The reason why I have been moping and sulking this past week is because of a certain episode of a particular tv show that I am so obsessed about. I mean, yes, it was the Season 8 finale of Bones, and I was well prepared for the cliffhanger that was bound to come at the end of the episode, but common Hart Hanson! Did you have to go and let Booth break Bones' heart already?
"The Secret in the Siege" was an episode that had long-time Bones fans like me squealing for joy in the middle of the episode, and then screaming at the tv screen roughly 20 minutes later. I was overjoyed when Bones FINALLY popped the question to Booth. And with beef jerky, no less. As in Booth's words "She proposed. With beef jerky. I mean, who does that? She's amazing." And don't you ever forget that, Seeley Booth. For Dr. Temperance Brennan has certainly come a longggg way in terms of her character's development.
I'll tell you this much, although I had expected the proposal from Bones in the finale, especially once I saw her at the garden with Booth, I was still caught off guard when she asked him to marry her. Maybe that's because I never expected her to do it. Maybe it's also because all the comments I've been reading on Youtube which mentioned that she said "I WANTED TO spend the rest of my life with you" instead of "I WANNA spend the rest of my life with you." Here's a recap of that super-sweet scene that had me squealing internally and almost screaming aloud for joy in my school library:
Bones: “I want you to be happy, that’s all I want.”
Booth: “What’s this about? Okay look, I’m going to be fine.”
Bones: “I know. I mean, I don’t know. And neither of us know. We hope. I mean I could be the target or you could die of a heart attack or I could get hit by a bus.”
Booth: “Okay, slow down. Will you just slow down?”
Bones: “The point is. I want to marry you. Will you marry me, Booth?”
Booth: “Are you serious?”
Bones: “Yes. I’ve been afraid. I’ve been stubborn. And I’ve been in love. And marriage would make you so happy.”
Booth: “Are you sure? You’re not just saying this because of Pelant and everything that’s going on here?”
Bones: “Positive. All of this just made me see things more clearly. I love you. I want you to be my husband. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Say something.”
Booth: “Yes. Of course. Yes.”
Cue my squeals and screams of joy, a huge smile lighting up my face, and a hand covering my mouth, desperately trying to prevent myself from screaming the roof down. Though I managed to control myself, it obviously wasn't enough to get me weird looks from my sister. Thankfully, the library was relatively empty as school had ended. Did anybody decide to pop champagne corks after this scene as a celebratory toast? I know I would have.Alas, I should have known a popular tv couple like Bones and Booth would almost NEVER get a happy ending in the middle of the season finale. Granted, I was SO GLAD Booth managed to save Sweets from dying in the nick of time. Take that you sickening bastard PELANT!!!! Then, in the evening, while Bones, Booth and Christine are at a park, Booth receives a call from the bastard Pelant. Booth excuses himself from the love of his life, telling her it's his mother, and Pelant gives Booth a warning - marry Bones and five innocent people will die. He only describes four random strangers, so the fifth could easily be anyone close to Booth. Oh, and Pelant tells Booth that he can't tell Bones why he's turning her down either. The idiot definitely knows that Booth would never put his own happiness above the lives of the others. This is stupidity at its lowest.
Now, for the heartbreaking scene that left me close to tears (I was still in the library!). After putting Christine to bed, Booth comes downstairs to find Bones reading a bridal magazine. Somebody get me a Kleenex. Pronto.
Bones: “I don’t understand why all these women are wearing white dresses. There’s no way they are all virgins … Is something the matter?”
Booth: “We need to talk.”
Bones: “Okay.”
Booth: “About the wedding, about us getting married …”
Bones: “Oh the ceremony doesn’t matter to me. And I won’t be wearing white.”
Booth: “I don’t think we should do it. I should have thought this through before.”
Bones: “But this is what you want.”
Booth: “But you didn’t.”
Bones: “But I do now. I love you. I want to marry you.”
Booth: “Because we’ve been under so much pressure. I mean that’s what’s really going on here. Like you said, it’s just a piece of paper. What we have already is enough.”
Bones: “You’re right. You’re right. It’s been a stressful time. I’m impressed that you’re finally seeing things from my perspective.”
Then.....the kicker.....
Booth: “Bones? Umm, we’re okay, right?”Then.....the kicker.....
Bones: “Of course.”
Booth: “Right.”