Yeah, but you're an amateur fry cook and I come from a long line of fry cooks that don't live past 25.

Buffy ,'Showtime'


Procedurals 1: Anything You Say Can and Will Be Used Against You.

This thread is for procedural TV, shows where the primary idea is to figure out the case. [NAFDA]


sj - Feb 11, 2011 12:53:32 pm PST #7071 of 11834
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

The proposal and the response. I knew there had to be something to come between Hannah and Booth, but I wasn't expecting it to be that.


Morgana - Feb 11, 2011 1:16:50 pm PST #7072 of 11834
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber

As soon as he started ring shopping I was having questions, though. This was the woman who moved in with just one duffel bag, right? She's a nomad, she doesn't like ties, she doesn't want to settle down in one place. As far as we know they've never discussed anything as permanent as marriage. They've been happy, but it hasn't been going on for very long. The only reason Booth went for the ring in the first place was because he was goaded into it by Sweets. If he had been willing to go on with the current arrangement she would have stayed; it was Booth who made it an all or nothing proposition.


quester - Feb 11, 2011 1:24:29 pm PST #7073 of 11834
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

I kind of wasn't paying close enough attention to what Booth said to Brennan in the bar, until I realized it must have been important.

What did he say?


sj - Feb 11, 2011 1:28:21 pm PST #7074 of 11834
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

He essentially said they could be just partners with nothing personal or she could ask to be re-assigned to another agent.


quester - Feb 11, 2011 1:57:51 pm PST #7075 of 11834
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

Ah, so the relationship angle is dead for now. Got it.


Frankenbuddha - Feb 11, 2011 4:58:38 pm PST #7076 of 11834
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

He essentially said they could be just partners with nothing personal or she could ask to be re-assigned to another agent.

Well, except for friendship, which I think is HIGHLY personal, but just friendship.


sj - Feb 11, 2011 5:23:40 pm PST #7077 of 11834
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

He didn't really say friendship, did he? Maybe I missed it, but we can have a drink after work to celebrate a case ending does not equal friendship to me.


§ ita § - Feb 11, 2011 5:29:11 pm PST #7078 of 11834
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Yeah, he was pretty specific about smalltalk.


Morgana - Feb 11, 2011 5:49:17 pm PST #7079 of 11834
"I make mistakes, but I am on the side of Good," the Golux said, "by accident and happenchance.” – The 13 Clocks, James Thurber

Well, he was riding high on self-pity at that point. I can see them moving back to friendship pretty quickly.


brenda m - Feb 11, 2011 5:55:59 pm PST #7080 of 11834
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

Well, he was riding high on self-pity at that point. I can see them moving back to friendship pretty quickly.

I was kind of surprised he didn't smack her down a lot harder. I was not at all certain that when she asked "what happens now?" she didn't basically mean "so are we back on then?" From his reaction I'm pretty sure he went there too. So I'd say he was striking out for more reasons than just that.

(Not that I disagree that they'll be back to normal in .25 episodes.)

Promo: Speaking of. Way to undercut the tension. "Will their hormones get the better of them?" I'm sure whatever happens it won't be that, but still not the note I'd end that scene on.