Hi Bones Booth Pod!
I feel compelled to write a more favorable review of this episode, to balance out the more critical ones. While I actually sadly do agree with the reviewer who thinks that Season 8 on the whole is one "unwatchable" skip after another, I do enjoy this episode, because it feels like classic "Bones". I also think it's important to note that while I dislike most of Season 8, I personally think that the show gets back on track by the first few episodes of Season 9 and stays good throughout the rest of the series).
Like another reviewer already said, if you are expecting everything in this show to be 100% realistic and factual, maybe you aren't watching for the right reasons. I love "Bones" specifically because it's a little bit silly, and maybe even a little bit dumb at times. I also love it because of its well written characters and because of the romantic relationships we get to see. So, I really don't care if the B plot of this episode is factually accurate or not. The important part for me is that we get to see Clark again, and he has finally been given a full-time job at the Jeffersonian. It is nice to see him in a professional role that plays to his specific strengths as an anthropologist, and while it does cause him to butt heads with Brennan a little bit, I still appreciate their dynamic.
Brennan has always been touted as the "best forensic anthropologist in the world", but sometimes that gives her a superiority complex, and she has difficulty accepting when other people are pioneers in their field too. We see this at the end of S5 when she has a hard time accepting that Daisy has been offered the Miluku job, and is only okay with it once she gets to go too. We see a similar tension between her and Clark in this episode. She has difficulty accepting that she isn't the one who made a significant scientific discovery with the Neanderthal bones, and that she won't be credited on Clark's future paper in a scientific journal. When Brennan shows professional envy towards other people, she comes across as a little bit mean and arrogant. It's not the best look on her, but I also do understand where she is coming from. Before she met and eventually fell in love with Booth, her professional accomplishments and her intellect were how she valued herself, and how other people valued her. In Brennan's mind, not being the best in her field, feels like losing a core part of her identity.
Overall, a better and more interesting episode than some people give it credit for.
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