Bones
Finally watching the finale of Bones.
I love when Booth and Brennan go undercover. It's always hilarious and fun, even if they're usually fulfilling wildly outdated stereotypes which make me cringe a little bit because they're so obvious. (And in such dramatic contrast to the people they interact with: how do they not catch on that they're the only ones being ridiculous? Also, why did they keep their circus names for this one? Is it an "all rednecks have the same names" sort of thing?)
I think my favorite bit about this one, though, is the very pointed juxtaposition with The Woman in the Sand. There, Booth was running around talking about "Roxie, [his] fiancee," while Brennan said things like (the admittedly sexy and well-delivered) "engaged to be engaged". Here, Booth says, "My girl," and Brennan is the one who hastily points out that they're engaged. Very cool turnaround on their part, very nicely done. (PS: I loved how old Brennan looked in the bedroom scene. It was really nice to see her, a woman in her 30s who'd been kept up all night by grief and self-loathing, actually looking haggard and tired. Still lovely, obviously, even if her haircut is really unflattering, but she looked her age in a way that's very unusual for TV.)
I do hate, though, how invested Max is in his daughter's sex life. CREEPY, dude.
Also, BOWLING BALL TO THE FACE, why are you all so dumb.
Question: why has Brennan not run off to Angela's hospital room like she promised she would? She specifically said that she could only stay as long as Angela wasn't in labor, and yet, here she is. But: how adorable are Angela and Hodgins? I don't think I could ever LIVE that, but they're so freaking cute.
However, this might be the point where I stop watching. WTF, SHOW. WHY DID YOU FUCK THIS UP SO BADLY. What was the timeline there, because seriously, they slept together LAST WEEK in our minds, and it can't have actually been that much more, considering how pregnant Angela was, so how did Brennan know she was pregnant already? Also, she's in her 30s, and woman that age almost NEVER get pregnant that quickly. Also also, WHY THE HELL DID YOU NOT GIVE US ANYTHING OF BOOTH AND BRENNAN TOGETHER. WE DIDN'T EVEN GET SEX OUT OF IT, JUST A HINT THAT IT MIGHT'VE HAPPENED. NOT EVEN A POSITIVE STATEMENT. GOD, YOU COULDN'T EVEN HAVE THEM KISS? I DON'T WANT THEM FORCED TOGETHER BY PREGNANCY, SHOW, I WANTED THEM TO ACTUALLY COME TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY SO OBVIOUSLY LOVE EACH OTHER. THIS IS SO DUMB. I don't think I can watch anymore. Seriously, I started laughing at that, and then I cried, and then I gave up. If that line had been, "I want to have a child," I'd be fine with it: even for Brennan, that's a possible natural progression, especially as an immediate reaction to the birth of her best friend's child. But man oh MAN did they fuck this up. And I haven't been as interested lately anyway - I think the 100th episode was the last one I really, seriously cared about - and I just don't think I can do this.
Oh God. I can't - am I seriously giving up on Bones? I don't know. I might be. We'll see next fall. Show, we've had wonderful times together, and this doesn't change that. I'll never forget that you gave me my college major, one of the great loves of my life. But I might just stick to rewatching earlier episodes after this.
I love when Booth and Brennan go undercover. It's always hilarious and fun, even if they're usually fulfilling wildly outdated stereotypes which make me cringe a little bit because they're so obvious. (And in such dramatic contrast to the people they interact with: how do they not catch on that they're the only ones being ridiculous? Also, why did they keep their circus names for this one? Is it an "all rednecks have the same names" sort of thing?)
I think my favorite bit about this one, though, is the very pointed juxtaposition with The Woman in the Sand. There, Booth was running around talking about "Roxie, [his] fiancee," while Brennan said things like (the admittedly sexy and well-delivered) "engaged to be engaged". Here, Booth says, "My girl," and Brennan is the one who hastily points out that they're engaged. Very cool turnaround on their part, very nicely done. (PS: I loved how old Brennan looked in the bedroom scene. It was really nice to see her, a woman in her 30s who'd been kept up all night by grief and self-loathing, actually looking haggard and tired. Still lovely, obviously, even if her haircut is really unflattering, but she looked her age in a way that's very unusual for TV.)
I do hate, though, how invested Max is in his daughter's sex life. CREEPY, dude.
Also, BOWLING BALL TO THE FACE, why are you all so dumb.
Question: why has Brennan not run off to Angela's hospital room like she promised she would? She specifically said that she could only stay as long as Angela wasn't in labor, and yet, here she is. But: how adorable are Angela and Hodgins? I don't think I could ever LIVE that, but they're so freaking cute.
However, this might be the point where I stop watching. WTF, SHOW. WHY DID YOU FUCK THIS UP SO BADLY. What was the timeline there, because seriously, they slept together LAST WEEK in our minds, and it can't have actually been that much more, considering how pregnant Angela was, so how did Brennan know she was pregnant already? Also, she's in her 30s, and woman that age almost NEVER get pregnant that quickly. Also also, WHY THE HELL DID YOU NOT GIVE US ANYTHING OF BOOTH AND BRENNAN TOGETHER. WE DIDN'T EVEN GET SEX OUT OF IT, JUST A HINT THAT IT MIGHT'VE HAPPENED. NOT EVEN A POSITIVE STATEMENT. GOD, YOU COULDN'T EVEN HAVE THEM KISS? I DON'T WANT THEM FORCED TOGETHER BY PREGNANCY, SHOW, I WANTED THEM TO ACTUALLY COME TOGETHER BECAUSE THEY SO OBVIOUSLY LOVE EACH OTHER. THIS IS SO DUMB. I don't think I can watch anymore. Seriously, I started laughing at that, and then I cried, and then I gave up. If that line had been, "I want to have a child," I'd be fine with it: even for Brennan, that's a possible natural progression, especially as an immediate reaction to the birth of her best friend's child. But man oh MAN did they fuck this up. And I haven't been as interested lately anyway - I think the 100th episode was the last one I really, seriously cared about - and I just don't think I can do this.
Oh God. I can't - am I seriously giving up on Bones? I don't know. I might be. We'll see next fall. Show, we've had wonderful times together, and this doesn't change that. I'll never forget that you gave me my college major, one of the great loves of my life. But I might just stick to rewatching earlier episodes after this.