Sometimes you have to go with your brain over your gut.
That’s nice. I’d prefer that you always go with your brain over your gut because your gut cannot think.
Your brain can’t digest a breakfast burrito.
BONES: Season Five
The Proof in the Pudding
Well, the beginning of this episode makes me smile (and not necessarily just because of the David Boreanaz pelvic thrusts). Actually, the whole Michael Jackson thing is weird for me. First of all, I don’t care what anyone says, there is no way Brennan has no idea who Michael Jackson is. Not possible. Some pop culture references, I get that she might not get them, but this? Not possible. And Booth’s dancing is goofy, and for the first time, I’m weirded out by it. Not sure why.
But what DOES make me smile is the totally plausible idea that Booth, on a Friday after work, would pick up a pizza and eat some right away. And just as he’s about home, he turns around to go to the lab because…he’s gotta make sure his partner has eaten. I think THAT is the sweetest thing! One of my favorite things about this episode.
As far as the rest of the episode, it’s not one of my favorites. I know a lot of people love this episode more than any other BONES episode ever, but I don’t love it. I like it, and I smiled a lot, but it’s kind of ridiculous how good it is.
I know that doesn’t make sense…I’m just saying that it’s like…everything we want, rolled up into one episode, and to me, that’s just unrealistic. It’s like fanfiction. Please, you know I’m not judging that. I’m just saying that SuperBooth and Team Brennan stand up to tyrannously mysterious government agency, solve one of the greatest mysteries of American history, and are done in time for a hearty breakfast? (and also dis Hacker???). Too good to be true. BONES pal Lauren says that maybe HH just figured it was time to throw us fans a bone.
Okay. I guess! 🙂
THE CASE:
Brennan, Cam, Angela, Hodgins, and Sweets are sequestered at the Jeffersonian by the GSA and given the task of identifying what the markers, bullet entry points (and the previous week’s previews) tell us may very well be the remains of John F. Kennedy. The GSA suits forbid them from declaring an identity; the J-team’s ONLY task is to determine cause of death. Booth is anxious that ‘his people’ are without him, and so he literally shoots his way into the Jeffersonian Forensics Lab where he then proceeds to use an FBI created perfect replica of Lee Harvey Oswald’s gun to shoot two (perfect) shots into cantaloupes. The ‘assignment’ is quickly shut down, even though the team is not convinced they have the full answers. They later find out that a congressional committee was considering exhuming Kennedy’s body, and it was a test or dry run.
THE SQUINTS:
I know I’ve said that I pretty much only like Sweets when he’s used professionally, but I didn’t mind the whole “slightly scared little brother who really just wants to hang out with the cool kids” thing he had going on in this episode. I like that he turned to Booth for guidance, and good for Booth for being cool about it. I laughed when Sweets basically said Booth probably had some anger issues but also was as awesome as a ninja.
Cam’s friendly loyalty to Booth is one of her best qualities. Since WE know that SHE knows that Booth loves Brennan, I thought it was very meaningful that she complimented Brennan at the end of the episode. I might be projecting on to Cam’s character, but I’d like to think that for her, it was a little glimmer of hope that Brennan might love Booth as much as he loves her.
No squintern this week, and I’m glad, because it was just kind of the core team there, doing the stuff, and it allowed Angela and Hodgins to have some very meaningful moments. I totally bought into the Angela being pregnant storyline, and I thought Hodgins’ reaction was very good. He’s an orphan too, isn’t he? I am pretty sure he is, so I liked this idea of him still wanting to have a family. As for Angela, well, I’d say she has some thinking to do.
All in all, I thought the pregnancy test B-plot was good for three reasons.
- It allowed Cam to talk about Michelle, and it’s always good when they keep that storyline going.
- It allowed Hodgins to tell Angela that he loves her. I thought it was interesting that Angela considered Hodgins to be the second person she would tell (after Wendell, but since he wasn’t first, she still kept Hodgins as second).
- It allowed Brennan to tell Cam (and us) that she has not had sexual intercourse in quite some time.
YESSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!
BOOTH & BRENNAN:
Slight (but not at all really) spoiler alert: In the 100th episode, we get an answer to a question I had that came up in this episode. I won’t tell you the question, or anything else, and I realize that is a very, very lame spoiler, but I was still pleased by that.
Anyways, I love Brennan’s self-confidence and how she assumes Cam would be upset at her being pregnant as she would lose her superior work at the lab for a time. Haha!
Booth’s “I showed you mine, now show me yours” is just awesome, as is that whole scene where he is cocky, surrounded by the GSA agents.
Interesting that they brought Hacker back for this episode. Even though Brennan was a teensy bit happy to see him, I thought the general vibe (even from HIM) was that he is obviously the poor man’s Special Agent Seeley J. Booth. What struck me in this episode was a reminder that it’s possible Booth has turned down promotions in order to stay partners with Brennan (and his people).
But mostly Brennan. Remember how Booth told Dr Wyatt that he would KNOW if Brennan loved him? I felt like after he hugged her (which was the first time, I believe, that he hugged her when HE needed it; am I right?), when he was looking at her, and she was looking back at him, I thought…okay, Booth is seeing what we can see. She feels love for him.
The end scene is as sweet as the berries Brennan eats for breakfast. I do love it. It’s like one long squee-worthy moment. I like how Brennan waits around for Booth outside the diner. I just think they only have eyes for one another. Even when Sweets is talking, she keeps sparing glances toward Booth, and he to her. Once Sweets is gone, he offers his arm, and she accepts. It’s very friendshippy, but also very romantic. I guess maybe that is the word I am looking for to describe this episode. It’s incredibly romantic. I should just enjoy that and not complain!
The “Learning from her” Booth
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The Proof in the Pudding: Season Five
Peace, Love & Bones
~S
April 7, 2010 at 10:05 pm
Yes!! His dancing is very weird. I’m glad I’m not the only one that didn’t go ga-ga over that.
He really lunged at her for that hug at the end, didn’t he? So sweet. The only other time it comes that close is when they both reach for each other in Harbingers.
I thought this was a very well-done episode.
September 20, 2010 at 11:55 am
Haha – I’ll join in on this bandwagon. Made me get that embarrassed feeling watching that dance. Don’t know why.
April 7, 2010 at 11:02 pm
It was very well done, wasn’t it. I’m happy to accept it as a gift to the loyal fans!
April 21, 2010 at 10:53 am
I was just catching up with your recap. Now that 100th episode has aired, care to share what question arised from this episode it has answered?
May 16, 2010 at 4:57 pm
The question I believe is how Brennan knows that Booth is a descendant from John Wilkes Booth, Right? She brings it up and he gets upset and in the 100th we find out that she knew from the beginning because of his bone structure! 🙂
September 20, 2010 at 12:17 pm
“Slight (but not at all really) spoiler alert: In the 100th episode, we get an answer to a question I had that came up in this episode. ” — Yes, I really liked this link. Consistency! Woot-woot!
I loved this episode for the Boothyness of it and subsequent Brennan-ness, but did not like the scenario that brought it together. Too forced. Pretty hot to see Booth in sniper mode, though. Him going all “ninja” was not done as well as it could have been done (ANGEL would have really shown how it was done), though I liked the idea that all of the squints really got to see him in action rather than just guess or hear about it secondhand.
Great contrast between Hacker and Booth and the line-up at the diner for the last scene was enjoyable with the especially typical and funny response by Brennan that SHE didn’t fail, of course!
November 24, 2010 at 12:55 pm
TJ Thyne is such a good actor. I was vibrating right along with him while he was talking. Awesome.
December 16, 2010 at 1:32 pm
I thought it was wonderful that Hodgins told Angela that “I’m your guy”. He was willing to marry Angela and take care of her and her baby even if the baby wasn’t his. Now that is a stand up guy. He is very cool. This episode made me see how really compasionate Hodgins is. I love the way that Hodgins has grown, from a very angry conspiracy nut to a calmer man who knows what he wants.
February 3, 2011 at 7:20 pm
Yes the dancing is freaky. It was also freaky when Michael Jackson did it. Inherently, that kind of dance is freaky, especially on a grown man like Booth, who should have, quite frankly, known better. Or his writers should have.
Thank you. That is out of my system now. I am now two episodes behind, though as of tonight, that will be three episodes. I hope to catch up to watching everything from start to finish so that I can watch next week on the day of. That means if I can average 3 episodes a day, I will be just about up by next Friday so that I can hopefully watch the four post-DitP episodes all together. 🙂
January 28, 2012 at 9:17 am
Brennan must not have been sexually active for A LONG TIME before season6 ep21. I can’t recall her being with anyone else till then.
Hate the MJ dance and Booth over protective is great.
January 9, 2017 at 9:44 am
I have a soft spot for anyone doing dodgy Michael Jackson dancing. It was a regular feature of college parties.