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thrawn527
Mar 27, 2004

Thrawn/Pellaeon
Studying the art of terrorists
To keep you safe



Bones returns Monday, 9/16!

What is Bones?
From executive producers Barry Josephson and Hart Hanson comes the darkly amusing drama Bones, inspired by real-life forensic anthropologist and novelist Kathy Reichs. Forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan, who works at the Jeffersonian Institution and writes novels as a sideline, has an uncanny ability to read clues left behind in a victim's bones. Consequently, law enforcement calls her in to assist with murder investigations when the remains are so badly decomposed, burned, or destroyed that the standard identification methods are useless. Brennan has been teamed with Special Agent Seeley Booth, a former Army sniper who mistrusts science and scientists when it comes to solving crimes. Brennan and Booth clash both professionally and personally, but the chemistry between them has grown since they first met and has made them a strong and trusting team. Brennan's equally brilliant colleagues (or "squints" as they're often called) at the Jeffersonian's Medico-Legal Lab include earthy and bawdy Angela Montenegro, who's created a unique way to render an original crime scene in a three-dimensional computer image (you'll probably hate her); Dr. Jack Hodgins, who's an expert on insects, spores and minerals, but conspiracy is his hobby (also, he used to be filthy Rich, until the big bad last season somehow stole his money); and Brennan's boss Dr. Camille "Cam" Saroyan, who replaced Dr. Daniel Goodman after the first season. Zack Addy, a young prodigy whose genius IQ sometimes distances him from reality, was Brennan's former assistant, but at the end of season three he left the Jeffersonian. Because he was helping a serial killer kill and eat people. Because apparently that was the "logical" thing to do.

To aid Booth and Brennan in their persisting struggles, psychologist Dr. Lance Sweets signed on in season three as their therapist, and more recently has been hired to work in the lab to provide his unique input on cases.

Hang on a minute, that sounds disturbingly like a police procedural...
It's true, Bones is a crime-of-the-week show. So if you have zero interest in those, you probably won't find much to like here. That being said, it's more NCIS than CSI, if that helps any. It's genuinely funny, has a solid cast of characters that it uses well (more on this below), knows to usually not take itself too seriously, and has a sense of heart that other crime shows seem to lack. It has more plot arcs than crime procedurals usually do, and they are almost always well done.

What do you mean, "almost always"?
Noticed that, did you? 2 years ago, the show introduced a big bad villain named Christopher Pelant. That season ended with Pelant framing Bones for murder, forcing her to go on the run. Last season began with them clearing Bones' name, and Booth shooting Pelant in the face.

Great, shot in the face. Why do we still care?
Because apparently that didn't stick (though he does have a scarred face now), and he's still around causing trouble. And by causing trouble, I mean for the show. One of the biggest problems with Bones is that it is just the worst when it comes to tech and computer stuff. Whenever computers come up, it's like magic has been introduced to the show. And Pelant is a walking, talking example of this. In one episode, he etched markings into bones, that, when the bones were scanned into the computer as images, created code that uploaded a virus. Pelant is just the worst. Hopefully they don't spend too much time on him this season, but they're going to have to address him at least at the beginning.

Where did we leave off?
Bones proposed to Booth (since he said he would wait until she was ready), but this apparently upset Pelant, who forced Booth to reject said proposal and said, thanks to his computer magic (and bugs, I guess), that he would know if Booth told Bones why. If Booth tells Bones why he had to reject the proposal, he'll keep killing people. Or something, I can't remember the consequences, but I'm hoping they wrap this up very soon into the new season and get back to fun plots and gross bodies!

Alright, so who are these great characters you mentioned?

Emily Deschanel as Dr. Temperance "Bones" Brennan
A forensic anthropologist working at the renowned Jeffersonian Institute in Washington, D.C., as well as a best-selling crime novelist. She is a logical empiricist, and is very rational. Her intellectual brilliance enables her to do groundbreaking work, but her lack of social skills—due to her parents disappearing and her brother Russ deserting her when she was fifteen leaving her emotionally under-developed—leads you to sometimes believe she may have a mild case of Asperger's. I'm sure she makes a wonderful mother.


David Boreanaz as Special Agent Seeley Booth
Brennan aids FBI Special Agent Booth in his investigations involving human remains that cannot be identified without Brennan's skills in forensic anthropology. In contrast to the other main characters, Booth has limited knowledge of science and is often used to provide a layman's translation of the scientific jargon-filled dialog. He also provides the dichotomy between science and emotion, as in one episode when Bones comments to Cam, "He can read people like you read pathology reports and I read bones." Booth is the intuitive humanist, known for his ability to guess people's motives or "posit a scenario", something that is a constant frustration and struggle to Brennan. He is a former U.S. Army Ranger and Special Forces sniper with at least 52 confirmed kills—he comments in the pilot that, having taken lives as a sniper, what he would like to do before he dies is catch at least that many murderers to make up for his past—and has an intense dislike of clowns. It is revealed in the Season Five episode "The Proof in the Pudding" that he is a descendant of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of 16th U.S. president Abraham Lincoln. Hopefully will take Pelant "to Ford's theater" this season, if you know what I am saying.


T. J. Thyne as Dr. Jack Hodgins
An entomologist who is also an expert on spores and minerals, but whose hobby is conspiracy theories. His family was extremely wealthy and were major sponsors of the Jeffersonian Institution, and Hodgins was simply working at the Jeffersonian because he enjoyed slumming it with bugs, slimes, and spores. Now, after Pelant made him not so rich, he presumably works there for a good paycheck. He's a genius in the lab, and loves coming up with experiments to test theories. Occasionally they result in turkey guts spread all over the parking lot or a frozen watermelon flying into his wife's face. But hey, that's science for you. Also, he is married to Angela.


Michaela Conlin as Angela Montenegro
A forensic artist (which is apparently a thing) at the Jeffersonian Institute and is Dr. Brennan's best friend. Angela is Dr. Brennan's team specialist in craniofacial reconstruction—helping to determine what their victims looked like before death to help determine their identity—and in previous seasons could generate holograms using her 3-dimensional graphics program (The Angelator) to simulate various virtual scenarios of a crime to help determine cause of death. But everyone agreed that this was stupid, and no one has spoken of it in years. She is open, friendly and caring, and constantly tries to draw Dr. Brennan out of the lab. She is also the focus of the absolute worst sub-plots on the show, and her use of technology is just shy of wizardry. Goons generally hate her, but I find her more of a mild annoyance. Plus her father is played by Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top, playing himself! How can you not at least love that aspect of her character?


Tamara Taylor as Dr. Camille Saroyan
Is the Head of the Forensic Division at Jeffersonian Institute and a pathologist. She was introduced in the first episode of the second season after being hired by Dr. Goodman while Dr. Brennan was on vacation. She was born in The Bronx and was a coroner in New York before taking up the position at the Jeffersonian. At the beginning of the second season, she and Dr. Brennan had an uneasy working relationship because of her being Dr. Brennan's superior and their different work styles, Brennan focusing more on the bones of their victims while Saroyan focused on the flesh. Dr. Saroyan had a romantic relationship with Booth prior to her joining the Jeffersonian, as well as a short relationship with him during the show which he broke off after she was nearly killed because of the machinations of serial killer Howard Epps (oh how much better Epps was than Pelant). Following Season Four she has a teenage adopted daughter, Michelle, whom she adopted after Michelle's father was murdered because of her prior relationship with the man in question. Subplots involving this daughter give Angela's subplots a run for their money for worst of the show.


John Francis Daley as Dr. Lance Sweets
A psychologist assigned to Booth and Brennan after Booth arrests her father because the FBI felt the potential conflict between them may affect their working relationship (although both insisted that it did not matter). He habitually tries to study the complex relationship between Booth and Brennan, which neither of them much enjoys, and even his interaction with other characters can be questionable (he was indirectly responsible for Hodgins and Angela breaking up prior to their wedding and once neglected to inform Brennan that Booth was undercover simply to study her reaction to the idea of Booth being dead). The character made his first appearance in the fourth episode of third season and his portrayer, John Francis Daley, became a main cast member from the ninth episode, "The Santa in the Slush", onwards. And the show has been better for it ever since.

Intern Roll Call!
Ever since Zack left because he decided working for a serial killer was the logical thing to do, Bones has had a revolving door of interns, some showing up for one episode, most for multiple. Any of these could come back at any time (with one obvious exception), so I'll keep this list updated as more are added.

Also, as a warning, most of these will be what I wrote last year, because I don't remember if there was any character development for them at all.


Michael Grant Terry as Wendell Bray
Wendell Bray is probably the most normal of all the interns. He's from a small town who all pooled their money together to send him to college, which provides Wendell with his driving force, because he feels he owes them. He's on Booth's hockey team (which, granted, has only been brought up once). For a short time he was dating Angela, until she thought she was pregnant, and decided Wendell wanting to "do the right thing" wasn't enough reason to stay together, because Hodgins was much more enthusiastic.


Ryan Cartwright as Vincent Nigel-Murray
Mr. Nigel-Murray, as he is always referred to on the show, is a firm believer that facts are the reliable building blocks of everything. As a consequence when he's put under pressure he will often mention trivial facts as it relaxes him. Evidently it also relaxes him whenever someone else speaks trivial facts as in "The Bones that Foam", Hodgins was able to calm him down by telling him an obscure fact. Also, yes, he is now dead, having been shot by a sniper 2 seasons ago. But I like him too much to leave him out. Deal with it.


Eugene Byrd as Clark Edison
Clark was the first new intern after Zack first left, and continues to come back, despite the fact that he does not enjoy working in the lab. His no-nonsense approach to his work clashes often with the Studio 54 that is the Jeffersonian Lab. He has quit at least once that I can remember, but hey, work is work. While Bones was on the run in between seasons 7 & 8, Clark took over as lead forensics anthropologist at the Jeffersonian, instituting a new binder system. So that was probably a real fun summer. Clark is no longer an intern because he has now been hired as the second Forensic Anthropologist at the Jeffersonian, but to work on historical skeletons, which Bones apparently doesn't have time for anymore.


Joel Moore as Colin Fisher
Mr. Fisher has a dark personality and often makes pessimistic remarks, a contrast to the other interns. He had once been on a Suicide Hotline and volunteers at a sperm bank. However, he is very successful with women, as he boasted about hitting close to 100. He also really loves James Cameron's Avatar. I beg of you, don't ask.


Pej Vahdat as Arastoo Vaziri
Mr. Vaziri is...um...the Muslim one. (He's the one on the left) Yeah, there's more to his character than that, but the show really beats us over the head with that fact. He faked a thick accent for a several episodes in an attempt to justify his religious beliefs, and he tried to act as an immigrant to stop people questioning his Muslim beliefs. In Season 5, he confides with Dr. Camille Saroyan about his past in Iran as a translator and the fact that he shot a gunman to protect his zone. He confesses that this one act has haunted him since and states it as the cause for his strict observation of religious practices. Also, last I remember he and Cam were romantically involved, but I also can't remember where they left that. (I'm sorry, we don't get much development for these guys!)


Carla Gallo as Daisy Wick
Daisy is extremely chipper and excited about being able to work in the lab. Brennan has fired her three times due to being painfully annoying, but she somehow keeps finding ways to come back. Also, she was engaged to be married to Sweets at one point, but I honestly can't remember how that was left, because they have broken up and gotten together so many times it's hard to keep track.


Luke Kleintank as Finn Abernathy
Introduced 2 years ago, Finn is a former juvenile delinquent, and is "a good ole boy from the hills". People constantly underestimate him because he looks and sounds like a hillbilly, but in fact he's one of the smartest and most capable of the squinterns. Also, he killed his father, but he was really bad so that's okay. Also he has a really bad, non-specific, Southern accent.


Brian Klugman as Oliver Wells
Oliver was introduced last season. He shows substantial knowledge of psychology, anatomy, law, history, and forensic anthropology. He is one of the few interns to have a doctorate, he also has a range of Masters degrees in a wide range of subjects.


Michael Badalucco as Scott Starret
Admit it, you forgot this guy existed. Mr Starret was the oldest grad student Brennan had. He had worked a number of jobs over his life, including used car salesman. He has left the lab and the show after his one episode, and we are unlikely to see him again, but I included him anyway because I liked him so drat much.

Bones airs Monday nights at 8PM!
You better not miss the show, because that would make Bones very angry. And you don't want to make her angry.


And that's just what she does to her friends.

thrawn527 fucked around with this message at 02:29 on Oct 26, 2013

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Brennanite
Feb 14, 2009
Woooo! A new Bones thread. More entertaining than the show last season, I say. Speaking off, I think Daisy and Sweets are officially, forever broken up. Also, Clark was permanently hired to work on the historical skeletons last season, which Bones apparently doesn't have time for anymore.

Pelant spoiler It's been strongly implied that he will finally be killed off within the first three episodes of the season. Let us all rejoice!

thrawn527
Mar 27, 2004

Thrawn/Pellaeon
Studying the art of terrorists
To keep you safe

Brennanite posted:

Woooo! A new Bones thread. More entertaining than the show last season, I say. Speaking off, I think Daisy and Sweets are officially, forever broken up. Also, Clark was permanently hired to work on the historical skeletons last season, which Bones apparently doesn't have time for anymore.

Pelant spoiler It's been strongly implied that he will finally be killed off within the first three episodes of the season. Let us all rejoice!

Oh good God, thank you.

Also, cool, I'll add the Clark stuff. Thanks. Though obviously he'll still be in the OP. Because I can't bring myself to delete anyone from the OP.

Manos del Sino
Apr 12, 2004

Original Pony
Soiled Meat
The burning question we need an answer to is, will Angela ever be relevant?

Jedit
Dec 10, 2011

Proudly supporting vanilla legends 1994-2014

One missing fact about Finn Abernathy: people constantly underestimate him because he looks and sounds like a hillbilly, but in fact he's one of the smartest and most capable of the squinterns.

Femur
Jan 10, 2004
I REALLY NEED TO SHUT THE FUCK UP
Is Hodgins still poor?

thrawn527
Mar 27, 2004

Thrawn/Pellaeon
Studying the art of terrorists
To keep you safe

Jedit posted:

One missing fact about Finn Abernathy: people constantly underestimate him because he looks and sounds like a hillbilly, but in fact he's one of the smartest and most capable of the squinterns.

Good point, added. Thanks!

Femur posted:

Is Hodgins still poor?

Yes, though it's never talked about. He lost all of the money he had invested and in banks. In theory he would be able to get it back by the obvious claims that it was a terrorist (Pelant was a terrorist at that point, remember) that did it and not him, but this show and computers...

At the time it happened, it was presented as "My money will all be gone," to which Angela said something like, "Don't worry, we'll be fine, we'll make it work." Since then it hasn't been brought up again, so by the language of the show, yes, he is still poor.

GreenNight
Feb 19, 2006
Turning the light on the darkest places, you and I know we got to face this now. We got to face this now.

All his money is gone and nothing changed.

Jedit
Dec 10, 2011

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GreenNight posted:

All his money is gone and nothing changed.

Because he was never into being rich and spendthrift. I imagine he and Angela have no trouble living off their combined Jeffersonian salaries, especially if he did use his money to buy their home outright.

GreenNight
Feb 19, 2006
Turning the light on the darkest places, you and I know we got to face this now. We got to face this now.

Jedit posted:

Because he was never into being rich and spendthrift. I imagine he and Angela have no trouble living off their combined Jeffersonian salaries, especially if he did use his money to buy their home outright.

Yeah but a huge part of the money the Jeffersonian had was because of gifts that his family made, and now without those gifts...

Jedit
Dec 10, 2011

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GreenNight posted:

Yeah but a huge part of the money the Jeffersonian had was because of gifts that his family made, and now without those gifts...

The Jeffersonian also never used to be involved with the FBI on a regular basis. It'll be getting consultancy fees.

thrawn527
Mar 27, 2004

Thrawn/Pellaeon
Studying the art of terrorists
To keep you safe

:siren: New Episode Tonight! :siren:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxqc8WQo6-8

The Secrets in the Proposal
In the season premiere of BONES, the Jeffersonian team investigates the murder of Jason Siedel, an accountant for the state department, whose remains were found in a hotel air conditioning unit. When Booth finds his old army buddy and CIA agent, Danny Beck (guest star Freddie Prinze, Jr.), clearing away evidence at the victim's condo, he begins to realize that Siedel's murder could yield more suspects than the team had anticipated. Booth also seeks out Aldo Clemens (guest star Mather Zickel), his friend and an ex-priest from their military days together, to get advice on his relationship with Brennan, now that Pelant has put a wedge between them. Meanwhile, Brennan must decide whether to have faith in Booth or to end her relationship with him.

Intern of the Week
Daisy Wick

Kammat
Feb 9, 2008
Odd Person
Gods I want Pelant dealt with this season. Like, cornered and mag dumped. Repeatedly.

I really hate that guy for some reason.

Fru Fru
Sep 14, 2007
We're gonna need a bigger boat...and some water.
Man I forgot about this Pelant crap. I really do hope it's over soon.

Edit: wow he really just mentioned Sleepy Hollow.

Fru Fru fucked around with this message at 01:36 on Sep 17, 2013

thrawn527
Mar 27, 2004

Thrawn/Pellaeon
Studying the art of terrorists
To keep you safe

"I hope we've got Sleepy Hollow on the DVR!"

Tupperwarez
Apr 4, 2004

"phphphphphphpht"? this is what you're going with?

you sure?

Brennanite posted:

Pelant spoiler It's been strongly implied that he will finally be killed off within the first three episodes of the season. Let us all rejoice!
After that magic bone scanner virus horseshit I decided to take a break from the series. Now I feel like picking up from where I left off. Can I safely skip any Pelant episodes, or does he cast a pall over the rest of the season?

I just want to see sperglords catch crooks by doing weird poo poo with gross corpses okay.

thrawn527
Mar 27, 2004

Thrawn/Pellaeon
Studying the art of terrorists
To keep you safe

Tupperwarez posted:

After that magic bone scanner virus horseshit I decided to take a break from the series. Now I feel like picking up from where I left off. Can I safely skip any Pelant episodes, or does he cast a pall over the rest of the season?

I just want to see sperglords catch crooks by doing weird poo poo with gross corpses okay.

Last year any non-Pelant episodes are pretty safe from his influence. (Except that Hodgins isn't rich anymore, but it doesn't really come up.)

One exception is this episode that just aired, which, while not a Pelant episode, has his stench all over the drat place. But it might be kind of important to watch, since it introduced two new characters whom I'm sure will be recurring (and that I actually liked quite a bit, for the little amount of time we spent with them).

So yeah, not a great episode, and they had better wrap this poo poo up fast with Pelant, but I did like Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Booth's bartender/ex-priest friend Aldo. But this show usually does pretty good with recurring good guys.

Jack Skeleton
Dec 7, 2006

thrawn527 posted:

"I hope we've got Sleepy Hollow on the DVR!"

Well, that sleepy hollow plug wasn't that bad considering poo poo like Avatar or the car tie ins.

hatelull
Oct 29, 2004

It wasn't too bad, although I'm trying to forget the Magical IT hi-jinks that ensued to get a "ghost image" off the printer.

I'm glad that they sort of had a denouement to the whole Booth and Bones are miserable because he called it off sub plot. I really didn't want that to drag on for multiple seasons.


Next week looks like a one off and they're back to comedy over tension, with an undercover episode.

Yay?

Fru Fru
Sep 14, 2007
We're gonna need a bigger boat...and some water.

hatelull posted:

It wasn't too bad, although I'm trying to forget the Magical IT hi-jinks that ensued to get a "ghost image" off the printer.

I thought that was nothing compared to the closing shot that implied Pelant is listening in on them through a clock radio.

Brennanite
Feb 14, 2009
Were they implying that Pelant was watching them through a clock at the end?!! And why didn't Booth ask his CIA buddy for help finding the man who's ruining his life?

This is what thrawn527 means by this episode having the stink of Pelant all over it. At least they addressed why Booth didn't just take Brennan into a cave or something to explain to her. It was a stupid explanation, but an explanation none the less.

Edit: I'm glad I'm not the only one who screamed "C'mon!" when they showed the clock at the end.

thrawn527
Mar 27, 2004

Thrawn/Pellaeon
Studying the art of terrorists
To keep you safe

Oh, right, the clock. Did anyone else notice that it flashed "4:47" for a moment, then back to...whatever time it really was?

I figured, "Huh, did I see that right?" So I Google 447 and 4:47 to see if there's any known significance. Nothing. "Oh well, guess that'll just have to come up later." But before giving up, I Googled "447 Bones".

Yup, that did the trick. I've never noticed this (and I've never delved too far into Bones fan sites because...yikes) but apparently 447 is this Easter Egg thing throughout the show. Hart Hanson sprinkles it in from time to time, and says that it'll be explained in the last episode ever.

Yeah...that's weird.

hatelull
Oct 29, 2004

I tried to rationalize that particular stretch by assuming he somehow hacked the FM radio to a receiver because he's an IT ninja and why the gently caress didn't Bones and Booth just have the entire house scrubbed or something since they know there's a crazy techno terrorist on the loose and Booth could just write that poo poo down for her or have the guy at the bar explain the situation and then she can keep up woe is me act (which is apparently not necessary now anyway) ...

Pelant just seems like a really awful plot device to keep them on the will they or won't they train since apparently having them cohabitating and married takes every last bit of mystery out of the show and they just become a boring crime fighting duo with a conveniently absentee kid.

Pelant is the same guy that was Egyptian and got to stay in the country, right?

thrawn527
Mar 27, 2004

Thrawn/Pellaeon
Studying the art of terrorists
To keep you safe

quote:

Pelant is the same guy that was Egyptian and got to stay in the country, right?

sigh... Yup, that was him.

SpazmasterX
Jul 13, 2006

Wrong about everything XIV related
~fartz~

hatelull posted:

Pelant is the same guy that was Egyptian and got to stay in the country, right?

No, even more stupidly he's not Egyptian and the Egyptian government apparently believed that some pasty, white hacker was some missing Egyptian VIP and immediately extradited him back to Egypt instead of, I dunno, verifying anything.

Brennanite
Feb 14, 2009

SpazmasterX posted:

No, even more stupidly he's not Egyptian and the Egyptian government apparently believed that some pasty, white hacker was some missing Egyptian VIP and immediately extradited him back to Egypt instead of, I dunno, verifying anything.

Wait, what? Are you kidding or was this so incredibly stupid that my brain actually refused to accept it as information and immediately forgot it?

Fru Fru
Sep 14, 2007
We're gonna need a bigger boat...and some water.

Brennanite posted:

Wait, what? Are you kidding or was this so incredibly stupid that my brain actually refused to accept it as information and immediately forgot it?

Well it was incredibly stupid, but out of all the stupid things Pelant has done, this is actually one of the most believable. He just hacked himself a new identity. I don't think he made himself a VIP, just an Egyptian citizen so they would take him out of US custody. It's no bone virus.

thrawn527
Mar 27, 2004

Thrawn/Pellaeon
Studying the art of terrorists
To keep you safe

:siren: New Episode Tonight! :siren:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FA3_S7inE5M
The Cheat in the Retreat
The Jeffersonian team investigates the murder of Adam Pak, a management consultant whose remains were found being eaten by bobcats. When evidence leads the team to a marriage retreat site, Brennan and Booth go undercover as previous personas "Roxie" and "Tony" to try to find more evidence. While at the retreat, Brennan and Booth meet fellow married couple Bill (guest star John Ratzenberger) and Evelyn (guest star Millicent Martin) Schumacher, whose relationship seems a little too perfect. Meanwhile, Cam gets mistakenly arrested when her identity is stolen and Sweets decides to take a leave from the FBI.

Intern of the Week:
Arastoo Vaziri

A quick comment based on above description (not really a spoiler, just something based on the basic plot description), Sweets taking a leave from the FBI?! No! Dr. Goodman never came back from his sabbatical!

Kammat
Feb 9, 2008
Odd Person
This episode is gloriously ridiculous.

SpazmasterX
Jul 13, 2006

Wrong about everything XIV related
~fartz~

Kammat posted:

This episode is gloriously ridiculous.

Undercover episodes usually are.

EDIT: What's up Sweets' craw? I think I missed it.

SpazmasterX fucked around with this message at 01:56 on Sep 24, 2013

Brennanite
Feb 14, 2009

thrawn527 posted:

A quick comment based on above description (not really a spoiler, just something based on the basic plot description), Sweets taking a leave from the FBI?! No! Dr. Goodman never came back from his sabbatical!

There's been some speculation that he will be killed off this season just because he's now a writer/EP on another show. Also, they've positioned the priest character to take over his character's role.

Fru Fru
Sep 14, 2007
We're gonna need a bigger boat...and some water.

SpazmasterX posted:

Undercover episodes usually are.

EDIT: What's up Sweets' craw? I think I missed it.

Angela mentioned something about Pelant stealing his research to use against them and he feels guilty. I forgot all about it too.

And speaking of Pelant, does nobody think he's the one doing this to Cam? I mean that seemed like the obvious choice to me.

GreenNight
Feb 19, 2006
Turning the light on the darkest places, you and I know we got to face this now. We got to face this now.

Fru Fru posted:

Angela mentioned something about Pelant stealing his research to use against them and he feels guilty. I forgot all about it too.

And speaking of Pelant, does nobody think he's the one doing this to Cam? I mean that seemed like the obvious choice to me.

I thought that too. Hopefully it isn't a one episode thing that isn't ever mentioned again.

Also next weeks ep looks fun.

thrawn527
Mar 27, 2004

Thrawn/Pellaeon
Studying the art of terrorists
To keep you safe

Fru Fru posted:

Angela mentioned something about Pelant stealing his research to use against them and he feels guilty. I forgot all about it too.

And speaking of Pelant, does nobody think he's the one doing this to Cam? I mean that seemed like the obvious choice to me.

My wife thought the same thing, though I think it's sort of small potatoes compared to the crazy, stupid stuff we usually see from Pelant.

That was a fun episode, even if somehow the most annoying subplot was not Cam's (actually didn't mind her plot this time) but actually Sweet's subplot.

Brennanite
Feb 14, 2009
So is this going to be stickied? I mean, this is the episode where all of our dreams come true.

GreenNight
Feb 19, 2006
Turning the light on the darkest places, you and I know we got to face this now. We got to face this now.

I think that's next weeks episode according to my DVR.

hatelull
Oct 29, 2004

What are our dreams that are coming through again?

I mean, I hope it's not the idea of Sweets getting killed. I'm fine if they write him out with a "I'm bailing on the FBI to be a psychiatrist and go on a vision quest .. LATER" type thing, but would hate to see him take a bullet just to add drama.

Fru Fru
Sep 14, 2007
We're gonna need a bigger boat...and some water.
I think it refers to Pelant getting killed finally.

But tonight is Booth/Sweets buddy cop fun time which I am at least looking forward to.

GreenNight
Feb 19, 2006
Turning the light on the darkest places, you and I know we got to face this now. We got to face this now.

I'm not sure how true the first spoiler is, but there is something about that in the description for next weeks episode.

The second spoiler is indeed true.

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Jan 17, 2005


Caught the end of tonight's episode and the thing I took from it is that apparently DC cops are Predators with those laser sights.

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