My roommate watches it. In general, I watch TV only when the people I am living with turn on the TV and watch something. Don't get me wrong, I like watching TV, and can do so for hours on end. I just seldom initiate. Mostly, I watch movies, not TV shows, if I control the remote.
There have been a few exceptions. In early high school, I'd watch Star Trek: The Next Generation. It came on at dinner time. My mom kinda hated that, and I don't blame her; it was disruptive. But yes, I was definitely the one who knew what time it came on, what station, and turned on the TV (we didn't have cable, so we got about 3 stations - not the one that carried ST:DS9, so I've never watched that.)
Likewise, CSI was all me, until my sister took a liking to it. I lost interest eventually.
But anyway, my roommate likes Buffy and Angel, so of course she likes Bones. I watched a few episodes with her, and figured out I liked it, too, so I've been watching it online over the past week.
I don't like it unreservedly. Some of the way they play with the techno-babble/social awkwardness is...cliche or silly. But for a general audience, I suppose it works. Some of their inspiration is obviously based on real world stuff, which again, I am ambivalent about - there is a Laci Peterson episode as well as a Blair Witch Project episode. The jailed serial killer Epps so wishes he were Hannibal Lecter or Ted Bundy. Still, no different from CSI, which used the RI nightclub burning down and other similar news events.
But part of what makes it so cool is that they do deal with some things that are silly in most crime shows. One - the budget. Your average crime lab does not have funding for all the cool gadgets...but the 'Jeffersonian' is basically the Smithsonian - it's a high-end research institute with all sorts of grants. Of course they have gadgets
. Two - what are the chances that you end up with a badly degraded body every week? Not high - unless you are willing to travel all over the country/world as a specialist. And in case there isn't a case, there's always the backlog of unidentified WWI soldiers or such. So, the working environment is at least...plausible. And the characters are very cool. Unfortunately, my favorite is Zach Addy, and even though I'm only part way through season 2, I know his future is...not good. So, I'll just enjoy him while I can.
But obviously the real draw is the relationship between Booth and Brennan. They are quite interesting as partners, and the undercurrent of romantic tension doesn't seem so soap-operay. Their conversations are always worth listening to.
Anyway....anyone else watch this show?
