The Positively Positive

This week’s episode of Bones was, well, rockin’. Pretty appropriate considering it was part of “Fox Rocks Week”. I didn’t see any of the other shows in the rockin’ (yes, I love that word, can you tell?) lineup but if they were anything like Bones then I’m sure they were a fun watch.

Booth and Bones end up at a rock ’n’ roll fantasy camp after one of the campers ends up dead and in a industrial washing machine. At one point they even get to belt out ‘their’ song – ‘Hot Blooded’ by Foreigner. Turns out that Bones plays a pretty mean guitar and Booth not only has some moves but doesn’t sing too badly. I love that Bones hesitated to play the song at first because the last time they did, someone tried to kill them. Leave it to her to remember a little detail like that.

The rest of the squints had their own stories behind the scenes as always. Hodgins and Vaziri find out that they both share a love of baseball and proceed to use every reference to the game they can as they both uncover clues as to what happened to the hapless rock camper.

Meanwhile Camille has her own interesting little situation to deal with. She finds a gynecologist for her teenage daughter and soon discovers that they are attracted to each other. Thankfully her daughter finds out before things got too awkward, and rightfully asks for a new doctor. Thank goodness, because I couldn’t even imagine how strange that arrangement would have been. Now Camille can date the man, which is cool because I actually think he’s a pretty sweet character. Will be interesting to see if he comes back on the show.

Overall a fun and rockin’ (see? I couldn’t resist) episode.

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More Bones…
Bones, season 5, episode 1“Harbinger In A Fountain”
Bones, season 5, episode 9 “The Gamer In The Grease”
Bones, season 5, episode 13 “The Dentist in the Ditch”
Bones, season 5, episode 16 “The Parts in the Sum of the Whole”

I was out of town for over a month and missed a lot of this show recently. So I watched the last six episodes in a mini marathon over the past two days, culminating in last night’s season finale.

All I have to say is wow.

Okay so that’s not all I have to say. If it was this would be one heck of a short review. So actually I have a lot more to say.

First off can we talk about the guest stars they have on this show? Every episode has me scrambling to IMDb to figure out why I recognize the baddie or damsel in distress. Then I find out it’s because nearly all of them have done guest spots on some of my other favorite shows like NCIS, Supernatural, Burn Notice, Angel and more. This episode was no different, starring none other than the likes of Armand Assante (who I loved as “The Frog” in NCIS), Lee Majors (c’mon, who doesn’t know the “Six Million Dollar Man”?), Amy Acker (wonderful in Angel) and Timothy Omundson (from Psych).

After the amazing guest stars, my next favorite part of the episode was the fact that it finally gave us some more background into who Christopher Chance is, who the mysterious “Katherine” was and why he does what he does. I loved finding out how he met and began working with his little team and wasn’t surprised at all to find out that Winston used to be a cop, though I was a bit surprised to find out that Guerrero used to work for “Daddy” as well.

But as much as we learned about Chance, the less we actually know about him. Turns out he’s spent the last six years building a life, and yet not a lot of it really is. His home used to belong to the man whose name he also took. Because, much like “Dread Pirate Roberts”, Chance’s name is one that is passed down from bodyguard to bodyguard. Even Chance’s dog is not his, originally belonging to the woman he loved.

The end of the episode left us with a cliffhanger as Winston is taken away by Chris’ former boss and now he must go back to the man he once considered a father to get his friend back. I will be waiting on pins and needles until then, happy that the show went away from its “everything wrapped in a neat little package by the end credits” format for its season finale.

Overall an episode that answered a lot of questions and asked a lot of questions, leaving this viewer wanting more.

More Human Target…
Human Target, season 1, episode 4 “Sanctuary”

Oh man, I have so much love for this episode I truly don’t know where to begin. First off we get to see how Booth and Bones actually met. Not only that, but we get to see the entire crew coming together for the first time as a team.

I loved that Hodgins used to be an angry little man who (according to Zack), needed to “get laid”. I also loved watching the first ever Hodgins/Zack experiment and knowing how their friendship built itself from there.

I loved that Caroline was just as wonderful back then as she is now.

I loved that Angela was a starving artist drawing caricatures in the park and dreaming of going to Paris when Brennan brought her on to the team.

I loved watching Sweets slowly go into full-on panic mode as he heard their story and realized that all the work he’d put into his book was for nothing.

I loved that Booth and Bones made no (pardon the pun) bones about the fact that they were attracted to each other right off the bat. Even going so far as to make out a little bit and very nearly sleeping together.

But most of all I am completely and utterly in love with the fact that the show FINALLY approached the whole subject of Booth being in love (and knowing it) with Brennan. I was on pins and needles waiting for Booth to do exactly as he did in the very end, realize that he was the gambler and needed to take a chance. I cried along with Bones when she had to let him down, telling him that he was the one who needed protecting – from a person like her.

Right now I really can’t think of a better way for the show to have handled this. Obviously if we were looking at the final episode of the series, I’d say yes let’s have them together. But right now? Heck no! We need these two to be dependent upon each other, and yet not actually able to take it to the next level. We need the awkwardness and drama that’s surely to come when Booth does find someone else (as he said he needs to). We need all of that to make the remainder of the series as awesome as it has been so far.

Overall a great episode on so many levels, not just for the fun of the flashbacks but also for the ending and where it will take the characters from here.

There was a lot in this episode that I liked. First off, being a huge fan of Supernatural, I really couldn’t help but to giggle at all the references to the….well, supernatural. Every mention of demons, Lucifer, fallen angles, Uriel, etc, all had me cracking up. For a while there I was confused as to just exactly which show I was watching.

I liked some of the more humorous moments they scattered throughout it as well, from everyone referring to the body as “Hellboy” at first, to Hodgins accidentally knocking himself out with the nunchucks.

In the end, what I liked most about this episode was the fact that it brought everything back to faith and showed us how differently some characters dealt with it. Booth has faith in God and so does Vaziri, though they each call Him by another name. I was surprised to find that Bones has faith too and never would I have believed that I’d find math and science so beautiful. But to hear her describe how “two plus two equals four” and “the sun rises because the Earth moves” – I suddenly saw the beauty. And by doing so, I also understood her a little better than I did before.

Overall an episode that taught me a lot about faith and tolerance, while still being a lot of fun.

More Bones…
Bones, season 5, episode 1“Harbinger In A Fountain”
Bones, season 5, episode 9 “The Gamer In The Grease”
Bones, season 5, episode 13 “The Dentist in the Ditch”

Okay so after seeing three episodes of this show, I finally came to a decision about it last week.

I love it.

In some ways, I’m surprised by that. This show is kinda corny in some parts, overly dramatic in others and likes to put in a lot of one-liners. All of which should have put me off and truth be told, in the beginning, it kinda did.

When I first heard about Human Target, I had no idea it was based on a comic book. From the ads I saw it looked like it would be full of action and maybe some drama. So the overly dramatic music, one-liners and general corny-ness put me off. But the more I watched it, the more I liked it and once I found out it was based on a comic, it all made a lot more sense.

Also when I watch it, for some strange reason, I can’t help but to be reminded of that great 80’s ball of cheese that I adored – MacGyver. It’s got the handsome hero always trying to save the damsel (or dude) in distress. It’s got the older, crankier sidekick guy who works mostly in the background and handles all the mundane stuff. It’s got a wacky sidekick who’s full of mystery. Plus it’s got the music. Like I said, at first I didn’t like it, but now the music has totally grown on me and become one of my favorite parts of the show.

Plus, last night’s episode featured a fight in a gondola and featured one of the best Wilhelm Scream’s I’ve ever heard – what’s not to like?

Overall a fun tv show full of action, some comedy, damsels and dames in distress, a handsome hero and of course that really, really dramatic music.