I'm wondering if they were thinking, "Man, we've got to deal with the Gravedigger thing, the fans are getting twitchy." Still, this could have been done a lot better.

I can see them needing someone with Booth, 'cause otherwise we've just got him talking to himself. The corporeal ghost, though, was weird. Still, a nice touch after four years to find out where Parker got his name.

That FBI agent couldn't have lugged Booth around, much less hoisted him into that sub thing. For that matter, I was never happy with how Hodgins and Brennan ended up buried in *her* car. Awful tidy job of burying.

The best part was watching the squints work. For all Brennan's desperation to find Booth, she was still unwilling to compromise evidence. That would have been a nice quandary, if Hodgins hadn't been there to provide the impetus to misconduct. However, while evidence is sacrosanct, living suspects can be . . . persuaded. And smacked in the head with briefcases. Hah.

I completely buy Hodgins stealing evidence and conducting his own investigation. Poor naive Angela, not believing the government has records of people. "Only conspiracy freaks call it Spring Cleaning."

I've come to quite like Sweets. His utter refusal to allow them to torture Whatserface was good. I was hoping he'd manage to psych her out, but beating her with science was good.

Not what I was hoping for, but the side bits were nice. I like seeing that the characters have their own agendas and that while they'll back each other up they don't share the same motives.

It seems a small irritation in the midst of all the inconsistencies, but why was it necessary for the cast to go through that entire episode in evening gowns and tuxes? Other than the 45 seconds or so at the beginning where Brennan was talking about some sort of party or presentation or whatever, there was absolutely no point to having them wearing those clothes.

Because they didn't have time to go change.

But why even set up the story so that the cast had to be in formal wear? It had no bearing on the episode. They might as well have been in Halloween costumes again.

Also, I would think someone as practical as Brennan would keep a change of clothes at the lab. She could have changed while the X-rays were being done on the dead body, or while they went out to collar the evil FBI agent, or whenever. I'm sure there could be a lag time of 2 or 3 minutes in between procedures and interviews.

But why even set up the story so that the cast had to be in formal wear?

Idiot. So we can all see Seely Booth in a tux. Have you no sense of priorities?

Exactly.

Also: his brother in dress uniform.

All right, maybe I was failing to see the bigger picture.

I also thought the shot, right after Brennan gets the call from the Gravedigger, where we're looking at her profile, her chin dipped down just so, with those completely killer earrings, was worth the price of admission.

(From a lover-of-nice-jewelry perspective, this show makes me very happy. Brennan and Angela always wear very interesting pieces.)

I'm sorry we're so shallow, Morgana, you actually make very valid points.

Speaking of Brennan's nice jewelry, does anyone remember the site where you can buy things they use on TV shows? my sister's interested in some of her jewelry (although now that she's laid off - and had to buy a new furnace - jewelry's kind of low on the priority list ... although I've offered to make things for her, she won't wear anything I make for her).