Review: ‘Bones: The Complete Fifth Season’
There’s a certain grisly reality to CBS’ collection of [[[CSI]]] series that does the procedural part well, but depicts its characters as a particularly colorless bunch, overly serious and making the shows just a tad less engaging. Fox, wisely jumped on the police procedural bandwagon with something similar but certainly livelier.[[[Bones]]], based on Kathy Reichs novels, is a veritable rainbow of character types that has kept things captivating for six seasons now.
The fifth season, now out on DVD from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, takes a mature set of characters and stirs the pot a bit as the season progresses. The basic set-up has a team of forensic anthropologists working for the Jeffersonian, standing in for the Smithsonian, handling cases for the FBI, led by Special Agent Seely Booth. The title character is the nickname of Dr. Temperance Brennan and while she’s the focal point, the series has evolved into a wonderful ensemble. Over the previous four seasons, we’ve seen the cast grow as we’ve met friends and family of each of the core characters, most of whom serve to counterpoint the actual cases being investigated.
Since the third season, the series has also been having a rotation of interns working for Brennan, each with their own personality and quirks, so they also serve as a constant freshening of the characters and situations. Hart Hanson, who has adapted the novels for television, has done a strong job with keeping the series fresh and never less than entertaining. He also allows his characters strong points of view so Brennan, who is so literal minded she has trouble interacting with most people, is constantly trying to understand why people do what they do. Booth, on the other hand, is a practicing Catholic and dislikes having his faith challenged but also explains the world to Brennan in ways that make her reconsider the world.
Hanson did a great job casting David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel as the leads since they not only play well off one another, but have grown as performers. The remainder of the cast has also been well populated with a strong group of characters. They spark off one another quite well.
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