Bones did a Christmas episode, I think the first season, that was also very well done. Such a Little Show That Could.

sigh ... a friend called and we spent almost all of Bones on the phone. I can hope for a rerun, right? And last year's Christmas show was delightful - DB is SO GOOD at being goofy!

Oh man, the look she gave when told to leave the house after Dan arrived... wow. Stubborn, angry, defiant, hateful. I loved her for not wanting to leave.

This is what irritated me the most. Why would she not want to leave? Why did Dan have to remind her about their son? It just pissed me off. The way they write the wife makes her seem at once very capable and supportive, but also whiny and irritating. I hate for the first few eps that she kept complaining about his time travel. As if this is a smoking habit that he can quit with a patch.

Well, I'm wondering whether leaving might have been the wrong thing. As in - his whole craxiness was based on his mother leaving and then he had Katie put on the apron and making lunch. I thought that maybe making lunch, not leaving might appease him.

(I didn't mean that Bones didn't have Xmas episodes - I just meant that this was the first show I've seen that has done a Xmas episode. Sometimes, in normal years, shows have the odd new episode outside of Sweeps. SPN is having one in December (for example.)

I think it was the right move because he told her to leave, as opposed to the little kid not having a choice so many years ago.

then Booth showing up with a tree did get me a little teary eyed.

that he ran off of the car battery! am I total geek for loving that part?

I loved the way Booth made Christmas for Bones' family. And also, a nice lesson for Parker, you know?

And as was noted in Natter: DB is looking very good.

am I total geek for loving that part?

No. And you just know that he and Parker had a great time getting that all set up.

(I possibly have a soft spot for daddy!Booth that's a mile wide. Shh, don't tell anyone.)

eta: omg x-post!

I remember the first Christmas ep. Stoned Booth! He so loves being dorky. And, yeah, he's looking particularly smoking this year.

"I'm feeling puckish." Everyone's a matchmaker. It honestly seems, though, that the stumbling blocks between Booth and Brennan, particularly religion, preclude anything other than friendship.

edit: And the use of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" as a threat was surreal!

edit: And the use of "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" as a threat was surreal!

Oh, I LOVED that.