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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 6
Media: Video On Demand
ASIN: B000HVITJ6
Year: 2005
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| Synopsis:
When the standard methods of identifying a body simply won't work, law enforcement turns to Dr. Temperance Brennan, a skilled forensic anthropologist with an uncanny ability to read clues left behind in a victim's bones. She and FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth make a formidable investigative team, but so far the chemistry between them has only played out in a fictionalized account in Brennan's latest mystery novel. Make no BONES about it, this darkly amusing investigative drama, inspired by real-life forensic anthropologist and novelist Kathy Reichs. |
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 "Stop! Or I'll kick you in the testicles!" February 10, 2008
H. Bala (Carson - hey, we have an IKEA store! - CA USA)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
Plot SPOILERS alert.
BONES keeps on keeping on. Two excellent seasons under its belt, and almost half a season's worth of episodes produced so far for Season 3, and good ones, too. As Season 3's first episode ("The Widow's Son in the Windshield") opens up, we learn that Bones has been reluctant to go in the field with Booth and she won't say why. However, a head flung off a bridge forces her to reconnect with Booth. This episode also begins a new serial killer arc, this one being particularly even more gristly and diabolical than most.
Season 3 doles out several other subplots. As per the startling news learned at the altar from Season 2's finale, Angela is already married. An ongoing subplot becomes Hodgins and Angela's search for her long-time but vaguely remembered husband. "The Secret of the Soil" introduces Dr. Sweets, a 22 year old psychotherapist assigned to counsel Bones and Booth, this stemming from the FBI's concern due to Booth having arrested Bones' father. These sessions are generally funny stuff as, mostly, Booth can't help but treat Sweets like a kid. Plus, these scenes tend to open things up even more between Bones and Booth.
I already have several favorites in Season 3. "The Widow's Son in the Windshield" introduces the cannibalistic Gormagon killer. "Mummy in the Maze" is a very neat Halloween show, wherein Booth's shameful phobia is unveiled and Bones's costume is...simply awesome. "The Knight on the Grid" is a taut thriller as the Gormagon killer returns, this time with a personal vendetta against Bones and Booth. And "The Santa in the Slush" is a standout sentimental episode and provides one of the best moments in the series as Bones cuts a deal to have Christmas brought to her incarcerated father and brother. Cool ending, too.
The cases are still bizarre and the corpses borderline grotesque. But the draw remains Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, and that electric "thing" between them. These two still get aces in chemistry, and are still the smokingest hot couple on television. Emily Deschanel continues to nail her role of Temperance "Bones" Brennan. And while her character might've loosened up a little bit (not too much), there's still that endearing naivette and vulnerability which peek out occasionally. And, of course, her refreshing bluntness (some call it social awkwardness) has never left. Boreanaz, he's just a great leading man. Confident and charming, bristling with machismo, yet with a sensitive side. His unveiling of his Christmas present to Bones in "The Santa in the Slush" is one of the best, most touching scenes of the season.
Tack on the rest of the offbeat but familiar crew from the Jeffersonian Institution, and these folks continue to provide the best show in forensics crime-solving. All the ingredients to the series' success are on display for Season 3 - the boosts of levity, the whiffs of romance, the chilling mysteries, and the ongoing character developments. BONES just keeps on keeping on.
Warm and fuzzy September 22, 2006
B. White (CO United States)
4 out of 6 found this review helpful
This one has one of those touching endings where you get to see that even Booth has a heart...well, more so than we already know. The ending got me, I got misty over it. Enjoy with someone you love.
Talk about Christmas spirit... October 24, 2006
J. Flaherty (New England)
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
I really love Bones. It has everything: suspense, drama, humor, pretty people, fun storylines. I have yet to miss an episode, and even into Season 2 this is probably my favorite. It adds depth to all of the characters. Also, the winter holidays are my favorite time of year. I like holidays that are about what is good in the world. Bones is about people standing for the good in humanity even though they explore the very worst every day. I cry through half this episode, but in a completely good way. Buy, watch it, love it. But watch it with a friend if you don't want to cry alone. So moving, great performances by the whole cast. Emily Deschanel was powerful in this one, she brings real vulnerability to Brennan here. David Boreanaz, as always the perfect sympathetic hero, loveably old-fashioned. Cute, funny moments. Touching, poignant moments. This really is the best of what is great about Bones.
BONES is incredibly addicting..... November 16, 2007
Susan Stringer
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The program has been on for almost a full three seasons and has kept me on my toes from week to week.....the cast is incredible ( you just have to love Zach, Hodgekins, Angela [really the most emotional of the Squints], Dr. Brennan and Booth )....and the only question I have is: When are Brennan and Booth going to get together...?
Everyone is human January 23, 2007
Andrew Koepke
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This episode is a bit different than the others I have seen, although I have not yet seen all of season 2 yet. Without giving anything away, this episode shows growth in 3 of characters as human beings. Additionally, it has some inventive guest characters. Finally, it presents some moral and ethical questions.
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