Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Bones | Season 3 Finale

First off-I have to state the fact that Bones has to be one of the most underrated shows on TV. Last night's season finale was a well executed story that really kept me on the edge of my seat for most of the episode. A heart-wrenching who-done-it with enough red herrings and mounting evidence that I kept flipping between either Hodgins or Sweets to be either Gormogon himself or his apprentice.
For example, where was Sweets when the lab explosion occurred? And, was Hodgin's house the secret residence for Gormogon? It really made you go back and forth in thought: it could be Sweets, but Hodgins seems to be more of a candidate because of his interest in secret societies. Yet, Sweets is big at manipulating people for his own needs. So, he could have been the one who stole the silver skeleton (especially since he mentioned it to Bones and Booth in a joking manner). Of course, Hodgins may actually be the person since it looked like he gave Zack pain medicine right before he was going to reveal something important.
But these were only great distractions to pull us away from the person who actually did it -- Dr. Zack Addy. HOLY SHIT. Not once did I think that Zack would have the balls to become Gormogon's helper, let alone kill someone for him? Wasn't he sent home from Iraq because he could not cut it over there? Of course when you look back at this season, you do see Zack's regression into this unemotional, logic driven entity with an almost mechanized reaction to everything.
When it was revealed that Zack was the apprentice, and the actual murderer of the lobbyist, it was shocking. And, very sad. Not only to us viewers, but to all of the people in Zack's life. Particularly the women, who were all just devastated about this. Cam and Bones were hurt the most (the look on Cam's face when she realized that Zack was the apprentice-you just felt the hurt and betrayal). Then, watching Cam, Angela and Bones at the ICU window as they took one last glance at the Zack they thought they knew. It was heart-breaking. Excellent episode and season finale (and a great scene with David Boreanaz in the tub-HOTT). Can't wait for next season and how our group of "Squints" moves past this.

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