Themonstrously amazing 100th episodeofBoneswas a lot for any season finale to live up to.
[The major episode chatter begins here, so jump ship now DVRers.]
How will Booth change after a year in Afghanistan?
Are Daisy and Sweets really over?
What will Angela and Hodgins be up to in Paris (baby-making?)?
But thats not necessarily a bad thing.
As explored in the big 1-0-0, Bones and Booth have obstacles to overcome.
Bones is still unable to allow herself to be vulnerable enough to love another person.
Maybe we want them to come back as different people, as it was hinted in the episode.
Part of me knows that the core of who they are will never change.
Bones will always be intelligent, calculated and just a little socially clueless.
Booth will always be the hero, the gambler, and a person of faith.
But would it be such a bad thing for them to change the non-core parts?
The parts that are stopping them fromfinallybeing together?
Because we have to remember, relationships dontonlybegin at the end of seasons, right?
TheBonesfan in me wants to believethatswhats on the horizon.
My first evidence for this theory is in the conversation Bones had with Angela in the lab.
Angela:Youre allowed to make life changes without picking a fight with your old life.
Bones:But I need a break from that life.
Im worried all the time.
Worried that Booth might get hurt on a case, and I cant prevent it.
Worried about what our partnership means.
Angela:So you want to get away from Booth?
I just need some perspective so that I can view my life with some objectivity.
Booth:I dont do really good with change, I guess.
…Its a joke.
Hey, I was being affectionate.
[Pause] Will you go back to the army?
Booth:Its what best for me right now.
Bones:Ill only be gone for a year.
Booth:Me too.
So, hey, whats a year?
Bones:Its the time it takes for the Earth to make a full revolution around the sun.
Booth:In the scheme of things.
You know, the grand scheme of things.
Im just saying a year, you know, its not too bad.
Bones:We can come back, pick up where we left off.
Nothing really has to change
Booth:No, things have to change.
Hey, I taught you about eye contact, you taught me about evolution.
So… heres to change.
Bones:To change.
First the case: A hoarder/agoraphobe died after being buried under his own junk.
As always, it appeared to be homicide because there was a motive.
(Insert your own WTF?
Paying attention, Booth and Bones?
Yourbaggageandfearswill only bringharmto yourself and the ones you love.Parallel.
Daisys impending travel, however, meant that her and Sweets wedding was postponed indefinitely.
This became especially clear when Daisy brought up that Brennan was her idol.
I thought it was a clever way for the writers to use the couple.
I would have kept them together, though.
If I may, his time with Sweets was, well, sweet.
We concluded the episode with an airport farewell.
And Booth arrived in uniform (drool) to bid her farewell.
Our hearts continued racing.
The grasped each others hands… and then walked away.
Color me pissed but hopeful.
So, PopWatchers,what do you think?
Will Brennan return having discovered something crucial about the evolutionary chain… and herself?
Am I grasping at straws trying to see the sunny side of things?
Or, as someone wise once said, will a change do them good?
