Although this week's murderer did not turn into a repeat offender who will excite us with the possibility of return and the heightened danger of an individual capable of evading Bones (Emily Deschanel) and Booth (David Boreanaz), the character development took on deeper values and a metaliterary discussion underlined the attraction to the story.
A Japanese reporter was interviewing Brennan about her latest book, her primary focus the interest in the resemblance between Brennan's characters and her friends and colleagues. While Brennan insisted that the forensics and science were what made the stories real, Booth pointed out that the characters were what made the story approachable. If the writers of Bones take their own advice, they will realize that the characters are exciting, but the forensics are what keep the story from being a harlequin romance.
The progress of relationships in this episode felt like progress. Angela (Michaela Conlin) and Hodgins (T. J. Thyne) got to have a moment, where their sexual chemistry reigned freely and Hodgins reminded her that no other man would compare. Angela and Brennan came to a better understanding of how much Angela helped Brennan with her writing. Daisy (Carla Gallo) and Sweets (John Francis Daley) reached a delightful new place in their relationship.
This episode proves that sufficient development in the characters' relationships can be enough to tie together a season, but I still with the writers would remember that it is 2010. We no longer want a bad-guy-of-the-week every week, we want a bad guy or mysterious incident of the season. If it weren't for the character advancements, any of the episodes of season 4 and 5 could have taken place in season 1-3, and I want more than characterization to mark the passage of time.
Were you as pleased with this episode as I was? Do you long for a big-bad too? Or does Bones always still have the magic that made it popular in the first place?
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