# Bones 9/17 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 17, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011 "2008-09-17T18:45:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/1 "2008-09-17T18:45:34Z")
Dog whisperer Cesar Milan shows up–and, of course, so do some dogs. Also a possum. And Booth’s son makes a discovery. ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/2 "2008-09-17T19:37:33Z")
So how much longer 'til we find out every recent episode has been a coma-induced hallucination on Booth’s part? ---
**Author:** ![Atomicflea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Atomicflea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomicflea)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/3 "2008-09-17T19:44:38Z")
I want to hate Cesar Milan, but I can’t. He is top chihuahua and I love him for it. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/4 "2008-09-18T01:03:41Z")
I just bawled. ---
**Author:** ![Atomicflea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Atomicflea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomicflea)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/5 "2008-09-18T01:07:22Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > I just bawled. Me too! Thank God. This episode had everything I needed to get back in the groove. Funny moments, awkward Angela/Hodgins, Booth/Bones shipperness, cute puppies and cute Parker and an interestingly offbeat case. Also Cesar Milan:Excellent dog whisperer, Horrid actor, Orange. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/6 "2008-09-18T01:21:19Z")
How the heck did I miss Bones!? ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/7 "2008-09-18T02:19:50Z")
I cried, too. WIth all five of my dogs around me. StG ---
**Author:** ![Atomicflea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Atomicflea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomicflea)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/8 "2008-09-18T02:27:11Z")
What about that [commercial with the talking dogs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6dAnIMDys), eh? My husband mocked me mercilessly while I cried during it, but it was hardcore, man. ---
**Author:** ![Hockey\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a183cd/32.png) [@Hockey\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hockey_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/9 "2008-09-18T02:34:37Z")
> [@Atomicflea](#): > > What about that [commercial with the talking dogs](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG6dAnIMDys), eh? My husband mocked me mercilessly while I cried during it, but it was hardcore, man. I never want to see that again. Powerful, powerful, gut-wrenching, and heartbreaking, and absolutely brilliant. There was a beautiful message in this show and it wasn’t in-your-face preachy. I hope Brennan adopts a shelter dog. ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/10 "2008-09-18T05:25:14Z")
I muted the talking dog ad because I figured it would just upset me even more than the dogfighting did. Otherwise…cute bit and some comic relief re: Parker Booth. ---
**Author:** ![Atomicflea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Atomicflea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomicflea)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/11 "2008-09-18T10:57:55Z")
I didn’t even think of it until I read some other forums, but not only was Hodgins coping, but Brennan as well. Her entire last speech could have been for Zack, only killing because his master told him to. ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/12 "2008-09-18T14:01:28Z")
Dog fighting? Did they write this episode during the Michael Vick thing and just shelve it until now? This wasn’t much of an improvement over last week, Booth is still acting like he’s had some sort of lobotomy, they’ve all but lost Brennan’s “aloof super genius” role, someone needs to just haul off and punch Hodgens in the mouth, and to top it off the least annoying person on the show last night was Sweets, whom I hate. One more episode of this shit and I’m done with Bones forever. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/13 "2008-09-18T15:44:58Z")
> [@Cluricaun](#): > > One more episode of this shit and I’m done with Bones forever. Why don’t you just quit now? You aren’t enjoying it, so why torture yourself? ---
**Author:** ![Cluricaun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bb73d2/32.png) [@Cluricaun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cluricaun)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/14 "2008-09-18T16:05:20Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > Why don’t you just quit now? You aren’t enjoying it, so why torture yourself? Because I used to really like this show, and would hate to miss it if they turned a corner and went back to non-suckatude. ---
**Author:** ![Atomicflea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/58956e/32.png) [@Atomicflea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomicflea)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/15 "2008-09-18T16:10:42Z")
The dog fighting episode may have been suggested by/for Emily Deschanel, who is a vegan and a [big supporter of animal rights](http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/08/27/deschanel.commentary/index.html). ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/16 "2008-09-18T16:10:54Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > I never want to see that again. Powerful, powerful, gut-wrenching, and heartbreaking, and absolutely brilliant. There was a beautiful message in this show and it wasn’t in-your-face preachy. I hope Brennan adopts a shelter dog. Actually, I thought it _was_ in-your-face preachy, but justifiably so, given the subject matter. And I cried along with everyone else. Was anyone else amused by the “magic” Cesar worked on all those barking dogs at once with ONE “Hey. SHHHHH?” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/17 "2008-09-18T16:21:34Z")
I need someone to pick up and carry around like a monkey. Volunteers? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/18 "2008-09-18T16:33:35Z")
I’m sorry the old guy intern was a one episode deal. They could get a lot of mileage out of the character. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/19 "2008-09-18T17:37:14Z")
I am, too. He wasn’t nearly as annoying as the one last week, and, as a fat, old, know-it-all, the world needs more TV shows about fat, old, know-it-alls. There’s too much concentration on young and attractive people with good personalities. “I didn’t sell you that car. You bought it. I tried to show you under the hood but you were too busy sitting behind the steering wheel and making vroom-vroom noises.” Ah, the wisdom that comes with age! ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011/20 "2008-09-18T17:42:44Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > I’m sorry the old guy intern was a one episode deal. They could get a lot of mileage out of the character. I immediately had a “where have I seen that guy?” reaction to the actor ([Michael Badalucco](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0045937/)). I was surprised that, of all the bit parts & TV cameos he’s done, I think I’ve only seen him in one role: Baby-Face Nelson in O Brother Where Art Thou. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bones-9-17/464011.md?page=2)