Bones - Harbingers in the Fountain

Last night the Season Premier of Bones brought us great joy and happiness, as Bones always does. We had great guest stars (Hey Cyndi Lauper, how you doin' girl?), good music (hey again, Cyndi Lauper), good "I don't know what that means" moments from Bones, a good case, and great Booth and Bones moments. They hug, Bone's offers to kiss his forehead, Booth rescues her from a scalpel stabbing doctor, he comforts her and calls her "baby" while they wait for the ambulance to arrive - what more could we ask for?

As it turns out, Booth's coma dream from last year's season finale (which had a lot of fans very angry, even though we found it delightful), isn't going to be resolved quite as quickly as you might have thought. Booth did have brain damage, after all. One of the lasting side effects of the coma dream (in which Booth and Bones were married, owned a club, wore some rocking clothes, and were expecting a baby) is that Booth is in love with Bones. DAMN RIGHT! The problem here is that we can't be sure if this is love is genuine, or if it will fade as he recovers. He confessed he feelings to Cam, who told him to trust his heart and tell her how he feels, but he'd better be damn sure the feelings are real, because it will destroy Bones if he changes his mind. Sweets showed up with Brain scans which claim to show that he wasn't in love before the coma, but he was during the coma, and still is. He says that these will fade, and to not hurt Brennan by telling her his feelings if they are fake. I love that everyone is so protective of Bones' heart.

In the end he is all set to confess his love to her, when a clown shows up and squirts him in the face. Now let's take a moment to remember just how much Booth hates clowns. He shot a noisy fake clown that was part of an ice cream truck. Instead of hurting the clown, however, Booth laughs and honks the clown's nose. Bones is very confused. She reminds Booth that he hates clowns, but not to worry. She's sure he'll hate clowns again in a few weeks. Booth chickens out on confessing his romantic love to her, but he does say he loves her "in a professional and at-a-girl, kind of way." We'll take what we can get. We're looking forward to all of the longing, I-love-you-so-much-it-hurts looks Booth will be directing towards her this season.

Oh, and in case you were wondering what a bald computer generated Cyndi Lauper might look like, we've got you covered:

You're welcome.

Here are some nice quotes from the night:

“You were there. You killed the bad guy dead. I know you hate that, but it always make me a little glad. Does that make me a bad person?” ~ Caroline to Booth

"Well, they gave me medication, so I feel how I imagine people of average intelligence feel all the time.” ~ Brennan

"Yes, he knows the truth of you, and he is dazzled by that truth" ~ Avalon (Cyndi Lauper) to Brennan

"By the way, my cards tell me that this all works out eventually." ~ Avalon to Booth