'Bones': Hodgins, king of page 187
After a very, very long hiatus, "Bones" is back in business! When a rare D.C. earthquake causes a water main to burst and a body to surface, the Jeffersonian team uncovers a love triangle... and a murderous cop, played by Clea DuVall. (Ever notice that the most well-known guest star in the episode is always the villain?) As much as we love Clea - who is phenomenal in everything she does - we haven't waited so many months to catch up with the case-of the week. Let's get to the good stuff.
Page 187:
It's moments like these that we wish "Bones" was on HBO. For ages, fans have been dying to know what's on page 187 of Brennan's latest crime novel. We now know that it's a too-steamy-to-say-out-loud (on network TV at least) sex act, inspired by Hodgins, as dictated to Brennan by Angela.
Yes, apparently Angela fills in the missing details when Brennan can't quite get over the science-y parts of her books. That explains a lot about how Brennan, who wouldn't know social graces if they hit her in the forehead, manages to entertain the masses with her novels.
We dig the idea that Angela is still hung up on Hodgins' skills in bed. Can those two crazy squints work it out soon, please? No offense to Wendell, but he's just not King of the Lab material.
As for what, exactly, the described sex act is... we'll have to wait until someone makes the inevitable porn parody of "Bones" to find out. We're sure they'll have a really tough time putting a creative spin on the title.
Sweets:
There's bad luck, and then there's finding out you're cancer-free and allowed to "travel, and sleep with exotic women in exotic places" ... right before a freak earthquake causes you to brain yourself on a subway rail and die.
Alanis Morissette would call that irony. She'd be wrong, but that's not the point.
When Sweets witnesses the tragic death of the cancer survivor sitting beside him on the Metrorail, he takes it as a wake-up call. In the haze of post-traumatic meltdown, it seems like Sweets is about to fly the coop and dump Daisy in favor of living a life of adventure.
We were so charmed to realize that for Sweets, Daisy is the equivalent of exotic women and exotic places. Awwww. They may be the most awkward couple in history, and we may kind of want to vomit every time she calls him Lancelot, but when he proposed to her, our cold black hearts melted.
Booth & Brennan:
Okay, okay. So maybe our cold black hearts actually melted a long time ago when it comes to Bones and Booth. Riku, a reporter from Japan, shadows Brennan in the field to gather material for a profile about the popular writer. Riku (who could really benefit from a recording device, by the way - her hands must have been exhausted from taking all those notes) was more of a fangirl than a journalist, though.
Not that we'd know anything about that.
She tracked Bones and Booth obsessively, drawing comparisons between them and Bones' fictional lovers, Kathy and Agent Andy. Despite everyone's insistence that the books are fictional, and not based on actual people in the lab, Riku isn't swayed.
Odds & Ends:
- "You seem to know your poop." When in doubt, go for the poop joke.
- Hodgins was extra-smooth once he realized that Angela still fantasizes about 'that thing' he does. "My advice? Only sleep with guys that can't read. Because otherwise, you'll never be rid of me."
- We love Hodgins covering his ears to avoid book spoilers. Snape kills Dumbledore, Hodgins. Whoops!
- John Francis Daley was showcased really well in this episode. Sweets can be a little bit one note - just a lot of exasperation - but tonight he got to display a range of emotions and Daley really shined.
- "Hey! Those are my photographs from when Dr. Hodgins and I went to find the rat poop." "Let's not get emotional, Miss Wick."
Are you excited for next week's David Boreanaz-directed 100th episode? Did pg. 187 meet your expectations? Let us know in the comments below!
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Did anyone catch the full name of Brennan's fictional DR? It's Kathy Reichs - um the real author who invented Temperance Brennan in her "Bones" books! Of course the book Tempe is VERY different from the TV Tempe, but still...And just for all the shippers out there - in the books, Tempe & her police guy are lovers. (course, she also has an ex & a college-age daughter - told you they were different)
Bones is just unbelievably good and I believe there isn't a single person who knows the show that is NOT waiting for episode 100!!!
I loved the part where Brennan realized that Angela had contributed significantly to the success of her books, did the math to determine how much Angela added, and then gave her a check. Angela's reaction was a hoot. Naturally Brennan's respone to Angela's reaction was about the science (ie math), not the amount.
That Toyota Sienna plug was terrible. Good for Sweets. Does this mean Daisy will be around more?
@ Pat - I caught that right away. I thought for sure it'd be mentioned in the recap!
I thought it was a great episode for Sweets. And I liked Daisy in this episode. She still ranks pretty far down on my favorite Not!Zach's, but she doesn't annoy me anymore.
I suspect episode 100 will be just another Booth & Brennan tease. If so, it is time David Boreanaz admit his character is gay. Five years working and traveling with a beautiful & intelligent woman and nothing!
I have to admit that at first I was disappointed when I realized that Sweets was going to propose to Daisy (since that makes an Angela/Hodgins marriage by the end of the season less likely) but that actual scene made me go all mushy. Even Daisy was pitch perfect in getting down on her knees and asking for him to be her husband. JFD did a fantastic job conveying all the emotions of the episode.
I liked the conversation between Hodgins and Angela about page 187 and loved the look on her face when he says she’ll never be rid of him. The car commercial was a bit too obvious, but I could buy the reasoning and actually laughed about the rearview camera comment. I don’t love blatant product placement, but I’m open to these little intrusions as long as it helps pay for my favorite shows.
At first I didn’t love the revisionist revelation that Angela is responsible for suggesting the really good character stuff in Brennan’s books, but it does make sense and then makes that story she created (and deleted) about what her and Booth’s lives would be like as a married couple much sweeter since apparently, she normally doesn’t think in that direction without a few pointers. Plus now that Angela is now a fair bit more financially secure, it marginally tempers the disparate incomes between her and Hodgins which I would imagine could have been an issue.
I also kind of loved how Booth just showed up at Brennan’s door, pretty much for no other reason than to talk and be with her. Good episode.
I have a feeling next week will be great…but probably a little painful.
Did anyone else notice that when Hodges drove Sweets home the steering wheel was on the wrong side of the car,like it was a British car. I know it was a Cooper but shouldn't it be like all American cars?
When Jack first looked at the Page 187, he referred to it as Page 185.
What was Daisy doing there anyway? Did I miss something? I thought she was royally fired. I can't stand her and am deeply depressed that Sweets married her. He deserves SO MUCH BETTER!!