did any one else notice the abnormally large number of things that they signed for in this episode? haha.

booth at the shooting range (both times) = amazing.

>>Tori, we know there is at least one more season after this one. I was thinking too that it’s pretty much one of two things. Either B+B are going to be together, and they are just going to go for it. OR something terrible is going to happen that splits them apart until the series finale. I am hoping for the first one. But yes, there has been INCREDIBLE momentum toward them becoming physically and romantically involved.

>>Dilara, I think we’ll see more of Angela and Wendell, but i can’t confirm that. But then, who knows? Haha. I also loved the parts of GG that you mentioned. Didnt’ you just get the feeling that he genuinely cares for them? He is really really on their side. I think he loves them, like we love them

>>Heya Patty, I don’t think you’re crazy at all. I think at this point in the show, we’ve all invested enough that I WANT to see Booth and Brennan together. I could care less about the ratings. I agree with you that it shouldn’t be grossly sweet, but after 4 + years of them, I want to see some family action, darn it! I deserve it!

>>Kathy, thank you for posting the link to that letter. That was very special.

>>LifeofmyTime: I totally agree with you. I think it would be honestly entertaining to see Booth and Brennan try to navigate an actual committed relationship. (more than they have now, that is). But like you said…I’m totally committed to what’s happening now, too!

>>Angie, I have been watching season one over again, and there is a lot of good Angela stuff there. she’s kind of gotten crazy the past couple of seasons, and i find i prefer it if her personal life is nowhere near the plot, haha, but that she provides common sense advice to the rest of the characters. JMO, though. I agree with you about tying up some loose ends, something the show in general is not that good at.

>>Hey Becky, Thanks! Seriously…that FBI shirt had best be around a lot more in the future. And flustered Booth is one of the all time cutest Booths, and for SURE when he was like “really?’ ,like you said, it was just awesome. I kind of think Brennan knew what she was doing there, too, haha.

>>Ashley, hey hey, I agree that this episode centered a lot on Brennan’s ‘caring’ for Booth. It was throughout the whole thing, from beginning to end. I think he’s learning to depend on her. Which it seems strange to me that that’s what’s happening, but when I think about it, it really is the first times in the whole series where she is helping him personally. excellent!

>>Kimber, I am so glad you are back together with BONES. GG is the best, and Brennan makes me laugh so much. I think Emily Deschanel is quite underrated, frankly.

>>Keith, I have no idea! haha, I thought maybe since they were all in blue, that maybe that was a Simpson’s thing, maybe those were the show writers or something? A friend of mine from England was watching, and was like, why was Homer Simpson in this episode, haha.

The end scene was wonderful and made me so excited for their future… I shed a few tears, I’m not gonna lie ! Oh, and wow… I completely LOVE GG! Sometimes I forget how effectively he drives the B&B relationship! Also loved how some of those loose ends were tied up in this one as some of you guys have mentioned. I really enjoyed hearing Sweets explain what happened with the book and admit that he knows that Booth and Brennan love each other. This season is being driven so well, and so appropriately in my opinion.

As for the whole “the show will fizzle” when B&B get together angle… I have always said and will continue to maintain that it simply isn’t possible for the show to fizzle out once they’re together. The depth of their characters run way too deep, plus ED and DB and insanely talented actors who have a dynamic relationship. I have never understood why anyone sees them together as a problem… definitely not at this point in the show. Plus, they’re doing a perfect build for the relationship… not moving fast at all, but at a believable pace. C’mon guys… it’s been four years. Time for progression… and we’re getting it every single episode!

*To quote McDonald’s… “Na Na Na Na Na… I’M LOVIN’ IT!”*

But don’t forget his cute little “Really?” after Bones said not her that she liked good boys. Loved it!

Thanks for the recap. Awesome as usual!

Does anyone else find it funny how Angela (probably the least educated) is sometimes the smartest one because she doesn’t have an oversized brain to get in the way. She can read people as quickly as Sweets sometimes and her analysis of B/B is always dead on. I really love her character.

I loved how this episode brought up some loose ends that have been flying around. Like whether or not Booth’s love subsided after his brain healed, what happened to Sweet’s book, etc. I still am dying to know what is going to be done with Booth’s sperm and if Brennan still wants a baby. Will that get addressed later on?

I truly enjoyed this episode and am interested to see where this is all going. I think the show could go on with B&B together – there are plenty of examples where the writers can make that work. The Office is still great with Jim and Pam together, for example. I think there would be a lot to explore with their relationship because their outlooks on life and love are so completely different. Still lots of room for that romantic tension we all crave.

But that said – I’m still on board the will-they/won’t-they train for as long as they can keep it going.

http://www.lettersofnote.com/2009/10/it-will-be-sunny-one-day.html

The best part for me is that it seems everyone knows that B&B love each other except B&B! Well, Booth knows he loves Brennen but is too chicken to do anything about it but Angela so thinks Brennen and Booth belong together and I think Cam and Hodgins does too.

The case was interesting but again, and I love this too, this show is not all about the case. It’s about the people working to solve the case and the other people involved in the death of someone they know.

I hope that Hart Hansen and these writers can figure out a way for Booth and Brennan to get together and explore their new relationship and keep the tension and it not be sweetly gross and uninteresting. Is everyone boring when they admit love? I don’t know. On TV usually but can’t someone figure out a way for them to maintain that chemistry? I mean, they already know pretty much everything about each other so what would be different if they admitted they loved each other? Sex maybe (seeing as Brennen is a horndog) but they would still be on high alert around each other and that would be good. She would still try and make him laugh and he would still want to be her protector right? Am I crazy? Can it be written?

As for B/B, while I thought it was cute how Brennan was trying to help Booth feel better and that she was sensitive and observant enough to have noticed all the minutia of Booth’s actions that changed (drinking coffee with a different hand, leading with the wrong foor, etc), the most adorable thing in this episode for me was how Booth didn’t even TRY to deny that he loved Brennan when Wyatt confronted him. There wasn’t even a flinch of shock, as in “How did you know!?” or “Wow is it that obvious!?” – which is the kind of reaction I think most people would have had if they were confronted like that. Booth just totally accepted it, and he had such a pained expression when he was saying that the didn’t think he was good enough – aww.
I think he needs to follow Wyatt’s advice and just grow a set, go up to Brennan, and tell her what’s on his mind!!
And how adorable was Sweets in this episode? Aw, he was like a kid who hates it when his friends are mad at him… And I thought that is was very… noble of him, to not have published his book simply for the sake of sparing the tumult it would cause two people that he really cares about. =]

P.S Whatever happened to Angela+Wendell? What was that, just like a one time thing or what?

Anyways, about the episode, one of my favorite things about the episode was GG and Sweets teaming up. I loved the moment when GG was like “No one here is a fry cook!” But I have to say my favorite moment was after the midget cougar said “He said I wasn’t enough woman for him,” and Sweets like freaks out and then he and GG are all excited and B&B are just confused. That is one of the things I love about this show, there is a mix between crime, science, and psychology everywhere (even if Brennan hates psychology), which are three of my favorite things. You’d think that that combination would create disaster, but the writers have made it into something wonderful.

And Booth truly believes in love and with some extra push from the wonderful Gordon Gordon we are on a journey of spirits not only colliding but coming together joyfully.

Of course, any show needs angst and conflict. Still, I see how sweet they are and I don’t care about UST anymore. Their adorability and respect for each other and love carries the show for me.