The old victim, yes - there was a scene set when he was killed towards the end

But did they ever show why he not only stuck around but reshuffled the tiles to prime the trigger? That's what I missed. Was he locked in? Did he think he was working to get out and it was all a big lie?

The more you all talk about this episode, the worse it sounds.

Hot mess, upon reflection. But Stella looked good. Great jacket, lovely cheekbones.

It's like they had the idea for the tricked out house - but they couldn't hang a really good plot on it.

Did anyone catch the Deschanel sisters act on Bones?

Well, it's currently in progress EST so, sort of (I'm a half hour behind).

Speaking of which: "That's a chunk of Santa!"

Oh Bones, don't change your dinner hour gross-out ways. I almost find it endearing now (since I usually eat just a bit later).

Then end of Bones was eerily prescient of our conversation in Bitches today.

I was seriously disappointed with the Brennan family reunion. I mean, minimal scenes with Tempy's family, Zooey was basically doing schtick (and with way less affect than Emily, which, I guess, is some kind of achievement - must run in the family) and Max was just there. Bleh. I think I've been spoiled by prior Bones XMAS episodes.

the getting evidence off Booth scene was funny though.

Oh, don't get me wrong, there was fun stuff this episode. It's just the Max episodes are usually something to look forward to, and I've been wondering since day one if they'd get Zooey to do an ep, so this was disappointing that way.

Especially since previous Xmas eps had been really good.