{"id":1097,"date":"2008-05-21T08:20:42","date_gmt":"2008-05-21T15:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sixsquare.com\/?p=1097"},"modified":"2008-05-21T23:17:16","modified_gmt":"2008-05-22T06:17:16","slug":"bones-vs-michael-hedges-zomg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sixsquare.com\/index.php\/bones-vs-michael-hedges-zomg\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Bones’ vs. Michael Hedges (ZOMG)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I caught the season finale of Bones<\/em> tonight. It’s weird having a new “show,” you know? I haven’t had a show since Buffy<\/em> and Angel <\/em>went off the air. So I suppose it’s fitting it’s another Boreanaz vehicle, but yeah, I thought I’d check it out. My friend, Ryan, thinks my fandom is insane, but as I’ve already laid out<\/a>, there’s some stuff to dig about Bones<\/em>. I still reserve my usual complaints about realism and transparent storytelling, but overall, it’s amusing stuff. The season finale was oddly disappointing, however. And yet somehow, it managed to make me love it by throwing a curve ball that I would have never predicted in a million years…<\/p>\n

…or at least a month or two of serious guessing, anyway. Give me a moment to ‘splain.<\/p>\n

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From an objective standpoint it was just fine. A big, plot-heavy episode was what we expected from a lot of shows whose mid-sections were neatly excised by last Fall’s WGA strike, but this story, which involved the return of the “Gormagon Killer” (the show’s intermittent Boogie Man) was loaded with emotional potential that never quite pays off. That’s the sort of thing I can occasionally live with in a show I like; I’m always furiously rewriting these shows in my head as I watch them, anyway. But while the episode loitered in the lobby of greatness, it never took the elevator to the top floor. It never, as a way of comparison, came close to matching the average Buffy episode.<\/p>\n

But a shocker in the final act was what stunned me into TV-love. The surprise came in the final act. No, it’s not the big character reveal about which the Bones<\/em>Blogs are buzzing<\/a>. This one comes just afterwards. A big action-y, revelatory scene unfolds. The FBI runs pell-mell in pursuit of a solid lead (for once without Dr. Brennan tagging along.) Guns out, tension rising, flashlights whipping about. Music playing…. And what music did they secure to go with it? Avenged Sevenfold, perhaps? Velvet Revolver? Hot Chip? She & Him? Nope, nope, nope…<\/p>\n

Music spoiler after the jump.<\/p>\n

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\"\"Michael Hedges. “Aerial Boundaries.”<\/p>\n

Billy Gottlieb is credited as Music Supervisor. If he’s really responsible for this, I hope he’s got a lot more of whatever it is he’s smoking.<\/p>\n

Michael Hedges – “Aerial Boundaries”<\/a><\/p>\n

on the web: live-blogging the finale<\/a>, EW blog post<\/a>, Hedges on YouTube<\/a>, RS article about Hedges’ death<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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