# Apparently "Bones" is back. Do we care? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 3, 2012, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579 "2012-09-03T21:31:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/81 "2013-09-26T19:23:24Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Re: Season 9\*, Episode 2. _The Cheat in the Retreat_. > > The good: Cliff Clavin! Well, I actually like him from all the Pixar voice-overs. > > Maybe they are going to do something interesting with Sweet. But it could be their way of putting him on the bus with Chuck Cunningham. When writers don’t know what to do with a character, so all too often they write people like him out of a show. > > The bad: The rest of the show. > > So, they aren’t happy just do PP for Toyota. They have to actively slam other car makers. I wondered what was up when I noticed the Ford emblem before Cam and the Flunky of the Week got pulled over. Classy! > > So, one employee gets his money stolen by The Big Bad. Cam starts getting money fraud problems. Not a single person instantly thinks that this is The Big Bad. Even though The Big Bad is mentioned in this episode as having done this sort of thing. > > Full of stupid. > > \*9 seasons of this? I quit for quite a while when they started to ruin Zack but for some reason started watching again. Why do I keep watching this? Got to love the arrest at gun point for ‘credit card fraud’ - ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/82 "2013-09-26T20:16:27Z")
> [@obfusciatrist](#): > > As soon as they started doing their horrible undercover accents I turned it off. That part was actually pretty good. It would be a fun spin-off series to have them do other voices. Like Walter Mitty meets Quantum Leap. They could get into all sorts of wacky fun. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/83 "2013-09-26T21:13:36Z")
I actually think they should spin off the older couple that killed the guy - that would be a fun show to watch. “Well, ya know --” “Oh sod off you” ---
**Author:** ![Death\_of\_Rats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a6a055/32.png) [@Death\_of\_Rats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Death_of_Rats)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/84 "2013-09-26T21:16:12Z")
> [@simster](#): > > Got to love the arrest at gun point for ‘credit card fraud’ - Well, Cam had been giving the cop a bunch of shit, so I am sure at that point he was happy to be able to pull down on her. You would think a former ME who works closely with the FBI could communicate better with the police. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/85 "2013-09-26T21:48:07Z")
Cam’s refusal of ANY help and especially not calling the lawyer was tiresome to the max. She thought she could take care of it herself?? Get real. ---
**Author:** ![aNewLeaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ac91a4/32.png) [@aNewLeaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aNewLeaf)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2013, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/86 "2013-09-26T21:49:22Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Cam’s refusal of ANY help and especially not calling the lawyer was tiresome to the max. She thought she could take care of it herself?? Get real. That’s just setting us up for Cam and Eristu getting married ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2013, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/87 "2013-09-27T00:47:58Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > Fox’s current plan is to move it to Fridays at 8 PM in early November (to make room for _Almost Human_). That sounds like something Fox does when a show is on its last legs. And what’s the plan for after they cancel _Almost Human_ after three episodes? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/88 "2013-10-08T01:13:34Z")
I’ve got it: Pelant is Red John. :rolleyes: This show is getting beyond tiresome… but I’m still watching it. Sick puppy. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/89 "2013-10-08T13:09:00Z")
For all the time and energy they put into the Pelant story, that was a pretty weak ending. I get the feeling they had no idea how to end it so they just threw that together to get it over with. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2013, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/90 "2013-10-08T13:29:37Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > For all the time and energy they put into the Pelant story, that was a pretty weak ending. I get the feeling they had no idea how to end it so they just threw that together to get it over with. it was the same weak ending to the gumagumball and the grave digger debacles as well… this show is much better as bottles, not as a case. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/91 "2013-10-09T14:01:14Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > For all the time and energy they put into the Pelant story, that was a pretty weak ending. I get the feeling they had no idea how to end it so they just threw that together to get it over with. I haven’t seen the episode yet, but let me add THANK GOD!!! What a tired old boring story. It’s already been said, but this show works best with each show solving a mystery death of the week. Stop trying to make a serial out of it. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/92 "2013-10-09T14:18:15Z")
What I didn’t understand was why they didn’t suspect Pelant was behind Cam’s identity theft problems. That’s just the kind of thing he does, and nobody considered it for a moment. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/93 "2013-10-09T15:08:37Z")
> [@Enright3](#): > > I haven’t seen the episode yet, but let me add THANK GOD!!! > What a tired old boring story. It’s already been said, but this show works best with each show solving a mystery death of the week. Stop trying to make a serial out of it. Lots of shows do that now and I hate it! > [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](#): > > What I didn’t understand was why they didn’t suspect Pelant was behind Cam’s identity theft problems. That’s just the kind of thing he does, and nobody considered it for a moment. _\_ I did. Whatever happened with that anyway? Did they just drop it? What was the point? And now Tempe and Seely get to plan a wedding. Great. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/94 "2013-10-09T17:34:10Z")
Immediate red flags and sirens went off in my head. Why do we believe Pelant is dead? This guy is good at faking a lot of stuff. A bullet proof vest and some dye. Bones and Booth quickly leave the scene. No one else is around. Maybe next week’s episode starts off with the cleanup crew coming in to get the body and … no body. The stupid story line continues. But it could be the writers are tired of the story and just wanted it gone. Lots of signs of writer fatigue. Maybe they are setting up for The Next Big Bad that Pelant warned them about. And no flunky of the week. (Yeah?) Stupid of the week: Pelant is this master of monitoring everybody anywhere and yet he doesn’t know where Booth is until he walks in? Please. If anything this would add more to all this being a Pelant setup. This is how poor the show has gotten: The next most memorable thing about the episode is that they ran a Ford commercial during the break. Last week Fords are crap, this week they are a sponsor. Network blackmail? Run an ad with us or we slam your product. (Would Hodgins get his money back if Pelant was dead? In _Bones_ world, it could happen.) ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/95 "2013-10-09T17:56:03Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Immediate red flags and sirens went off in my head. Why do we believe Pelant is dead? This guy is good at faking a lot of stuff. A bullet proof vest and some dye. Bones and Booth quickly leave the scene. No one else is around. Maybe next week’s episode starts off with the cleanup crew coming in to get the body and … no body. The stupid story line continues. > > But it could be the writers are tired of the story and just wanted it gone. Lots of signs of writer fatigue. Maybe they are setting up for The Next Big Bad that Pelant warned them about. And no flunky of the week. (Yeah?) > > Stupid of the week: Pelant is this master of monitoring everybody anywhere and yet he doesn’t know where Booth is until he walks in? Please. If anything this would add more to all this being a Pelant setup. > > This is how poor the show has gotten: The next most memorable thing about the episode is that they ran a Ford commercial during the break. Last week Fords are crap, this week they are a sponsor. Network blackmail? Run an ad with us or we slam your product. > > (Would Hodgins get his money back if Pelant was dead? In _Bones_ world, it could happen.) to the last line - Angela now has access to Pelant’s system - its not unreasonable for her to be able to reverse that damage - and fix Cam. Odds are nieither will ever be spoken of again. I’m more bugged that Pelant was able to walk around the jeffersonian enough to mess with the bones, etc - how many other workers in that builidng have such a disfigured and immediately recognizable face. I also don’t buy his “I tried to shape the explosion to protect your hearing, but no one is perfect” - none of that rang true - it was so much “bullshit”. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim_r.mortiss/32/142_2.png) [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_R.Mortiss)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/96 "2013-10-09T19:35:16Z")
I’m not convinced that Pelant is dead The ending was much to quick, sudden, and non-satisfying. Besides, everyone knows that… …the first death never takes. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/97 "2013-10-09T20:10:54Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > I’m not convinced that > > Pelant is dead > > The ending was much to quick, sudden, and non-satisfying. Besides, everyone knows that… > > …the first death never takes. I don’t disaree - but they spent a long camera shot on his ‘dead eyes’ -maybe too long. I had really hoped that Bones would be the one to shoot him - without hesitation or explanation. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/98 "2013-10-10T20:57:10Z")
I believe that Pelant is dead; and here’s why… because they added the last minute explanation that there was a (possibly female) serial killer out there; that did the early murders. It makes for a better show to search for an unknown enemy than a super duper genius like Pelant was. Thank God he’s gone! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2013, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/99 "2013-10-10T22:15:47Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > And what’s the plan for after they cancel _Almost Human_ after three episodes? Reruns of… uh, what dramas do that have that aren’t going down the tubes… hmm… think Sleepy Hollow will still exist by then? Anyway, yeah, the whole conclusion to that Pelant arc was like “that’s it? thanks for wasting my time”. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2013, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579/100 "2013-10-22T22:08:50Z")
Okay. The wedding. For a season or two, Tempe seemed almost human, but now the writers have caused her to revert to her clueless, socially inept self. “I didn’t want to invite any of you lonely interns to my wedding because it would just make you sad.” And to the priest, “We are sleeping together…that means having sex.” All gone Pelant. All gone Cam’s identity theft problem. Ryan O’Neal probably should have his eyes done. I like the idea of finding documentation that Emily Dickinson wasn’t a virgin. That was the most interesting part of the show. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/apparently-bones-is-back-do-we-care/633579.md?page=6)