to share and talk about your favorite quotes/scenes from "The Hole in the Heart" ! What was your favorite?

Obviously spoilers for the episode in the comments!

Comments

[daemonicangel]

i ended up being able to watch bones live (i'm horrible, but i was fistpumping when my friend told me she would have to work longer and we couldn't hang out), but -- i'm kind of surprised and then kind of not surprised at myself at the reaction i had over vincent's death. kind of surprised because i can get pretty emotional over the slightest thing, then kind of not because i did know it was coming and all.

i did think it was sad, but even as he was dying -- i was a bit miffed at the writers. even though i was aware he was going to die, i would've connected to his death much more if the things that were being said/recalled were reflected even a bit onscreen beforehand and not just basically spilling out in this episode for the first time.

i know they all work together and it wouldn't be shocking that the interns are friends with or [somewhat] close to the main cast -- and at least vincent had been out visibly with the gang for drinks in the past, lol -- etc, etc, but for me, it was just a little too convenient to the point it didn't quite get me there. their memories were sweet and brennan's subsequent scene with booth in his bedroom was pretty amazing, but it left me a bit wanting, i guess (in terms of the interns and their on-screen relationships with the gang). i mean, tbh, i was mentally going "...really?" when brennan said he was her favorite intern. but i did like how they acknowledged at the end that booth didn't actually know him that well.

(sorry for editing this comment so gd much, jfc. :x i keep seeing my mistakes and it's too much temptation.)

[kgrier]

Well, one point: I don't think VNM was actually Brennan's favorite; for a number of reasons, I think that honor goes to Wendell. Do I think he's probably a close second? Yeah, I can see it. I mean, look at who's left and how they mesh with her personality. Whatever the case may be, I think she just said that in that moment to console him. I think it was a pretty poignant scene, given who they are and what Brennan's dealt with in the past - especially so in light of how utterly adorably she and VNM were together at the beginning of the episode. I'm with you that it wasn't as horrendously shocking as TPTB would have probably liked for it to be, but I'm not sure they could get that (for me, at least) unless they knock off one of the Super Six.

[ravenclawwit]

Whatever the case may be, I think she just said that in that moment to console him.

That was how I interpreted it as well, although we might have some argument that VNM could've been her favorite. I remember a scene back in the fourth season where she and Booth were discussing the squints, and she said that Vincent was the cleverest, and Booth said she should pick him then because that's what she likes.

[kgrier]

Ehh... Maybe. I think even superficially, Brennan would like for VNM to be her favorite for that reason. But, I'd argue that Wendell is her favorite for all the illogical reasons. I think Wendell reminds her of the family she's created in Booth and the Squints; he's sort of the perfect amalgamation of Booth's world and hers. So, maybe her head says Vincent, and her heart says Wendell?

At the very least, her trying to choose between them would have been a bloody nightmare.

[ravenclawwit]

Yeah I definitely think it's possible that over time and getting to know the squints more, that she actually has a closer relationship with Wendell or even Daisy than Vincent.

[daemonicangel]

yeah, i thought about that, considering it was such a big scene. i guess because i was aware of his death, it had me a little more super conscious of what was being said and done in the ep in accordance to him (before and after his death). so when brennan said that, the first thing that basically ran through my head was "wut???", lol.

i don't know if it had to be shocking so much because while i thought the death was done well and all three of them acted great, i was just still a bit disconnected from it on a certain level. and since it was an intern, i would've kind of liked my feelings to be a bit stronger for them and have a scene like that move me more, i guess. but with how the writers currently develop and involve/have the interns interact with the gang, it makes things like that for me a bit difficult. :s (well, some more than others. i think out of all the interns in terms of on-screen material and connection to the gang, wendell pretty much has it best.)