For all those that have yet to
watch yesterday’s episode of Bones,
titled ‘The Nazi on the Honeymoon’, this is your last chance to turn around and
do so devoid of spoilers before proceeding ahead. This is not a spoiler free
blog. THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS!
You’ve been warned.
There’s no way they could’ve
topped the last new episode of this series, and the creators didn’t bother
trying, something smart on their part. Booth and Brennan are on their honeymoon
in Buenos Aires, and Booth is finding it easy to relax, but Brennan doesn’t
much care for the thought of doing nothing. You see, relaxing makes her tense. Very
much her character to pull Booth into an investigation of a murder victim she
finds among bodies at the morgue. In that way, Brennan can be something of a
workaholic, but she doesn’t seem to like being idle.
Despite the circumstances of this
episode, it was kind of a cheerier episode. With the surroundings, and the
Argentinian flavoured music, the episode almost had a celebratory feel to it.
It almost felt like the writers gave us an emotional break with this little
gift after the wedding episode. Even though this series does tend to be
lighter, considering the area it surrounds itself with, this was – for the most
part – lighter than most. It did happen to deal with a Nazi war criminal’s
murder, but even so was able to keep things light and fresh.
Back in Washington, Jack and
Angela were babysitting Christine for Booth and Brennan. They kept going back
and forth on the idea of having a second child, and eventually landed on
wanting another one. Being that Angela once said she wanted a whole bunch, this
didn’t completely surprise me, but let’s remember back to when Michael Vincent
was still a fetus and they worried about the fifty-fifty chance he could be
born blind. Still, it could make things interesting to have a hormonal Angela
again, because after that wedding between Booth and Brennan, we all know there
isn’t much left of this series to tell.
A few issues with this episode
that I did have, one being the fact Michael Vincent did not look nearly a year
older than Christine. Another was how the Nazi man’s wife, how everyone kept
calling her beautiful, but I just kept thinking her face looked like it was
stung by a bee and an allergic reaction ensued. She wasn’t ugly by any means,
but not gorgeous in the least. The third thing was the sweeping views of Buenos
Aires that gave us a glimpse at their terrible architecture. I mean, really, it
looked like a stiff wind would knock those ugly buildings down. Strike
Argentina off my list of places I’m ever living in.
All in all, not a bad episode to
come back to after the wedding episode. Nice, light, cheery, despite the
concept of murder being involved in this show. But then, I suppose these people
would have to have a warped sense of humour to deal with all of this stuff
daily. I did enjoy the performance by the actress that ended up being the
murderer, she definitely fit into her character and wasn’t as over-the-top as
some of the acting on this series can be at times. Otherwise, I do think this
is a procedural series that doesn’t have quite that much legs to stand on until
the series ends. It’s given us all we’ve wanted (other than Zack making another
appearance), and when you fulfill an audiences wishes, they begin to tune out.
My rating: 7 out of 10.
Best Lines:
“And don’t touch my bobble head.” – Booth tells Sweets.
“Yes! Good. Murder.” – Jack rambles.
“It’s a book, right?” – a murder suspect fearfully
questions, and then Booth gives his best stony cop face.
Okay, here’s this one. I’m going to take a brief break to
eat something, then move onto my review of Sleepy
Hollow. After that it’s The Blacklist,
and then check back later tonight for my reviews of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., The
Originals, New Girl, Trophy Wife, and Supernatural. Stay tuned.
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