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‘Bones’ – The Shallow In The Deep

By Wayne Hall Nov 12, 2010, 5:17 GMT

09/10/2010 - Emily Deschanel - 2010 Stand Up to Cancer Benefit - Arrivals - Sony Pictures Studios - Culver City, CA, USA © Amanda Meredith / PR Photos

Facing the past can be a moving experience, as Cam discovered in this episode!
 
Here’s this episode’s summary from tv.com: “A young man's body is found in a sunken slave ship as the team attempts to put to rest the 150-year-old remains recently discovered at the site. Brennan and Booth's investigation takes them to a cruise of another kind, inhabited by cougars. Elsewhere, Cam finds a personal link to the Amelia Rose, and Sweets has difficulty with the concept of platonic and Daisy put together.”
 
It’s fun when roles get reversed, so seeing Sweets trying to decide how to proceed with Daisy was great. When Sweets goes to Booth asking what to do, Booth wonders how he went from going to sleep as Han Solo, then woke up as Obiwan Kenobi, the person dispensing sage advice. Nice twist there!
 
What appears to be the skeleton of a slave turns out to be one from an identity snatcher how perished just a few years back, and the phenomenon known as “cougars,” older women who prefer younger men, gets explored. The mystery is a good one, as usual, and we find out just who did what. I did like how the solution was found, but that’s something I won’t spoil here.
 
Temperance always sees things from her unique perspective, like when Daisy said that she and Sweets “accidentally” had intercourse in his office at the beginning of the hour. “What were you trying to do?” Bones asks. I continue to feel that Temperance Brennan is the most unique female role on television today—an intelligent scientist who is at home with murder mystery but doesn’t quite get the nuances of relationships. I wish Emily Deschanel got more recognition than she does because she’s doing actresses everywhere quite a tremendous service by expanding the roles women can portray on television.
 
Dr. Hodgins is hot on the trail of what may be extra-terrestrial life in a pink goo all over the skeletal remains, and his enthusiasm is contagious. Also, Angela’s pregnancy continues well, aiming for either the next Sweeps period or the season finale.
 
But the part of the show that touched me the most was seeing Cam’s reaction to the slave ship, and how she put together a very moving memorial at the end.

Slavery continues to cause pain and anguish today, which this episode does a strong job of portraying.  Bones does a great job of being a powerful drama, showing emotion as well as experiencing action, which is unique in the family of procedural shows.
 
So, chalk up this week’s episode as another terrific yet intellectual romp in the Bones universe!
 
Next week, it’s “The Babe In The Bar.” The team is called to Walpert's Chocolate Factory, the site of the world's largest chocolate bar, when it turns out there's more than chocolate inside.