Bones S4: Yanks in the UK (Parts 1 and 2)
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icepixieI got my wish! Both parts of this episode were almost as hilarious as "The Baby in the Bough"!
Part 1
- Okay, I'm back to wanting to kill Sweets. Especially after what he instigated in the second episode, ARGH!
- And the UK team is totally a genderswapped B&B! With sex! Oh, someone please tell me there's Pritchard/Wexler fic out there. Please. I want to read it so very badly.
- *snerk* at Booth's totally inappropriate and yet incredibly hilarious "I hate England" rant in the middle of a traffic circle in London. I just tended to whine in here when I felt that way.
- "He had a little gay crush on you." Angela, could you replace Sweets? Because I like you a lot more than I like him. I don't even like him in a "love to hate him way," except for those (admittedly relatively frequent) moments when he's getting absolutely humiliated. (BTW, speaking of Sweets, did y'all know there was a "Couples Counseling" podcast on iTunes with little video snippets of B&B in the waiting rooms of Wyatt and Sweets? They're brief and low-budget, but hilarious.)
- Again with the hilarity as Booth tries to parallel park on the wrong side of the road! This episode made me laugh and laugh.
- Awww. The universe speaks pretty.
- !!!! Brennan is smelling the evidence! Soon she'll be tasting it and then her transformation into Benton Fraser will be complete! I AM A PROPHET! (Oh dear god I need less caffeine.)
Part 2
- Yay for Cam getting some! Except for the part where she precipitates the Angela/Hodgins breakup.
- Speaking of which, ANGELA AND HODGINS CAN'T BREAK UP! They're too adorable for breaking up! AAAAAHHHHHH!!! Are we going to need another death-defying adventure to get them back? With Angela at death's door this time? Or is there a simpler solution? *locks them together in a closet without any security cameras* Grrr. I knew that diner was evil, and this--along with the blatant sniper angles and all the other things I know were bad but can't remember--proves it! Can we bring back Wong Fu's and its good karma?
- Aw, bye, Clark. I loved you. You could still stay? Get used to the intraoffice drama you mock so amusingly?
- Aaaaand Pritchard suspects B&B of being a couple. Because Brennan didn't sleep with Wexler because Booth would object. WILL YOU TWO PLEASE JUST RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET TOGETHER ALREADY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD???
Ohhhhhh, I need to lay off the capslock there.
Part 1
- Okay, I'm back to wanting to kill Sweets. Especially after what he instigated in the second episode, ARGH!
- And the UK team is totally a genderswapped B&B! With sex! Oh, someone please tell me there's Pritchard/Wexler fic out there. Please. I want to read it so very badly.
- *snerk* at Booth's totally inappropriate and yet incredibly hilarious "I hate England" rant in the middle of a traffic circle in London. I just tended to whine in here when I felt that way.
- "He had a little gay crush on you." Angela, could you replace Sweets? Because I like you a lot more than I like him. I don't even like him in a "love to hate him way," except for those (admittedly relatively frequent) moments when he's getting absolutely humiliated. (BTW, speaking of Sweets, did y'all know there was a "Couples Counseling" podcast on iTunes with little video snippets of B&B in the waiting rooms of Wyatt and Sweets? They're brief and low-budget, but hilarious.)
- Again with the hilarity as Booth tries to parallel park on the wrong side of the road! This episode made me laugh and laugh.
- Awww. The universe speaks pretty.
- !!!! Brennan is smelling the evidence! Soon she'll be tasting it and then her transformation into Benton Fraser will be complete! I AM A PROPHET! (Oh dear god I need less caffeine.)
Part 2
- Yay for Cam getting some! Except for the part where she precipitates the Angela/Hodgins breakup.
- Speaking of which, ANGELA AND HODGINS CAN'T BREAK UP! They're too adorable for breaking up! AAAAAHHHHHH!!! Are we going to need another death-defying adventure to get them back? With Angela at death's door this time? Or is there a simpler solution? *locks them together in a closet without any security cameras* Grrr. I knew that diner was evil, and this--along with the blatant sniper angles and all the other things I know were bad but can't remember--proves it! Can we bring back Wong Fu's and its good karma?
- Aw, bye, Clark. I loved you. You could still stay? Get used to the intraoffice drama you mock so amusingly?
- Aaaaand Pritchard suspects B&B of being a couple. Because Brennan didn't sleep with Wexler because Booth would object. WILL YOU TWO PLEASE JUST RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET TOGETHER ALREADY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD???
Ohhhhhh, I need to lay off the capslock there.
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Date: 2008-12-21 02:15 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-21 04:06 pm (UTC)*looks on Wikipedia* Wait..."Roxie"? Seriously? Oh, dear. Well, I suppose that might just delay the death-defying reunion for a bit (perhaps they wanted to slow down the baby train that was developing last season?), but surely they'll come back to each other in the end...
(How did I not know you even watched this show?)
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Date: 2008-12-21 04:42 pm (UTC)HEE! They are! The woman who played Pritchard was also on Torchwood (Suzie!) which still amuses me to no end.
BTW, speaking of Sweets, did y'all know there was a "Couples Counseling" podcast on iTunes with little video snippets of B&B in the waiting rooms of Wyatt and Sweets? They're brief and low-budget, but hilarious.
Oooh, it's on iTunes? I've seen it on YouTube, but not on iTunes. All of them made me smile, but the one where Brennan is eating raisins or the like sticks in my mind. Booth keeps trying to get some raisins and when she tells him he can eat the one on the floor, HE DOES. I have a feeling the later ones were very much ad libbed.
I AM A PROPHET!
YOU ARE!
Yay for Cam getting some!
Haha, that was my reaction as well.
Speaking of which, ANGELA AND HODGINS CAN'T BREAK UP! They're too adorable for breaking up! AAAAAHHHHHH!!!
I am still miffed at the ridiculousness of their "logic." The whole thing was made on a false assumption, nitwits! But maybe it'll be good for them; they'll learn and grow and be more awesome together later? I don't know.
Aaaaand Pritchard suspects B&B of being a couple. Because Brennan didn't sleep with Wexler because Booth would object. WILL YOU TWO PLEASE JUST RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET TOGETHER ALREADY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD???
HEEEEE.
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Date: 2008-12-21 07:13 pm (UTC)Traffic circles are evil and I totally understood Booth's frustration!
I do have to disagree with you about Sweets - I like him. And his character definitely facilitates a lot in terms of conversations beginning because people ask him a question and run off with a misconstrued version of what he was trying to say.
Sorry but I can't point you in the direction of the other episodes from this season. I rely on fox.com
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Date: 2008-12-21 08:36 pm (UTC)I want fic so badly.
The woman who played Pritchard was also on Torchwood (Suzie!) which still amuses me to no end.
That's where I've seen her before! I knew she looked familiar, as did her name. (I watched the first few episodes of TW. Fighting off the velociraptor with barbeque sauce was the last straw for me.
Oooh, it's on iTunes?
It is! You can subscribe to the podcast and it downloads the new episodes (they're free) onto your computer. Or you can just watch them at the store without downloading them.
All of them made me smile, but the one where Brennan is eating raisins or the like sticks in my mind. Booth keeps trying to get some raisins and when she tells him he can eat the one on the floor, HE DOES. I have a feeling the later ones were very much ad libbed.
Haha, yes. I did enjoy the "five second rule" moment.
YOU ARE!
SHE WILL TOTALLY TASTE EVIDENCE SOON!
Haha, that was my reaction as well.
Poor Cam.
I am still miffed at the ridiculousness of their "logic." The whole thing was made on a false assumption, nitwits!
GAAAAAHHHHH, yes. The desperate attempt to add drama was utterly transparent.
But maybe it'll be good for them; they'll learn and grow and be more awesome together later? I don't know.
Perhaps so. It would be nice. (Personally, I'm still betting on some kind of Angela's life in danger moment near the end of the season that pulls them back together, then BABIEZ in S5, because all those anvils in S3 can't be for naught.)
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Date: 2008-12-21 08:39 pm (UTC)Argh argh argh manufactured drama for the LOSE!
Traffic circles are evil and I totally understood Booth's frustration!
I think they're intrisically good, but only if everyone using them knows how to use them. Add in even one person who doesn't, and it devolves into chaos.
I do have to disagree with you about Sweets - I like him.
Oof. I keep wanting to strangle him.
And his character definitely facilitates a lot in terms of conversations beginning because people ask him a question and run off with a misconstrued version of what he was trying to say.
I like that kind of thing as a running joke, but it's started to run too often. I would like him much better if he only showed up perhaps three times a season.
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Date: 2008-12-22 12:08 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-12-22 10:41 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-01-02 05:14 am (UTC)He's not so bad. Not Stephen Fry, of course (ALAS), but he adds an interesting element.
And the UK team is totally a genderswapped B&B! With sex!
Dopplegangers are like my favorite plot device EVAR!!! I lol'd.
*snerk* at Booth's totally inappropriate and yet incredibly hilarious "I hate England" rant in the middle of a traffic circle in London.
Some of his Ugly Americanism got overdone and painful, but... that was indeed excellent.
did y'all know there was a "Couples Counseling" podcast on iTunes with little video snippets of B&B in the waiting rooms of Wyatt and Sweets?
NO I DID NOT. How do I find this technology??? (Without using iTunes which hates Linux???)
Again with the hilarity as Booth tries to parallel park on the wrong side of the road!
IS THERE ONLY ONE RENTAL CAR AGENCY IN LONDON WITH ONLY ONE CAR?? And why did Brennan continue to let him drive? I totally would've scooted over while he was ranting in the middle of the road...
I AM A PROPHET!
I COMPLETELY THOUGHT THE SAME THING! :::bows down to you:::
Ummmmm I had some problems with the Grayson/Cam thing. First off, it was just totally unclassy of Cam (although not entirely out of character...), but the way it played out with Angela and Hodgins was ridiculous. Angela should've been mad because, you know, IT'S INCONSIDERATE TO SLEEP WITH YOUR FRIEND'S EX THE DAY AFTER SHE DIVORCES HIM, and Hodgins should've been relieved to have Grayson gone because, you know, giant intimidating guy who threw him in a garbage truck and is totally stressing him out and delaying his wedding. And yet those very reasonable reasons were not at all the reasons given. The writers just tossed the 'trust' thing in there out of nowhere. Grr.
I knew that diner was evil, and this--along with the blatant sniper angles and all the other things I know were bad but can't remember--proves it!
Although it DID have Stephen Fry in it... perhap we should just have Fry in every episode instead of Sweets? PLEASE?
Aw, bye, Clark. I loved you.
Eh. He had no personality. And not in the fun Zack way either. : (
WILL YOU TWO PLEASE JUST RIDE OFF INTO THE SUNSET TOGETHER ALREADY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD???
It's not like THE ENTIRE CAST PLUS RANDOM GUEST STARS are rooting for them or anything!
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Date: 2009-01-02 07:15 am (UTC)...Are we even watching the same show? He's the culmination of all that is bad in the show, IMO.
Some of his Ugly Americanism got overdone and painful, but... that was indeed excellent.
Yeah, Booth is a jerk this season, but the rant was glorious.
NO I DID NOT. How do I find this technology??? (Without using iTunes which hates Linux???)
I hear they're on YouTube...
IS THERE ONLY ONE RENTAL CAR AGENCY IN LONDON WITH ONLY ONE CAR?? And why did Brennan continue to let him drive? I totally would've scooted over while he was ranting in the middle of the road...
I don't know why she doesn't drive ALLLLL the time...
I COMPLETELY THOUGHT THE SAME THING! :::bows down to you:::
WAIT UNTIL YOU GET TO THE ONE WHERE SHE TASTES SOMETHING!!!
Everything to do with the Cam/Grayson/Angela/Hodgins thing was made of Grade A crap. I deny its existence.
Although it DID have Stephen Fry in it... perhap we should just have Fry in every episode instead of Sweets? PLEASE?
That would improve this show 1000%.
Eh. He had no personality. And not in the fun Zack way either. : (
Butbutbut he's so awesomely put-upon and sarcastic!
It's not like THE ENTIRE CAST PLUS RANDOM GUEST STARS are rooting for them or anything!
SRSLY.
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Date: 2009-01-02 10:38 pm (UTC)Well, the *in-show* blatant shipping does get a little tiresome sometimes. And he is there basically to pander. But... so was Stephen Fry? He's just doing Fry's job with reduced awesome. It'd be nice in smaller doses, though...
WAIT UNTIL YOU GET TO THE ONE WHERE SHE TASTES SOMETHING!!!
ZOMG DOES SHE GET A WOLF TOO??
Everything to do with the Cam/Grayson/Angela/Hodgins thing was made of Grade A crap. I deny its existence.
Am I gonna have to non-canon a whole arc?
Butbutbut he's so awesomely put-upon and sarcastic!
He's just... blank. And vaguely miffed.
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Date: 2009-01-03 01:46 am (UTC)And makes me want to smash things.
But... so was Stephen Fry? He's just doing Fry's job with reduced awesome. It'd be nice in smaller doses, though...
Stephen Fry didn't really do the shipping thing, though. He was all about Booth's mental health, and didn't really have anything to do with Brennan. Now it's just irritating.
ZOMG DOES SHE GET A WOLF TOO??
PERHAPS NEXT SEASON???
Am I gonna have to non-canon a whole arc?
I would recommend it.
He's just... blank. And vaguely miffed.
But funny! And so, so much better than any of the other interns!