I must get this out of the way: Sweets has to be just a red herring as the Gormogon killer, right? I know there’s been speculation about this for a while (looking at you Jason) but the hints were so heavy-handed last night with his oh-so-timely insights and participation on the case that I have to believe they (the writers) are trying to throw us off the scent of the real killer. Besides, John Francis Daley is now a series regular. How long could they string us along and have him be the freak (Freaks and Geeks, get it? Sorry. Couldn’t help it.) who’s actually killing and eating people? That can’t be how they roll, can it?
Okay, with that out of the way, Wow! What a great episode. It was chock full if intrigue (hidden cameras in the vault, two Gormogons, etc.) and action, not to mention family drama, just so meaty…kinda like the dead guy in the opening scene.
At first I was jarred by the change in pre-credits pacing. No Boothand Brennan, quipping over a body. Just a quick corpse reveal with Camand Booth, then back to the lab for more revelations (surgicallyremoved kneecaps), and then off to Brennan’s apartment to meet herfugitive brother’s girlfriend and open the package of kneecaps that hadarrived via U.S. mail. Brennan was so smooth in that situation,simultaneously comforting and helping the girlfriend by setting her upwith a doctor friend for her sick kid, while shuffling her out andkeeping an impassive eye on the package with the spreading blood stain.
That was just the beginning of the killer’s personal attack onBrennan and Booth. A bomb filled with teeth? Ewww! Danger/actionscenes with these two are always fun to watch because even with theirmutual concern for each other and Booth’s hero complex, Brennan’s nevera simple damsel in distress. She’s always quick to walk it off and berational. You know, not like a girl.
Not only did we get some quality time with my favorite attorney,Caroline Julian (who looks like she’ll play a big role in next week’s"kiss" episode), but there was Ryan O’Neal back as the loving fatherwith the unusual methods. He lied to get son Russ to come back, but itwas Booth’s surreptitious phone calls that made things work out so Russcould be with his family, eventually.
There was no ending Booth/Brennan scene, but her grateful kiss on hischeek (after he let her brother visit the little girl in the hospital), plus Booth’s stunned and moved reaction, were enough to tide me over fornow. And instead we got a surprise murder scene for an ending as thelobbyist Booth saved earlier was attacked in his own home.
Anyone else slowly replay that last scene, trying to see the face ofthe killer? Did it look like a crazed Sweets? Who else fears we won’tget more than a quick peck from next week’s kiss? And on an unrelatednote, I want to be king of the lab! Don’t you?
I had a similar thought about Sweets. I was watching really closely at the last scene and I am pretty sure it wasn’t him. I really hope it wasn’t. I love way he fits in with this quirky bunch.
It did look like Sweets. A lot like Sweets.
Fricking Frick on a stick!!! The one time I can actually watch Bones on the TV, because I’m home for vacation and not at meetings, I don’t, because I thought it came back to TWO weeks, and this week would be a repeat!! ARGH!!
Did anyone else think Gormogon (or was it the apprentice?) Booth chased from the lobbyist’s house was built like a woman? Is that possible?
Agree that “Sweets as Gormogon” was waaaay too heavy-handed last night to be viable.
I loved that Sweets used Star Wars to analyze the master/apprentice relationship and was able to help them find the old master. That was a great scene!
Agreed that it was heavy-handed, but I liked that they implied he was trying to recruit Hodgins as an apprentice. Still think it’s a red herring though. Plus…creepy old guy with no teeth!
I was waiting for the recap all morning! I thought the motorcycle guy was built like Sweets, but the guy in the closet looked shorter… I don’t want it to be him since it seems to set-up and I like him in the show. I love how Booth likes working with him even though he hates Sweets when Swe badgers him. I love every scene with Booth and Bones. I love, I love
Why can’t all the TV watches be this good???
I felt that the whole end sequence was trying to make us think it’s one of them thats Gorgomon.(that could be just me though). I started to suspect Sweets when he was talking to Hodgins about Gorgomon needing a new apprentice. LOVED Booth’s reaction to Brennan’s kiss! That was priceless.
i played it in slow mo 3 times – it’s not sweets (whew!).
I did pause my DVR at the end and I dont think it looked like Sweets. But, when he was alone with Hodgins, I was so scared he was going to kill him! He had that creepy look in his eye. But I LOVED this ep. Loved Brennan’s kiss on the cheek – totally sweet and I totally loved it. How she manages to work with him and not be all on him is amazing to me!
I don’t think sweets can be Gormogon or whatever…the bomb was filled with teeth that they later found out were gormogon’s teeth, I thought it was the current gormogon and that the motorcycle person was the new apprentice…. I could be wrong, maybe I should rewatch it
I thought that the guy in the closet was the apprentice, he was not nearly so smooth as the guy that rode the bike. It almost appeared to be a training mission. The master seemed to know that his target had been discovered, he did position the “Corruptor” in the same position as the other two skeletons. Having his apprentice succeed later seems to me to be the icing on the cake in his attack on B&B.
Great episode that kiss on the cheek was so sweet
they are so great together.
Can’t wait for next week! I doubt the Booth/Brennan kiss will be the passionate one I have been waiting to see but it will still be fun to watch
I too thought the Gormogon on the bike was built like a woman.
Thank you, thank you for adding my sweet Sweets as a regular. I’ve noticed that my favorite TV shows have adopted a lot of the recommendations posted on this site. I love having a voice on my favorite TV shows
Maybe I’m naive, but I figured Sweets was taking more of a role in this ep because finding the Gormogon killer(s) is going to require someone who can clue the rest of the team in on the psychology behind their psychosis. None of the rest of them are really what you’d call ‘profilers’, and Sweets stepped nicely into that role.