It was the five words that changed everything. “I’m pregnant. You’re the father.” Six if you count the fact that in delivering the news, Brennan stammered, repeating the word “I’m” twice. And in the wake of that stunning announcement in the not-so-subtly named sixth-season finale of BONES (“The Change In The Game”), fans were left to spend the entire summer adjusting to the idea and reacting to the realization that the passion they’d waited ages to see consumated had been… off camera.
They were also left to wonder if perhaps the unexpected twist would have even taken place in the first place had Brennan’s alter ego, Emily Deschanel, not found herself “in a family way”, as grandma used to say. Regular readers will remember that way back in November of 2010, the show’s creator, Hart Hanson, told theTVaddict.com of a plan to “replace the unrequited sexual tension between two people with something else of equal power.”
Guess a baby definitely qualifies, huh?
As often happens in real life (ask any of the girls on MTV’s TEEN MOM), babies cause folks to look at their lives from a different perspective. And the news that his star was expecting caused Hanson to reconsider the path down which Booth and Brennan were meandering. So exactly where would that original path have taken them? “It would have been a reflection upon the idea that just because you sleep together doesn’t mean you’re with each other,” reveals the exec. “Booth and Brennan would have had another step to go, which is, ‘Are we together?’, and that gave me agita. The notion of just seeing their relationship through them having a baby changed everything. We had to scrap any ideas that we had for this season and replace them, but it’s just better,” he says, adding that fans will be able to judge for themselves when the show returns to FOX on Thursday, November 3, at 9PM. “I don’t think that is a rationalization. I actually think it is better.”
Source: The TV Addict
Bones - Season 7 - Hart Hanson interview - Explains how B/B would have gotten together if Emily/Brennan hadn't been pregnant
Oct 16, 2011
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Thank you so much for getting pregnant, Emily, otherwise we would have been stuck with a completely different storyline that sounds like it sucks.
ReplyDeletehell ya. Never been more happy for a tv pregancy ever!
ReplyDeleteLOL, true! (Well, I tend to like TV pregnancies, but I'm really, really excited about this one!)
ReplyDeleteOkay so if Emily didn't fall pregnant in real life then we still would have had the boring will they or won't they storyline? So I agree with klutzy_girl and I just hope that the storyline is good this season
ReplyDeleteSo do I ! This pregnancy finally got what viewers didn't success to get from Hart Hanson since 3 years...
ReplyDeleteAll the critics are loving the season and pregnancy so far, so I think it definitely will be good!
ReplyDeleteOh yes,its going to be better then better!! Its going to be grrreat!!!!!
ReplyDeleteLOL. I definitely agree with you, though!
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree with that!
ReplyDeleteglad emily got pregnant!
ReplyDeleteGod bless Emily for getting pregnant then!
ReplyDeleteoh man, we need to get Emily like a huge gift or something cuz she is making season 7 so awesome!
ReplyDeleteI'm so looking forward to the premiere. I'll have to DVR Person of Interest.
ReplyDeleteOh I personally think that it will add something really interesting to the show :) but then it will be up to our fellow viewers and the ratings to see if it works won't it?
ReplyDeleteAGREE!
ReplyDeleteglad emily got pregnant!
ReplyDeleteExactly my thought, thank you Emily :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks God emily got pregnant then!!!
ReplyDeleteOur fellow viewers were clearly tired and boring about the will they or won't they storyline, like you said. Some just claimed they'll let the show before the end of the last season. So I think this unexpected -and funny, judging by the promo- pregnancy could clearly save some ratings for Bones.
ReplyDeleteto add to what others have said: THIS IS ACTUALLY THE EXACT REASON EMILY GOT PREGNANT
ReplyDeleteAgreeing with everyone else...thank god Emily got pregnant!! Otherwise sounds like Hart Hanson would have tried to drag this out even further. And judging by the promos and the critics reviews, it looks like the pregnancy has given the show a new lease of life.
ReplyDeleteI think it's much better now with them actually being together and showing some love hopefully. I was getting too stressed with them apart all the time. I'm sure we'll see that bickering but at the end of the day, they are cemented by a baby.
ReplyDeleteIsn't that the truth!!! I like Alias also,actually,more than like!!!:)
ReplyDeleteim glad to find another Alias fan out here :D
ReplyDeleteAt the begining I was a little worried about this pregnancy storyline but I have admit, seeing the promos it looks great. Besides I was sick with the original tension sexual plot. It has been whacked.
ReplyDeleteHmm, wait, is he suggesting that otherwise they would have started out a friends-with-benefits kinda relationship? That doesn't sound like them at all, really. Maybe I just misunderstood, English is not my native language haha.
ReplyDeleteAnd even though I really dislike pregnancies (in general) I do like this one!
I really hope so :)
ReplyDeleteHmm, wait, is he suggesting that otherwise they would have started out a friends-with-benefits kinda relationship? That doesn't sound like them at all, really. Maybe I just misunderstood, English is not my native language haha.
ReplyDeleteAnd even though I really dislike pregnancies (in general) I do like this one!