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I am going to preface this by saying that although this entry has a lot of negative comments to make about this season so far, IT IS STILL AND WILL ALWAYS BE ONE OF MY FAVOURITE SHOWS, I will never stop watching, I still love it to pieces, etc etc.
I've been thinking about what to write about this episode all day and I didn't really come to a conclusion about what to write. The difficulty I am having with this season is that even if an episode is good or just generally fine, I have lost the excitement I used to feel about it. Last year was honestly one of the most joyful television experiences of my life -- I would start counting down to the next episode the day after an episode aired, the hiatuses were like my hell on earth, and I couldn't get through an episode without pausing 500 times to collect myself from the overwhelming joy I was feeling. This season I basically feel ... I don't want to say apathy because that's too strong a word, but just not excited, I guess. I feel this comes down to a number of things. One of these is the changed dynamic between all the characters, especially Angela and Brennan. Remember when they were best friends and actually acted like it by speaking about what was going on with their lives every now and again? THAT WAS ACTUALLY PRETTY AWESOME AND ESSENTIAL, SHOW. The most major though is Booth and Brennan, particularly Booth in general. Booth and Brennan have always had this overly touchy, basically dating relationship (Remember when they used to touch like this and this? Remember when they had conversations like this?) Obviously it would be inappropriate for them to act like that when he's with someone else, but I MISS IT/THEM SO MUCH, I ACTUALLY GOT REALLY TEARY LOOKING AT OLD PICSPAMS OF THEM. And Booth is just ... so cold to her this season. I understand she broke his heart and he's distancing himself as much as possible, but he seems so dismissive of her sometimes when she tries to be social or jokey or says something ridiculously squinty. He once found that charming, and didn't roll his eyes or cut her off as seems to be the norm this season. Mostly though, I don't understand why he can't see how much she's hurting from his new relationship. He spent five years telling her that not everyone you love leaves you, and yet to her that must be what him dating Hannah feels like.
ANYWAY, THAT ALL LEADS TO THIS EPISODE, WHICH FIRSTLY: FUCK ME, EMILY DESCHANEL, I WILL LAY BASKETS OF AWARDS AT YOUR FEET, I WILL SHOWER YOU WITH THEM, YOU FUCKING BLEW MY MIND TO PIECES. I loved, loved, loved having an episode that just followed her around because she has been my favourite character since the first episode I watched and I find her ridiculously fascinating.
I WILL START WITH THE NEGATIVES THOUGH TO GET THEM OVER WITH:
- Where the fuck was everybody the whole episode? I was close to bursting into tears every scene, Brennan was just so obviously distressed and while everybody seemed concerned, no-one really seemed to check on her much. I screamed "someone hug her!!" at least 20 times.
- Booth's reaction in the car scene. By this, obviously I didn't want him to respond by calling Hannah, dumping her and jumping Brennan in the car, but ... idk. Can we flash back to Brennan rejecting Booth in the 100th episode? I just feel like there could have been something else he could have said or done, because Brennan was breaking my heart, and it should have been a thousand times worst for him.
POSITIVES:
- Veronica Mars alumni! Enrico was wonderful!
- The way it was filmed was definitely different and kind of odd, but I thought it was reeeeeeeeeally effective and gave this really creepy vibe to the whole episode.
- How they made Brennan look more and more sleep deprived/crazy as the episode went on.
- BRENNAN. JESUS EFFING CHRIST, I am so ridiculously proud of this character for doing what she did. The courage it must have taken her! The way she kind of choked out "I got the signal, Booth" just about killed me.
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TOO MUCH FOR MY HEART TO HANDLE, TBH, SHOW. I can't stop staring at that second cap, there's something so beautifully broken about it.
- The way Booth closed his eyes after she said "I understand" was perfect.
- EMILY. THERE ARE NO WORDS. SHE IS PHENOMENAL.
QUESTION: I am actually quite concerned about the future of Booth and Brennan after this episode. I am wracking my brains but I really can't work out how they're going to hook up now! Either Booth will angst knowing that Brennan loves him and then eventually break up with Hannah to be with her, which will be angsty, or Hannah and Booth will break up for some other reason (which is probably secretly still the first reason) and then Booth and Brennan will go back to the way they were before ie STILL NOT TOGETHER. TBH NEITHER SCENARIO IS SUPER APPEALING, BUT THE SECOND ONE IS HORRIBLE TO CONTEMPLATE, SHOW DO NOT DO THIS TO ME. Idk, it just feels like now they've introduced another person into the relationship, there's no way the inevitable hookup will be angst free.