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I really, really need a .gif of Kermit flailing all over the place right now.

First off, re: the promo? ('Cause you know I have to talk about that first, COME ON) HOLY SHIT. Like really. HOLY FUCKING SHIT. I just about cried. I was watching with my hand over my mouth, sitting on the edge of my seat (literally), no lie.

Brennannnnnnnnn, omg. Omgomgomg.

SHE WAS SOBBING, Y'ALL. Legit sobbing.

Please tell me Booth is going to hold her. I won't be able to take it if he doesn't hold her.

I still feel like my heart is being freaking clenched just talking about it now. I don't know whether it's going to end up being a dream (you know how HH loves dreams)--especially because the whole "Brennan hallucinates the victim talking to her" idea seems SUPER sketch--but I can tell it's going to tear me apart regardless. ED, WHY ARE YOU SO AMAZING.

That being said, if it *is* real? Oh man. I am both terrified & excited. Will she dance around her feelings in the confession? Did the previews trick us into making it look like she reveals more than she does? Will Booth even get it? If so, does he reject her? Will he be there for her at all? WHY IS SHE CRYING? God, I can't even deal with this--IT NEEDS TO BE NEXT THURSDAY.

Also: why is Hannah shooting Booth the bitchface at the dinner table? (props to those who caught that & instantly created screencaps, heh) I NEED TO KNOW THESE THINGS.

On one hand, I'm kind of glad I don't know any more spoilers about this episode at this point because it's making me all crazy & fangirly like the old days. On the other hand, I need to know my bb Brennan is going to be okayyyyy. The actress who plays Hannah is still slated to be around for more episodes as far as I know, and I don't want to get my hopes up here. (for the record: I'm not even touching the spoilers I've heard for February sweeps. Especially since we don't even know for sure if those are real yet.)

BUT STILL. Excitement: she is in the air again within the Bones fandom. Regardless of whether we're all scared of said excitement (none of us want to get burned), that's a beautiful thing.

I'm gonna need to finish my fanfic ASAP. However that episode ends, it's obviously a sign that shit's about to get REAL, and I am not rewriting that sucker once it's over. Heh.

Now, with that out of the way--onto the episode itself. And I know I didn't ever talk about the episode right before this one (i.e. "The Babe in the Bar"), but honestly, I just didn't feel like it. There wasn't much to say other than "omg Vincent you're adorable" and "BOOTH WTF." To save myself the trouble now, I'll just quote what I left as my comment to

torigates' entry on the subject:

BOOTH, YOU ARE A DOUCHEBAG.

Seriously, that is what I kept yelling at my tv screen tonight. It's not just that he's a new relationship asshole. It's that he rolls his eyes at Brennan every second & interrupts her & tells her to be quiet & acts so, so, SO douchey to her when she is obviously trying *so* hard to be friendly to him.

And then he can't even manage to show up for Hodgins and Angela's party?

I want to punch him in the balls. They really need to address his irritability soon or I'm going to simply start rooting for Brennan to get a boyfriend of her own, seriously. It's reminding me of Gilmore Girls in season 6. I was a L/L shipper through & through, but by the time that season ended, I was more than happy to see Lorelai take a break with Christopher for a while. I just wanted to see her happy.

(what's even worse too is that you can tell Booth isn't truly happy right now either, which I'm sure is why he's being so pissy. When the witness mentioned the victim breaking up with that guy & quitting? Boom, his eyes went right to Bones. And you *know* they threw in that parallel with Indonesia on purpose too.)

Aside from that though, the rest of the ep was delightfully delightful. MR. VINCENT NIGEL-MURRAY! WITH HIS HANDS IN FRONT OF HIS FACE! Hahahaha. That was so freaking adorable. He was hilarious through the whole thing, really. I want to snuggle him.

So. . .yeah. Heh. Clearly I was in a downward spiral of frowny-faced bitchitude & needed to get hit with a happy stick. But DUDE, really. Booth? LOOK AT HER FACE. DO YOU SEE HOW HARD SHE IS TRYING TO BE YOUR BESTIE AGAIN? THROW HER A BONE, GODDAMN YOU.

And yet, I do understand where Booth is coming from as well (contradicting myself now to talk about that ep for a sec, ha). Which is why all of this hurts so much. But I STILL can't stand him stonewalling her so bad. It's one thing to distance himself from her--that I get. It's another to be so irritable--that I also get (especially since some of it might be post-war stuff for all we know). But to do both & not ever acknowledge it or apologize? THAT'S what I can't deal with. I'm waiting for Booth to recognize his behavior & just be like, ". . .look, I'm sorry" and break it down for her. But he's not doing that. Instead he's just snapping at everyone (the other squints too), not acting like himself, not acting like Brennan's friend or partner at all, rubbing his happy!relationship in everyone's face (including hers), and ughhhh it's so hard to watch it without anyone calling him on it. Sweets is the only one who's come close, but even he won't fully do it. Which, fine, to be fair is also right (in the sense that he shouldn't push the issue as a therapist if Booth asked him not to), but gah. IT'S PAINFUL.

I really, really want Cam or Angela to blow a gasket & be like, "BITCH WHAT IS YO' PROBLEM?" Or for Bones to be like, "HEY, SNAPPY MCCRANKYPANTS, I'M TRYIN' OVER HERE. CAN YOU DIAL DOWN THE 'TUDE A FEW THOUSAND NOTCHES?"

In case it's not obvious: I'm very protective of my Brennan. Ha.

All that said, even in the midst of my "BOOTH, YOU SIR ARE A DOUCHE!" reactions to that ep, I was still able to empathize with him & explain to myself why he didn't attend the party at the end. In my opinion, it had more to do with how Cam & the squints are now Brennan's "people" (you'll notice he barely ever shows up at the lab anymore), how going to the Founding Fathers with her in a situation like that (just the two of them together, for a party) must very much bring up old feelings from their "we're a couple & yet not a couple" days, and most importantly how the whole thing was to celebrate the upcoming birth of a baby--something he was once going to have with Brennan, and who needs THOSE associations coming up? Especially after a case talking about a woman quitting & leaving a man for Indonesia, and a conversation with Brennan about love being "an idiot", etc?

So, yes, it made sense to me that he'd be in a rush to get back to Hannah, once he had the chance. Still doesn't excuse his attitude towards Brennan the rest of the time, or his lack of common courtesy in TELLING his friends why he didn't want to show up, but I can empathize nonetheless. He is human after all.

Now, moving on to this week's ep:

I didn't take any notes (haven't been all season. I'm totally slacking), so bear with me here. Just going off the cuff. . .

-Localized blizzard: hee. Also--I didn't get that the forensic guy was being sarcastic about the meteor either, so SHOVE OFF, BOOTH. Leave my Tempe alone.

-Sweets & Daisy: YOU ARE ADORABLE. NEVER, EVER CHANGE.

-Teenage!Bones in detention: Hahahahaha. HEARTS FOREVER. Can I just say I am SO not surprised? Like I didn't already relate to her enough, Jesus. (y'all already know the little shit like me getting put in the corner the first day of Kindergarten, but ohhh man, could I keep going. I was totally that kid on the Honor Roll who couldn't keep her mouth shut in class. I was constantly getting sent outside, and yes I also got sent to the principal's office, and got a referral or two as well. Never because of attention issues or anything like that, but simply because I was a feisty-ass headstrong little bitch, basically. Haha. I talked too loudly, I said what was on my mind, I did what I thought made sense, and if I thought a teacher was wrong I had no qualms telling them that. Like, say, raising my hand to question the validity of their lesson plan in 8th grade science class & accusing them of showing a video so they could sit at their desk doing nothing rather than teach. . .as maybe one example. I believe the words "I learned more watching Discovery Channel last night than I have while watching this" came out of my mouth, actually. Haha. And yeahhh, um, we'll just stop there. If I keep going, we'll be here all day. I'll just say this: I was a good kid, but the bad kids LOVED me.)

-Parker hating Hannah at first: I was really hoping the explanation for this would be that he'd blame Hannah for Bones not being around as much anymore, or for Booth acting differently. That'd totally be kid-like logic I could buy. Oh well though. I was fine with how they handled the scene between the two of them, so whatev.

-Hannah wanting to adopt: I admit, this endeared her to me. Gotta wonder though, how would Booth feel about this? I thought he wanted another kid of his own? I wonder if they meant for us to take something from that.

-Booth & Brennan in the car: finally! A scene with them acting somewhat normal again! And ~omg mental image of Brennan in a swimsuit~. That will keep me warm all winter long. Helloooooo. I so loved that moment between them though. Actual affection! Hallelujah. It's like they're shippery friends again! What a concept.

Did you all catch that sadfaced look of sadness between them though after Brennan told him Hannah could use her pool, and was all "everyone loves her"? MY HEAAAAAART. I think he saw her there. I mean, I don't think he's really been *seeing* her all season, but I think he's finally, FINALLY starting to now. That, or he at least felt something there, because he looked down & away pretty quickly. Either way, it caused me to throw imaginary confetti in the air while sitting on my couch, because I have been missing that B/B chemistry like mad, and I'll take whatever I can get at this point.

-Musical montage o' crime-solvin'! Welcome back!

-I can't remember the exact quote, but that exchange between Brennan & Hodgins over his "dramatic flourish"? Hee.

-My favorite color is green too, Bones! TWINSIES!

-Dear Brennan, your jackets are crazy levels of cute, but please take them off sometimes so I can stare at your bewbies more often. Love, Rachael. P.S. Love the hair.

-That scene in the diner totally reminded me of how I am with my nephew. Heh. Not only has he told me I'm "weird", but he's also told me I "know everything" and am "cool." So, yeah. Once again, I relate. Our conversations are typically very entertaining. He likes to ask me random questions because he knows I'll answer just about anything, and if I don't have the answer, I'll get it for him. I don't believe in treating kids like they're unintelligent.

-Note also that if you remember what gifts mean to Brennan? She's totally laying claim on Booth there. Anthropologically speaking, that is. Sure, you could say she's doing the same for Hannah, but really? It's all about Booth & Parker. Which, really, totally makes sense. You know she must be missing Parker.

The writers including that offer are also establishing Brennan as the alpha female of the group as well. She is still at the top of the hierarchy here, make no mistake about it. She has more history with Parker, more history with Booth, and she is welcoming/allowing Hannah into HER home & environment--not the other way around. Even that diner (that TABLE, for crying out loud) is her territory. The longer Hannah gets to know Booth, the more she's going to start figuring that out, and the more B/B's history is going to become an issue between them. Mark my words.

Of course bear in mind all of that is subconscious for Brennan. It's not passive-aggressive. She's not like that. She's just trying to be a good friend here. But underneath that, she can't help that her love is motivating her to lay claim. Sweets would totally back me up on this, you know he would.

-BRENNAN'S SADFACE AT THE END. Gaahhhhhhhh. I NEED TO BE ABLE TO HUG HER. For the love of Christ.

All in all, not a bad ep. I'm still feeling mopey over Booth & the distance between him & Brennan, but the show itself still brings me joy, I still have hope for their relationship (and can make sense of the distance anyway), and that promo has the fangirl in me running around in circles, breathing into a paper bag. (Man, I've missed that) WE'RE ALL GONNA GET THROUGH THIS TOGETHER, GUYS. Like season 4 all over again. Ha.

In other news: who saw Psych this week? I really should check out Twin Peaks one of these days, huh? (P.S. SHAWN & JULIET, I WANT TO SQUISH YOU. You see, Bones? NO MOONLIGHTING CURSE.)

Anyway, that's it for tonight as I don't have any real-life stuff I wanted to get into. It was nice to have nothing but TV flail to distract myself with for once. Like a vacation from Emo Land, complete with complimentary capslock. For my Vid of the Day, I'm gonna go with this one by KatrinDepp that takes clips from several shows (X-Files, Bones, House, & Scrubs). It makes me smile every time I watch it, so I figure it's perfect to go with my Vacation from Emo Land theme here.

""Face In The Rain" by Adam Hurst ~Recorded Live~" (Watch on YouTube)