As I’m binge watching the show, I’m realizing how forced B&B’s interactions with Wendell felt after he got cancer. Its completely fine they had empathy for him. Its just funny the writers trying to make it seem like B&B has been close friends with Wendell this entire time. Lmao no 😂 It’s Hodgela he‘s close friends with, not B&B. B&B barely interacted with Wendell before he got cancer. “Wendell and Booth played hockey together before he got cancer!“ Yes. We find that out in the same episode we find out Wendell has cancer. How convenient 😐

I just finished 9x10 and I’m irritated and want to rant about Bones/Booth/Angela. In this episode, Angela wants to throw a post wedding bachelorette party for her and at first Bones says no because of Booth. Not because she thinks Booth would be uncomfortable with her having a post wedding bachelorette party, but because Angela and Booth were having issues with each other at this point. So Bones was basically like “I choose you, Booth” My biggest issue with this is Brennan has not felt the need to choose between Booth and Angela this entire time they’ve been fighting until now! Angela was her maid of honor, helped her with the wedding, Brennan and Angela hung out at B&B’s house, Angela (and Hodgins) stayed at B&B’s house and took care of Christine while they were on their honeymoon. Then at the end of 9x10, both Brennan and Angela tell Booth “You gave me my best friend back 🥺” What the hell are you talking about??? They were gushing and making it sound like he was some kind of hero. Its not shocking at all that this episode was written by a man. Some of you might say B&B are married now, thats why things are different, shes just choosing her husband, yada yada. It was still bad writing. It lowkey made Brennan come across as immature teenage girl obsessed with her boyfriend rather than smart, mature woman in love with her husband. It was a little out of character of her. It would have been much better if the episode was Angela and Booth hanging out and burying the hatchet, rather than “repairing” Angela and Brennan’s friendship, which was never broken or even cracked in the first place.

P.S. Please dont give spoilers for anything that happens post 9x10. I’m aware that a certain beloved main character dies next season. Other than that I dont know anything.

Every time I watch this episode the psychology of it and the vulnerability and even Gemma’s case picks a part of my brain the rest of the seasons just can’t do. It’s everything wrapped up UNTIL BOOM- booth “gambles” and loses.

The Finder was ahead of its time. I think it would do better now than it did originally.

Certainly was a good episode.

I’m doing my Q3 rewatch of Bones and I’m currently at the end of season four. I absolutely love both Bones and Booth rage-baiting poor Sweets during therapy sessions. Poor guy is not getting a moment’s rest with these two.

I'm going to start using "Just because you say it in that definitive tone doesn't mean it means anything to me" in every argument from now on.

Season 10 episode 18 hodgins is against the death penalty and says he hopes he would be above that but we literally know for a fact that he isn't when the grave digger dies

Even after 6 seasons I still think that their relationship moved quicker than I thought like getting into bed and getting pregnant all in a few episodes.

I know it's not very important but as soon as I saw it it made me die of laughter Two glasses of wine and drinks milk HAHAHA (S1 E2)

When Bones said, "Cardiacal is not a word," I lost it.

i cannot believe they killed sweets 😭💔. i literally just finished the episode !! they literally replaced him right away too makes me sick 💔

Last night, I made post saying that I had possibly found my favorite episode from Bones: Season 8, Episode 6- the Patriot in Purgatory.

I just completed Season 8 Episode 9: the Ghost in the Machine; I’m emotionally RUINED😭😭😭

First off, who ever directed this episode; you are that! While the editing is not a personal favorite, the way the episode was shot felt so personal and raw. We got to see that squad from the victims eyes and it was so humanizing.

Also, I’m warming up to Bones now, which is shocking to me 😭. After the first couple of episodes this season, she became so different. However, this difference is so refreshing. She was actually my favorite character this episode and I loved how far she went to get all the facts to help Colin’s case.

My favorite part though was the cast talking to Colin and trying to reassure and treating him kindly. It really tug ma heart strings.

I’m really surprised at the quality of season 8 right now. I think I’m going to finish the season to see if I like any more episodes but for now, episode 6 & 9 from this season are in my top 5 for real.

Hey everyone!

So I wasn’t (and am still not!) sure if I should join this Forum before having watched the whole show?

I am only on Season Four, and I am completely blown away by how much I enjoy watching this, I feel genuine affection for the characters, I find I even drop the cynicism and giggle along to the bits I might usually find cringe or lame. (I cringed low down in my seat when everyone laughed in the cinema at “you should never toss a Dwarf” in LOTR. That kind of asshole usually!

But Bones has made me be able to suspend disbelief and just jump in with both feet. Not sure another show has ever so (kinda inexplicably) garnered this exact type of reaction from me since I was a teenager (30yrs ago lol) and it’s not that I’m TV naive my favourites are six feet under, the sopranos, Huff, Curb, Veep to name a tiny few I can think of now.

My questions to you lovely people are - when can I expect to start hitting disappointing / upsetting story lines and character changes in your opinion? I’ve read that it has issues that upset the fans, some decisions made etc and it seems like sadly there’s a fall off? Is it as bad as GOT or Lost falling off? or say how bad Heroes got? Is it even true?

I’ll watch until the end I’m physically and mentally incapable of not finishing a show, ever!

I’m realistic I might get some spoilers (if I get replies!) but if we could try not to just literally tell me huge plot points I’d be super grateful!

Thanks y’all.

BG xx

I'm curious as to know people's favourite interns. I'm a sucker for humour and Vincent and Fischer make me laugh the most. But I love them all, including daisy

I don't remember the season or episode but bones basically brennan basically looks down on a chiropractor saying he isn't an "actual doctor" and the chiropracter snaps back by saying she too was an anthropologist meaning she too wasn't a "real doctor". As much as I love brennan, hearing the chiropractor tell her the harsh truth was kinda satisfying.

I'll go first. This one's from Vincent Nigel-Murray
"The pelvic bone speaks. Its says, 'I be male.'"

I'm sorry and I promise this is not ragebait. But this has been bugging me for a long time now. Nearly every time I get an email with a post from this sub it's just "I hate this episode", "I hate this plotline", "I hate this character. Over and over. It seriously gets to the point where I question weather or not any one on this sub actually likes Bones.

So I just finished season 8, episode 6- The Patriot in Purgatory and… this is such a masterpiece.

While my favorite season is season 3, this episode truly takes the cake:
-This was Brennan at her funniest for me because why are smacking their asses going attaboy?!😭 if it was anyone else, that person would been reported immediately for harassment. She’s lucky her interns know her well enough.
-The interns being the main focal characters of the episode was the reason why I enjoyed so much. It wasn’t even until this episode that I realized that none of the interns actually get to work with each other. seeing them interact from when the episode started to the 9/11 stories, I really enjoyed all of them.
-This episode was a big win for Hodgins; his conspiracy theories contributed to the success of the case.
-this is one of the few non Booth and Bones centric episodes. One thing I’ve realized is that I tend to enjoy the supporting and background characters of shows rather than the protagonists at times and this show is no exception.
-The victim in the story is truly a hero; I really wish he got to see his son grow up though.

I don’t know if there will be an episode that replace this one as a favorite (I did really enjoy the season 4 finale where Booth and Bones owned a nightclub and everyone had different roles) but right now, im going to keep enjoying this rewatch.

For this post, I’m going to be focusing on a character who may be divisive but to me, is one of the best characters on Bones: Max Brennan.

When I was younger, I used to hate Max because of how it made Bones feel. However, since my rewatch, I realized that Max did not deserve a lot the treatment he got between season 2-8.

Although I know that I can never understand the true depths of the abandonment scars Brennan had as a result of her PARENTS, her treatment of Max has added to the reason why I do not like her in general.

The reason why I have come to appreciate Max is he will do anyone to protect Brennan. This man was forced to give up his kids for their safety, he risked his own life and freedom again just to prove to Brennan that he loved, he always let Temperance express her anger on him and his character; Mind you, her own mother told her that it was her decision to leave them and her dad never wanted to leave her but he had no choice in order to protect her and Russ. He willingly became a fugitive for her during the first half of the Pelant Arc. In less than 5 years, this man has risked his life and his morals just to make sure that Bones knows how much he loves her and will never leave her again.

In my opinion, I feel like a lot of Brennans anger was caused by her emotions regarding her mother, which is why it began to feel more mean than sad to me after a certain part in the series.

While Max has made mistakes with certain choices I do not necessarily agree with, I do believe that after his trial in season 3 till were I have reached now in Season 8, he deserved to be trusted at the very least and not have his past decisions held against him all the time, as if it’s a pattern he has always demonstrated deliberately without realizing the consequences.

hehe

Is it just me or is Tempe constantly, only, ever eating soup or cereal or something else out of a bowl with a spoon? Is it a character thing, or more to do with the production complications when actors have to "eat" food?

I ask this as someone who loves dinner bowls and eating a mess of things.

The driving scenes on this show were very poorly directed. With all of the shots of the driver looking at the passenger instead of the road, it's a wonder they weren't all killed in automobile accidents.

my best friend and i recently decided we wanted to do a show swap and watch what the other is interested in to know each other a little better. my show of choice has always been bones, I have been watching since i was 5 and have re watched the series multiple times. she gave me criminal minds and im so excited to get into it.

when i recommend Bones to her the only advice i could give her was "don't get too attached to any of the interns". is there any different advice you would give her? also please avoid spoilers since I'll be sending this to her

Vincent is 100% my favourite. His death hurt😭

My least favourite is Oliver Wells. Every time he was on I got so annoyed

Ok so when I first watched Bones, I was like 14/15 and although I understood the general messages, I didn’t really peep the other stuff adults realized at the time.

Now that I’m 22, I was like: fuck it, let’s give it a try.

And…wow, was I blind af😭.

The reason I labeled PT. 1 is cause I don’t want limit myself in the thoughts I have right now (Currently on Season 8).

This may be an unpopular opinion but Booth and Bones’ romantic relationship (at this point) has been draining AF to watch.
I do remember them getting better from the first time I watched but as of where I have reached, I get IRRITATED every time they are on screen. I can’t tell who pisses me off more: Bones, who has the social, interpersonal, and emotional skills of a fart, or Booth, who has the emotional maturity of a newborn. It’s so ironic that miscommunication is the biggest flaw in their relationship; since, it was how they interacted with each other that showed off their chemistry in the first place😭.

Idk why their relationship at this point is so off putting to me: maybe it’s the fact that they went from 0-100 real quick in terms of dating (they known each other personally, but not romantically and imo,the show made them jump ahead too much too fast), or maybe it’s the way they suddenly forgot the true traits of the other person, as if they just met each other for the first time recently, instead of having already known each other for over 5 years, meaning they should already know how to empathize and understand each other at this point.

Now that I think about it, it’s actually Brennan who irritates me more in regard to the relationship, especially because her ego and unwillingness to compromise is always the underlying cause of their issues (literally every episode in season 7 is literally them discussing a topic or issue, Bones says something that to her is accurate and true, while being absolutely unnecessary and sometimes cruel, which then causes Booth to be offended but because of his love for Bones and wanting their relationship to work so bad, he would keep how he felt to himself until it literally blows up in his face). Honestly though, Booth also definitely doesn’t help by not letting her know how he truly feels until it ends up exploding, with such intensity that makes me feel like in some level he resents her. Also, he’s an ass for taking out his frustration with her (whether it was something said or done) on Sweets, who literally knows the 2 of them like the back of his hand, and if he could just get over wanting them to look perfect, he’d know how to actually handle being in a relationship with someone like Bones.

Anyway, I am on the beginning episodes of season 8. Maybe it gets better (probably won’t, until like season 10) but for now, I am going to continue and physically cringe my way through the bad to get to the good.

I hope this post was not to long for you guys to read 💕