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With any TV show, the first episode following an “event” episode is always tricky. Not only are you coming off an emotional high point, but you quickly have to decide how the aforementioned “event” will affect the characters and the world they live in.

Last night’s episode of Bones was the first after the barn birth of Bones and Booth’s baby Christine. And, I say, one of the toughest episodes for the writers to tackle. The biggest issue — as I see it — was that much of the new baby thunder was stolen by the end-of-season birth of Michael, Angela and Hodgin’s son, last year. Obviously Christine was the higher profile birth here (for fans), but it also meant that some of the new parent storylines had already been claimed. (Michael can’t sleep, Grandpa wants to babysit, etc.) So how do you tackle introducing a second new baby in so many years? Here’s how they did it:

We picked up about six weeks into Christine’s new life as a mini-squint. (Yes, I’ve decided she’s like Brennan. She’s growing up listening to crime scene details, how can she not?!) And Brennan was dealing with separation issues. She ordered the daycare to send her pictures every half hour, had her mind on the baby several times a day (hey, let’s arrest someone — AND buy diapers!), and once she was home, sacrificed her own rest to hold Christine after being away from her for so many hours. READ FULL STORY »

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If you had asked me seven years ago whether Bones and Booth would ever have a baby, I would have laughed in your face at the mere suggestion. “That just wouldn’t work,” I would have said. Plus, Bones…a mother?! BUAHA!

And yet, here we are. In the past year, our beloved couple has taken more unexpected roads than a teen driver without GPS, and the most unforeseen path of them all culminated tonight with the birth of their baby girl, Christine Angela.

Now, while I expect some form of nit-picking to take place after this episode, the show’s first after a long hiatus, I’ll just say this: I personally couldn’t think of a better way for Christine, the product of a genius and a hero, to come into this world. It was exciting, tender, and, above all, one heck of a story for her to tell one day. (Not a minute old, and she’s already having adventures!) And I’m saying that as someone who’d built up the moment in my head since the end of last season, when Booth’s “I’m going to be a dad again” smile lit up my soul.

While investigating a murder, Bones and Booth found themselves inside a prison and among hardened criminals. Perfect time for your water to break, wouldn’t you say? No, not really. But there, in the middle of a prison riot with a murderer sprawled on the ground, that’s when Bones decided to declare, “I’m in labor!” With no time to spare, no available rooms at the closest inn, and no chance of stopping the baby, Booth and Bones had to settle for…a barn. READ FULL STORY »