Comic-Con: 'Bones' panel gets messy
Jul 25, 2008, 10:22 PM | by Alynda Wheat
Categories: Comic-Con 2008
Can you call an entire half episode a "clip"? Because that's what Bones
creator Hart Hanson, producer Barry Josephson, and stars David Boreanaz (pictured, right, with Eric Millegan and Emily Deschanel),
Michaela Conlin, Tamara Taylor, and Jon Francis Daley delivered to fans in one of
the closing sessions of Comic-Con's second day (moderated by EW's own Whitney
Pastorek). Well, that and posters for everyone in the audience.
So what did we see? Crap. No, that's not a critical assessment of the new season; we literally saw poo. The victim from the early season 4 episode appears to have been shot then stuffed — head first — in a Port-A-Potty. Clearly, he's not coming out smelling like a rose, as the new intern (one of a slew of newbies the show plans to shuffle in to replace Millegan's murderous squint Zack Addy) makes a point of noting every chance she gets. Don't look for her to stick around, as the character is so purposely annoying to the rest of the Jeffersonian staff that we wouldn't be surprised if she turned up as the victim in a subsequent episode.
After the clip (trust us, there weren't really any spoilers there), the panel got started in earnest with Boreanaz and Hanson explaining that the cast flew to London for the season opener (way to pony up some ducats, Fox!). Boreanaz was all kinds of animated, explaining why he hates double-decker buses (claustrophobic), chickens (all birds, actually), and fish (something to do with his appearance on the Martha Stewart show). Then it was time for some spoilers. Stop here, Bones fans, if you really don't want to know.
For those of you none too pleased by the turn the Gormogon case took in the season finale — and Hanson says he realizes there are many of you — there is a bright side: Millegan will return as Addy for an unknown number of episodes. Of course, he'll still be that-guy-who-killed-for-the-cannibal, but...still.
There's also love in the Jeffersonian, with Cam (Taylor) and Sweets (Daley) each getting lucky (no word on whether it's with each other), and an ex-flame of Angela's (Conlin) returning. Also: We finally meet Angela's long lost mystery husband, from whom she's been trying to get a divorce so that she can marry fellow lab rat Hodgins (T.J. Thyne).
The biggest spoiler, however, was Hart revealing that, "This year, Booth (Boreanaz) and Brennan (Deschanel) will be in bed together naked. That's all I can say about that." And for those still smarting over the season finale, he offers some consolation in revealing that it wasn't exactly the way he wanted to end the season either. With the writer's strike throwing the schedule off, the Bones creative types figured they'd conclude not with the Gormogon killer, but with Booth getting shot. So look at the bright side, Bones lovers: You could've spent the entire summer with Booth on the bubble.
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