Bones
A TV-series so bad that it's good. Well, when I mean bad, I don't mean in a cinematography way, or that the cast are lacking in talent, but simply that the characters have managed to portray their bad characteristics so well, that it can be infuriating yet addictive at the same time.
I've watched CSI and Numbers and House, and while it would be easy to explain those TV series to people who have yet to watch it, (one's bloody, the other's about numbers [duh!] and the last is about a mad doctor), it's totally hard to describe Bones.
In simple terms, it's about a Forensic Anthropologist (Bone Specialist la) and an FBI Agent (Mata) who team up to solve crimes of the past. By past, I mean like a decade ago, or less, and not those ancient crimes of mummies in pyramids in Egypt.
Yea, I know you're thinking, what's new? Just some crime-busting duo and each episode probably has a sunshine after the cloudy weather, that is, a happy ending but that's where you're wrong!
Speaking of stereotypes, the cast is totally good at dispelling that. Dr Temperance Brennan, or 'affectionately' called Bones by her partner, [yea, the bone lady], is too caught up in her skeletons and identifying bony remains (pun intended), that she simply doesn't know anything else. Music? Crossed Out. Love? Crossed Out. And you can throw communication out the window too.
'Why are you men always picking on the women' I hear you say? Sure! The FBI agent then. Special Agent Seeley Booth. [pronounced as silly booth], Used to giving orders and having his i-s dotted, and t-s crossed, to say Booth has problems adjusting to Bones as his partner would be an understatement. A tinge of pride and dominant, yet ashamed of his dark sordid past and wanting to do penance for it, he carries his burden by himself.
While the pilot episode leaves a slight bitter taste in the mouth, watching the following couple of episodes would sweeten that taste and in fact, leave you hanging for more, as you get amazed by how much a pile of bones can reveal.
