I worry about this third season of “Bones.” Maybe it’s the influence of pessimism and snark emanating from the Television Without Pity forums, but I’m increasingly annoyed by this season of Bones.
Last night’s episode, “Player Under Pressure” was originally set during season 2, but was postponed because of the Virginia Tech massacre (the episode revolves around a college basketball player who was murdered on campus. And maybe it was a respect thing which is totally cool, but after finally seeing the episode, I couldn’t really see any similarities between that horrible event and the plotline of the episode, but whatever.) It was nice to finally get to see the episode, but it served to highlight the glaring inconsistencies between the two seasons.
Almost everything this season seems to be played for laughs. Angela’s mysterious Fiji husband she married on a drunken holiday, Hodgins and Zach fighting over ‘King of the Lab’ titles, Booth going from hardened military sniper turned FBI agent dealing with a gambling problem to a big old goof complete with pratfalls and hokey facial expressions, Brennan and Booth forced into “couples” therapy for reasons I have yet to figure out and their shrink played by a 23 year-old guy who stays up at night playing video games?
Where is my, dare I say it, broody Seeley Booth who feels like he can’t have a relationship without putting that woman in danger? Where is Brennan’s all-night sessions in the lab rebuilding a shattered skull and studying bones trying to get them to give up their secrets?
Having said all of that, there are wonderful comedic moments that i love about the show and I’ve pretty much always labeled Bones as a lighter forensics show. Davis Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel are able to add layers to their characters with a seemingly throwaway line. In, “The Man in the Morgue,” Bones walks into a friend’s house calling his name. His name is Graham. So she’s yelling, “Graham? Graham?” and Booth mutters under his breath, “Cracker.” - Hilarious stuff!
So it’s not that I don’t like the comedic moments on the show. And I’m happy Boreanaz is getting to play something else besides a broody vampire. But I miss the balance the show was able to find in its freshman season between the broody and the funny. I think the show has lost that.
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