Bones: The Passenger in the Oven

[only_more_love]

*sigh*  I wish there had been more continuity between Con Man and this episode.  Some fallout would have been appropriate. 

There was stuff I liked:  the older woman who was a Temperance Brennan fan, how ridiculous Brennan looked in those glasses, that puzzled look on her face as she shook out her hair, and Hodgins asking Cam if it meant something that Angela and Roxie had packed one bag for their getaway.  (Although, given that in Death in the Saddle Brennan mentioned having indulged in role play, I think it's possible she would have understood what Booth was not-so-subtly hinting here.  But sometimes I think they're writing her as becoming more clueless the further we get into the show...)

I have to say, I've loved the Cam and Hodgins scenes we've been getting lately.  Not in a shippy, I-want-them-to-make-out-and-declare-their-undying-love kind of way.  They just play off each other so nicely; there's a burgeoning friendship there.  I've thought for a while now that Tamara Taylor is just a great actress.  She -- and Cam -- have really come into their own.  Watching her is truly a pleasure, and TJ's always been awesome.    

So I thought this episode was OK.  It left me feeling a little blah, on the whole.  That's fine; I don't expect any show to always be stellar.  But I did feel a bit disappointed.

Comments

[mistletoe54.livejournal.com]

As I always say - there is no continuity. Apart from a nod to the start of their partnership a lot of this felt like covering old ground: making do with high school science approaches like in Aliens in a Spaceship; conducting the case via satellite link like Woman at the Airport and Yanks in the UK; Booth complaining about coach class like he did about his accommodation in The Man in the Bear and others.

For the effort that Fox make, every episode might as well be the pilot: there is so little awareness of story arcs or character development. It must be really frustrating to pick up a script and have to ask 'OK, which version of Booth/Bones do I have to be this week?'

I enjoyed Booth though.

[dabhug.livejournal.com]

That is an awesome icon.

[mistletoe54.livejournal.com]

Isn't it! It was made by alias_jems. She has awesome work.