'Bones' Gets the Baby Blues

What could be better than Bones, Booth and a roadtrip to West Virginia? How about Bones, Booth, a roadtrip to West Virginia and a BABY??!! Now, it doesn't get any better (or funnier) than that -- except for maybe those kickass Bones, Booth and the therapist scenes. Oooh, what if we had gotten Bones, Booth, a roadtrip to WV, a baby and Sweets?? Now, that would have rocked the PTR's Best Episodes Countdown! As predicted, Bones wasn't sure which end was up with the baby. And I'm not knocking my girl Brennan because, quite frankly, I'm terrible with babies. She did figure it out in the end, and she actually grew quite fond of the little fella and I'm pretty sure a small part of her is going to miss him. One of her greatest character flaws, her openness when it comes to science juxtaposed with her complete close-mindedness when it comes to everything else, is also one of her greatest charms. Every case manages to sneak up on her, which always leads to some intriguing character growth.

Competing with all this baby stuff was a timely subplot about the fall of some small, rural towns. In order to solve the victim's murder, you have to figure who they are and where they come from. This victim was the product of a small WV town that lost its way after the bridge that brought travelers through it (and provided a huge boost to the economy) washed out in a severe storm. I really liked the end when Bones revealed that she was taking some of her ginormous advance for her new book and using it to fund the rebuilding of that bridge. It seems it wasn't just the baby that opened her mind in this one.

Screencaps courtesy Bones Fans Online. If you missed last night's outing ("The Baby in the Bough"), check it out for free at Hulu.com.