bones-- season one, episode two

"Bones" The Man in the SUV (2005)

this is s01e02 people. vintage stuff.

like:
plot: there's a homeland security mole connected to booth & bones' investigation. so, turf war.

what's off-putting:
appearance: zack is a skeleton. on this show. I'm disturbed by the degree of _gaunt_.

what's weird & a lil anlysis:
most everyone else is kind of baby-face-looking. naturally, the universe or "the background" in front of which the episodes play out is just being put together, so that's amusing. there is no cam in this episode. it feels like bones is running the show at the jeffersonian. hodgins pronounces maybe two names of materials weird. I think kinda overly proper or technical; it feels unnatural.

o yeah- bones kicks the homeland security guy's ass for a second. kind of out of left field. I like that she can do it, but why is this type of display from brennan not characteristic of the show in later episodes? she is clearly supposed to be the alpha in this early conception. perhaps not "top dog" in the same way in her dynamic with booth, but clearly strong and willing to dominate when necessary.

gonna watch last 13 minutes now.