got lost in the mess of this episode. I did not. November 11th, 2011 3:04 pm, Fitzgibbon on That was nice, because it took my mind off how horrible the episode was. Probably why the character of Brennan was written the way she was as well. OMG- this was *&%^$#! I did, however, hate Angela. The case is that of a female eating competitions champion, whose corpse is being eaten from the Dixie ex-con Finn Abernathy, a genius, joins the team and impresses even Bones. But then, for me, last season for the most part, made no sense. As for Brennan, its just a classic case of Brennan. November 11th, 2011 3:50 am, JaneDoe on Now, I dont care to rewatch the show or defend it, not anymore. The young man fires back, explaining he speaks "science", the only language that matters. Thurston Howell III is a very pretentious millionaire who expects certain standards to be respected even when stranded on an island. Booth concentrates on her rivals for the impending Gluttony Games, See production, box office & company info, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA. Efrenabilenecaitlyn259. Here, she was moreclueless. November 11th, 2011 12:00 pm, Tina on How else do you explain the sudden end to the Hannah storyline. Im glad Booth isnt getting angry about it, but I would have liked him to convey more emotion about wanting to be a part of EVERYTHING with the baby because Ive always thought thats who he is. Nice balance between B&B relationship and case. When it comes to Brennans character, the writers missed the mark with this one. How many times does the concept of family need to be explained to her. Booth watches video of Tina at food eating competitions. I can understand the time jump, but if they think this is what people feel they missed out on, it is silly. . The fight turned physical. The Hot Dog in the Competition (2011) Goofs. Especially when she tackled that dude. I think sometimes there are scenes that never make it to the final cut that may make things appear more fluid, I wonder if that happened here. Many times in the episode, the new intern Finn Abernathy calls Hodgins "Thurston," while Hodgins calls him "Opie." Didnt he tell her that he needed to be involved in their childs life, etc. This also made me feel like Sweets cared more than Booth about whats swimming around in there Camille then quietly asks Angela to run a background check on Finn, just in case. I. Brennans quick handling of the snake in the lab, thereby continuing the fun tradition that she is (by her own words), Only afraid of snakes when Booth is around to be jumped upon. Wooo! But I do agree, and you point out a lot of backwards steps in the evolution of Brennan. Hodgens is all attitude. As an Angel fan I saw more emotion and got more warm fuzzys from two vampires sneaking into a teaching hospital to get a sonogram to see if the baby Darla was carrying was a monster or not. When Brennan became pregnant, I felt that B&B were in NO way emotionally stable enough in their relationship to even consider having a child together. Probably not. Max Bones simply nods and gets back to work. Im so glad Im not the only one who hated this episode. What happened is that HH thinks that as long as B & B are together, that is what the shippers care about. Enough said. The old Booth would have laid into her, Im sorry. Maybe this is reflected as to how he wrote Brennan last season for rejecting Booth. Maybe they just dont see anything else. Finn promptly discovers evidence of a parasite on the victim's body, a parasite native to Japan and, Mitch was recently in Japan. now to Booth the father of her baby. @Caroline type in Bones Paley Center What a Punk, the video is about 4 minutes and a few seconds long. Plus, there was a case. Angela then IDs the victim based on facial reconstruction: Tina Thomas. Starring: David Boreanaz, John Francis Daley, Tamara Taylor, Emily Deschanel, Michaela Conlin, T.J. Thyne Summary: A competitive eating champion's body is found shortly before the next major competition. It was her who had the problem and needed to change. Its just all the criticisms about the Brain & Heart imbalance that people were complaining about in massive droves last year but that the reviewer didnt really acknowledge before things got this extreme. Bones Season 7 Episode 2 Promo/Preview "The Hot Dog in the Competition". Jump to: Continuity (2) | Factual errors (1) | Incorrectly regarded as goofs (1) Continuity . Sorry the whole B & B conflict was just so silly in this episode. These negative opinions are pretty annoying. The gross gaging is part of it all if you havent noticed bones do have episodes like that early on its what makes the show. IMO David Boreanaz saved the embarassing moment for HH, and he is damn lucky he did. I read in anther blog from a woman who said what man would put She may be gone, but to forget her impact on a six-year relationship so as not to even discuss her is ridiculous! Waste of Patricia Belchers time for this episode. a. the baby is OK A friendly, welcoming place for rabid, casual and somewhere-in-between fans of the Fox television show Bones. So, I guess Andrea really can call me a hater because I do hate things. For all the weirdness and heartache that was Season 6, I DID see one thing worth a crap visible growth in Brennan. but the The case, Finns addition to the lab (and the teams reaction to him), and the B&B stuff (more on this later), added up to one of the worst episodes in series history. Booth can not believe he was not informed, and Bones can't believe he is reacting so strongly. He has to face hard questions about his past and morality but soon bonds with initially hostile Hodges. I do think we are seeing Brennan put up some serious walls about this baby and what it truly means. November 11th, 2011 12:15 am, gina on DB and ED did that for the first 4 and 1/2 seasons- then, something happened. I was glad Cam had Angela follow up after Carolines second visit. Do they understand that the father just found out about the sex of the baby at the same time as Hodgins and the police officer at the scene- who doesnt even know them. I HATE it when Angela tells her, why bother?. JASPER- I watched a few of your videos this weekend. I agree that Brennan has stepped back a couple of seasons and its annoying to watch! Oh God, how I wish that this is the case, that they know this is not going to work for this show. For too long have they kept the main leads apart and after the disaster that was season 6 we still get this miserable writing. Brennan understands almost everything the story has always been what she chooses to do with that information. I agree with the majority here that the dance went on too long, the moment was missed, and the Bones Curse will be talked about in a couple of years when it comes to .Castle. I liked the scenes with Caroline and Cam. Why? For once I would love if BB were shown to be a regular couple in love doing regular things just like everyone else. HH cant Make that happen between them. He thinks shes beautiful and he is attracted to difficult or challenging women. I would have rather have seen an extension of the diner conversation where Booth starts to talk about wanting to be a part of everything bring back the whole family thing because she would totally get that and make the connection immediately. Lists VIP. I am older so I cannot even my husband or son speaking to a woman like that. Thats all I have to say. Maybe some men like women who are so compliant, but others like women who are a bit more of a challenging personality! The accent on the new intern was a bit much but I like the overall storyline with him, and especially his last scene with Brennan. I had no problems with the concept of Hannah because I was hoping that we would get to see Brennan and Booth realizing that they were one for the other. And when Brennan figures out that Tina was pregnant and quitting competitive eating, Tinas manager, Brian Tobin becomes a suspect. Brennan and Booths interactions were my least favorite parts of this episode. Its just that seeing Brennan treated that way by writers and fans makes me angry. Heh I was totally on the other end of the spectrum. But I know thats just my opinion. WTF?! The wheels have come off of the Bones car. Sure, Brennan has made some mistakes in the past (and I think her not privately telling Booth about the gender of their baby is another one), but if there is one thing she has had, its empathy. Even like. November 11th, 2011 1:17 am, Hai Pham on The writers have made Brennan into a Mr.Spock instead of a loving mother that was a mouth full! Emily Erin Deschanel (born October 11, 1976) is an American actress and producer. They know that theyre going to make a pie, we know that they are going to make a pie. The only thing I didnt agree with you on was the whole Finn thing. Sarah on As for B & B. After all, we both speak Science, and that's all that's important in here, right? Ill stick with Caslte. Sometimes I dont understand the writers with Brennan. There is also a lot of masticated food in her mouth, but more importantly, there is a finger bones is in the stomach of a rat in the stomach of the python. Opie is a child who is usually taught a lesson in each episode, sometimes getting into trouble, but always meaning well. I think the main problem is that the episode was written on a very superficial level. Makes me wonder what the powers that be were really thinking when they set out to do this episode. Who else agrees? All in all Im loving the new season, That was a really interesting take on what I really thought was a great episode. Despite his brilliance in the lab, Finn is met with hostility and skepticism, leading Cam to question her decision to give him a chance to start anew. Brennan will revert back to old behaviors because old habits die hard-it may be annoying but thats human nature. 3:37. Nope, there was none of that. Brennan is that clinical and cold regarding about rationalizing why she didnt consider asking Booth to go to the ultrasound? Why, all of the bull that Brennan is growing as a person with the help of Booth The ca Dixie ex-con Finn Abernathy, a genius, joins the team and impresses even Bones. I agree with you Sarah, the writers need to keep the tension between B&B by resorting to the same tire arguments of seasons past ruins any good scene later in the episode. November 11th, 2011 2:07 pm, Tina on Theme: its the theme of doing the right thing and doing the easy thing (which is ironic, given that the episode was an easy episode vs a right episode). Now, Brennans pregnantthe second time that Booth has found himself in this situation. Turns out the python in the victim's ribcage may have devoured some evidence. He was my second highlight. What was once established through past episodes, lines built up through time, the details crisscrossingShaken. He has to face hard questions about his past and morality but soon bonds with initially hostile Hodges. In fact, it would be more easier to believe that Booth and Sweets are in love. Fortunately only six episodes have been shot due to EDs maternity leave. I doubt well ever know for sure, but considering HHs public rage when Booth is [rightly] criticized for being a jerk to Brennan, I tend to think hes always been a member of the He-Man Woman Haters club and Dr. Brennan is right where he always intended her to bedefeated and humiliated for daring to be a subversive role model for young women. Booth and Bones relationship is not perfect and it wouldnt have been perfect if theyd gotten together earlier in the show instead of waiting six seasons. I finished watching it on DVR last night and to echo others here; it was very painful. When Brennan became pregnant, I felt that B&B were in so way emotionally stable enough in their relationship to even consider having a child together. There are so many things that Brennan should (and has every right to) ask him about (namely Hannah related) but we all know that will never happen because the writers just love to make Booth look perfect. Did it make me think? b. the trip to the sonogram (we can never recover that moment) I feel his pain. I think its the show thats missinglacking November 11th, 2011 5:20 pm, TinkonBrink on While this episode is certainly not one of the best episodes of the series, for me, this is not one of the worst episodes either. Hannah, I daresay, just because Id like to see some sort of REACTION from these characters, because I have no idea who these pod people are. Nope not going through that again. Listen to every song from S7E2 - Bones, "The Hot Dog In The Competition", with scene descriptions. I mean.Hannah slept on the same mattress as Bones, but then again,,,,,,,,so did Cam, Rebecca. On other matters, not sure yet what I think of Finn hes okay Want to see more of him. is empathetic and has shown it in myriad ways (how about giving your profits from your best sellers to rebuild a town?) So, yes, I hate. I have loved ED and DB as actors who know their craft for a long time now- DB back to his days as Angel. That stepfather then went missing a few years later and his body was never found. Post Nov 13, 2011 #1 2011-11-13T23:31. I still have hope, because of the last few scenes (and a lot more). Through the power of a living GI Joe doll he can act out whatever you want to call his problem. Even in their SO storylines, they still had that spark between them. November 11th, 2011 6:43 pm, Jasper on 14:01. Should I just be happy that B&B are together? I dont see how, at all, that would have taught her the empathy she already clearly has. This is the woman who told Hannah to get him an authentic rotary phone for a housewarming present because it reminded him of his grandfather! painful. Yes. November 13th, 2011 11:19 am, eridapo on Only problem was, she existed enough for Booth to propose to her. It felt very fake and forced. Again- the relationship can be explored in depth and in an adult way with the Bones and Booth we have learned about and watched grow over six seasons. that at the end of it all, booth was still happy. ProfeJMarie basically said everything that I felt about the episode. Back at the lab, Camille, Finn and Bones further examine the body. Also, her comment to Booth about making the connection between her and the victim? I have a hard time picturing Brennan being so careless about the ultrasound we have had examples in the past that would allow us to believe otherwise, and the reasoning was extremely sloppy. How else can we get THIS Bones out of the Bones from the last season. Again- inconsistancies are killing this show. I never thought Id think that Booth seemed happier with Hannah last year than he does with Brennan this year, but I do. Probably because it had to do with foodnot that I am a big fan of hot dogs, unless theyre kosher, but food is food, so. ), but if Brennan realized all of those things about Booth at this stage in their relationship, earning herself an experiment successful! pat on the head well, that is a shame, because those are things she already knew and she knows so much more. A python crawls out of the ribcage. Did you like Brennan trying to walk around in Booths shoes? At this rate, Brennan will be pre-season one soon. I dont understand why Cam wouldnt have asked Booth to do the background check instead of putting Angela into that position. It is as though each episode is written as lets make Brennan clueless and dense for the majority of the episode, but so people wont be mad with us lets throw in a nice scene at the end. I am sorry that I did not just go to another room and watch Greys because it was so good. Stray Dog With Only Bones Miracle Transformation | Dog Rescue Stories. The snake scene bit too calm considering past episodes. It seems that the writers had Brennan show more affection to Sully than would put up with Brennan. Those things cant be blamed on Emily getting pregnant or even on the existence of Hannah. Star World. But if I were so upset and annoyed with the way a show was progressing, I would no longer watch it whether or not I was a long-time fan! That the awesome, AMAAAZING news that Booth and Brennan are going to have a baby girl (AHHH!) Hart recognized it and aborted the storyline, but by then more than ten episodes had been shot. Whats the motivation there? And I was prepared to hate him, but I didnt. I understand that the writers want to keep the show from crossing over into TOO much sticky-sweetness, but they need to also recognize that good moments and revelations can just be nice and dont have to be sources of tension for B&B. Glad you can write what I feel! elfenbeinkste prsentation; river hill high school shooting 2013; 10000; There are plenty of sites for fans to go to and a number of critics who enjoyed the episode and the season. Brennans moment with Finn even demonstrated that she has empathy she knew where he was coming from (and I didnt mind that her questions were direct) I mean, I dont think anyone else would have asked those specific questions. The tissue belongs to Brian Tobin. This was not the worst episode but from what all of the other critics who previewed it, I was expecting much more. I know all this is new to Brennan, but Booths feelings about family arent. Season 6 was terrible for me personally and I really lost interest. The writers are totally screwing with b&bs relationship and it really sucks. 1. It was Emily who turned it to humor by telling David So much profanity ..theres a baby here (not exact quote and at least David was trying to give an answer and not be a smart ass). On top of that, when the suspect yelled at her, Booth also yelled at her (instead of standing up for her), leaving Brennan to feel foolish and apologize for her actions.