Bones was a pleasant surprise last night. Despite my last little rant about the show venturing off into sitcom land, last night’s episode, “The Baby in the Bough,” proved that they could pull it off if that is their intention.
Let me preface that by saying I am a master at the fanwank. Last night’s episode required a lot of fanwanking. The plotline that forced Booth and Brennan to take temporary custody of a baby was forced and contrived and basically served to show Brennan could eventually soften up and become attached and motherly. The whole whodunnit aspect of the episode was secondary and kind of sloppy. I know who killed the mother, but I don’t know how he did it. The forensics aspect of the show seems to be treated like it *has* to be there because the show is called “Bones” and she’s a forensic anthropologist.
But I have the wonderful ability to let all that go and just enjoy the character interactions and dynamics. I’ve never been a nitpicker when it comes to reviewing shows. I don’t care if there’s not supposed to be sound in space, or if the real senator of West Virginia wouldn’t let a bridge go unrepaired in real life because, well, the show isn’t real life. People seem to forget the e-n-t-e-r-t-a-i-n-m-e-n-t aspect of television. I’ve never been able to understand the need to nitpick.
And so I laughed giant belly laughs when Brennan told the baby that the pink stuffed elephant was “wrong” and even harder laughs when she was trying to quiet the child by showing him her “dancing phalanges” (better known as Spirit Fingers 
) I’m sorry, but that was frickin’ hilarious.
So who cares if the Brennan/Baby bonding was contrived. Apart from that, it was handled well, acted well, and seemed like a natural thing. The mystery was tidied up, we get to see the softer side of Brennan, Booth is a natural with kids (since he has one of his own) and Angela and Hodgins aren’t going to waste screen time in the future fighting about whether they want kids. I liked this episode much better than last week’s.
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