Memory Lane, Hiatus Style: Season 9 Edition

I had every intention of using the three-month (?) Bones break to disconnect from the show, and start watching something new in the interim. There are so many new shows out there, and so little time! I’ve failed at that resolution, but this is a new week, right?

(I’m blaming my terrible internet connection. It isn’t fast enough to stream anything for more than five minutes. Plus I live in Narnia, which means I can’t use all those nifty sites to catch up on anything. Which sucks because I really want to watch The Americans, dammit. But I digress.)

In any case, the reason I’ve failed is because a few days ago, I got the inkling to rewatch season 9. I kept remembering, in recent weeks, that it was a very strong one, yet I haven’t seen any of the episodes since they originally aired, thanks to a hectic work schedule this past year. And I was in the mood to really reconnect with the show, without any distractions. (God, I sound like a self-help book. What is wrong with me?!)

I’ve been watching about one episode a night before going to bed, and it’s been really illuminating. Sure, some plot holes are even more glaring since the dust has settled (how was Booth supposed to keep the engagement interruptus a secret exactly? Pelant’s “I want to challenge the entire squint squad to prove I’m smarter than all of them combined– lol jokes I’m really in love with Brennan and want to make her my queen” schtick, etc.), but on the other hand, what’s even more obvious now is how well-crafted the storylines were, at least for the first four episodes I’ve watched so far. I love the arcs that were carried through consistently in them — the Pelant threat, Sweets’ professional anxiety, even Angela’s anger at Booth. It’s much more serialized than this show usually is, and for someone like me who loves character-driven stories, it was the cherry on the sundae.

For some reason, I feel the need to talk about them, despite the fact that I already wrote novel-length recaps for most of the episodes. I’m kinda taking a page out of thetvmouse’s books and going over a couple of episodes per post like she has for her excellent X-Files commentary. (Go read them, if you’re a fan of the show, because they’re brilliant.) Basically, I’m summing up at the end of each DVD disc, because that’s how I roll. Maybe I should wait until I get to the end of the season and do one giant post-mortem instead, but what would be the fun in that? Hell, I might do one at the end, anyway.

So onward and upwards for season 9! It’s the year that brought us national treasure Aldo Clemens (WHEN IS HE RETURNING?!), an end to Pelant (in retrospect I’m almost sad to see him go), a wedding (at last!) and a funeral (… of sorts), and all kinds of things in between.

I Get By With A Little Help From My Friends

(Originally posted September 22, 2013.)

(And all those friends, old and new, are awesome.)

OH MY GOD.

I ACTUALLY FINISHED THIS.

You guys have no idea how much of a feat this was.

I didn’t think I’d manage to finish recapping Secrets in the Proposal at all, but somehow I found the time this weekend.

It’s long. (What else is new?) It’s really, really long. Because there was a lot of stuff we really, really needed to talk about.

There’s no way I’m going to be able to keep up this kind of pace for the rest of the season — I’m either going to have to become concise, or save up these posts for meaningful episodes — but I guess if there were one episode to expound, it’s the first one of the season, right?

YOU GUYS, BONES IS BACK! And it makes me happy.

Unfortunately, it does not make Booth and Brennan happy, because this show is evil, but we’re going to get to that.

The episode hit the ground running, so I may as well, too. So here goes nothing on my third (!) season of blathering about this show. New Season, New Me! Or something. I don’t know. There are words! Read them! (Or not.)

(And again, apologies if you are reading this on mobile and cuts don’t work.)