“Oh…whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. What goes first?”

“Gun goes first.”

“That’s right.”

BONES: Season Four

The Skull in the Sculpture

 

Hey, BONES fans!

I have to admit that this isn’t one of my favorite episodes, mostly because it’s so Angela centric. I don’t mind the Roxie stuff (with one glaring exception, more on that later), but even from the very beginning where she’s being annoying…it’s annoying. Haha.

Also, this episode feels like cliché, kind of. It begins with two guys who are up to no good (just like He in the She), who stumble on a dead body, and it feels like we’ve seen that before. Also, we’re getting into this trend where every single case directly involves a member of the team, which is just so completely unrealistic. It’s one thing to have the cases affect the team members on personal levels, but the writers are taking that WAY too overboard in some of the season four eps. And it’s kind of lazy writing, in my opinion. But they sort of backed themselves into a writing box. They have these characters, and cheers to them for making them actual characters with lives and feelings and developments and all of that, but then the problem is that they now have about 10 storylines going on, and that gets muddy. So to ‘solve’ that issue, they just move the character development to coincide with the cases. Which, like I said, is completely unrealistic. And also unlike most of the previous seasons of BONES.

Plus…Daisy.

You know, some people think I’m too hard on her, but here’s the thing. She plays tambourine in a band called Gormogon, and yes I know it’s a dream, but that is pretty much all you need to know about her.

Although, it’s almost worth it for the look on Brennan’s face when Daisy smashes the skull. (Side note: Carla Gallo is terrific and plays the part perfectly. Seriously)

THE CASE:

It’s an interesting premise, for sure. A body is found in a compacted car. Booth and Brennan do some research and find out that the body belongs to that of an artist, a man who was troubled emotionally. Other artists feel that Jeffrey committed suicide for his art, as a final piece.

But B&B are not convinced.

Suspects include Helen-the woman in makeup, Roxie-Jeffery’s assistant/maybe girlfriend who stood to inherit money, and Jeffery’s art-rival.

THE SQUINTS:

It’s kind of fun that Cam feels un-helpful in the investigation. I like that the team worked together in this episode to solve the case.

Interesting that Angela and Sweets disagree on their views of love. Angela says Sweets has a bourgeois view of love and that Love isn’t forever; nothing is forever.

Sweets seems to come from the Booth school of thought and disagrees. He also scoffs at the word bourgeois.

And poor Hodgins. At least he got to use the Jaws of Life.

BOOTH & BRENNAN:

 The thing that annoys me about the Roxie storyline is that she’s called Roxie. I mean, I get that they had to call her that, since Angela had already mentioned her once, but still…why MUST the writers use the same names??!!?! Don’t they KNOW that what happens between Booth and Brennan is THEIRS!?!?  🙂

Want to give a quick shout-out to Booth in the v-neck t-shirt. I personally hate that, but I know some people like that. I’m glad he mostly stays away from those, though. V-necks creep me out. Haha, not sure why. but they do.  And V-neck ribbed t-shirts? Ew.

I do like Brennan’s friendship with Angela in this episode. I also really, really like that Brennan is in the lab a lot for this case. I like that she does the reconstruction, and that she tossed the flesh eating beetles into the car sculpture and admits she was going to say it was an accident but doesn’t really feel like lying. Haha!

The end scene is sweet, though, when they talk about needing to have common ground.

So I’ll make the Booth of the Day from that moment.

The “Common Ground” Booth

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The Skull in the Sculpture: Season Four

 

 

Peace, Love & Bones

~S

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