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Experience People's Choice Awards nominee s* in a whole new
way with never-before-seen footage not available anywhere else!
While she tackles some of her most gruesome homicide cases yet;
Dr. Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) also faces the delicate
demands of motherhood; and a deepening relationship with FBI
Special Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz). The thrills escalate
this season when a pastor's wife goes missing; shipping clerks go
postal; and the squints go Hollywood. But the biggest shocker of
all comes when clues left by a deranged cyber genius tag Brennan
as a murder suspect. Here are all 13 Season 7 episodes with plot
twists; mystery; romance and humor to die for!
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Followers of the popular Fox crime drama s agree that season
seven was not one of the most memorable. There was a big
constraint built into the larger story arc about FBI Special
Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) and the forensic
anthropologist Dr. Temperance "s" Brennan (Emily Deschanel)
in that Deschanel decided to become pregnant in spite of the
show's production schedule. The creative team made the bold move
to get the characters together romantically and work the
pregnancy into the world of their false reality. This situation
has happened to long-running TV series before with mixed results.
But with s, the dramatic, amorous turn seems to be a hit with
viewers and has worked out well in keeping the writers on their
toes. From its beginning, the sexual tension between Booth and
s was always a pleasant tease. Now in season seven, they've
embraced their love, bought a house together, and are eagerly
awaiting the birth of their child. Due to real-world medical
logistics, the season is truncated to 13 episodes (don't be
alarmed; four extra episodes will be part of season eight to
round things out). Apart from the newest , the format
hasn't changed. The grisly murder mysteries and their procedural
backs are still pleasantly highlighted by the same
lightheartedness between the crime-fighting duo and their motley
supporting pals in the laboratory and administrative offices.
That's kind of where the less-than-stellar stories hit a dip,
simply because of the sheer repetitiveness of the narratives and
accompanying banter. But s is certainly a long way from being
dead. The episode "The Crack in the Code" was the last one
produced before Deschanel's maternity leave, and it introduces a
new supervillain after a horrifically encrypted code is found in
the remains of a body left dramatically draped over an exhibit at
a museum in Washington, DC. Christopher Pelant (Andrew Leeds) is
a psychotic genius and convicted computer hacker who seems to
have a perfect alibi while he also seems to be the obvious
perpetrator. Pelant is a fascinating character and perfect foil
for the s crew to grapple with. He reappears in the sort-of
cliffhanger final episode, "The Past in the Present," as a
brilliant fiend who could be the downfall of the entire s
team, especially Booth. (He returns in the season-eight premiere
and will almost certainly be back as the latest and greatest
criminal mind s and Booth have ever faced down.) Other
standout episodes are "The Prisoner in the Pipe," about a
criminal who appears to have escaped prison after his murder, and
"The Twist in the Twister," about the suspicious demise of a
storm chaser. The most fun comes in "The Suit on the Set," which
takes place in Hollywood, where a movie crew is filming an
adaptation of s's new book about her work at the fictional
Jeffersonian Institute Forensic Sciences Department, an
interesting self-referential concept. When Booth and s are
visiting the set, the fake corpse turns out to be real, so they
are enlisted to solve the mystery for real. Fans will all have
their favorite supporting character among the geeky, goofy, or
lovable group back at the institute, notably forensic artist
Angela Montenegro (Michaela Conlin), entomologist and conspiracy
theorist Dr. Jack Hodgins (T.J. Thyne), or the boss and chief
pathologist Dr. Camille Saroyan (Tamara Taylor). The thing that
has differentiated s from shows like Criminal Minds, NCIS, or
the CSI franchise is the heart it brings to the ensemble and
their many-faceted personal lives, which often intersect.
Combined with the gruesome shock value, jargony procedural
qualities, brainy dialogue, touching love stories, and mysterious
murders, s continues to be a lively affair about people you
genuinely want to spend time with. Even though season seven may
be regarded as a bit bumpy, the series shows no signs of losing
its appeal, whether or not s and Booth wind up happily ever
after. Extras on the four-disc set are sparse, with the
obligatory gag reel, a few deleted scenes, a commentary track on
"The Past in the Present," and a making-of featurette about "The
Suit on the Set," with a fake red-carpet gathering for the fake
movie's fake premiere. --Ted Fry
