Watching Bones

No one was more surprised than I was to find myself become attached to John Francis Daley’s character on Bones. The concept of them going to “couples therapy” was interesting, but I didn’t see if going too far. Now that the writers have carried the role of Dr. Lance Sweets on for a while, I’ve become attached to him and look forward to seeing him develop. I was a little disappointed to see him hook up with the uber-annoying squint wanna-be, but since she’s not become a regular on the show, I’ll let that pass. Otherwise, his character’s development has been fun to watch and has even had a few interesting twists. Like being from a family of carnies.

In a recent interview, Daley talked about the ongoing development of his character after he was invited to stay on as a recurring character rather than a short guest-star stint. The fact that he and Bones share the common background of being in foster care should (hopefully) come back up in upcoming episodes. We’ve seen in various episodes how Bone’s foster-child status has affected her during a case, so I can imagine it will come up again. Hopefully we’ll learn more about Sweets then too. Also, how can we ignore his carnie connection? (So do they mean that his real parents were carnies and he was left in foster care while they traveled with the circus or that his foster parents were the carnies? Either way, that’s a really interesting story-line to explore!)

Daley also expressed his desire to explore some of his actual interests onscreen - including kung fu and a talent at playing the piano. I can definitely see Sweets playing the piano, but as for the kung fu, well, not so much. Although seeing him attempt to learn kung fu, now that I’ll buy! (Oh, and the recent episode where he posed as a buyer at the Sci-Fi convention for the sword and he dressed in the Trekkie costume that he already had - that was too perfect! So characteristic for Sweets! Loved it!)

Last but not least, Daley addressed the deep, dark secret that his character Sweets has been keeping. You know, the heartbreakingly agonizing secret that Zack isn’t really a murderer? Yeah, that one. He didn’t give us any spoilers or even any real hints, but surely we haven’t heard the last of that…