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Bones Season 8 Episode 5

Method to the Madness

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AIRED: Nov 05, 2012

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The team is called to identify a woman's mutilated body after it is dumped in a city garbage can. Brennan has difficulty keeping her home and work lives separate after Booth takes pity on Sweets and invites him to stay with them until he has his own place again.

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8x05 - Method to the Madness

7.5

By JDML23, Dec 04, 2012

The only reason I enjoyed this episode was because of the Booth and Sweet shenanigans. Otherwise I didn't care one whit for the mystery and the finding of the killer.
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Fun, but no surprises

7.0

By gudu35, Nov 19, 2012

This was a very predictable episode. From the beginning it was clear who the murderer was and what was used to kill the victim. If I had to judge on the case only it would be a solid F. Here we have these smart people who insist that the murderer must be very strong and precise instead of drawing the logical conclusion.

What made it fun to watch and thus influenced my grading, was the fact that it was fun and sweet to watch the gang interact. Creepy and gloomy Colin is always great to watch especially when he and Cam have their special moments. These two have a very solid platonic chemistry, I love how Cam has learned how to deal with his quirks.

Then there's the group being protective of Angela, it's too sweet. And finally the Booth, Brennan and Sweets bond, I have to agree with Angela they have adopted Sweets eons ago.

This episode was fun to watch but not up to ols standards.moreless
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The magic is gone

3.0

By elle_elle213, Nov 13, 2012

I'm sorry to say it, but Booth and Brennan have lost their sizzle. They are that boring couple now and everybody hates that boring couple. They barely touch each other or gaze at each other the way they used to. I might give this one more season....Maybe.
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Going nowhere at a rate of knots?

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By mnementh01, Nov 08, 2012

Sadly, I have to agree with elle_elle213 below. The show that I loved 8 years ago has deteriorated beyond belief to a mish-mash of disjointed (no pun intended) non stories.

Bones, instead of coming out of her egocentric attitude, seems to be getting worse. You'd think family life would fix that.

Why, for God's sake, has Angela suddenly turned all squeamish? One eviscerated corpse too many, perhaps?

If it wasn't for Hodgins and Fisher hamming it up for all they were worth, I think I might even have switched this one off.

As for Sweets, my contempt for his character knows no bounds!

After dumping Daisy, he has the gall to feel all guilty about it? Physician, heal thyself !!!

I am on the point of moving away from this series, altogether and that makes me very sad. I used to look forward to it every week but now I seem to be watching it, "just because I always do".

Easily the poorest rating I've ever given Bones and I'm not happy about it.moreless
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Great story line

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By RichSade, Nov 06, 2012

Love the story line and hummor. Bones and booth need to spice it up, however the interaction of all the cast kept the story moving.
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David Boreanaz	Special Agent Seeley Booth
Emily Deschanel	Dr. Temperance Brennan
Michaela Conlin	Angela Montenegro
Tamara Taylor	Dr. Camille Saroyan
T.J. Thyne	Dr. Jack Hodgins
John Francis Daley	Dr. Lance Sweets

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Leif Gantvoort	Adam Borchardt	Guest Star
Galadriel Stineman	Brooke Guminski	Guest Star
James Patrick Stuart	Dr. Cole Reese	Guest Star
Joel David Moore	Colin Fisher	Recurring Role

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- Sweets: Sorry, Booth. I should have locked the door, huh?
  Brennan: Because you played on so many sports teams and spent a lot of time in the army, I assumed you were comfortable with male nudity.
  Sweets: You know, fear of nudity is called gymnophobia?
  Booth: Okay, listen, psychology and anthropology, I liked it better when you two were fighting, all right?
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- Brennan: In order to appease Huehueteotl, the fire god, the Aztecs would burn their captives alive. Moments before death, the human sacrifices were pulled from the fire to have their still-beating hearts ripped out of their chests.
  Fisher: Those were the good old days.
  Hodgins: Those were the bad days. What-what kind of freak feels nostalgic over human sacrifices?
  Fisher: I'm gonna go ahead and plead the Fifth on that.
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- (Brennan and her team discuss the injuries that eviscerated the victim.)
  Angela: Okay, just please tell me that this poor thing was dead before any of this happened.
  Cam: I'm sure she was.
  Hodgins: Definitely.
  Angela: Great.
  Brennan: Hodgins and Cam are lying to Angela to spare her feelings.
  Fisher: Yeah, I got that.
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- Featured Music:
  "20th Century Boy" by T. Rex (Sweets and Brennan celebrate his freedom)
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- Additional Crew Credits: Jan DeWitt (Produced by), Kathy Reichs (Inspired by the Life of Forensic Anthropologist and Author), Rick Millikan (Casting by), Pamella Phillips (Make-Up Department Head), Bernie Gough (Hair Department Head), Katie Barnard (Insert Coordinator), Mike Grasso (Police Technical Advisor), Mark Marcum (Video Playback).
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- Original International Air Dates:
  Canada: November 5th, 2012 on Global
  Slovakia: March 27th, 2013 on JOJ
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