So apparently I can't watch anything anymore without picking at inconsistencies, though I don't understand why because I often thoroughly enjoy said movie/series/show. Bones is my latest obsession - seriously, I can't stop watching the thing. I love the lead, and the chemistry, and the sciencey intellectual stuff and the cool lab and all the beautiful people. The dead bodies - not so much - then again this is probably good anti-squeamishness training. I like that all the liberal vs. conservative debate, that in contexts that I have experienced usually degrades into mudslinging and irrationality, is actually dealt with in this series with a great deal of intelligence and sensitivity - it's rather refreshing.
All that said, I would like to mention here that it annoys me to heck that Agent Booth always leads the raids wearing a baseball cap where everyone else in the scene wears a helmet. And it's also mildly annoying that the series dresses up to look all smart, when really the draw is all in the drama, not so much in the crime-solving. Also that the mass-spec takes seconds to perform and that a trained artist is also someone skilled enough with computer code to 'develop' several computer programs herself, that all do very complex things such as simulating murder scenarios or match faces and bodies.
I do appreciate, a little, the effort to show Dr. Brennan's (many, many) other graduate students midway through the series and some of the behind-the-scenes people, and a possible scenario in which the 'phenolphthalein' test could pull a false positive (ooooh how it annoys me that she's always having to say aloud that she's pulling out the 'phenolphthalein' to test for blood).
Basically, I'm annoyed that I'm not sure when the show is being realistic and when it's bs-ing.
Still, I love the lead, and her jewellery. And her life philosophy. I think I like my next idea for a Halloween costume, because I can wear it to lab and look completely legit.
