Blair witch on Bones
I’ve recently picked up another show to watch – like I have the time to spare to sit mindlessly in front of the TV… Bones on Fox is an excellent “investigation” type show – mixing the brains of Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) with the wit of Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz). Throw in some great supporting cast members and it makes for a pretty good show.
This past week was an episode I really expected to be disappointed in. It started out (and pretty much stayed) a play on the Blair Witch Project – you know that really bad movie that came out several years ago and caused such a stir? Either you loved it or hated it. Anyway, let’s just say I wasn’t impressed, and was worried I’d be disappointed in this episode.
I won’t recap it for you completely – if you watch the show yourself you’ve already seen it. If you don’t watch it, you should, but you can go to their website to catch a great episode outline. Let’s just say that they took the Blair Witch story and made it their own – and although I was able to guess “who-did-it” before the episode came to a close, I was impressed. I thought it was especially funny that the one person who didn’t seem freaked out by all the weirdness of the supernatural was the woman in charge – Bones herself. I guess if I lived a “facts tell the story” life I’d be the same way.
Bottom line, if you like crime-scene, investigation shows – this is definitely one to check out!
Hiro’s letdown
Ouch! That was a harsh episode this week for Heroes. Not only did Hiro get the crushing news that his new potential love interest is dying one way or another, but he’s now beginning to realize how little control he has over his power. (And man, how crummy is that to teleport out just when he’s about to get the kiss!)
We also see how Nathan’s wife ended up in the wheelchair and find out that he’s been aware of his power for longer than he’s let on. How long was he going to let brother Peter go on and on about flying before he finally shared his little secret? No wonder he feels guilty about his wife being in a wheelchair. And she has to be so nice about it too!
One good thing we see is Niki and DL’s relationship before everything went sour. Looks like Jessica made her first appearance about now, though, and we find out that daddy-dearest was responsible for Jessica’s death. Although I have to say that Jessica has an odd way of “taking care of” her sister…
Oh, and we all know who Sylar is now – and I have to wonder if he really did have any power of his own to begin with or if he is just now absorbing the powers of those he kills. Is he eating their brains or somthing? But then again, if he has to do something like that to gain their power, how did he survive the fall from the stadium? Peter obviously mimiced or drew from Claire’s power of regineration – but what about Sylar?
One thing I was kind of surprised at was the reaction Claire’s dad had about her being on Chandra Suresh’s list. In a past episode, he referred to trying to “help” another person (or persons-I can’t remember) with abilities that ended badly, resulting in an orphaned little girl. This little girl is Claire, whom Mr. Bennett and his wife adopted. Did he not expect the child of someone with “abilities” to have some of her own, or was he just surprised that someone else was onto his little girl also? He doesn’t strike me as the kind of man to be surprised easily.
Oh well, I guess like any other great episode, some questions are answered, but many more are raised. I guess that’s what keeps us coming back each week to watch again!
