“Bones” was well-known for the firecracker relationship between Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) and Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and some genuinely twisted murder cases. But even the best show in the world can’t hit it out of the park every time. To wit: Deschanel had a big issue with one of the show’s regular themes in particular — its reliance on plotlines involving terrorism.
While speaking to TV Insider about coping with burnout related to the series, which she eventually overcame while rewatching episodes for her “Bones” review podcast, “Boneheads.” During the course of the interview, she confessed that, “When episodes would deal with terrorism in a way and in a way that, looking back, I don’t love, and I’m not sure how I felt about at the time. It might have been uncomfortable.”
Since “Bones” was a show about fighting crime in a post-9/11 world, it’s not shocking that some negative stereotypes ended up making their way into various scripts, resulting in some episodes fans found hard to watch. As a result, decades later, outdated portrayals of foreign terrorists still haunt our reruns. But in spite of the show’s flaws, Deschanel admits that she still loves what she accomplished on the program and looks back on it with fondness.
Emily Deschanel still admits she loves Bones, even though it’s got its problematic spots
In the TV Line interview, Emily Deschanel made it clear that, despite those flaws, she’s still proud of and enjoys revisiting her time on “Bones.” “What I love is that I can watch it, and before when I’d watch an episode, it would be just so hard to watch, and I’d be so critical,” she said. “And now I just have an affection for the show and for myself at the time. So I guess it’s more my perspective that I immediately experience. I just have a new appreciation for the show. I have a real affection for it.” In addition to this, she says that since shooting the series took up a lot of her time, she’s glad that the show still has loyal fans.
“Boneheads” — which also features Deschanel’s “Bones” co-star, Carla Gallo — has officially reached the series’ Season 2 as of this writing. That means fans have plenty of time to hop aboard the rewatch train with Deschanel. Flawed or not, it’s the best way to notice things about “Bones” that you might not have caught the first time around.
