Oh, television!

[bredalot]

Finally caught up on Bones, and, thanks to 4th_avenue_cafe, I've been thinking a lot about how House and Bones differ in their treatment of the interns, and why one succeeded where the other failed. So that'll come later. But first, let me say this, with regards to The Doctor in the Den: I absolutely do not believe that a tiger ate a human and left the skeleton

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[mysticxf]

I kinda figured the Bones halfway thing was for all the Office viewers they knew would watch that first episode of The Office at 8PM, and then skip over to watch Bones instead of "Parks and Recreation". Or maybe they find they have a lot of "mid-episode" jumping.

As for The Office, I kept wanting Jim to ask Pam what a "rundown" was, and damn that reminded me of college. I had a teacher once use a word on an exam that I finally got up and went, "Ok, what does this word mean" and it was basically "explain" and I said, "Why didn't you just put explain!?" They must have thought I was dumb. ;)

[bredalot]

Huh. As I said, this was the first I've actually seen on TV in a while - is this the first time they've done that? It's weird; I've never seen anything like that before. Useful, though, I'm sure. And Angela and Cam were the perfect people to choose, though I wasn't certain whether or not they were in character. If they were, I'd've loved to have seen Hodgins and Mr. Nigel Murray! (I feel silly typing that, but I can't call him anything else!)

Haha, pretentious teachers. :P And yeah, I totally kept expecting Jim to ask Pam - would've been the sensible thing. I'm sure she knew!

[blienky27]

Lorne's a dude (a funny-looking white haired dude *giggle*), and I'm pretty sure the turtleneck and jeans were just for the presentation, so she could look ~serious~. But yes, I totally agree. Also, adorkable ending.

[bredalot]

Heh, I figured. But it kind of backfired. Though that may have been intentional? And, though I don't generally ship Jack and Liz (love their relationship, but can't see it working out romantically), every so often there's an adorable moment that makes me love them. This was one. ♥

[frayedgray]

I feel that Bones is getting stupider. or maybe I'mgetting smarter, haha :D I get it it's "character driven" but lately it's been at the expense of the crime mystery bit and even a little too much

Salt: did they explain why the body from Salt was found in salt? because salt is a PRESERVATIVE and I can't imagine why anyone would dump a body in salt! and I thought from a previous episode (foam), we already established that Angela has some xray thing. though the screen thing was cute, but really?!

Physicist: I facepalmed when they both walked into the chamber, too predictable. and the thing about the radiation? I immediately remembered the girl (Jennifer?) because they did a close up on the chemicals earlier. I expected them to suspect poisoning (who/why), not scan the office. d'oh.

i thought i saw shits too! then after that i realised it was shots, hmm

[bredalot]

I don't think it's getting stupider, I think it's getting sloppier. They've still got fascinating original ideas, but the execution on the cases has been a little lax (though I still think they're spot-on on the characters). Though there've always been gaping plotholes that would be inexcusable on any other show. They've always been very smart and expected their audience to be smart (the show is unabashedly geeky, and it shows in the references), but I would like them to be a little tighter on the cases.

I actually can't remember the crime in Salt - I watched too many in a row. But I don't think they did. Hmm. Was a very cool effect, though, and made for some fascinating science! And yeah, I kept wondering why they couldn't do x-rays, as they always have in the past. They probably should've mentioned that!

Heh. The camera work this episode was WAY obvious. I suspect the writers included something like, "Pan past radioactive chemicals," and the camera operator read it as "Pause and ZOOM!"

[4th_avenue_cafe]

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on the interns thing. =D

Cam's "you're grounded" line is amazing. Past issues aside, I can see why Cam doesn't really need to have kids -- the lab will keep her busy enough.

My only complaint was that this episode made me feel a little stupid with all the physics stuff. [grumbles] why can't there ever be something involving an economics professor? Could at least understand it...[/grumbles]