6x02 ~ The Couple in the Cave - Reviews

'Bones' recap: George Clooney's Killing Spree
Heavy stuff! For a lighter touch, look to the light-comedy romantic stylings of impending parents Angela and Hodgins, who were planning their "babymoon." One last trip before Angela swells up to Hindenburg levels! But not even Baby Hodgins could make Papa Hodgins take his eyes off Hannah. He was brain-smitten. And Angela noticed. Uh-oh! "Goddess on high," he said. "Mother of my unborn child," he pleaded. "Love of my life," he begged. His baby mama was placated. But he still snuck one last peek at Hannah, embedded in a deeply unconvincing Afghanistan.

Oh, Hannah. Viewers, I tend to have a pretty open mind about important new guest stars, but her delivery is so bizarre: “This is. The BEST lunch. I've had in. A long TIME.” Now, there's nothing wrong with bizarre. But especially when Emily Deschanel is so committed to the I-am-a-genius girl-droid act, it's difficult to believe Katheryn Winnick as a lady version of Anderson Cooper.

I actually probably would've been a bit surprised by the ending of the criminal case…but halfway through the episode, my girlfriend said, "Oh, it's the park ranger." Bingo Bango Bongo! The dead man was an ex-alcoholic, who had purchased alcohol for the Park Ranger's niece before she went drunk driving and killed herself. Tangled backstory, but there was something weirdly moving about the Ranger begging Booth, “We're both soldiers. You understand. No trial!" People, Bones is still a really, really good crime show…but as a romance, it's starting to go flat.

Did this episode make you forget the season premiere? Are fig trees ruined forever now? Did anyone else find themselves laughing really uncontrollably at that sneezing scene? (I can't help it. I know it's a cheap laugh, but I have terrible allergies, so it was like watching my life onscreen, except handsomer.)