“Bones” fans, prepare yourselves: Our favorite forensic anthropologist and FBI agent are back with their dependable team of forensic eggheads (the “squints”) for their seventh season of inspecting skeletal remains.
Join brilliant, socially inept forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance “Bones” Brennan and her partner, Special Agent Seeley Booth, as they solve crimes by identifying human remains too far deteriorated for standard FBI investigations. Brennan’s empirical, literal worldview causes friction with Booth’s emotive, free-wheeling attitude, creating a volatile, sexy relationship that’s, quite frankly, the real reason we watch the show. (Let’s be real, people – forensic anthropology is cool, but after about three seasons of finding a dead body, identifying the victim and eventually catching the bad guy, it’s clear that the real gem of this series is the relationship between logical Brennan and her instinct-driven partner).
Many of you may be wondering if this season is worth watching after the disappointing and tedious puttering of Booth and Brennan’s relationship of late, but fear not: This season of “Bones” will be sailing into uncharted waters. Last season’s finale left viewers’ mouths agape at the announcement that Dr. Brennan is pregnant! That’s right: murder, mayhem, decrepit corpses, and – oh hey, a newborn, along with Booth and Brennan in an actual relationship. Booth, Bones, baby!? What does this mean for the show!? At this point, we can only watch in sweaty-palm anticipation.
After six seasons of on-and-off romantic tension, a buildup only to an anticlimactic end to any hope of getting together, and then a startling announcement of pregnancy, will the couple finally get together? Will we finally get the steamy scenes we deserve? Although producers have admitted that this season they plan on skipping the “shots to the bedroom” scene (yes, much disappointment), this is actually a blessing in disguise! By keeping some of the mystery alive and promises of playful, innuendo-filled repartee between our favorite pair, producers have made sure that viewers will be kept guessing, and the sexy sizzle and chemistry will be far from burning out as they take on crime, one mutilated body at a time.
“Bones” premieres Nov. 3 at 8 p.m. on FOX.
– Sanjana Shankar
