Watching Bones

Don’t get me wrong, I’m excited about the potential Booth/Bones relationship that we’ve all been jonesing for, but I can’t help but wonder that when they finally DO get together that things will get weird. I have faith in the writers, so I’m hesitantly confident that whatever they come up with won’t suck. However, it IS a little odd, considering that for all the previous seasons we’ve been subtly reminded of workplace relationships gone wrong or the reason they’re a bad idea in the first place. Granted, the only “relationship gone wrong” that we’ve actually seen was Angela and Hodgins, and even they have managed to come to a working friendship (with dare I hope, a possibility of getting back together before it’s all said and done…) Then there’s Cam and Booth - a relationship that was pre-Bones and not technically work-related, but still…. Throughout the varying seasons it seems that the message comes across that Booth and Bones are destined to have an unrequited love relationship. I mentioned in an earlier post about how Booth told Bones that there are some people you just don’t sleep with.

I was watching another re-run just today and saw the same message again. In The Man in the Cell, after Booth pressured Cam to skip protocol and open a skull without doing the proper legwork, she ended up inhaling some toxin and almost died. Booth blamed himself for what happened (and almost happened) to Cam, and here’s the resulting conversation he had with Bones about it:

Booth: you know what happened to Cam happened because we had a personal relationship.
Bones: had?
Booth: yeah. People who work in high risk situations they can’t be involved romantically because it leads to things like what happened.
Bones: high risk situations?
Booth: every single day it’s with us. There’s this line, and we can’t cross it. You know what I’m saying?
Bones: yes. I understand.

I just can’t help but wonder how things would change if Booth and Bones truly get together. Remember how Bones reacted when Booth was kidnapped by the Gravedigger? When they figured out who the Gravedigger was and had them in custody, when they had figured out where Booth was and were about to rescue him, remember what Bones did? She picked up a briefcase and slammed it across the Gravedigger’s head. Not that I can say I’d have done it differently or that she shouldn’t have done it, but if THAT is the reaction she has for someone whom she ISN’T in a relationship with (technically), what would she do if/when they are?

Wasn’t that a great episode though - as good as the one where Bones was buried alive in the car with Hodgins and Booth’s reaction when he spotted the puff of dirt from the airbag explosion they created to signal their location… I may be skeptical about the fallout, but I’m excited. I can’t wait to see them together!

Okay, watching a rerun the other day, “The Truth in the Lye” and I couldn’t help but find this a little ironic. During the episode, Booth hooks up with his ex and although Bones doesn’t seem to think it’s a big deal, Booth realizes it was a mistake. Throughout the episode, Bones tries to convince him that it’s normal for him to want/need sex and that if he and his ex are sexually compatible and agree on it, that their occasional trysts are fine. Finally, Booth addresses the issue:

Booth: You know what Bones, it might be all anthropology to you, but there are certain people that you just can’t sleep with. I mean you can pretend that it’s just sex you can lie to yourself and you can say that it’s all good, but there are just too many strings, too much at stake. Too much to lose.
Bones: Yeah, I can see that.

Now, on that note, consider the upcoming fulfillment of our long-awaited dream of Booth and Bones finally getting together themselves - in a sexual way that is. While we’ve finally been told that it is indeed coming (this season even), I can’t help but wonder what kind of “strings” are going to be attached and what kind of backlash we can expect. It’s never as uncomplicated as we’d like it to be, and even Bones with her strictly analytical way of looking at things - sex included - can get away from the fact that a physical relationship doesn’t always mix well with a working relationship…

BuddyTV recently did a series of “20 most kissable” people - divided into two different sections of TV Men and TV Women. Guess who made their list? No surprise here: both David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel were among those listed as most kissable! Too bad some of the other characters didn’t quite make it - I would much rather see TJ Thyne and Michaela Conlin on the list instead of some of the others listed. Guess I just don’t get the appeal of some of them…

David Boreanaz was listed as number 16 of 20 on the list and was considered to be a “Tame but Charged” kiss. I don’t know that I agree with the “tame” part… What do you think? Sure, his kiss with Bones wasn’t terribly exciting (except for the fact that they DID kiss) but hey, what do you expect for a staged mistletoe kiss? When they really do get into it, I’m sure it will be anything BUT tame!

I’m not sure I get their “Degree of Difficulty” but they’ve listed him as “Easy.” Again, can’t say that I agree considering Booth has such a high regard for relationships and what they mean. They gave him a 7 out of 10 for kissablitly. Hmmm, I’d have to give him higher than that!

Emily Deschanel, on the other hand, made the list at number 3 of 20. Her “kind of kiss” is listed as “unexpectedly steamy” - I can see that, although I would almost think “steamy” would suffice considering she has such an open, unhindered view of sex/relationships. The “Degree of Difficulty” is listed as “Tough” with the explanation that her lack of social skills may be an impediment to her getting into the kissing situation in the first place. I’ll buy that. Her “Kissability” score is 8 out of 10. I’ll go for that one as well.

What about you - what do you think of how they rated?

We’re all probably salivating for the new episodes of Bones after several weeks of reruns, and we don’t have TOO much longer to wait. January 15th we’ll be getting to see The Double Trouble in the Panhandle - where Booth and Bones go undercover to work in a circus of all things! If that doesn’t sound like fun to you, check out the shot below - if that doesn’t make you want to see it, I don’t know what will.

Anyway, Kristin at E!Online gave us a little bit more insight into the upcoming episode when she answered a fan’s quesiton about what kind of steam we can expect for B & B when the new episodes return…

Kelly in Albany, N.Y.: I am dying to hear some news about Bones! When are we going to see something steamy going on with Booth and Brennan!?
When the show returns on Jan. 15, Booth and Bones will go undercover as married couple Buck and Wanda in the circus after Siamese twins show up dead. Since they have to make everything convincing, the pair will share a bed in their trailer. All I can say is when the trailer’s a rockin’, don’t come a knockin’. And trust me, it will be a rockin’!

Something tells me this probably won’t be our “naked” together scene, but hey, beggars can’t be choosers!

When they first said that there was going to be a Bones/younger-brother Booth romance I was really disappointed. Then, when they reasoned that it was going to, in the long run, bring Bones and big-brother Booth closer, I figured I’d accept it. What I didn’t expect was the way the episode played out. With so much speculation and so much typical TV gossip and misleading quotes, I’ve stopped even trying to figure out what the writers are going to do with the show. The whole “since Booth and Bones are ’supposed’ to end up in bed together (or naked together or something like that) this season, maybe it’s Bones and younger-brother Booth” theory is one such speculation.

Shot from TV Guide’s spotlight on Bones for the Nov. 12th episode of Bones.

When the storyline played out that Bones realized (finally) that Jared Booth was not the good guy he seemed to be and that he was playing his big brother and making him look bad in the process, she dropped him so fast he fell off his bar stool. Oh wait, no, she pushed him off of it. That was a great turn around - and so awesome to see her get emotional about something, which is kind of rare for Dr. Temperance Brennan. At the end of the show when the squints were celebrating Booth’s birthday and she made her little speech about the quiet man on the sidelines that’s the true alpha-male, I was really touched, and it really did seem like a turning point for the two of them. Then, after Booth stuck his neck out there, stood up to Jared, Bones came out to be with him and he finally opened up and confessed that his dad drank - a lot - well - I’m looking forward to more open moments like that! Not that I expect the walls to come down quickly or immediately or anything like that, but there’s a crack there now that wasn’t before - and it’s all thanks to little brother Booth.

So what about you guys - were any of you disappointed in how things played out? Or were you as pleased as I was to see Jared fall off of his pedestal in Bone’s eyes while Booth was raised another notch?

Well, I guess it’s official. We’ve known for a while now that Booth’s little brother was going to make an appearance. Then we found out that said brother was going to “connect” with Bones. Then, we found out that said connection was going to be played by Brendan Fehr, Roswell alum. So, what else is there?

According to TV Guide, after meeting with the younger Booth, “life on (and off) the Jeffersonian may never be the same.” Uh huh. So what does that mean for our long-awaited, much desired Bones/Booth pair-up? Well, looks like her little tryst with the younger Booth brother may just help them along in the long run. HUH? Yeah, my reaction too.

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Here’s a brief video interview with Michaela Conlin about her character, Angela, and the relationship she shares with Bones. In a show that consistently on relationships, I thought this was a good look at one of them. Also, so much importance is put on the Booth/Bones relationship, and until previously on the Angela/Hodgins relationships, that this one kind of gets the short end of the stick. (At least I think so.) Not that the writers don’t do it justice - I think the relationship is very well written, but I just think we don’t pay as much attention to it as to some of the other relational dynamics on the show.

I like how Michaela has pointed out how Bones and Angela have a genuine friendship, even if it does seem one-sided at times since Bones is so logical. (Remember the “help” she gave when Angela came to her about not knowing how to act around Hodgins - yeah, that’s what I’m talking about!)

Anyway, enjoy the clip!

It’s kind of funny, I’ve started reading Kathy Reich’s books that the show Bones is loosely based upon, and I’m surprised at how different the two different Temperance Brennan characters are. It doesn’t bother me, I enjoy both the show and the books, but I enjoy them apart from each other and don’t really try to make them mesh. In an interview, Reich’s addressed the differences in the two characters.

How have fans of your books reacted to the TV series?
“Initially I got a lot of questions asking why the character of Tempe is different. I think of them as ‘Book Tempe’ and ‘TV Tempe’. Book Tempe is somewhere in her 40s, she works in the Carolinas and Canada, she’s been married and unmarried, and has had this problem in the past with alcohol. TV Tempe is 30-something, she’s in Washington DC, less sophisticated and definitely needs work on her people skills. I think of [the TV show] as a prequel, an earlier point in Tempe’s life. Once I explain that, the fans say ‘okay, that works’.

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I don’t think it’s any secret by now the biggest news of the Bones panel at Comic Con. Booth and Bones will get naked this season - together, that is! Unfortunately for us, though, Hart Hanson was a very cautious about how he worded his statement, which implies that it’s not as cut and dry as it may seem. There are so many ways that the writers could get Booth and Bones together where they just happen to be naked, or where circumstances deem it necessary, that “naked” doesn’t mean but so much. Without some hanky panky, well, naked is just naked. After all, Bones has already seen Booth naked, and we all remember how she reacted - very professionally and even complimentary of him for not being puritanical about it. (That was such a great scene!!!) However, I can’t wait to see how they play it out - and how “professional” Booth is able to be about it. Seems like even Bones had a tiny bit of trouble keeping a straight face at the sight of Booth naked, so who knows? Maybe even she’ll fall apart (at least a little bit) at the combined nakedness. We can only hope!

In other romantic news, we also have the promise of a few other romances to look forward to this season. Bones will be dating at least two other men, and we already know that Angela’s husband and a previous girlfriend will resurface to cause trouble for her and Hodgins. Who else? Sweets may be headed for a romance of his own - which I think is just great. Not that he could EVER come close to replacing Zack, but his character has grown on me and I think that seeing him grow as part of the team on the show may just help to heal some of the wounds left by Zack’s defection from the world of the sane and not-murders. Also to look forward to is a possible relationship for Cam - with one of Angela’s old flames, no less! How odd would it be for Cam to hook up with Roxy? I guess we’ll just have to wait and see…

Any week that Michael Ausiello talks about Bones is a good week. This time he’s got a scoop for us on Bones’ potential for “gentlemen suitors” as he calls it. Sounds a little shady to me, but that makes it just that much more juicy…
(BTW: Please Don’t Read if you don’t like spoilers - this “news” may not be the end-all-be-all for the show, but still. As if you couldn’t see the above warning!)

Question: Any and all Bones scoop, please? — Catherine
Ausiello: Brennan will be juggling two gentlemen suitors in an upcoming episode — one who may or may not be married and one who may or may not be gay.

Can’t even begin to guess who the may or may not be gay character would be. Not really sure I’ve got an idea on the may or may not be married suitor either. This should be an interesting love…square? If you count Booth, Emily plus maybe married and maybe gay make four. Not exactly a love triangle, but hey, whatever works! Can’t wait to find out!