Bones – In which much sperm was discussed

Okay, the Stewie thing worked. At first, I thought it was going to be just another case of network synergy that FOX loves to trot out every week. Yet, as the episode progressed Stewie’s appearance was an integral part of the story. Particularly towards the end of the episode (that’s not a spoiler, is it?). If Booth hadn’t seen Stewie at the sperm clinic and during in the interrogation room we wouldn’t have known that Seeley had some medical issues.

All right, we would have probably known anyway. For someone as stable as Seeley it was very unusual for him to hallucinate this season. First it was Luc Robitaille, then it was a former Army buddy whom he thought he got killed, then an animated baby with a football head. Obviously Seeley wasn’t doing well … it was just hard to see by us viewers because the hallucinations he was having seemed to be connected to medical issues (concussion at hockey rink) and stressful panic (trying to escape from the Gravediggers trap).

Now, here’s the thing about Booth’s tumor: towards the end of last season Seeley was shot by a stalker? At the end of the next-to-last episode it seemed like curtains for Seeley as he lay bleeding on the floor. By the season finale, though, he was feeling much better and the gunshot was all but forgotten. From the preview of next week’s episode, it’s possible that the same thing is going to happen. That, or everything that takes place, including some boom-chick-a-boom between Bones and Booth, is all in Seeley’s drug-addled mind. Hopefully I’m wrong.

Meanwhile, let’s touch upon the highly robotic Temperance Brennan. I have to say that her performance this week made Sheldon Cooper of Big Bang Theory seem emotionally stable. Tempe’s decision to have a child was so cold and clinical that it was cringe-worthy. And, this is coming from someone who has gotten used to Bones’ emotionally distant personality. In this week’s episode she took that persona and amped it up several notches.

Not that she wouldn’t be a good mother. In scenes where she was in direct contact with little humans you could see a change in her persona (for example: Dancing Phalanges). If anything, a baby would probably make her more human. Whether or not that would affect her performance at work is something we would need to watch. It would certainly be a 180-degree change from the near-emotionless android she appeared to be this week.

Here are a few things we learned this week:

• A watermelon has the same density as a human skull
• 178 boxes of denture cleaner help clean softened human bones
• Human remains give a bitter taste to some wines
• Booth has so many sperm in one sample that he could populate the entire world (which wouldn’t be too bad)
• Booth is the one hiding his attraction

Remember what Gordon Wyatt said a few episodes ago? He mentioned that either Booth or Bones fought a daily internal battle to hold back their attraction for the other. Well, watching Booth as he searched for Bones while doctors and nurses were prepping him for surgery proved that he is smitten with Tempe. Or, perhaps Bones is really the one holding back her attraction and the writers are playing with our minds.

Hopefully, we’ll find this all out in next week’s season finale. Or, maybe we won’t. Either way, we get to see a return of Zack and, hopefully, a new intern selection. I’ll see you there.

Clacked by Richard Keller
on May 08, 2009 @ 13:00 EST5EDT