At this point when I watch the show at all it's for the side characters - Cam, Sweets, Hodgins. Sometimes that's enough to make it through an ep, sometimes not. With the packed Thursday night line up this year, I don't think it'll make the cut very much.

I still like DB and Booth. I like ED as well, but the inconsistency of Brennan is tiresome and annoying.

It's starting to fall apart for me. It used to be the ensemble cast was so much fun, but their ranks have been gutted in number and in screen time. I still love DB but Bones herself is getting tiresome.

But! She's beautiful and intelligent!

But! She's beautiful and intelligent!

Until she gets herself some violet eyes and a lovely singing voice, it doesn't render her immune from criticism. Unless she has those? In that case I take it all back.

Lovely singing voice...check. Violet eyes...not yet. But HH may yet write them in.

After Hodgins and Angela had their "King of the Lab" exchange, I just looked sadly at Hodgins and said, "We miss Zach, too." Then I was a little bummed that Hodgins didn't say it.

It was a moment that really seemed to have Zack as the elephant in the room.

In Criminal Minds actor news, MGG just had surgery again on the knee he injured dancing. Let that be a cautionary tale to you kids. If you don't warm up before dancing, you could end up like this. On the other hand, his arms look marvellous.

I just got a Criminal Minds book from the library. Will keep you posted.

I gave up on Bones. It's been going in a direction I'm not crazy about and when I realized I had no interest in watching the last five eps(which were on the TiVo) I deleted the season pass.

WRT the Death card: Yeah, I know it means change, but I always think of the one time I got that card when my grandma was ill and I thought "oh no." I mean, I kinda knew she was dying before I did the reading, but still, it was a deeply uncanny moment.