Three things about Bones
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charloweenI've been denying that I'll have to finish up last term's work, so I've been watching lots of television.
3x01 "The Widow's Son in the Windshield"
1. Zach's in the credits, so he was totally coming back. Fail, show.
2. I miss Hodgins's beard. This stubble, I do not see as beard.
3. Hodgins and Angela are cute. *sigh*
3b. Spent the entire last scene having Inauguration flashbacks.
3x02 "Soccer Mom in the Mini-Van"
1. O hai speaking character, will you be around much? And a second speaking character, with breasts! Bad, bad Hodgins.
2. "I do facial reconstructions. And him."
3. Today's shocking moral: parents have lives and moralities separate from their roles as parents. Luckily, if your parent is a felon, these issues are thrown into relief. Blah blah change and preconceptions.
3b. I was going to say something about the song in the teaser but a drunken Booth shoulder-snuggling Bones on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial was freaking adorable.
3x03 "Death in the Saddle"
1. Loving how unrepentantly gimmicky this show is. Now it's a fetish episode! One up on CSI, though, for having characters defend fetish play rather than just spending the entire show giggling at them.
2. "Ugh, what did you hit me with?" "A building."
3. Still on the gimmicky thing, it's great how the secret husband thing isn't any more outrageous than anything else on the show.
3b. Why? Why is David Boreanaz hotter now in his 30s than ten years ago when I watched Buffy? I demand an explanation. (Other than a decade-long crush.)
3x04 "The Secret in the Soil"
1. I love David Boreanaz. End of story.
2. I've never worked at a research institute, but I have worked in an office... and people don't ever just walk into rooms talking. Most people knock.
3. Ahahaha murderous girl is Sora from SGA. Good to know she's now done her turn as the murdering guest on a procedural cop show. When she's not the femme protege of an alien resistance force.
3b. I aim to employ an analogue of "King of the Lab" in all situations.
3x05 "Mummy in the Maze"
1. Did they get a new musical director? 'Cause the music is good.
2. Hey! Show! No making fun of Canadians.
3. It's neat to see how all the crazy special deviants they feature don't end up as standing as shorthand for entire broad subcultures - or I don't get the vibe.
3b. Love that they get into their Halloween costumes partway through the episode, so they end up in silly costumes for a good portion of the time. And that's why the showdown was awesome.
Bonus irrelevant point: All the time we were in DC I couldn't remember the name of Friendship Heights Metro and kept calling it Friendship Centre. The showdown in this episode takes place at the Friendship Heights Metro (probably for the lulz) and I kept hearing Friendship Centre. Like it was a place for hugs or something.
3x06 "Intern in the Incinerator"
1. Smacking Zach upside the head FTW.
2. King of the Lab FTW.
3. "I am not Gormogon!" FTW.
3b. In conclusion: Hodgins FTW.
3x07 "Boy in the Time Capsule"
I forgot to do this one while I was watching.
3x08 "The Knight on the Grid"
1. That Middle Eastern history class may have been punishingly difficult, but I think Anatolia is more than just a specific region of Turkey. It is most of Turkey - or was most of what became Turkey after the fall of the Ottomans in the early 20th century - maybe a specific region of the planet but not really the most direct way to describe "Anatolia". Accurate, but not nearly as precise as the show normally goes. Which tends to be down to the plot-convenient square meter.
2. This serial killer thing is like what they tried in Alias, right, but starting from the killing and working up to the conspiracy. And making sense.
3. The serial killer is... The Stig?
3b. I like how the serial killer arc doesn't only show up in sweeps week episodes.
3x09 "The Santa in the Slush"
Skipped this one because I just saw it at Christmas. Moving on!
3x10 "The Man in the Mud"
1. It's been a long time since the people in the trailer became the corpse-of-the-week rather than just finding it.
2. The car tech investigator person has far too many lines for a one-off role. I like how Bones spreads the love. (And, seriously, props for allowing no-name tertiary characters to give us some personality rather than just exposition.)
3. A lawyer, on a procedural, that actually stands up for a client? Wow.
3b. They must write b-plots with an eye to "How can we make Boreanaz adorable?" I approve. Horsey!
The problem with being on strike from an academic job means your second job is schoolwork. And I muchos suck at self-motivation. When it doesn't involve double-clicking on a video file.
3x01 "The Widow's Son in the Windshield"
1. Zach's in the credits, so he was totally coming back. Fail, show.
2. I miss Hodgins's beard. This stubble, I do not see as beard.
3. Hodgins and Angela are cute. *sigh*
3b. Spent the entire last scene having Inauguration flashbacks.
3x02 "Soccer Mom in the Mini-Van"
1. O hai speaking character, will you be around much? And a second speaking character, with breasts! Bad, bad Hodgins.
2. "I do facial reconstructions. And him."
3. Today's shocking moral: parents have lives and moralities separate from their roles as parents. Luckily, if your parent is a felon, these issues are thrown into relief. Blah blah change and preconceptions.
3b. I was going to say something about the song in the teaser but a drunken Booth shoulder-snuggling Bones on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial was freaking adorable.
3x03 "Death in the Saddle"
1. Loving how unrepentantly gimmicky this show is. Now it's a fetish episode! One up on CSI, though, for having characters defend fetish play rather than just spending the entire show giggling at them.
2. "Ugh, what did you hit me with?" "A building."
3. Still on the gimmicky thing, it's great how the secret husband thing isn't any more outrageous than anything else on the show.
3b. Why? Why is David Boreanaz hotter now in his 30s than ten years ago when I watched Buffy? I demand an explanation. (Other than a decade-long crush.)
3x04 "The Secret in the Soil"
1. I love David Boreanaz. End of story.
2. I've never worked at a research institute, but I have worked in an office... and people don't ever just walk into rooms talking. Most people knock.
3. Ahahaha murderous girl is Sora from SGA. Good to know she's now done her turn as the murdering guest on a procedural cop show. When she's not the femme protege of an alien resistance force.
3b. I aim to employ an analogue of "King of the Lab" in all situations.
3x05 "Mummy in the Maze"
1. Did they get a new musical director? 'Cause the music is good.
2. Hey! Show! No making fun of Canadians.
3. It's neat to see how all the crazy special deviants they feature don't end up as standing as shorthand for entire broad subcultures - or I don't get the vibe.
3b. Love that they get into their Halloween costumes partway through the episode, so they end up in silly costumes for a good portion of the time. And that's why the showdown was awesome.
Bonus irrelevant point: All the time we were in DC I couldn't remember the name of Friendship Heights Metro and kept calling it Friendship Centre. The showdown in this episode takes place at the Friendship Heights Metro (probably for the lulz) and I kept hearing Friendship Centre. Like it was a place for hugs or something.
3x06 "Intern in the Incinerator"
1. Smacking Zach upside the head FTW.
2. King of the Lab FTW.
3. "I am not Gormogon!" FTW.
3b. In conclusion: Hodgins FTW.
3x07 "Boy in the Time Capsule"
I forgot to do this one while I was watching.
3x08 "The Knight on the Grid"
1. That Middle Eastern history class may have been punishingly difficult, but I think Anatolia is more than just a specific region of Turkey. It is most of Turkey - or was most of what became Turkey after the fall of the Ottomans in the early 20th century - maybe a specific region of the planet but not really the most direct way to describe "Anatolia". Accurate, but not nearly as precise as the show normally goes. Which tends to be down to the plot-convenient square meter.
2. This serial killer thing is like what they tried in Alias, right, but starting from the killing and working up to the conspiracy. And making sense.
3. The serial killer is... The Stig?
3b. I like how the serial killer arc doesn't only show up in sweeps week episodes.
3x09 "The Santa in the Slush"
Skipped this one because I just saw it at Christmas. Moving on!
3x10 "The Man in the Mud"
1. It's been a long time since the people in the trailer became the corpse-of-the-week rather than just finding it.
2. The car tech investigator person has far too many lines for a one-off role. I like how Bones spreads the love. (And, seriously, props for allowing no-name tertiary characters to give us some personality rather than just exposition.)
3. A lawyer, on a procedural, that actually stands up for a client? Wow.
3b. They must write b-plots with an eye to "How can we make Boreanaz adorable?" I approve. Horsey!
The problem with being on strike from an academic job means your second job is schoolwork. And I muchos suck at self-motivation. When it doesn't involve double-clicking on a video file.
