Bones 10.14 The Putter in the Rough

[omelette73]

Hey there, as I promised, I'm back commenting the episodes, sorry for not being here more often, sometimes life happens and you get distracted from the important stuff! LOL

Anyway this episode was the perfect excuse to write something because, I have to confess, I'm a bit confused about this Marvin Barlow storyline.
Assuming it is possible that this name never came up in the past (we all knew Vince McVicar was the man who drove Brennan’s parents away) I didn't understand few points... for example, why Max knew that Barlow still had the ring on him when he died?
Why he knew where the man was buried?
Max says to Brennan he exhumed his body to make sure it was him, and then went back to Ohio to steal the ring from the evidence locker in the coroner office, which means a coroner investigated his death, so how is it possible the FBI didn't know a person who still was in the 10 most wonted list was dead, if a coroner was involved?
And why the FBI didn't put Max under investigation for Barlow death, did he died for natural causes? Because they didn't say that, right?
So, yeah, basically, I'm kind of lost here... don't get me wrong, I loved they brushed up this storyline, but I felt like everything was too rush for something THAT important.
I mean, Brennan and Max past, was THE PLOT in the second and third seasons ...so, well... it was nice they didn't forget about it, but it was kind of poorly handled or maybe it's me who didn't get some peaces of the story, which is entirely possible.

Plus, not even enough Hodgins for my taste...even thought he apparently is the King of Craig List too! LOL

[peppernights]

I have to agree with Teresa. I loved seeing more of Hodgins, but the rest was a bit weird.
First of all, I feel like when Dave Thomas writes an episodes, there's always some sort of continuity issues. Remember that episode about Christine's birthday party? Things didn't really make sense and it's the same this time. Who is this guy?? and how did Max even find him?? Plus, in season 1 they said that Vic was the one who killed Christine Brennan and the reason why Max and Christine left their family behind. Of course, if I recall things correctly, I think Vik was not alone, there more people to it, but how come that last night's guy was never even mentioned? I feel like it was too much for a b-plot. The other b-plot was "meh" as well, never cared for Wendell and Andie. She left me a weird vibe the first time she appeared (even though I had loved Wendell's cancer-arc until then.)
Cam and Angela were basically not in the episode and B&B had a lot of scenes (they either have none or too many) but they were all pretty irrelevant (except for maybe the first one in the car.)
The case was nothing special. Not that I care about cases, but still. If the plot is weak already and the case is too, that's not a good thing! LOL
What did you guys think?
I'm sorry this is the first epp I'm talking about here and I did not like it LOL Of course, I promise I will post about all the things I love very soon. Thanks again for welcoming me here with such enthusiasm!

[skftex]

I was also not sure who this Barlow person was. I think what you missed Teresa is Max went to Ohio twice, first he went to dig up the body. Because Booth put a tracer on him, he was caught. It is at this point I assume the coroner took possession of the body, and Max was taken back to DC. He then went BACK to Ohio, that is where he was when Brennan was trying to talk to him, she mentions trying to call and he doesn't answer, and going to his home and his car isn't there.

What I don't understand is how it was connected to Brennan's parents leaving years ago, because they had already established that it was because of Vince McVicar. Maybe they forgot that?

I thought there was a lot of Hodgins in this one! Compared to some of the others it seemed like he was there a lot. The problem is, Wendell is not my favorite intern, so I wish it wasn't tied to his story. However, how could you not love Hodgins all happy at the crime scene because he got to use the lift thingy (sorry don't remember what they called it) and telling Booth "I'm not going to let your cold, dark heart ruin my lucky day!" HAHA Then getting stuck, push the red button and the lever-and the guy asking did he say the blue button? LOL I also love it when Hodgins wears the funny glasses thing with the light? No clue what those are either but he's just so darn cute with those things on! Then of course the "Do not disturb the chef while he is making his stew". Hodgins is so weird! I love him.

The actual murder portion of the story was okay I guess. I did think Brennan's face as the woman was confessing at the end was hilarious. "Is she serious?" Since I don't know anything about golf I didn't get that a couple of professional golfers were actually in the show.

Sharon

[omelette73]

I was also not sure who this Barlow person was. I think what you missed Teresa is Max went to Ohio twice, first he went to dig up the body. Because Booth put a tracer on him, he was caught. It is at this point I assume the coroner took possession of the body, and Max was taken back to DC.

Thanks Sharon, I didn't missed that he went twice in Ohio, I was just doubtful about the timing, because - as you said - we can only assume that the coroner took possession of the body at that point, and I'm not comfortable with assumptions! LOL
It's like they cut something in the editing phase and some logic connection went lost, at least, that was the feeling I had during the episode

She left me a weird vibe the first time she appeared.

Same here, she gave me a stalker-ish vibe...not good.

Not that I care about cases, but still.

I do care! LOL
When the case works, usually the show it's awesome, because everyone is involved, some of the episodes i love the most have strong cases in it.

[peppernights]

hahah! It's not that I don't care completely about the case, just that if the plot is good characters-wise and the case is "meh", I can still think an episode is very good. Of course if both are bad, that's a problem. Anyway, I really liked the opening scene with Hodgins and Cam, Booth and Brennan leaving him there hanging. Hahaha. It gave me a s5 vibe!

I love Wendell, he is my fave intern but still I never cared for him and Andie. I thought this cancer acr was very good until they made it so soap-y. Did he really have to find a love interest at the ospital? What's that, The Fault in our Stars?

[ThyneAlone]

Well, it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be from your reviews, ladies but it still left an annoyingly dissatisfied vibe behind. I, like Teresa, wondered how Max knew where Barlow would be and how he knew that this individual still had the ring (is there any kid that wouldn't wake up when something was being taken off his/her finger?). It just seemed such an unnecessary addition to the parent arc. I've never been 100% convinced that parents would abandon their kids in order to protect them, and it bothers me even more that they would do so when one child had already been so specifically targeted as a 'warning.'

The case was a lightweight one, very little of interest to work on. It's lazy, I think, to rely on an unusual setting (you know the deal, pony love, eating competitions etc and here mini golf (or crazy golf as we dub it here!).All the stuff about the bullets coming from different angles was just confusing; the nail polish turned out to be the only useful clue to the hand model. Who was a carelessly drawn stereotype and as insubstantial a personality as you could find. I certainly wasn't convinced by her motivation, so no wonder Brennan wasn't!

The clock telling the time of togetherness. Yuk. Andie and Wendell are starting to get to me as no other couple has on the show. Not even Daisy and Sweets. It's not just me, is it, the whole thing is drenched in saccharine? Or am I turning into a serious cynic? Anyway, from the dialogue at the beginning of this particular sub-plot I had already assumed that the clock had always been broken and was puzzled when Wendell seemed to think it was him. The saving grace of the whole storyline was that Hodgins had to be used as something other than comic relief to rescue Wendell from the horrors he was anticipating. Don't get me wrong, TJ does comic relief with superb aplomb and that winch scene was hilarious! As was the bit when the clock decided to fall apart! But it's such a waste when his layered portrayal of this enthusiastic scientist is not allowed to blossom, and I did enjoy the extra crumbs we got while he was trying to mend the clock.

[peppernights]

Yeah, so I'm not the only one who thinks that this year's role for Hodgins is comic relief...That's too bad. I wish they gave him a more consistent storyline!!!