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ik emily was pregnant and all that but the story line got WRECKED. imagine being so excited for their romance and that shitshow is what we get. whats with the whole birth in the barn. ik what they were trying to do but it was nonsense. i've never disliked a season as much as s7. we were robbed. the storyline got wrecked and we were robbed

To me she can be very child-like.

The way she comes up with her unfunny jokes and repeats stuff when Booth teaches her something new. She also takes a lot of things at face value especially when it comes from Booth.

Contrasted with her high intelligence and rational nature, it’s very refreshing. I guess part of it is probably not having a normal childhood/teenagehood so part of that manifests itself here but I just like seeing her being silly.

What’s yours?

This was the episode where Cam put everyone on a timer to solve a murder cause she had Valentine’s Day plans.

This made NO sense to me. There are several episodes where they don’t solve murders in a day. Just a few episodes ahead in the case where Brennan related to a doctor too much we have Brennan spending multiple nights trying to crack a case.

Also Cam is the boss. If she wants to leave, she can literally leave and come back the next day to solve the case??? Why are we on a timer cause you have a date 😭

Also in like the previous episode, Brennan told her to do something that would make her stay late and she said no cause she wanted to meet her doctor boyfriend

Make it make sense 😂

So I'm rewatching season 12 now and honestly I think that the whole Kovac storyline was completely unnecessary. Because they only had 12 episodes to wrap everything up and instead of focusing on the characters moving onto a chapter of their lives they decided to introduce a villain with a grudge against Booth for something he did as a sniper. And what's really confusing is was it just Kovac who wanted revenge and no one else. None of the other family members of the people Booth killed as a sniper or any of the countless criminals and murderers that he put away as an FBI agent ever thought to seek revenge against Booth only the son of a dictator that Booth killed over 20 years ago.

In my opinion they should have focused on trying to prove that Zack didn't kill the lobbyist and get his conviction over turned. Because what we got in the actual season was Zack finally admitting to Booth and Brennan that he didn't kill anyone and then it wasn't until episode 6 that Hodgins was working on finding proof to clear Zack's name. Then they finally found the body of gormogon's apprentice before Zack but Zack didn't get cleared until episode 11 which is the second from last episode ever. And all we get is that in a year Zack would be free but we still don't know what he would do after that. I think that they should have spent more time trying to clear Zack especially since he was a fan favorite and was important to everyone on the team especially Brennan and Hodgins.

Don't get me wrong I like that Hodgins becomes the king of the lab in the finale and it's implied that once the lab is rebuilt Booth and Brennan would be back to doing what they do best. It makes me glad to think that they are still out there solving crime while raising their children and bickering about gut instinct vs evidence. But I don't think they had to destroy the lab to do that or spend so much time on a villain that was honestly not that memorable or scary. I mean the puppeteer was scarier than Kovac and he was only in like three episodes at most.

But what do you guys think was the Kovac storyline completely pointless and unnecessary or did you actually enjoy him as the final villain of the series?

I've been rewatching the show. For the most part I've enjoyed it. But omg Booth is so sexist and demanding towards Bones in this season. He's constantly man-handling Bones when he doesn't want her to do something. Does it get better?

Because I'm on Season 7 Episode 8 and I want to quit. But if he stops being a dbag soonish in the same season then I'll keep going.

I mean, come on. First they killed off Vincent, then they find Wendell's cancer and I also know that in about 10 episodes Sweets is going to die? What the hell is going on here, why can't we solve murders like normal people, why do you want me to cry all the time?

im rewatching it for the second time now (at s9/e18) and idk what it is abt the guy? i feel bad and i rlly try to like him but he’s just so .. bland? idk he just irks me for some reason and i wanted to ask on reddit what everyone was thinking!

Booth and bones we're totally fucking with sweets I refuse to believe that this is canon they were screwing with him they had to be this had to be a joke I was like 11 when I first watched this episode so I didn't really process what this meant but now that I'm much older what the hell why retroactively justify the relationship I have to stick to my head cannon that this was just them playing a joke on sweets

i just finished ep 11 s 9 and booth was awful. its an episode about a gymnastic girl who is murdered and at first they think her injuries are from being abused (wrong, she was a gymnastic) and booth was really terrible to the father. and he didnt even apologize! i just imagine having lost mu wife, a year later my daughter and this cop comes here and acts all disrespectful about it.

i think it angers me more because he's been with bones for quite a while now. he should know people are different and react differently to situations

it just left a bitter taste in my mouth

side note but arastoo being all high and mighty about cam not pursuing major charges against the friend who stole her identity also annoyed me. like it was an awful experience and you want her just to get over it?

the men were annoying in this ep

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.

I had no clue what anthropology was back in the early and mid 90s but I still remember this skit on mad TV because it was so perfectly made lol. But I also kinda think that Darrell, pronounced da'rrell is played by a chick and I can only imagine that she is going by her own experience with weird ass dudes trying to get her number!

But I have been debating on whether to put this on here or not because I still think it's funny as hell lol and back in the early to mid 90s the field of anthropology was just something that most people didn't even think about lol. But please don't be mad at me for posting something so dumb and stupid that only correlates to the sub but I still think it should fit in the parameters of what is relevant to the show Bones lol

Rewatching Bones because I never actually finished the show. I always dropped it after Lance Sweets’ death, which was probably a good decision considering I’ve heard they don’t even finish the Gormogon plot properly. But this time I’m determined to finish it, and I’m on season seven, which is getting closer.
It had me thinking: if they did want to rewrite or retcon some of the bad decisions the show made, would fans actually be angry about it? Let’s say a continuation of Bones gets greenlit and they wanted to do the same thing they did for Seeley Booth and fake Sweets’ death so he could draw out a killer or something. It would be bad writing, but would you care, or would you just be happy to see him back?
I would say the three worst decisions in Bones were killing Sweets, Zack’s whole story, and how they handled the lab dynamic. Zack Addy was one of the most likable characters, and instead of having a character with clear special needs develop and grow, maybe find love, and come out of his shell more, they made him more of a freak by labeling him as a killer so they could bring in more interns. They could have brought on interns and still kept Zack regardless. It kind of stunted Jack Hodgins’ character as well. The “king of the lab” became less relevant, and the experiments were trimmed down.
So if they wanted to bring Zack back for a reboot, would you be upset if they just said he was hired back on, even though they made a big deal about the country boy having a record? Just some ideas. I thought it would be fun to get opinions on.
Some other quick nitpicks: I actually really liked the early episodes with a boss that felt like a boss and more storytelling involving the museum, considering the show literally takes place in one. There were too many interns, and it made it hard to get attached because they kept changing or adding new ones. Also, needing every non-main character to have a tragic death or event happen to them made those moments feel a lot less impactful.
Bones’ family was underutilized, and again, there were deaths with no real impact. Bones herself is never really forced to grow; she just gets more controlling. Hodgins’ story never really got resolved either. He just stayed paralyzed.
I’ll probably have more thoughts by the end of my rewatch, but I wanted people’s opinions. Would you be opposed to some retcons to bring back fan-favorite characters?