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Bones: The Change in the Game (2011)
The Bowling Song
Yes, this episode includes Buck and Rhonda, but that's missing out on the main point of this whole episode. This episode of television features one of the most fantastic songs by the under-appreciated artist Raffi. The Bowming Song! I worked at an amusement park for five years and in the children's area, they played only two albums on repeat every day. Two albums of Raffi songs, all day long for five summers. It could break you, or you could lean into it. I leaned in. The Bowling Song is by far the best. I don't know why this wonderful song doesn't appear more episodes of television. Kudos to the producers of Bones for recognizing it's excellence.
I would have rated this 10 stars until the very end when it was implied you need a kid to form a family. Solid breeder logic that excludes other forms of family.
Bones: The Babe in the Bar (2010)
6 for plot, 10 for absurd
Harriet the spy! Harriet the spy? How are we supposed to take this seriously??
But actually, what I have been distracted by in this episode, and pretty much every episode of television that Frederick Koehler appears in, is how Chip from Kate and Allie has been typecast into such odd characters. Almost always sad and kind of evil. If you see him in an episode of television, you can pretty much just assume he's the bad guy with ... 100% accuracy. So weird as a career trajectory. To go from child actor to career bad guy actor.
Still doesn't outshine the episodes main takeaway though. Harriet the spy!
Bones: The Bones That Weren't (2010)
Okay with some oddities
This episode of bones is fine. It's not a stand out episode by any means, though. While overall, I'm a fan, there are some really odd inclusions that make me read the episode a little lower. I feel like seven stars as me being relatively generous.
Is booth wearing slide-on sneakers with his business suit in the opening scene? I thought he had a senior position with the FBI.
Where in the DC area are these performers? Suspicious of that one, though it does create a small Agatha-Christie-style cast of suspects.
Is Hannah's hospital bed child-sized?! I can't get over it. She doesn't appear to be a giant so what is up.
Bones: The Body and the Bounty (2010)
Mostly good. One very disturbing moment.
This episode is a good one. I love the addition of the Science Dude and appreciate that this is science I can follow. A potato gun! The troupe jokes are ridiculous but make me laugh. It's a solid episode. What I appreciate less is during the final scene. Does Booth place a small, unknown -to-him child *in his lap*? That is too much to handle. Talk about something that doesn't hold up over time!
I honestly have nothing else to add. Can we discuss the character length requirement of these reviews? Goodness. Sometimes you just want to share an observation and move on. Absurd. So, filling in extra space...
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Bones: The Past in the Present (2012)
That baby keeps changing!
How many babies can play one role?! Apparently, quite a few. So many hair changes. Entertaining to watch those infant hairlines and hair colors. And all worth it to watch Brennan go rogue.
Bones: The Girl in the Mask (2009)
We've Come a Long Way
Watching this episode in 2021 helped illustrate how far we've come in a mere 12 years when it comes to discussing gender. The uses of he/she throughout this episode were just ... awful. Between the transphobic language and the overstepping of police - you shouldn't be involved in a case involving your family, no matter your role - really made this a hard episode to watch.
Bones: The Double Death of the Dearly Departed (2009)
Does not hold up over time
This episode of Bones has a lot of Weekend at Bernie's vibes, which I like a lot. It's fun to see a case that mostly takes place outside of the lab and with many possible suspects. But watching it now and seeing Booth sing and dance to Swing Low Sweet Chariot in the way he did. Just, wow. It was very cringe-y.
Bones: The Bones That Foam (2009)
Who from Cincinnati Helped With This?
The Bones That Foam had some great weirdness with the oozing, dissolving bones. I loved when the layer over top the bones hardened and you could knock on it like you would a door. A small but funny addition.
But! The big distracting part of this episode for me, and presumably for other people from the greater Cincinnati area, was the use of the Jungle Jim character that *so closely* resembled the real life owner of the Jungle Jim's grocery chain. I can't get over it, but neither can I figure out who helped make that connection happen on screen.