though I really really wanted to love it.

It wasn't their best efford, no.

re: the whitefont, which I wasn't aware of: that's perilously close to pandering, unless they put it in the guise of Angela rebounding from her brush with conventionality. She's often pointed out that she's had this job longer than any other, which is why I was expecting her to leave the show.

I can buy Angela bailing on getting married period, whether she loves Hodgins at all. Her "you must trust me 100% or it's over" struck me as the kind of romance-blinded thing people do who haven't had a relationship where they accept a loved one's imperfections and put up with them anyway. A person can distrust someone else 2% and just keep it to themselves and not let it get in the way.

I wonder if we'll see Angela's dad again.

And I keep thinking about Zach's poor family back in Michigan, what they must have thought about what happened.

A person can distrust someone else 2% and just keep it to themselves and not let it get in the way.

This. I don't even trust my parents 100% and, heaven knows, there's a lot of love there.

Yeah, that whole thing was so contrived. And unnecessary.

I just have to say I called Clark as the new guy: Jesse "Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You." May 20, 2008 5:07:46 am PDT He didn't last, but I did call it.

And I'm sorry-- someone who'd been military, who'd been stationed overseas, would be not just aware but a little more sensitive to cultural differences, so no, the boorish American shtick didn't work for me either.

There's a member of my extended family who was a military translator in Korea (learned Korean as an adult!), who is the most small-minded, hates-anything-'foreign' type of American. I don't necessarily buy it from Booth, but it's not an impossible combination.

It's not impossible at all. I had one coworker who lived on base and for the entire three years he was stationed there wouldn't let his wife and kids go out in town. We're talking backwater Spain, ain't nothin' happening there. But they was furriners! Egad.

A person can distrust someone else 2% and just keep it to themselves and not let it get in the way.

And of all people to be open-minded enough to accept flaws and foibles and to be understanding enough to work through them, Angela would be that person. For God's sake, Brennan is her best friend, and she was wonderfully patient with Zach -- obviously she can deal with people who don't function the same exact way she does.

It's not impossible at all. I had one coworker who lived on base and for the entire three years he was stationed there wouldn't let his wife and kids go out in town. We're talking backwater Spain, ain't nothin' happening there. But they was furriners! Egad.

You'd think I'd learn.

I finally watched "Bones" and I did not like this premiere at all. I felt like they dumbed down the show for no good reason and they broke up a couple who were at least interesting. I would have liked to continue to see them in a long-term relationship and perhaps with kids because I think they would have had to continue to work on their issues and worldviews.

BTW, the whitefont about Angela is bullshit IMO. I cannot believe that. I agree with the statement above about pandering. And I'm worried about the situation being played for laughs. Couldn't they bring in a new character who might touch on these issues? I would MUCH prefer that.

And they've got a perfect whole for a new character, too. I do hope they don't do the "new character as romantic interest so we can have jealousy" thing.

I'm also hoping that the premiere was an aberration, because normally Bones is a lot better at the clever twist. I had such high hopes when Angela and Hodgins kissed and all the bicycle bells went off and her husband only laughed and told the universe he got it already.