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First of all I wanna say that the whole text is gonna contain spoilers so if you're a first time watcher please do not continue to read.

I was a first time watcher, started the show about 3 months ago and this morning I watched the finale. Itwas emotionally loaded and in my opinion beautifully wrapped up. Knowing Zack is gonna get released in about thirtheen months makes me really happy and i'd like to believe that he would work at some capacity in the Jeffersonian again. Angela and Hodgin's ending, with their second child on the way, Angela being content with where she is, Hodgin's "King of the Lab" victory lap with his wheelchair was awesome. Cam and Arastoo getting married and adopting three kids were really good, especially personally I would also adopt instead of giving birth. The interns all coming together as one and figuring out where Kovac was hiding was profound, especially them using everyhting Brennan has taught them in the past and all that, not to mention the beautiful speech she game them about remembering the first day they came to the jeffersonian. Brennan and Booth also ended on a good note. I haven't always liked Booth's character because of him being a bully especially in earlier seasons and his sometimes really narrow mind but I believe he's also the best person to be Brennan's partner because he gives it all for her. I wish he changed his blind faith for the government like after everything i find it reather dumb for him to trust the government with all he has. Literal FBI director was after Brennan and her family, J. F. Kennedy's death's true nature was hidden by the government, his "simple drug surveilance" photos were used to blackmail political figures etc etc, after all that he should've went "maybe i shouldn't trust the government this strongly" idk but in general he was a good man who felt remorse for the things he wrongly did and tried to do good in contrast to that. I remember in first episode, he says to Brennan that "Being a sniper, I took a lot of lives. What I'd like to do before I'm done is try and catch at least that many murderers." and Brennan replies with "I'd like to help you with that.". This sums up about their entire friendship and relationship and I think thats beautiful. That quote is my two of my fav quotes from the show, the other being "We make our lives out of chaos and hope. And love" by Angela.

In terms of cinematography and writing, seasons 1-4 were superior to others. Especially season one had something mysteriously beautiful in it. Sid's place and Dr. Daniel Goodman are forever missed, that atmosphere of season 1 went away with them sadly. I also enjoyed season 5 a lot, there were numerous jokes i found to be hilarious. Other seasons were definitely good too but with the writers strike hitting the Grave Digger and Gormogon storyline and other serial killers in the show not being half as much dark or entertaining as them (minus the puppeteer and the ghost killer but that stroylines ended so shortly too) definitely took a toll on the impact later seasons had. In general speaking of the whole seasons, the music use was really good. Especially Set Free by Katie Gray, An Arrow by Sarah Blasko and Hot Blooded by Foreigner were my favorites.

The science was in my opinion were real good. I know that it wasn't always accurate or realistic, especially some of Hodgin's and Angela's stuff were them being multiple characters with different abilites at once, but still i enjoyed them overall. My fav squinterns after Zack were Wendell, Edison, Daisy and Vaziri. I really liked that Brennan trusted Edison with her father's case and Edison was just a really great science/friend guy even though he preferred to be left outside of the drama. Wendell was really socially well informed and overall a great character. (He shouldn't have left his job though, that short storyline really sucked and was unnecessary) Daisy was at first surely annoying but she grew a lot and became a great scientist and a friend. I wish she never had to loose Sweets though :/. Vaziri at first felt like a really streotypical character but when that "fake accent" thing was explained, he quickly climbed up to my favorites list. Him standing on his ground in 9/11 victim episode, him wanting to adopt and his overall great attitude and love for Cam made him a really strong character in my eyes.

Overall it was a really good watch with lots of memoriable moments and characters. It's one of those shows thats really worthy of a rewatch. I have my own reservations about the show, especially the political stuff but when I consider that this show was made in 2000's, I find myself appreciating their woke stance compared to those times. Thank you all for reading boneheads <4

On an additional note, which shows would you recommend to me that's similar to Bones? I already watched The Mentalist and Castle.

Migrating to protonmail, i have questions

Finished Bones after 3 months