sailing the fingers of the dragon

First off: omg next week is the SEASON FINALE of Bones? Curse you summer hiatus!

I watch Bones regularly, but I am rarely fannish about it (although I still want to write Brennan/Indira Varma's character from the 4th season opener), so I haven't been paying attention to spoilery stuff or anything. But I followed a link today, and Zap2It has compiled a list of episodes to re-watch before the finale next week. (link not spoilery for the finale, except I suppose in speculative terms)

For those of you who don't feel like clicking, the episodes are "The Pilot," "The Soldier on the Grave," "The Boneess Bride in the River," "The Passenger in the Oven," and "The Parts in the Sum of the Whole" (aka The 100th Episode Of Woe), with a bonus mention to "The End in the Beginning," as the finale is apparently titled "The Beginning in the End."

KEYSMASH OF EXCITEMENT!

Whooooo's up for a Bones marathon this weekend? Huh? Huh?

(While I am re-watching, I might also re-watch the one where Brennan dresses up like Wonder Woman. For nostalgia's sake - it's the ep that got me into the series in the first place... somehow... Well, I mean, Brennan dresses like WW, Angela dresses like 1988 Oscars Cher, and Cam dresses as Michelle Pfeiffer Catwoman, no WONDER this ep was the perfect storm of "how to get me to watch a show.")

After this week's episode - which, unfairly, was the SECOND Bones ep to make me all sniffly in like a month, and yes of course the first one was the 100th - I am pretty sure I know the basic shape of what is to come, though I have no idea about the specifics. ( cut for spoilers for this week and unfounded speculation for next week )

Bones has always been pretty good, even though I came to it after having been a longtime fan of the original novels and initially found it hard to get past the fact that the show isn't set in Montreal the differences between the two. But the last season or so has just been amazing (especially since Emily Deschanel has put some weight back on or something, because there was a while there where I could not watch because her head looked too big for her body). All the actors have been absolutely pushing the envelope of awesomeness, the writing is consistently entertaining, and clearly there is actual arc-planning going on in terms of the overall structure. (Also, now I get to be all "I was there" location spotting. *g*) I think it's my favourite procedural currently airing. Or it would be if it would stop making me CRY.

Woot, Bones in HD on a pretty pretty TV screen! :D I am totally going to get spoiled this month. I MISSED this show. Especially Brennan and her lack of socialization, it's so cuuuute. *g*

Anyways. ( Bones liveblog. They warn for graphic forensic content now? )

Love this show. Yup.

Things I have watched but not talked about recently:

( BSG 4x04 )

( Bones 3x12 )

( Gossip Girl 1x15 )

So, television. It makes me happy. Good thing, eh?