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Bones Farewell: You’ll Always Be My Favorite (Squinterns, Part 1)

Bones Farewell: You’ll Always Be My Favorite (Squinterns, Part 2)

Bones Farewell: It’s Complicated, pt 1: Sweets and Daisy; Aubrey and Jessica

Bones Farewell: It’s Complicated, pt 2: Cam and Arastoo

Bones Farewell: Team Moments

Bones Farewell: It’s Complicated, Pt. 3: Angela and Hodgins

Bones Farewell: An Ode To Seeley Booth

Bones Farewell: For the Love of Temperance Brennan

February 15, 2017  by  rynogeny

Excerpts:

“... They were able to step back and ask, ‘what makes for a powerful and satisfying end to the show?’ and that part of the answer was apparently, ‘go back to the start; anchor the end in the beginning.’

“... They could stack FBI agents seven deep around Christine and Hank, and Booth and Brennan would still want Max there, because he’s a badass who’s proven time and again that there’s nothing he won’t do to protect those he loves.”

"Brennan and Max: It wasn’t a surprise when Max died, but it was still a blow, mostly because this was when the show irrevocably began ending for me. It’s not that I’ve not seen this whole season as one long farewell story, but until now, there’s not been anything that said, ‘the show will never again be the same.’ Max’s death does that.

"During those moments when he and Brennan were talking in the hospital, dozens of scenes ran through my memory, from our first encounter with ‘Father Coulter’ to Brennan turning to him for help in finding Booth in The Killer in Concrete, to his watching her wistfully at the end of The Brain in the Bot. It’s a lot of history."

"I’m wondering if there’s ever been a recurring character on a show – any show – that had as powerful of a character arc as did Max Keenan. From a serial bank robber who abandoned his kids, to the heroic man in his seventies we see here, we watched him grow and change over eleven seasons. Other recurring characters on the show have grown, but Max’s redemption is in a class of its own. “And now he’s gone, and whatever comes next, the show will feel different – even the eps that don’t directly reference him. And that breaks my heart more than I expected.“

Posted by  rynogeny

rynogeny:

“Do you believe in fate?”

I do! I believe!

Wednesday, I saw someone wondering if this episode would connect back to the real story in any way. My knee-jerk response was no, but having watched it three times now, I think it does.

If we step back and look at the story of modern day Booth and Brennan and then look at this, I think what we see is that no matter when they met, or where, they’d wind up together. Any time or place, any century. They would always have found one another, would always have loved each other.

At the core, they’re the same people. She’s brilliant, particularly about science, and he’s still the same “sweet, kick-ass man with a lion heart” who has a deep need both to balance the scales and to take care of people he regards as family.

And yet…they’re not quite the same, either of them. ....