# Bones - 5-12-2011 Open speculation and unboxed spoilers **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 12, 2011, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-5-12-2011-open-speculation-and-unboxed-spoilers/581645 "2011-05-12T13:07:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-5-12-2011-open-speculation-and-unboxed-spoilers/581645/41 "2011-05-20T20:45:54Z")
\*Two \*music montages? Man, the writers are getting lazy! Was a weak finale, IMO. Too many annoying children, too much Angela delivering a baby and screaming, in general, altogether annoying. But I agree it was sweet that they added Vincent to the baby’s name. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-5-12-2011-open-speculation-and-unboxed-spoilers/581645/42 "2011-05-20T20:49:01Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Bones has been character driven since Day 1. Its murder mystery solving subplots are always very weak, IMO. And throughout the years, the writers have made it clear that Booth and Brennan have developed an attraction for each other, so sleeping together wouldn’t have been completely off-the-charts. > > I think that it’s jarring because the writers didn’t have time to fully develop a more plausible storyline. But, in their defense, they couldn’t have known that their title character was going to get pregnant or I daresay they’d have done a better job mapping out “the biggest surprise in Bones’ history.” Does nobody remember the discussion she had with Booth about being the father of her child a couple seasons back? ---
**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:** [May 20, 2011, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-5-12-2011-open-speculation-and-unboxed-spoilers/581645/43 "2011-05-20T21:10:02Z")
> [@aruvqan](#): > > Does nobody remember the discussion she had with Booth about being the father of her child a couple seasons back? Yeah, but that was then and speculation. I didn’t think it would ever happen. This was a ONS brought on by grief. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-5-12-2011-open-speculation-and-unboxed-spoilers/581645/44 "2011-05-20T23:51:36Z")
All the “non-shocking SHOCKING pregnancy” crap aside, I thought it was a pretty piss-poor episode. Not as bad as that horrible coma fantasy ep (which might just be one of the worst hours of TV of all time) but still pretty bad. All the characters in the bowling alley were just so ridiculously cartoonish that I half expected Booth to start seeing Stewie Griffin again on the other team. And the whole murder solving part of the ep being that crap in the bowling alley intermixed with the webcam into the delivery room, no looking for any other suspects anywhere, sheesh. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2011, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-5-12-2011-open-speculation-and-unboxed-spoilers/581645/45 "2011-05-21T05:20:15Z")
My only problem with this episode was Hodgins acting totally like Dick Van Dyke - all the stereotypical expectant dad crap. I would have thought they could have given him something a little more atypical to do, in keeping with the uniqueness of his character. Other that that… everything seemed pretty much true to form. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-5-12-2011-open-speculation-and-unboxed-spoilers/581645/46 "2011-05-21T06:05:15Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > Or simply had an abortion. Wait, what? She was trying to get Booth to father her baby less than a year and a half ago, so why on Earth would she have an abortion? ---
**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:** [May 21, 2011, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-5-12-2011-open-speculation-and-unboxed-spoilers/581645/47 "2011-05-21T08:20:02Z")
> [@Tim\_R.Mortiss](#): > > My only problem with this episode was Hodgins acting totally like Dick Van Dyke Or Ricky Ricardo. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-5-12-2011-open-speculation-and-unboxed-spoilers/581645/48 "2011-05-21T11:21:54Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Wait, what? She was trying to get Booth to father her baby less than a year and a half ago, so why on Earth would she have an abortion? IF she didn’t want to get pregnant, a person like her would have been on the pill or gotten an abortion. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-5-12-2011-open-speculation-and-unboxed-spoilers/581645/49 "2011-05-21T14:38:32Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > IF she didn’t want to get pregnant, a person like her would have been on the pill or gotten an abortion. Ah! That does make more sense. For some reason I decided that unwanted pregnancy = unexpectedly pregnant. Sorry about that. ---
**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:** [May 21, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-5-12-2011-open-speculation-and-unboxed-spoilers/581645/50 "2011-05-21T15:46:48Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Or Ricky Ricardo. Exactly! ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-5-12-2011-open-speculation-and-unboxed-spoilers/581645/51 "2011-05-22T00:04:47Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Or Ricky Ricardo. Nah, if he was acting like Ricky, he’d be in the waiting room dressed as a cannibal. ---
**Author:** ![ZPG\_Zealot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e47c2d/32.png) [@ZPG\_Zealot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZPG_Zealot)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-5-12-2011-open-speculation-and-unboxed-spoilers/581645/52 "2011-05-22T01:15:50Z")
> [@PunditLisa](#): > > I found it highly improbably that anyone under the age of 45 or so would know the lyrics to “Put the lime in the coconut.” I believe there was a muppet skit that featured this song, so it’s highly possible some of us in the under 45 crowd know the lyrics. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-5-12-2011-open-speculation-and-unboxed-spoilers/581645.md?page=2)