Huge changes are afoot and the writers expect us to gasp and wait, on the edge of our chairs, for the next season to start. Except I'm not. Brennan and Daisy are headed to the Maluku Islands, Sweets and Daisy split up, Booth joins the Army to train soldiers--all substantial changes I don't care about.
It's reached the point where nothing is surprising, because Hart Hanson has made the decision never to get them together until the very end. He's said the fans would be happy or satisfied, but it's more like we're bored, bored of his talk and bored of the relationship. There is one artificial roadblock after another. And it's not like I care that much about Booth and Brennan getting together, it's just that they come really close and get pulled back after some contrived twist. My opinion is to either leave the relationship alone or get them together. Waffling back and forth, especially in the fifth season, is old and unoriginal.
Read this interview with Hart Hanson. The natural course of events will change the dynamic when they get back. I'm not too excited and from the comments, other aren't either. The majority of Bones is still strong: the characters and dialogue are still crackling, the mysteries are usually good, emotion or comedy can be drawn out instantly. Hart feels the need to reinvent something every time he doesn't have an answer for where to bring Booth and Brennan and it's totally annoying. If someone had told me before the show started that Hart would constantly create excuses due to his insecurities about his writing abilities, I would definitely not have gotten so invested in the show. Since I have, I'll ride out the wave and avoid Hart the next time he does something.
With everything else going on, the case wasn't in the forefront nor was it very interesting. A hoarder turns up dead and the investigation leads to his coworker who was in love with him.
Does anyone care about Booth and Brennan anymore? It's pretty clear by now they aren't getting together until very, very late in the series and possibly only in the series finale. The will they won't they tension is all but gone.
Score: 8.4/10
