Bones Review: The He in the She
October 9, 2008 by Kath Skerry
I liked this episode, but I am getting tired of the show setting up a crime, and then pulling out a surprise wild card of a murderer at the end. I’ve said before, I don’t mind being surprised, but, I feel like lately, it’s been like ‘hey, here’s an episode…and, oh yeah, we need a murderer…hmmm…who could it be? How about that guy”. But I did like this episode. BONES takes risks, and I thought they handled the idea of transgenderism pretty realistically and tastefully. And now, on to the breakdown.
The Case…
An upper half of body is found in the water, with breast implants, but when the lower half of the body is found later, it is the body of a male, or, the body of a woman who was once a man. This is tricky for the lab, but they get it worked out.
The Squints…
- New Guy: ‘Mr.’ Vincent Nigel-Murray. Brennan, from the get go, tells him he is not invited in the field, and he responds with randomness. This guy was funny but not memorable to me. And you know it can’t be good if even the script has you quitting, right? I did love the part where Angela and Hodgins kind of tag teamed him about Angela being WAY too much car for old Vinny.
- Hodgins: Good, smart, funny. Basically, Hodgins. Hopefully he doesn’t have to talk about Zack every week. That’s all over, right?
- Angela was great. And she used her art, and her sweet, picture checking out, asking Booth questions technique that I also love.
- Cam was fine. I liked her actions with Vino. I also don’t mind when she is out in the field. I don’t like that she has to babysit these interns every week, but I guess she has to have someone to talk to.
- Sweets! I loved his bet with Booth, and that he won. I would have liked to have seen a scene where he got his money from Brennan, the bank. That would be funny. I feel like I’ve seen them act out sitting silently through a session too many times, though.
Booth and Brennan…
The whole ‘aiming’ bit at the beginning made me laugh, but they didn’t really run with it. I liked how Brennan was in the lab a lot, and Booth was in the interrogation room. That is the good stuff, I think. I also like how the case is a foil for their own religious discussions. Just as important, Booth would let his wife call him ‘Seeley’? Interesting…either way, I LOVED the way he was holding his poker chip at the church meeting. And I liked, and understood what Brennan meant about swimming with a buddy. That made sense to me.
Favorite Line of the Night…
Hodgins: “The remains show traces of freshwater and pelagic sediment common to Chesapeake Bay.” Kidding. Probably something more like this….
Ryan: “Do you believe in redemption?”
Booth: “Yes, I do”
But enough about that. No BONES episodes till November? Ah! Boo. Well, don’t worry, though. I’ll still be around each week, giving you something to talk about. Come back next week, where we’ll be looking to settle an age old argument…namely…who is better; Booth or Angel?
–posted by Seeleybaby
Seeleybaby is GMMR’s resident BONES expert. She’ll be following the show all season for us, and we couldn’t be more excited to have Booth and Brennan (ok especially Booth) well covered this year!
I loved Brennan’s “I call you Booth and I like you just fine,” bit and of course, Booth pointing out that they aren’t married.
I think the case was a little better this time. But I agree, we used to see several suspects brought in, their stories told, and one of them would be the killer – AND we would still be surprised on some level. It doesn’t seem that way anymore, like you said, that they’re just picking random people to throw us off.
Please, enough with the interns. It’s too distracting. I miss the days when the squints would go over the case, and make fun of each other. It’s not fun to do that with the interns because we don’t ‘know’ them and they never stick around anyway.
I loved the guest star, David Gallagher, the preacher’s son. He did a wonderful job, and I loved his moments with Booth. Love, love. And I think they did a classy job of handling the transgender issue. I loved the son’s explanation at the end about the outer layer of skin, taking it all off and seeing what’s inside…so good.
Just when I start feeling better about this season, they go on hiatus!
But a Booth/Angel debate? That could definitely keep me busy for a month…
Oh, and loved Angela’s sketches too! Nice to see her art again
How are we already on hiatus? WTF? The show is doing so well, too!
I think they should bring back that cute, young guy intern. I liked him. He was so much like Brennan!
I wonder if the producers started getting wind of fans feeling like the cases were *too* predictable, and that’s why we’re now getting the killer-pulled-out-of-a-hat at the end. I have to say, this wasn’t all that surprising, and it probably would have been less-so had we actually seen the wife before the last five minutes.
Speaking of Angela’s art…….whatever happened to the Angelator? I feel like I haven’t seen that since…well, the last time I remember is ‘Soccer Mom in the Mini-Van’ from last season, but I could be wrong. The ‘how did Patricia get run over by a boat?’ discussion would have been much clearer for the audience had it been shown that way.
I’d be enjoying the baseball hiatus a lot more if the Cubs hadn’t completely tanked last week. Oh well. Only 27 days until a new episode of Bones. 🙂
I read somewhere that Hart said the Angelator, being completely CGI, was hugely expensive, possibly the most expensive effect on the show. That could explain why it isn’t used as much lately.
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