I liked it too, but really is going after the known associates of an escaped felon really all that innovative of an approach?

No, but I think that the idea is that the NOPD was at the service of the Parrish deputies who didn't want the guys found by anyone but their hitter. So, by going off on their own they foiled the evil plot.

Was the one guy that the Cole Hauser character let get away played by the guy who was the hasbeen quarterback on FNL's homecoming episode last year?

It was nice to see his conspiracy theories work for the case.

And Bones' remark that she still thinks he's nuts but there are other people out there just as nuts and Hodgins has insight into their nuttiness.

Exactly!

It took a bit for me to get used to Hodgins new hair.

I did think on Bones it was a little heavy-handed at the end how they left the case open-ended. Booth may as well have said "we're going to have an arc this season". But it's still a very enjoyable show.

Okay, someone needs to catch me up on Bones. I was all, who is this completely random person? Why are all my people suddenly so gaunt?

Also, I started watching while eating dinner, and was thinking to myself, "why did i stop watching this show" when the skull hit the windshield. Then I was thinking, "Why am I trying to watch this show again?"

Anyway, I had forgotten that it was usually a wrap-em-up per episode, so I was befuddled at Booth's marathon pep talk. I was befuddled a lot.

Which completely random person?

Umm...

wikipedias

Looks like I mean Dr. Camille Saroyan.

I think she was on most of last season. She replaced the uptight boss guy.

She grows on you. She has a history with Booth, which they've handled really well, and added another dimension to the show.

I wasn't sure about Cam at all but they've really done a nice job with her character. I like the relationship between her and Booth but also the relationship she's built with the other characters. She started calling Zack Zackaroni, which seemed kinda corny to me and trying to hard, but then last night she said something like "Go home Zackaroni" and it was a nice moment and one that brought home that, yeah she's his boss ( and different from Bones) but she cares about him.