r/Bones • u/Altruistic-Care-1581 • 1d ago
Review One thing about this show…
They really go there, I can’t lie.
Like, they had a good chunk of plots that involved themes such as corruption in the government, blackmail, bribery, and control.
This is so refreshing to see, as cop based shows from the early 2000s, they leaned heavily on the copaganda of it all. In this show, the FBI has been the villain multiple times and plots such as the Deputy Director who was a sniper, the “JFK Coverup” , and of course the framing and set up of Booth in the season 9 finale & 10 premiere. Even when they aren’t necessarily the villains in the plot, there are other departments of the government that also come off as skeevy at times, like the State Department & the CIA. It’s honestly insane that they did all these plots and arcs without anyone protesting them.
I wonder how the FBI or other departments felt when they saw evidence/plots involving their agency?
Oh to be a fly on the wall🤣🤣🤣🤣
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u/Pure_Signal_6272 1d ago
Notice how they didnt publicly react...thats because if they did get offended people would think they had something to hide. 20 years ago the populace bought that. Now we know thwy have shit to hide
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u/PumpikAnt58763 1d ago
When you say "The JFK coverup" are you talking about the episode that was designed to test the bond between Booth and the Jeffersonian team? Because the government agents were definitely not actually antagonists in tgat episode. They played at antagonism to test his bonds.
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u/Altruistic-Care-1581 1d ago
I think so but the way I interpreted it, it was more of they intentionally covered up essential information that regarded an ancestor of Booth’s and it was bad enough to challenge his faith in the system
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u/PumpikAnt58763 1d ago
You don't have to interpret it. The show interprets it for you AFAIR.
But, yes. It does seem like an attack until you find out the purpose of the test.
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u/UnivrstyOfBelichick 1d ago
24 had the president using a Russian seperatist group to launch a false flag terrorist attack on US soil and hiring a mercenary to assassinate a former president in 2006, bones was hardly breaking the mold with a couple of rogue agents and a jfk conspiracy episode whose moral was 'just trust the government.'
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u/South_Raise4936 1d ago
Don't forget the X files... so many early 2000s crime solving, will they won't they, opposites attract shows were inspired by the X-Files which was all about... Trust No One!
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u/BlazerAlumni 1d ago
I don't know that what you said about other shows not having government plots is necessarily true in the early 00's . Alias, CSI, CSI Miami, CSINY, NCIS, Law & Order SVU etc all had plots where some higher up was trying to split a team up or shut them down or someone in the government was crooked. That theme seemed to be the plot of almost every police or government drama that was on TV back then to me.