After last season’s finale letdown, who can believe what they hear any more? We were promised a Booth and Bones hook-up, and while Bones fans everywhere anxiously waited for the fulfillment of said promise, the writers were busily looking for a way out of making it happen. Outcome? It was all a dream. Kind of. More like a hallucination due to Booth’s brain surgery. (Although through it all I kind of enjoyed the storyline that played out, even if it was all a hoax… Loved seeing all the squints together in the roles they had, seeing Booth and Bones married, Cam as a cop - which I understand she was before but we never got to see - and Jared as someone looking out for his brother instead of the other way around.)

So do we really even consider being excited about the rumor of a Booth/Bones kiss this upcoming season? Oh heck, why not? Besides, dream, hallucination, whatever it is, it’s a kiss, right?

Here’s what Michael Ausiello had to say about the rumor. Doesn’t confirm or deny, but as we learned last season, confirmation doesn’t mean that much anyway…

Question: What’s this I hear about a Booth and Brennan kiss on Bones? Confirmation, please! –Molly
Ausiello: Series creator Hart Hanson confirms that a season-opening smooch “was scripted,” but adds, “I’m in no way confirming that it was a sincere scripting. Could have been a way to identify leaks.” Now, as someone who’s been in this situation before, here’s what you need to do next, Molly: Get in touch with your mole and tell him to pack his bags, grab his passport and get the hell out of the country. They’re onto him!

Although I can tell you that the show is a LOT like Bones, and Eddie McClintock is playing his character from Bones pretty closely. Or, if you agree with HitFix, he’s playing it pretty close to David Boreanaz’s character Booth! They even suggested that “McClintock’s ideal niche is as basic cable’s David Boreanaz.” I guess if you’re going to channel someone, David is a pretty nice choice… Personally, I have to say that the somewhat flippant attitude is much closer to the Sulley that Bones *almost* fell in love with, and there’s just no comparison to Boreanaz’s Special Agent Seeley Booth.

From what I’ve seen and read, the show is a lot more Eureka than Bones, with only the stiff, by the book female lead and off-the-cuff, more laid back male lead solving mysteries to compare. The gist is that there is a secret government warehouse (hence the name) that houses mysterious and often magical/mystical objects that are being kept under lock and key due to the crazy/dangerous/unpredictable things they can do is evaluated. (And then they’re still kept in lock down.) For example, some of the items HitFix referenced were Houdini’s magical diary (which seemed like it was going to play some part in the pilot but was quickly put back in the warehouse without another word), Tesla’s stun gun (which we got to see in use during the pilot), a wish-granting kettle (that conjures ferrets when you wish for something impossible - isn’t that part of what wishes are supposed to be about?) and Thomas Edison’s electrical car (no wonder it’s stashed in the warehouse - gas companies would go under if something like this was ever developed!).

Anyway the show looks amusing, but seeing that I can’t keep up with the shows I already love, and the fact that it was a little more goofy than suspenseful, I don’t know that this is one that I’ll be keeping up with. But, if you’re missing Sulley and wondering when we might see McClintock back again, get your fix with Warehouse 13.

And let me know what you think! Oh yeah, the show’s on Tuesdays at 9/8C. Enjoy!

This is an OLD interview, but it talks about some of his experience - on previous shows, in the movie business, and in music. Like I said, talented - and seems genuinely nice and down to earth.

Happy Birthday kiddo! Hope it’s a good one!

One of the comments Emily made in her letter was, “It can be easy to forget these animals, who are locked away and out of sight.” That is such a true statement. I am all for the humane treatment of animals, and the fact that Emily pointed out in her letter that chimpanzees do not make good test models for human disease is just another in a long line of reasons to stop testing on them if at all possible. Why continue to put them through a lifetime of lab tests and lab living conditions if the results aren’t accurate to begin with?

Emily tells Rep. Waxman that this bill would allow the chimpanzees to “form bonds with other chimpanzees, bask in the sunlight, and feel the grass and the earth.” What better way to live out the rest of their lives?

You can check out a link from US News to view her entire letter here. I realize that a lot of people have their own personal letter-writers (or whatever they’re officially called), but as far as I know, this is all Emily. She’s very eloquent, and the letter is really well written. Very classy Emily - well done!

I have to admit, I was a bit distracted in the beginning - I kept looking specifically for Emily Deschanel since I knew that she was in the film. But I quickly got caught up in the story and was only a little bit shaken out of the flow of the film when I finally saw her character on screen. As I was afraid, her part was brief, although I was happy with the actor who played the primary care doctor as well, unknown to me as he was… Another character that threw me for a loop was when we met “Taylor.” I looked at the screen and thought, “no, that’s not who I think it is…” but as I got past the bald head, I realized that it was in fact Thomas Dekker - or as I had to explain to my husband later that evening, John Connor from the show Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

(I have to admit, there was one line where someone asked his character if he ever thought of dying, or if he was afraid of dying, or something like that. All I could think at that moment was “Of course he does! The machines have been trying to kill him his whole life!” I know, I know, bad, but as I’ve said before, I get a big kick out of seeing different actors I recognize from different shows/movies in projects that are different from their normal.)

Anyway, don’t go see the film just for Emily’s role, (like I said, she’s awesome, but only on screen 3 different times and each time is brief), and certainly don’t go see if it you don’t like emotional movies. But do go see it if you want a good, thoughtful movie. Oh, and pack some tissues just in case…

However, in checking out who was in it, I found out that Emily Deschanel has a role as Dr. Farquad. No idea who the character is or if it’s a big/small role, but that she’s in the film at all is a nice surprise. Oddly enough, one of the first things that came to mind when I read who she was playing was, “she’s a character named after the evil prince-wannabe in Shrek.” Ugh. But if anyone could make that name look good, it’s Emily!

It sounds like the film is going to be a tearjerker, and not exactly a fun or relaxing escape from reality, so I have a feeling I’m going to have to swing by someplace “fun” on the way home and pick up a milkshake or something to make up for it. But hey, that’s okay with me! In the meantime, I’m looking forward to seeing Emily as a non-anthropologist role, although as a doctor, I’m sure she’s still got the “brainy” character going on. I think sometime I’d like to see her in something goofy…

Although Dollhouse may not have drawn the viewers like they had hoped - in my opinion due to lack of publicity and a confusing opening (looked more like something risque than the almost sci-fi show it is) - I’m glad to see they’re giving it anther season to prove itself. Fox says that thanks to “having two scripted freshman hits this season - “Fringe” and “Lie to Me” [they had] more flexibility to be choosy and also to be more patient with a slow starter like “Dollhouse.”

(Somehow, I never saw this promo on TV, and after talking to several friends about the show, they had gotten the wrong impression from whatever it was they had seen, so hopefully this next season will draw a better crowd and get better ratings. I’d like to see where they take the show…)

And Fringe - which will pair up on Thursdays with Bones next season - is another show I’m glad to see sticking around. I enjoyed the X-Files but never got into it so that I was a big follower. Fringe, on the other hand, is a similar show that has truly pulled me in. Although the show is more scientific in origins instead of the extra-terrestrial that was X-Files, maybe that’s why it has more draw for me personally.

So far, the only disappointment I see for Fox is the discontinuation of Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles. Since I never was big on the movies, (although I liked the new one that just came out: Terminator Salvation), it’s been interesting to watch from a newbie’s point of view. But as long as I get to keep my ultimate favorites, I won’t complain too much…

We love you David and hope you have an awesome birthday and wish you all the best!

When I first read about this week’s guest star online a few weeks ago, I didn’t believe it. Even after seeing it on a few reputable sources, I was still hesitant to believe it. Call me skeptical. But it’s true, and this week, our honored guest star is none other than baby Stewie Griffin from Family Guy!

The episode The Critic in the Cabernet will be one of a kind for Bones. Before you question whether or not the writers of Bones have lost their minds, rest assured that his presence isn’t some strange plot twist. Booth is suffering from an undiagnosed illness and is hallucinating Stewie. One has to wonder if the baby’s appearance has anything to do with Booth’s unconscious attempt at working through Bones’s request to father her child.

Stephen Nathan said that “Stewie actually does give Booth some good advice [about Bone's request]… in the manner only he could.” He said “this was written for Seth MacFarland [the voice of Stewie] and he just gave us gold…improvising and ad-libbing. He was terrific.”

I can’t wait to see it - even if I don’t watch Family Guy! Although I’m loving Seth’s commercials for Hulu…

Considering they had to narrow it down to their choice of the top 35, it’s a job I would find hard, although I can’t say I wouldn’t love to give it a try! According to TV Guide’s editor-in-chief Debra Birnbaum, they took “hundreds, if not thousands, of photos,” and the issue took months to compile.

Here’s a look at David’s spread, and below that is a look at the photo shoot and a quickie interview with him about the show.

And the video…