Did the 200th Bones episode satisfy? Read on for more!
I’m really sorry to tell you guys, but I was supremely unimpressed with the episode last night. I knew going in that it wasn’t going to have any connection to the ongoing season, and that was fine! I really felt that it was the worst episode of the season. The writing felt off and I’m sad to say that some of the acting was not there either.
The premise of the episode was that Emily and David were golden age movies stars and this was their tenth feature film together. It was actually a really cute, insightful way to start the episode.
In the movie, Bones is a notorious art thief but in a twist (that tried to close to stay within his actual Bones character) he is a thief with a heart of gold. He only steals from war profiteers and gives his booty to the down and out soldiers. One of the soldiers? Angela’s dad! He actually got to be a bigger part of the plot than he usually is so that was a nice surprise.
Brennan’s movie character was a woman detective who isn’t given her due by her chief police father, Max! This was probably the most unlikable Max has ever been; who doesn’t love some them some scheming Max, am I right?
She gets kicked off a case and ends up partnering with Booth to solve the murder and potential jewel heist that he was trying to pull off before he discovered the dead body in the safe.
All the usual players are there: Angela works at the precinct, Wendell is a beat reporter, and Hodgins hilariously plays a paleontologist who decides to embark on human forensic science by episodes end. Daisy and Aubrey play foolish fake lovers, and the other squints fill in the bit parts. Aldo is an Interpol cop and Pelant (!!!) plays a waiter.
It was fun waiting to see who would show up in the episode, I will give them that.
What about Cam? Well, I may be the only one (and judging from all the other reviews of the episode, I am) but I was highly offended by her role in the show. Camille played a very Dorothy Dandridge-esque maid who ends up being the killer. I get that the episode was set in the ’50s and that the show needed to give her a beefy role than that of just the maid, but why did she have to be a maid? Because of her skin color?
Again, I could be very wrong but that’s how this came across to me and even my friend watching the episode. It’s good that in the real show Cam is in a position of power on a weekly basis; I’ll just forget this little blip and move on.
Booth and Bones still have the chemistry that has kept this show going for 200 episodes. He saves her, she saves him and they end up the show with a kiss.
It’s a good thing that after 200 episodes, of which I have watched them all and even watch the repeats on repeat, that is the first truly bad episode that comes to mind. I may have issues with certain storylines but I keep coming back for more. Here’s to the last 200 and too many more!
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