Bones -- "The Dentist in the Ditch"
SPIDERS! We were twitching and itching right along with Cam when itty bitty furry creatures came pouring out of the clay surrounding this week's victim. They looked like mini-tarantulas, and "harmless" or not.... ew! ew! ew! For some reason, we've had no problem (ok, maybe a *little*) watching Brennan mucking about corpses dissolved in all manner of substances, smushed into junker cars disguised as artwork or between pieces of cardboard, roasting like a barbecued pig, buried in compost, or torn apart in very, very gruesome ways. But this one reached right in and twanged the 'ol squick cord. Thank you Bones, for all those lovely nightmares sure to follow.
Ok, moving on. Jared's back and he's in love. He tells Seeley he's thinking of asking Padme (insert Queen Amidala jokes here) to marry him. Booth is taken aback by his little brother's seemingly impetuous decisions and wonders if the trip to India had no effect on his maturity. So, Booth does what he does: a background check on the sister-in-law-to-be. Although he discovers Padme was an "escort" a few years back, Jared's not appreciative of the info (as everyone told Booth he wouldn't be).
Is he a mite bit jealous of Jared's happiness when his feelings about Bones are unresolved? Is he trying to take the rational, logical route around the situation because, despite his "I learned it by watching you!" assertion that it's what Brennan would do, he's really just trying to rationalize the irrational? It's Bones that convinces Booth to do what she learned from him: go with his gut, his feelings. Is she maybe pushing him take that advice when it comes to admitting how he feels about her? Are we thinking about this too much...? Perhaps.
Oh yeah, the rest of the episode: the gay full-contact-football-playing dentist, killed accidentally by his thieving and homophobic contractor, the closeted football buddy in love with him, the hygienist that blamed him for contracting Hep C to cover up an affair, the Civil War battlefield, the rhubarb. Just your normal Bones fun and games.
This week's quote, courtesy of the intern currently at bat on the rotation...
Bones: "Tendonitis in his elbow, the hook of the hamate [a bone on the little-finger side of the hand] shows wear from torque, rotational force, and repeated tugging."
Vincent Nigel-Murray: "I only have inappropriate comments off the phrase 'repeated tugging.'"