'The Couple in the Cave' Ep Reaction - SPOILERS

[doc_3]

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!

Comments

[ayiana2.livejournal.com]

I think she's going to get bored in D.C. and pull a Sully and ride off into the sunset.

Honestly, I'm not entirely sure she's going to leave. HH and SN really seem to like the actress. But she will end her relationship with Booth, and as far as I'm concerned, that's good enough, especially since I like the character.

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.

This is pretty much where I am as well, though having been through JAG I'm maybe a little cynical about how this could all play out. Part of me thinks s6 could be B&B's season, and part of me remembers JAG and thinks s6 might be B&H. Then s7 (assuming Bones survives a B&H s6) could be pretty much like s7 of JAG was. And God help us all if HH et al do an equivalent of the Paraguay arc on Bones. *shudder*

And can I close by saying how heart crushing it is that Brennan's so completely alone right now? She's going through something incredibly difficult, and there's no one, absolutely no one, she can turn to for support.

[doc-3.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, shades of JAG. At least I like Hannah - I couldn't handle a Renee or Brumby.

The one thing we have on Bones that we didn't have on JAG is that the actors and the show creators/writers seem to genuinely want a relationship between B&B at some point, which is a far cry from DPB&Co. So even though they may drag this out for some time, I think there's an eventual goal to have them together.

And I am totally heart-crushed at how alone she is. The whole "my life is exactly how I expected"? Gah.

I think Hannah may be around the whole season, because I do think they like her. But I definitely think they're setting things up so that she's the one to walk out on him. (WHich I can't say I don't think he deserves - I'm a little annoyed with Booth right now)

[ayiana2.livejournal.com]

I'm a little annoyed with Booth right now

I am, too, though it has nothing to do with Hannah's existence and everything to do with the way he's treating Bones. I understand she hurt him, but he's really being obnoxious at times, and it makes me grind my teeth.

[doc-3.livejournal.com]

Yeah, he's being a total jerk. I'm not saying it's all totally intentional - I mean, we've all had friends that were pretty obnoxious when they first found a new love and had to tell us about it all the time. But it's not as though she was cruel, or led him on, or broke his heart on purpose. He went for it - gambled - and it didn't work out. I see no need for rubbing it in that he moved on.

Okay,sorry, not trying to Booth-bash. I just get madder the more I think about it :)