"Bones" is heading into its final run of Season 9 episodes, and there is a lot coming up, if you believe executive producers Stephen Nathan and Hart Hanson. The two offered plenty of spoilers when talking to reporters recently:
The Ghost Killer and the end of Season 9
Although s/he has been hinted at throughout most of Season 9, there hasn't been much movement with the so-called Ghost Killer. The team at the Jeffersonian isn't even completely convinced that such a person exists. Thus, it's reasonable to think that the Killer isn't going to show up until the very end of the season.
That's not exactly how it works.
"It will be tangentially a part of the season finale," Nathan says. "We'll be revisiting the Ghost Killer in episode 20. And we will find that the Ghost Killer is just the tip of an iceberg."
Yes, it sounds like there is more to the Ghost Killer than just a single serial murderer. Could there be some sort of network of killers out there? "It is going to lead us into a big conspiracy that appears as if it goes back to the FBI," Nathan adds. "So it's a way for us to do a continuing story that doesn't revolve around one murderer. It takes us down the rabbit hole in a way that's a little more complicated and a little darker than we have in the past."
Is Wendell going the way of Vincent Nigel-Murray?
One of the biggest shocks of "Bones" Season 9 was the unexpected and terrifying cancer diagnosis for squintern Wendell Bray. Is Wendell coming back? Is he doomed?
Neither Nathan nor Hanson will say how it's all going to turn out, but they do have plenty to explain as to why it is Wendell and what the journey might be like. "Wendell will be coming back this season. He's coming back, I think it's in episode 18," explains Nathan. "We will not tell you how it ends, but we will revisit Wendell. He will come back mid-treatment and be working at the Jeffersonian still in his old job. Although, that will get very, very complicated, and it will not unfold the way, I think, we expect it to."
Why was Wendell picked to deal with such a life-threatening situation? That would be pretty much because everyone likes him. "Wendell is sort of the most all-American guy, and he and Booth are so close."
Hanson agrees: "Wendell's one of our most sympathetic characters. And he has the most relationship with Booth and Brennan, so he was the best candidate to do a sad and intense story."
The Ghost Killer and the end of Season 9
Although s/he has been hinted at throughout most of Season 9, there hasn't been much movement with the so-called Ghost Killer. The team at the Jeffersonian isn't even completely convinced that such a person exists. Thus, it's reasonable to think that the Killer isn't going to show up until the very end of the season.
That's not exactly how it works.
"It will be tangentially a part of the season finale," Nathan says. "We'll be revisiting the Ghost Killer in episode 20. And we will find that the Ghost Killer is just the tip of an iceberg."
Yes, it sounds like there is more to the Ghost Killer than just a single serial murderer. Could there be some sort of network of killers out there? "It is going to lead us into a big conspiracy that appears as if it goes back to the FBI," Nathan adds. "So it's a way for us to do a continuing story that doesn't revolve around one murderer. It takes us down the rabbit hole in a way that's a little more complicated and a little darker than we have in the past."
Is Wendell going the way of Vincent Nigel-Murray?
One of the biggest shocks of "Bones" Season 9 was the unexpected and terrifying cancer diagnosis for squintern Wendell Bray. Is Wendell coming back? Is he doomed?
Neither Nathan nor Hanson will say how it's all going to turn out, but they do have plenty to explain as to why it is Wendell and what the journey might be like. "Wendell will be coming back this season. He's coming back, I think it's in episode 18," explains Nathan. "We will not tell you how it ends, but we will revisit Wendell. He will come back mid-treatment and be working at the Jeffersonian still in his old job. Although, that will get very, very complicated, and it will not unfold the way, I think, we expect it to."
Why was Wendell picked to deal with such a life-threatening situation? That would be pretty much because everyone likes him. "Wendell is sort of the most all-American guy, and he and Booth are so close."
Hanson agrees: "Wendell's one of our most sympathetic characters. And he has the most relationship with Booth and Brennan, so he was the best candidate to do a sad and intense story."
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