TVLINE | How is Booth’s progress coming along with regard to his gambling addiction and the meetings?
It’s unfolding in a very realistic and upsetting way for these two characters. Brennan is a very practical, rational person and understands the risks. Maybe in the past, this would have been a very cold decision for her. The logic she uses on a daily basis certainly comes into play, but there is real pain and difficulty involved in this for her. It’s torturous, because she truly loves Booth. So we had to find a way to deal with that and deal with a very, very proud man in Booth coming to terms with admitting to himself how enormous an act this was and how far-reaching the consequences. What we tried to do in the last few episodes is really contend with the emotional difficulty of that, and then see if there’s some kind of resolution going into the finale.
TVLINE | You mentioned how upsetting it’s been for the characters. The story has also been upsetting for some of the fans who really love Booth and Brennan. What would you say to them?
I’d say I would be very disappointed if people were not upset. These are two characters that you’ve come to love. You have expectations of people that are in your life. You don’t expect them to do this, and so you get upset. But you know what? People usually surprise us, and they do things often that we think they’re better than… And that goes for Brennan, too. Her reaction was very severe. But that’s what happens.
It’s unfolding in a very realistic and upsetting way for these two characters. Brennan is a very practical, rational person and understands the risks. Maybe in the past, this would have been a very cold decision for her. The logic she uses on a daily basis certainly comes into play, but there is real pain and difficulty involved in this for her. It’s torturous, because she truly loves Booth. So we had to find a way to deal with that and deal with a very, very proud man in Booth coming to terms with admitting to himself how enormous an act this was and how far-reaching the consequences. What we tried to do in the last few episodes is really contend with the emotional difficulty of that, and then see if there’s some kind of resolution going into the finale.
TVLINE | You mentioned how upsetting it’s been for the characters. The story has also been upsetting for some of the fans who really love Booth and Brennan. What would you say to them?
I’d say I would be very disappointed if people were not upset. These are two characters that you’ve come to love. You have expectations of people that are in your life. You don’t expect them to do this, and so you get upset. But you know what? People usually surprise us, and they do things often that we think they’re better than… And that goes for Brennan, too. Her reaction was very severe. But that’s what happens.
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Gambling story has been fine and I understood their desire to tell that story and really I get why Booth and Brennan have responded the way they have but Nathan is pushing it a little bit. In a year where they killed Sweets gave Booth PTSD, shoved a new character down our throat( although I have grown to like Aubry) and basically split Booth and Brennan ( in a very real sense, they have not had a lot of scenes for half the season) and then wants us to accept this story for what it isn't. Because of Emily's pregnancy they couldn't go full out on a more serious serial killer because that would be putting all the danger on Booth, which they already did last year. If Bones had just dealt straight on with Booth's PTSD, that to me would have been more believable as a source of strain on marriage without having to kick anyone out the house or paint your leading lady as complete villain for seemingly being heartless to her husband( which Nathan should have known was going to happen since he did it to Brennan at end of season7) Sorry I do not care for direction he took show this year and I sincerely hope last two episodes make up for some of the mess he's made
ReplyDeleteBones has been on Auto Pilot for years. This season was ok, but everything feels redundant at this point. Like I've seen it all already (which we have in tweaked plot points of the past). Maybe with the new show runner stepping up for next season the show will actually do something different and go somewhere, but I'm not holding my breath.
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