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'The Couple in the Cave' Ep Reaction - SPOILERS
My immediate post-ep reaction, so I reserve the right to totally have a different opinion in a few days...
And I'm very conflicted about things so expect me to contradict myself a dozen times ...
On to my reactions:
- I like Hannah. I mean, like her as in I could see hanging out with her and having a good time. And she seemed to have that knack of connecting with people on their level (Discussing media conspiracies with Hodgins? FTW, Hannah.) And Brennan didn't seem to put her off at all with her Brennan-ness.
- Booth was getting on my nerves asserting to Brennan and Sweets how happy and in love he is. I mean, I'm no shrink but it smacked of 'say it until it's true'
- I thought Brennan's statement to Angela that she had exactly what she expected to have in life very sad and unfortunately very true
- Back to Hannah: I think she's going to get bored in D.C. and pull a Sully and ride off into the sunset.
- Brennan basically spelled it out for Booth when they were in the bar at the end and she was basically telling him that it means nothing to love someone if you can fall out of love with that person and into love with someone else (I mean, she could have just said, "You proved my entire theory on feelings being ephemeral when you said you loved me but then went and fell for Hannah a few months later")
- Brennan was trying really hard I thought to be more open and friendly than I've ever seen - character growth, yay!
- Clark and his verbal diarrhea - hilarious!
All in all, I feel heart-crushed for Brennan, a little ticked off at Booth, annoyed that Angela doesn't seem to be getting it, and hopeful - all rolled into one.
Now that I've gotten this off my chest I can cruise through LJ and check out everyone else's reactions!
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I'm no shrink but it smacked of 'say it until it's true'
But isn't that what he usually does? I mean, that's the way Booth works. For someone with his history, the way you make a good life for yourself is by wishing hard enough for it to actually happen and turning a blind eye to what's not really working. He did it with Brennan for six years or so - it's this personality trait that what made him persist for so long in the idea that there was a future for them. (I'm happy he was sane enough to give up though after the 100th.) To get back to the point: he is clearly a case of 'say it until it's true' but not necessarily because of what he's been through with Brennan. He does it all the time. I think part of him really believes that if you wish for something hard enough, it's going to happen (and here's where Brennan has all the reasons to believe precisely the opposite).
she was basically telling him that it means nothing to love someone if you can fall out of love with that person and into love with someone else
That's a great observation! I'd like to add
(1) isn't it ironic that Brennan, of all people, would reach the conclusion that falling in and out of love is not really a voluntary act (it's not for her at least, she can't undo the fact that she loves Booth and she knows it)? I would've pegged this as a Booth thing, but apparently it no longer is since Booth insists on being totally in control over the falling-in-love process (just like Brennan used to).
(2) I found your point particularly illuminating in relation to Brennan's insistence on defining what happened to Booth as 'falling in love'. She says 'Booth fell in love in Afghanistan' and variations thereof to several people. I found that puzzling, until now: she's trying to work out whether Booth really loves Hannah and what this means exactly in relation to moving on etc. Hence the conversation in the diner.
(3) I think she was also asking him if he regrets having loved her (the 'irresponsibly dangerous' comment) and, to his credit, he says no. This bit redeemed Booth a little for me.
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