Bones - The Mastodon in the Room, S06E01

So, not only was the 7 month time jump practically superfluous, but everything has returned to how it was before. Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Booth (David Boreanaz) still have the same tensions, although perhaps Booth is the one who feels more free in his committed relationship with a journalist while Bones is a little sadder about the development. Really, though, nothing has changed.

So here is my plan. I am not going to watch Bones again until Christmas. The hiatus and the fact that this episode wasn't completely awful have made the hatred I was feeling for it dissipate - I have removed it from the list of forever banned. But, I think that the best possibility for me to ever enjoy it again, as relationships between the characters will forever be more important than true forensics, is to only binge watch. So, when we reach the Christmas hiatus, if I have time, I will catch up on the entire first half of season 6 in about a day.

I am still too frustrated with the distractions of character interaction and dynamics. Sure, most of the characters got to remind us of their strengths as scientists (or whatever), which was nice, and Brennan has certainly recultivated her lack of ability of correctly interacting with others, while adding sweetness with statements such as when she compared Angela (Michaela Conlin) to her sister, or when she told Caroline (Patricia Belcher) "I find I would like to hug you." Those were improvements. But it's not enough.

So for those of you planning to watch, I hope you enjoy. I may or may nor join you again come Christmas.