Hodgins: Safety First! *intentionally Inhales A Bunch Of Unknown Fumes And Immediately Faints*

Hodgins and Angela

I keep thinking abt tipsy Angela in 1x09 saying she might kiss Brennan at the Christmas party and then immediately bi-panicking and covering it up saying “in a festive non-lesbian manner” girl could you be any more obvious…..

I am enamored with the way that the writers of the brain tumor arc in Bones managed to have it be a twist while giving you multiple very strong signs that something was wrong by taking advantage of the fact that as the viewer you know you're watching a TV show. The first two times Booth hallucinates Bones points out that these are moments of unreality but the show couches them in the context of the episodes in which they occur so that the audience can easily and unconsciously dismiss them with their preexisting knowledge of tropes.

"Oh, well Booth was briefly unconscious in the process of getting a concussion. In television, situations like this are rife with characters experiencing dreams where their subconscious solves the case for them. Plus it's a clever way to include their cameo from Luc Robitaille."

"The show really wants me to believe that that really was a ghost that helped Booth and this is another instance of Booth being right about magic in the world while Bones is wrong, but even if I prefer that small space they leave for a little ambiguity, characters in life or death emergency survival situations on TV see visions of a person who's death they blame themselves for as a way to explore a characters relationship with guilt all the time."

And it's not really until both Bones and the show essentially say "screw the case of the week, something is Wrong" that you're, rather abruptly and forcefully, prompted to consider what these incidences might mean when put together, and it's not a very happy list of possibilities.

And while this post is about how well I think they preserve the twist by meeting people's expectations when they added the foreshadowing to avoid suspicion, it should be noted that I also think this is a great example of my belief that a good plot twist is telegraphed loudly beforehand, just in a code most people won't easily decipher.

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Okay I listened to the first episode while I was working LOL so I didn’t end up live posting it but I will in the future.

Spoilers ahead for Boneheads Podcast Episode 101: Pilot and Dissecting Jack Hodgins (with T.J. Thyne)

Here is my review so far:

I love Emily and Carla’s dynamic they are so funny and chill and it’s neat to hear everything they have to say about filming!!

I thought it was neat to hear them discussing acting things since I have no idea how that industry works it was cool to hear a little about it from them

My favorite thing was Carla not being able to tell that the pilot location was any different the set they worked at?? It was so interesting to me that they must have made the set so exact from the original location to mean that she couldn’t even tell having worked on, I mean as a viewer I never noticed either but it’s interesting they had a location first and then built the set later on.

I thought the boob talk was hilarious and so silly

I really hope that Michaela Conlin comes on as a guest!!! I would love to see John Francis Daley and Tamara Taylor in the future also

I also listened to their discussion with TJ Thyne, he was so sweet and funny and is just a ray of sunshine and the best. I hope he does come back more especially for Aliens in a Spaceship would be amazinggg!!!

Overall 100000/10 exceeded my expectations and I cannot wait for more <333 we are so lucky to be blessed with this podcast!!!! I literally never thought we’d get any more content related to bones ever tbh so this has been such a delight and I will be eating good for months to come

Finally have time to listen to Boneheads I’m so excited 🙏🙏🙏 gonna be live posting it so if u don’t want to see that I’m gonna tag it as “boneheads spoilers” so ppl can filter it out!!

RIP Vincent Nigel Murray and Lance Sweets, you both wouldve loved Chappell Roan

Pelant is dead 🥳🥳🥳 no more Pelant episodes YAAAAY!!!!