Saturday, October 17, 2009

Bones - A Night at the Bones Museum, S05E05

This week's murder was witnessed by a mummy. That's right, an Egyptian mummy, dead for over 3000 years witnessed a recent murder, though Bones (Emily Deschanel) and Booth (David Boreanaz) do not originally have a body to investigate. Oh, and apparently mummies smell like Christmas.

When beginning the investigation, where would our team be without a lab assistant? After all, now that Brennan runs around to question people with Booth, someone needs to actually look at the bones...this week? Daisy! That's right, Sweets (John Francis Daley) convinces Brennan to give Daisy (Carla Gallo) another chance. He apparently taught her some breathing exercises, so he hopes she will impress Bones this time.

When investigating the mummy, Bones and Daisy both get their giddy geek on about the discovery and it's historical importance. Seeing Bones giddy was almost as surprising as seeing her behave just like Daisy. In fact, Bones had more than one uncharacteristic moment - she is apparently a huge fan of The Mummy (1932), and can quote the lines and everything. Apparently, she didn't miss all culture.

Despite the distractions of such a cool archaeological find, Brennan and Booth discover the murder victim - a curator at their own museum. In the end, she was murdered over a large ruby found in the mummy's chest. And while that was interesting, I enjoyed Bones and her love of ancient corpses a lot more. It reminded me that her real calling and her background was not solving murder investigations, but solving historical puzzles. When she proved that the mummy was innocent of a murder he supposedly committed 3000 years ago, thus changing history, she accomplished something that will endure forever in her world.

What part did you like best?

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