Knock on wood...

It looks like Bones is going to be renewed for a seventh season! Nothing's set in stone yet, but Bones has been doing very well this season, so FOX wants it back next year.

One word: HUZZAH!

Hope for (the remainder of) the hiatus

"Everything happens eventually." -Sir Seeley Booth

Oh, and this promo.

The Girl in the Fridge: the last scene

Alright. So Brennan and Booth find a body high up on the Washington Monument, burning.

Sound familiar?

High up. Burning. Sounds like Max Keenan to me!

Now, we never get into the case, so I'm wondering: coincidence or not? After all, we don't find out Max's M.O. until the next season...

But I'd like to believe that it's not a coincidence, that this was either Max's, or another one of his fellow bank robber's, kill.

Thoughts?

Bones: the backstory

So I've been watching season 1 just like I said I would, and taking notes, but right now, I have a theory that I need to share:

Brennan wrote her first book in order to cope with her relationship (or non-relationship) with Booth. (At least, that was part of it.)

This probably sounds like some crazy shipper delusion, but hear me out: in the Pilot, Brennan comes back from Guatemala and she already has a book published, which had not been published in the 100th episode flashback. Therefore, she must have written the book after the case with Booth and before she went to Guatemala, giving her only a few months to write since she was in Guatemala for some time (two months, was it?) and only 11 months total passed between the two cases that she worked with Booth.

Thus, either she writes like a speed-demon, or she began her book immediately following the case she worked with Booth.

AND at this point in the series (I just finished episode 5, the Boy in the Bush), we're starting to see what a big part of the book Agent Andy, who is based on Booth, is... meaning that even though they fought, Booth (and the whole experience of working on that one case with him) really stuck with Brennan, prompting her to write that book. Or prompting the content in the book. (We don't know why she began writing the books. Any thoughts?)

But either way, Booth was on her mind-- he was, in a sense, her muse.

So, why, in the Pilot, was Brennan reluctant to work with Booth again? I can think of many reasons, but here are a few:

a) She insists that her colleagues are NOT depicted in her book; she's in denial, or simply not consciously aware of the fact that they ARE.

b) She's a tough gal and never wants to give in easily.

c) She IS aware of her feelings and what she's done (I have no evidence of this, however); she's coped and now she wants to move on.

d) Some combination of two or three of the above reasons.

Thoughts?

if you're wondering why I haven't posted on the latest episode...

it's because I haven't watched it yet, because it's finals week, here in the non-Bones world, and I fear that watching it will

a) send me right into fetal position for the following days, thus limiting my study-time and possibly even causing me to miss a final

or b) cause my imminent psychotic break, which would me me quite unable to write top-notch essays on my anthropology exam.

so, maybe a and b could really be condensed into one super-reason, but I think you get the picture.

or, not, since no one seems to read this thing.

an inconsistency?

I was just watching The Shallow in the Deep over again, when I had to pause. Booth was wondering aloud to Sweets how he could have gone to bed Han Solo but woken up Obi-wan Kenobi.

Sweet's response? He has no idea what Booth is talking about.

However, was it not Sweets in the episode that just aired who referred to himself as a "Star Warrior" in the interrogation room?

Was this a mistake on the writers' part, or am I missing something?

Claim: Brennan and Booth "missed their moment"

That's what Sweets proposes in the 100th episode... and I like to think that the man is right about a lot of things.

This isn't one of them.

Let's consider that our duo hadn't "missed their moment," so to speak-- that Brennan hadn't gotten in the cab, or Booth had gotten in with her, and they went off into that pre-season 1 night and had sex. (Gasp!)

What then?

It's naive to think they would have fallen in love. Consider this: it's taken them 5 seasons (give or take) to affect one another enough to reach that point of true compatibility. Brennan, especially, has made enormous headway in that she almost completely accepts Booth's faith. This was absolutely NOT the case during season 1.

And pre-season 1? Not a chance!

Would this be enough to keep them apart/ break them up? Most definitely. In fact, I think it's one of the main factors that's kept them apart for so long. (Feel free to disagree!)

Now, back to the sex: They have it and then wake up. So, I ask again: what then?

Brennan, as we know, appreciates (and appreciated) taking care of her urges sans commitment (read: a one night stand of sorts, as they can last for multiple nights. She has people she can call, if you recall that talk she had with Booth in, I believe, that certain episode when she had two boyfriends. Good times.) So why would it have been different with Booth? She hardly knew him!

And likely wouldn't have gotten to know him much further, for they wouldn't have gotten to/ been forced to work together for so any years. (FBI policy, baby!)

So, even if Brennan did begin to see Booth as someone she wanted more than the occasional romp with, their relationship would have faced to many challenges that two people not forced together wouldn't have to deal with, making it easier to simply not.

Cut their losses.

Break it off.

So, yeah. That night could have been a moment, but it certainly wasn't THEIR moment. Despite what might be fun to believe, the stars weren't lined up perfectly for them; they don't do that for Brennan and Booth. They've had to WORK somewhat for their compatibility.

Their true moment has yet to come. (But I think it's coming soon...)