I loved this episode sooo much, but the last scene was really sad....WHY CAN'T THEY BE TOGETHER?? It's not work, seeing as Angela and Hodgins are together, and Brennan's had boyfriends before....They'd better get together soon, coz im pretty sure thats what the majority of the audiences are hanging out for.

I want to trust the writers with the Angela/Hodgens, Booth/Brennan storylines, but the writers' strike season has made me very distrustful.

They wrapped up the evil stalker Pam storyline too fast, Booth was miraculously fine and attending his own funeral too fast, the random man Booth was trying to get from the "fake funeral" was never really explained (it could have been an episode all its own!), the Gormogon storyline was wrapped up too fast and too terribly (it was a random nobody whom we never got to even hear speak and it was over!), they ruined Zach's character (sorry, I don't buy that he believed some psychopath's logic).....I mean, that whole mess of a season was AWFUL.

I understand the writers's strike messed with things, but choose ONE of those main storylines to finish out in a good way, and save the others for subsequent seasons. I would have liked to see more interactions with the creepy Pam....or a more fulfilling ending with Gormogon, maybe get to "meet" him and learn more about what made him tick...or something! I just still feel cheated about that season....so it makes me concerned about my fav couples! (Also, I HATED the way Angela and Hodgens broke up...after going through the hoops they did to be together, find her husband, etc, they just decided they didn't trust each other?!)

Also, was not a big fan of the tease they gave with a Booth/Brennan kiss, only for her to reject him. I think they should have either had them go for it, or not at all. Taking us almost to that point and then pulling back is terribly cruel, especially to Booth. Now EVERYONE knows his feelings and that he has been rejected. How awkward would that make a workplace?! Yikes!

I am still trying to hold out hope that my fav characters will get together, Zack will somehow be magically healed and reunited with the cast, and everything will work out...but I'm just not sure!!

bugkiller, sorry my brain hasn't kicked in yet, but what does your pedantic screed have to do w/ BSG? you need to double your mood adjuster dosage.

The episode needed to END with Sweets' challenge for one of them to take it to the next level.

The final scene where Booth 'gambled' gave too definitive an end to the relationship tension. It was also predictable.

I don't feel the need to come back and watch for another season. In point of fact I feel disappointed and like Bones & Booth truly have moved beyond their moment to make things work. (It's one of those things I really hate about soap opera style relationships - that need to release tension and then try to build it up again using the same tricks as before.)

I would rather things had been left open-ended and perhaps later seen Bones confess her fear (not necessarily to Booth), and then overcome it. I prefer watching relationships that move forward, not ones that fall backward and then repeat themselves.

I absolutely hated the ending of this episode as much as I loved the beginning. There were parts I was willing to overlook for the moment, like some of the previous comments, because I was happy just to see how it began. But then the discontinuities became too much, and it spiraled into an ending that was unnecessarily painful. I think the show would not come to a screeching halt if they were allowed some happiness, and I for one would like more than just a minute or two of them together in the big finale. I also think that if, by the end of this season, there is still nothing, I'm done with Bones. The frustration I get overwhelms the enjoyment from keeping up with this show >.

I was really disappointed too. This really screwed up the characters. Bones doesn't lie and yet she did when she said she can't change. As an objective scientist she would be able to see that from the pilot to now, she really has changed so that was very uncharacteristic. Along with that, she views relationships as a biological need, so why not Booth? Also, I'm sorry but Brennan was complaining about Hogins being unpleasant and yet she let Zach rip him a new hole...I don't think so, as a grad student, he would not be able to do that which just brings us to the point that Hogins comments that are straight to the point would not bug her no matter the tone...she only cares about the words and not necessarily the emotions or inflections associated with them. I didn't think this was a great episode and it really went against a lot of the developments the characters have made. Watched and deleted from tivo, not worth watching again. :(

It's amazing how some of y'all really don't get it.

It's the Galactica Series Finale ALL OVER AGAIN.

So, again, I must ask, "What frakking show do y'all think you've been watching???"


Look... Booth loves Brennan, and Brennan loves Booth, and they both know the other one loves them.

Yes, Brennan has had relationships before, but never felt love, as she feels (and is so afraid of) for Booth. Not even with Sully.

Love frightens Brennan. Why? Psychology. She was abandoned by the three people she loved the most, forced into foster care, where she was abused and unloved.

So now, she associates love with pain and hurt and abuse, and hides behind her extreme rationality and science.

Her complete disregard for psychology, when she has so many issues and hang-ups that can be explored and worked on with a good psychologist (like Sweets), is yet another of her many safety mechanisms that she has insinuated into her life to protect her from love.

She is so afraid of love, she denies love as a tangible and real thing, explaining as she often does, that love is nothing more than brain chemistry and pheromonal attraction.

She's come far, but she loves Booth so much that she will A) never admit it B) never act on it for fear that something, anything, bad will happen because of it.

So, it's the ultimate of ironies: Brennan, who's the most hyper-rational person ever, is also the most irrational.

Come on people, use your frakking brains and really understand what you're watching.

Excellent episode, but heartbreaking especially after I JUST finished 1-3 seasons of Buffy :(. I really miss Zach. Great job by cast, crew, writers, and David did a great job directing. I'm looking forward to what comes next.

Sigh...

Ok I get the "can't have a relationship culmination without ending the show as it is present.".
I even agree with it, but feel it should be going in a different direction, the current track is doomed to failure.

I think that the show's acting on this ep was stilted and unnatural , not nearly as cohesive as it usually is. (yes I know they were trying to show what it was like before they worked off each other so well, but still it should have that ease of acting that you would believe that the actor had never met or worked with the other, and was learning as he/she went. just didn't happen. looked like a highschool play to me.)

Where's the original guy who was head of the Smith's archeology labs? He was an important character in the beginning and should have been at least hinted at if he couldn't be signed to work with them.

Great that Cam is the one who brought the group together, but she was an "unknown" to Brennan and the team when she first showed up on the show. This makes her a known and therefore is a chink in the show's armour . At least the feeling that Booth "knew knew" Cam was still there in the way he interacted with her.

YaY Zak! I do so miss him. But his and Hodgin's debate over Angela was something that peppered the whole first season's storylines. It just didn't jell when Zak met and worked with her. The puppylove wasn't there , not even the spark of it. There was almost a knowing about sex and the opposite sex attitude with Zak that was never there to the end when he blew up the lab. He was always an innocent.

Hodgins's conspiracy theorist attitude and remarks were noticeably missing. He has been a conspiracy theorist from day one, and it wasn't there. Anger management issue now a substitute. I don't buy it.
Where was the "king of the lab" beginning? It should have been there!!! It's classic Hodgins/Zak interaction!

Angela worked ok. I still think there was something missing there that made her character more rounded that should have been there from the beginning.

Booth's rebelliousness has always been hinted at from the beginning of the show. Brennan's comments on it early on and throughout the years has suggested it's an integral part of his character not something she insinuated . To be true to his character he should have already been wearing red socks, and when bones called him "shoes" it should have been included in the comment, or could have been an alternate nickname.."sox"... "well you wear contrasting socks to your conservative costume"

All in all, I was dissapointed for the most part in this 100th episode. It left more questions than answers.

She broke his heart. I wanted to cry when he started crying. Seeing him wipe away tears was brutal. She better figure it out soon or she will be throwing away a great love. He will never leave her if she tells him she loves him (her great fear)! She needs to figure that out fast before he finds someone else. They are perfect for each other. Him guts and instinct her facts and reason (to quote a maudlin line) they complete each other.