I love Sweets realizing he completely misjudged the dynamic between them. And I'm glad Bones realizes that the two of them don't have the basis of a long-term relationship between them. The argument at the end of the flashback distilled their differences. And I'm so glad it didn't go in the rom-com direction of the woman deciding to change herself in order to make the relationship work. Though Booth was trying to push her that way.
The show can now admit that they are very close to one another but not necessarily romantically involved. It was a surprisingly sophisticated approach to this kind of thing. "Yes, oodles of oost, it would be passionate and romantic, but one of the parties is able to look at it practically and not like the odds."
Blaming Brennan's problems entirely on her parents' leaving isn't completely fair, because her parents really cared about each other, in their Bonny and Clyde way.
And Zach! How I've missed you, Zach!
the two of them don't have the basis of a long-term relationship between them
Really? Oh, I can't imagine how TWOP is going to look right now. They will
not
be happy.
I'm sure there's going to be efforts to try to convince her of the error of her ways. Angela has been obnoxious in her efforts at getting them together.
The end of the ep was fairly fraught, emotion wise. I'd see it when you can.
And Zach! How I've missed you, Zach!
Also, Zach and Hodgins first experiment together. Loved!
Is this the character that was a serial killer-in-training?
there were moments in Sweets' office when i was sure they were constructing that story just to mess with him...creating a convenient "creation story" for Booth's socks/ties/belt buckle dealio and throwing in a nice makeout session for shits and giggles. Then i guess they weren't. Very touching ep, and nice way to deal with the situation. Zach looked very....puffy. Is that actor having medical isues?
I'm wondering if having Bones go so analytical over the relationship, to the point of saying "No, this cannot work out" when Booth is "Yes, it can! I'm the guy who says it can work out!", will upset some of the more love-conquers-all folks. Then there are those who might get turned off by her alleged coldness. I adore her refusal to go against what she believes in order to placate anyone, even Booth or Angela, who are of the "Let's give it a whirl" school.
Is that actor having medical isues?
He's bipolar. It probably is a side-effect of his meds.
I was underwhelmed by that episode. Nearly everyone was a caricature in the flashbacks which I guess could be chalked up to unreliable narrators, but it grated on me.
