Is no one going to say to Bones maybe you should have left Christine safely with Booth?

I did! I said it!

I meant a character on the show.

No! (Based on nothing other than the fact that I like Reed Diamond and would like to see him play a character that's not a S.O.B for a change. I live in hope).

Ha! Yeah, that would be nice. What other motive could he have for taking the flower out of the trash?

I think if he wasn't so good, I wouldn't like it, despite being up to my eyeballs in the defective-detective trope. Because the procedure takes much more handwavium when you are a David Simon fan. One day, I will get a cramp. But it does work emotionally, imo. As a writer, I have occasionally met people and felt like I knew them because I have characters like them. That might be a tiny bit like Daniel in that episode.

I meant a character on the show.

I know, silly, I was just agreeing with you (though I MAY have actually said something aloud to my TV).

What other motive could he have for taking the flower out of the trash?

I think my brainspace was doing a sort of, "Well, he resisted them at every turn until he finally caved. But now that he's on the 'Palant is the Devil' Bandwagon, he's going to investigate and try to keep helping in the background while Our Heroes go back to their regular lives..." I dunno, something like that, hard to concentrate with my hands waving around so much.

And also - who cares if he's an Egyptian citizen? Egyptian citizens can be jailed here too. They didn't say anything about Diplomatic Immunity, did they? Or is the point supposed to be, "You were right all along, that Palant guy did all the crimes. But this isn't Palant,"? What did I miss?

I think if he wasn't so good, I wouldn't like it, despite being up to my eyeballs in the defective-detective trope. Because the procedure takes much more handwavium when you are a David Simon fan. One day, I will get a cramp. But it does work emotionally, imo. As a writer, I have occasionally met people and felt like I knew them because I have characters like them. That might be a tiny bit like Daniel in that episode.

I never really thought about it, but I think you're right. At first there was an annoying amount of Adrian Monk & Patrick Jayne's annoying lovechild but McCormick really settled into the role and really is the strength of the show.

I stopped watching Bones before Angela and Hodgins' kid was born. Is it worth catching up on?

Eh. If you didn't love it enough to stick with it at the time, I can't think of any particular reason why you should knock yourself out to catch up...

I agree. McCormick is really compelling.

McCormick is selling it to me, even as I argue with his premise. I expect I'll forget to watch the next season and not miss it, though.

The one with the woman stuck reliving one day in the 80s almost made me quit watching, though.

I'm impressed with his dramatic chops...I've only seen him in comedies.

I like him and I wish he were in a better show.