Negativity

joybrennan wrote:@ rexcat - it's an interesting argument, one that gives me slight hope that something good could come out of this mess. However, you're using the same logic as Julia from clickclack, which I find to be flawed. The arguement is that Brennan's reaction was completely in character and therefore the entire thing makes sense. You don't explicitly say "don't look at Booth (which Julia does) but your statement implies he isn't a factor. HE IS. Without really getting into Brennan's intial freakout (it was a bit too much for a woman who in the previous episode said she now believes in love - because of Booth.) Let's look at Booth's reaction to her intial panic. He's knows Brennan, knows when it comes to people, relationships and change, she moves slowly. When he's trying to get her to see something he doesn't try to hammer it in. He'll make a suggestion, let her mull it over, ask questions, etc. WHY, on the biggest shift relationshipwise in her life, would he bombard her with talk of married couples who've been together forty or fifty years? Booth's pushing hardcore, when he KNOWS if you push her she'll cling even more tightly to her position, doesn't make sense - at least not to me. Brennan DOES react in typical Brennan fashion here, but the cause of the reaction makes the whole thing appear to be contrived. Especially given the direction of the entire season up to that point.

Your points about what could happen moving forward from this is helpful. It shows a way that things could get back on track. As for the end of the hundreth, I have come to a place where I can work with it: Brennan panicked and Booth went temporarily insane. Not great writing choices, very forced and contrieved, but it's what's been done. Luckily, ED and DB are amazing actors, or it really would have sucked to watch. :p If that scene gets ED an emmy nod, I might even think it was worth it.

joybrennan wrote:@ Katherine - " Did Howard Epps have a brother." That is the funniest line I've read today. I don't know why. But every time I read it or say it, I crack up! Thank you!

katharine wrote:
I also think Angela and Hodgins should get pregnant this year. I don't want it to be B&B, but I want Brennan to experience that close up. She could if Angela was pregnant. I think her best friend being pregnant would "more humanize" Brennan's maternal instincts. I want all this while a terrible new serial killer is running around the streets of DC.
Did Howard Epps have a brother. He was the best killer because we got to see him personally throughout his reign of torture.

WHY, on the biggest shift relationship wise in her life, would he bombard her with talk of married couples who've been together forty or fifty years?

As for the end of the hundredth, I have come to a place where I can work with it: Brennan panicked and Booth went temporarily insane. Not great writing choices, very forced and contrived, but it's what's been done. Luckily, ED and DB are amazing actors, or it really would have sucked to watch.