The thing about BONES is the cases presented each week are never that interesting. Half the time, the cases are hard to follow. Suspects simply pop up halfway through and since they're just being introduced, we never gain an emotional connection. They're presented in such a paper-thin way that we couldn't care less if they turned out to be the killer.
The strength of the series rests on the relationship between Bones and Booth. We like them. We want to see what happens to them. This season, they are having a child. It's a good move for the show. It keeps us interested watching their relationship go to a new level.
Premiere episode involves the decayed body of a woman found during a paintball game. Turns out she had suffered from amnesia during which time she took on a whole new identity and became a thief.
Again, since we never get to know this person, our interests wanes quickly. Her husband becomes the immediate suspect but since, in this show, it's hardly ever the likely suspect, we immediately mentally discard him as the culprit. Next suspect turns out to be the thief she shacked up with during her fugue state. Since this guy only has one scene we know it can't be him either.
At this point, do we care who did it? An effective crime-thriller lets you know who the suspects are. I understand we only have forty-plus minutes to tell this tale and that we've got to fill twenty-plus episodes in a short amount of time but this series gets away with murder, so to speak.
How much longer can this show run? What's next, Bones and Booth's kid helps them solve the murders? The series is definitely on short-time status now.
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