television, you slay me
How do I not have any Bones icons? UNACCEPTABLE.
Big post coming up. Basically describing my life since January (i KNOW, you guys must all be on the edge of your seats! notreallyomg). Long story: SHENANIGANS. Short Story: Tumblr and Twitter are just...taking over my life. But I digress; this is a happy post! IT'S BONES 100TH EPISODE, PEOPLE. Worth celebrating, lj style.
First, I had totally forgotten that Canada airs Bones on Wednesdays so when I saw a tweet from angelkutty pretty much flailing over Bones I pretty much screamed OH CANADA, BLESS YOU and downloaded and watched it pretty much immediately. Yeah, I had a film exam to study for, but so what? FANGIRL CREED COMES FIRST. Since I've pretty much had a day (give or take) to think about this episode (and it's mindfuckery, argh, we'll get to that), let's break it down by first the three MAJOR moments I can't stop watching and then the rest of the ep.
Moment #1: THE Kiss
- Tequila, with subsequent tequila vapors.
- Bones and Booth doing shots.
- Booth needing to show off his individuality flair pre-Cocky belt buckle (which he of course was wearing at the end of the ep).
- Bones drinking basically liquid weed in "pursuit of scholarly research!"
- The way Booth just leans and looks at Brennan all adorably before calmly going "You're fired."
- "If we don't work together anymore, we can have sex." As if that weren't OMGWTF!!! enough, if you get the chance, pause your dvr, computer, whatever when the camera shows Booth's reaction. My dvr is paused right now and it is equally hot and hilarious.
- Direct descendant of John Wilkes Booth! And we all know the back story on that and Booth is just so drunk and flustered that he doesn't even press it, but SHOW. With your continuity!
- The kiss. The kissssssssssssss, omg. The mumbling and the closeness of their mouths while talking is just amazing. And Booth all "This is going somewhere" and I'm all like AAAAH and it was basically one of the best pop culture kisses of all time.
- Followed by Sweets freaking out about the kiss (Sweets, I adore you so much, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW)
- "How long did this affair last?" And the way they freaking SMILE at each other and my first thought is "omg, did they have secret sex for awhile? Am I watching Bones or HIMYM Super Secret Season 3, courtesy of typicrobots? Sadly, no secret sex, but there was nose crushing during the kiss and it was almost just as good.
Moment #2: The Slap
- That slap was not authorized by the slap bet commissioner!
- "You use your badge and your gun to intimidate people!" "Really, like the way you use your brain to make the people around you feel stupid!" I don't know why I like this so much. I think it's because it really kind of calls back to season 1 where this was Bones and Booth's central problem; he was all muscle and she was all brain, but once they figured out how to make it work for them instead of against each other....well, here we are, fifth season baby.
- Oh and the slap itself. Jeez Brennan :/ Was she practicing on a tree trunk?
Moment #3: The End
- "Nothing happens unless first a dream..." Hart Hanson basically confirmed on his twitter that this was a call back to the season 4 finale. CONTINUITY MORE FOR THE WIN.
- "One of you has to have to the courage to break this stalemate. YOU, it's gotta be you because you're the gambler." Booth, you gotta know when to hold them and know when to fold them (oh god, please don't fold now).
- I keep watching and rewatching this scene and I'm still kind of up in the air about it. Because first of all, it's like everything we've been waiting for for SO LONG and it's done beautifully, but then like...Booth gives up at the end? GOD I HOPE NOT. Like, now are we going to have to wait for Brennan to have her moment when she's in love with Booth, but will he have already moved on by then? I'm so conflicted!
- Ugh, the second kiss. Broke my heart so. much. It's Booth pouring all his emotion into and Brennan is just so tense and unwilling because she's scared and it's like we see all of that in the kiss before they get into it with the dialogue. Nice directing there, D.Bor.
- "I can't change. I don't know how." BULL. SHIT. Your argument is invalid, Dr. Temperance Brennan of the Jeffersonian Institute. We just spent an hour watching how much you HAVE changed and you're just not ready to admit that you're scared of the unknown because you like hiding behind your facts and theories and science shenanigans.
- I don't think that Booth is going to get a girlfriend the next episode or anything, but I'm apprehensive to if/when it's going to happen. Remember when he dated that blonde lawyer lady and in the second episode of the first season, he was walking around with his white button-down unbuttoned? ...just thought I'd throw that in there.
Miscellaneous Thoughts on the Rest of the Episode, Because It Was All Pretty Awesome
- ZACKARONI. <3333 The original intern, before all this rotating intern ridiculata.
- Cam! I was really surprised to see her and I loved that they were able to work her in. AND ALSO, she's the one who pushed Booth into working with Bones, so double more amazing points (although, remember when Cam and Bones just butted heads for awhile until the writers dropped that and Cam just became the Lab Director of Awesome?)
- When Booth mentions that he's casually seeing someone....do you think it's Cam or Blonde Lawyer Lady from First Season and Never to be Seen Again? Hmm.
- Hodgins! I'd forgotten how...not mean, necessarily, but full of anger he was in the beginning of the show. And with all his crazy conspiracies and general crazy fro-ness. A rewatch of first season is in order, I'm declaring it now.
- Nice little background on how Angela and Brennan met. I'd always assumed that they'd met at the Jeffersonian, but I like this better.
- The things about Brennan they brought back that I love: the super casual wardrobe, the pony tail, the way she kicked literal ass, her bluntness (I know she's still blunt, but it seemed more so)
- Caroline! WIN.
- The stick figures, before their fancy computers, lol.
- "You saw something great that almost happened, but then didn't?" STOP TAUNTING THE HODGINS/ANGELA. BRING THEM BACK. Especially if Booth/Bones is going to be delayed even further now. God, just throw us a freaking bone, writers. (so to speak)
....And I think that's everything.
Big post coming up. Basically describing my life since January (i KNOW, you guys must all be on the edge of your seats! notreallyomg). Long story: SHENANIGANS. Short Story: Tumblr and Twitter are just...taking over my life. But I digress; this is a happy post! IT'S BONES 100TH EPISODE, PEOPLE. Worth celebrating, lj style.
First, I had totally forgotten that Canada airs Bones on Wednesdays so when I saw a tweet from angelkutty pretty much flailing over Bones I pretty much screamed OH CANADA, BLESS YOU and downloaded and watched it pretty much immediately. Yeah, I had a film exam to study for, but so what? FANGIRL CREED COMES FIRST. Since I've pretty much had a day (give or take) to think about this episode (and it's mindfuckery, argh, we'll get to that), let's break it down by first the three MAJOR moments I can't stop watching and then the rest of the ep.
Moment #1: THE Kiss
- Tequila, with subsequent tequila vapors.
- Bones and Booth doing shots.
- Booth needing to show off his individuality flair pre-Cocky belt buckle (which he of course was wearing at the end of the ep).
- Bones drinking basically liquid weed in "pursuit of scholarly research!"
- The way Booth just leans and looks at Brennan all adorably before calmly going "You're fired."
- "If we don't work together anymore, we can have sex." As if that weren't OMGWTF!!! enough, if you get the chance, pause your dvr, computer, whatever when the camera shows Booth's reaction. My dvr is paused right now and it is equally hot and hilarious.
- Direct descendant of John Wilkes Booth! And we all know the back story on that and Booth is just so drunk and flustered that he doesn't even press it, but SHOW. With your continuity!
- The kiss. The kissssssssssssss, omg. The mumbling and the closeness of their mouths while talking is just amazing. And Booth all "This is going somewhere" and I'm all like AAAAH and it was basically one of the best pop culture kisses of all time.
- Followed by Sweets freaking out about the kiss (Sweets, I adore you so much, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW)
- "How long did this affair last?" And the way they freaking SMILE at each other and my first thought is "omg, did they have secret sex for awhile? Am I watching Bones or HIMYM Super Secret Season 3, courtesy of typicrobots? Sadly, no secret sex, but there was nose crushing during the kiss and it was almost just as good.
Moment #2: The Slap
- That slap was not authorized by the slap bet commissioner!
- "You use your badge and your gun to intimidate people!" "Really, like the way you use your brain to make the people around you feel stupid!" I don't know why I like this so much. I think it's because it really kind of calls back to season 1 where this was Bones and Booth's central problem; he was all muscle and she was all brain, but once they figured out how to make it work for them instead of against each other....well, here we are, fifth season baby.
- Oh and the slap itself. Jeez Brennan :/ Was she practicing on a tree trunk?
Moment #3: The End
- "Nothing happens unless first a dream..." Hart Hanson basically confirmed on his twitter that this was a call back to the season 4 finale. CONTINUITY MORE FOR THE WIN.
- "One of you has to have to the courage to break this stalemate. YOU, it's gotta be you because you're the gambler." Booth, you gotta know when to hold them and know when to fold them (oh god, please don't fold now).
- I keep watching and rewatching this scene and I'm still kind of up in the air about it. Because first of all, it's like everything we've been waiting for for SO LONG and it's done beautifully, but then like...Booth gives up at the end? GOD I HOPE NOT. Like, now are we going to have to wait for Brennan to have her moment when she's in love with Booth, but will he have already moved on by then? I'm so conflicted!
- Ugh, the second kiss. Broke my heart so. much. It's Booth pouring all his emotion into and Brennan is just so tense and unwilling because she's scared and it's like we see all of that in the kiss before they get into it with the dialogue. Nice directing there, D.Bor.
- "I can't change. I don't know how." BULL. SHIT. Your argument is invalid, Dr. Temperance Brennan of the Jeffersonian Institute. We just spent an hour watching how much you HAVE changed and you're just not ready to admit that you're scared of the unknown because you like hiding behind your facts and theories and science shenanigans.
- I don't think that Booth is going to get a girlfriend the next episode or anything, but I'm apprehensive to if/when it's going to happen. Remember when he dated that blonde lawyer lady and in the second episode of the first season, he was walking around with his white button-down unbuttoned? ...just thought I'd throw that in there.
Miscellaneous Thoughts on the Rest of the Episode, Because It Was All Pretty Awesome
- ZACKARONI. <3333 The original intern, before all this rotating intern ridiculata.
- Cam! I was really surprised to see her and I loved that they were able to work her in. AND ALSO, she's the one who pushed Booth into working with Bones, so double more amazing points (although, remember when Cam and Bones just butted heads for awhile until the writers dropped that and Cam just became the Lab Director of Awesome?)
- When Booth mentions that he's casually seeing someone....do you think it's Cam or Blonde Lawyer Lady from First Season and Never to be Seen Again? Hmm.
- Hodgins! I'd forgotten how...not mean, necessarily, but full of anger he was in the beginning of the show. And with all his crazy conspiracies and general crazy fro-ness. A rewatch of first season is in order, I'm declaring it now.
- Nice little background on how Angela and Brennan met. I'd always assumed that they'd met at the Jeffersonian, but I like this better.
- The things about Brennan they brought back that I love: the super casual wardrobe, the pony tail, the way she kicked literal ass, her bluntness (I know she's still blunt, but it seemed more so)
- Caroline! WIN.
- The stick figures, before their fancy computers, lol.
- "You saw something great that almost happened, but then didn't?" STOP TAUNTING THE HODGINS/ANGELA. BRING THEM BACK. Especially if Booth/Bones is going to be delayed even further now. God, just throw us a freaking bone, writers. (so to speak)
....And I think that's everything.