The Pain in the Heart

[doc_3]

Just my initial thoughts:

1.  This definitely should have been a two-parter.  

2.  Tamara and T.J. were fantastic in this.  Both of them took a mediocre/bad script and worked miracles. 

3.  David and Emily seemed rushed in their scenes (see number 1).  I could have done without the bathtub scene, it was contrived.  I think this ep opens a lot of doors for them though.  Them together at the end really got me.  

4.  I don't know how I feel about Zack being the apprentice and losing Eric.  I just can't wrap my brain around it all.  

I need to sleep on this and maybe watch again.  My head's still spinning.  Ugh.
 
 

Comments

[doc-3.livejournal.com]

I definitely think the bathroom scene was in poor taste. It was too goofy to come on the heels of such a big thing. They totally wasted their opportunity there.

[wimseynotes.livejournal.com]

That is going to be a problem for the next season - this is such a huge affront to the team/family they have created. The goofiness which has predominated in this half of the season will feel so completely out of place under the weight of this disclosure.

I am okay with Sweets, but not as a replacement for Zack. I kind of liked the idea of them playing off each other some more.

[doc-3.livejournal.com]

I just hope they treat the loss of Zack and Booth's "death" with the weight these two things deserve. If not I'll be extremely disappointed.

[wimseynotes.livejournal.com]

I doubt they will - the season opener is supposed to be a two-parter set in London (with Booth being all-annoying-American and Brennan being all cosmopolitan-world-traveller, no doubt). I don't think there will be a lot of focus on past events.

[doc-3.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately I'm sure you're right. :(