So, about tonight's Bones

[vaznetti]

What the hell? Was that the season finale and I didn't realize it? The station here doesn't do scenes from next week, so I am completely in the dark here. And I don't want to be in the dark!

Booth is going to be all right, right? I mean, obviously, because he is one of the stars. But I am still concerned! And I was all happy! and aren't they cute! and then! argh!

That's all I have. I had other comments, but they have been driven out of my head.

ETA: OK, no. I am not really sure that I liked that, as plot developments go. It felt melodramatic; it felt like a way of forcing the Bones/Booth relationship. And I'm not sure it needed to be forced -- they're already adorable, and they admire each other, and I firmly believe they were heading for weird-but-cute romance territory. But now, he took a bullet for her! and she shot Pam! It just seems like more baggage than they really need. Whether it's going to be used to make some distance between them or bring them together it just seems... I don't know. Over the top.


Don't click the link until you've seen the episode. Please.

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[fourteenlines.livejournal.com]

I'll tell you the same thing I texted to my mom: BOOTH IS NOT ALLOWED TO DIE.

*g*

I would also say that, while taking a bullet for her is new, it's hardly the first time their relationship has strayed into weird and personal and seriously life-threatening territory. The episode with Brennan and Hodgins buried alive springs to mind. Or the one where [spoiler redacted] was trying to kill Bones, and Booth almost got blown up.

Not only that, but they've almost been pleasantly effective at bringing them closer through shared moral quandary. I mean, it usually involves the effects on the conscience of killing somebody, but how often do you see that seriously addressed on TV? Not to mention the ongoing arc of Brennan's father.

Anyway, I'm just thinking that it may not be a ploy to bring them together. They're already about as "together" (in the colloquial sense) as two people who aren't sleeping with each other can be. And while I see your point about them not needing more emotional baggage, at the same time I hardly think that a little more emotional baggage is going to make much of a difference. Perhaps Sweets will disagree, however! Wouldn't that be fun?

[vaznetti]

These are all very good and sensible points. It is possible that I was just cranky about the way it played out when I was all happy! And now that I've thought about it, Bones shooting Pam like that (without hardly noticing that she'd done it) may well lead to good character stuff. And as you say, they're already together in all the significant ways.