Last night I was lucky enough to to attend An Evening with Bones at The Paley Center. To anyone who did attend or read the tweet... Yes, I am that girl who sold her clothes to be able to afford a ticket. Before you question my sanity, I want you to think about something you have a passion for. Are you thinking about it? Okay, that is how I feel about storytelling, especially when it comes to television. Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan are geniuses (just ask Hart). Not to mention the cast is amazingly talented and in my opinion, one of the best on TV. So naturally, it was a dream come true for me to be able to sit in a room with them, and listen to their ideas and banter, no matter how bizarre. And when it comes to David Boreanaz the ideas can get a tad outrageous.
I am not sure who the rationalization above was for. Maybe for my own benefit, or merely so the cast do not take out restraining orders on me. Either way, I am feeling a little better and feel I can continue on telling my riveting tale of An Evening With Bones.
As I already mentioned, not only was the audience joined by the Bones cast/crew (minus a few) for a panel but we were also privy to a screening of this week's episode 'The Hole in the Heart'. I know what you are thinking, especially you Andrea. However, I will stand behind Hart to the end. I promise you, there was no "hole" in "Hart's heart" when creating this episode. I am sorry had to do it. I can not pass up on a cheesy play on words.
'The Hole in the Heart' was definitely one of the most amazing, heart wrenching, stomach churning and cinematic episodes of the series. I wasn't sure this week's episode could get better than last week's 'The Signs in the Silence'. How very wrong I was. But more on the episode in a later blog post. Do not get excited, Hart has taught me well. I will not give to much away.
On to the panel. Unforunately, my careless evil twin managed to get my blackberry stolen at Coachella. Being blackberry-less proved to be particularly frustrating during this panel. However, who knew a pen and paper could prove so useful? With my new found contraption I set out to record my notes.
This is all I could gather from my mindless scribble, so please bear with me. I am also currently trying to screen a film for work so please forgive me if my ramblings are even more nonsensical than usual.
What is more I am also attempting to avoid spoiling the future of Bones for anyone, so a WARNING if you aren't interested in where Bones could be heading, please travel on over to Hulu/Fox and watch some reruns. However, if you know Hart & Stephen well enough, you will know all you are likely to get from my notes are some serious riddles that make you want to scratch your eyes out and watch this week's Bones more than ever (maybe not in that order). Did I mention they are geniuses? I feel like a fish on a hook sometimes. They have caught me on their deceptive bait and are slowly dragging me in on their reels.
Here we are some things that came up in the discussion:
1. Bones will continue in Hart's eyes "as long as people keep on murdering people."
2. Due to the fickle nature of the business Hart obviously did not know how long the series would last. The B/B "will they, won't they?" saga was not consciously planned by Hart or Stephen to last this long. They started with a two year plan, then a four year plan and now here they are 6 seasons in.
3. Stephen and Hart do not believe in the "Moonlighting Curse". Thank God, I mean thank Hart. The next season will have a whole different dynamic than ever done in before. They will not give into the notion that once the characters "get together" the show will plummet cranium first into the ground.
4. 'The Finder' is one of 8 ideas that could assist the show when Emily Deschanel is out having her baby. The plan of action had not yet been decided. However, a big congrats to Emily who was absolutely glowing last night, as cliche as that sounds. Also to Hart, today it was announced 'The Finder' has been picked up by Fox!
5. Although initially quite nervous, Michaela said she enjoyed "giving birth" on the show because it "was good to be able to lie down and work for once".
6. Booth's backstory may come back up in next season's stories. I have been curious on when this would happen. As you might remember from the episode with Booth's Grandfather, Bones has something she has to tell Booth about his father when the "time is right".
7. Hart & Stephen have no plans to pick just one intern so things can return to the "Zack Addy style days". This is because each intern brings too many stories to the table. There could in fact be a few more thrown into the mix!
8. And this was one of my favorites. When speaking on all of the character's backstories, Hart was asked if it was coincidence they all have had troubled pasts? Hart conveyed that he likes to think that they have "found" each other and that is what makes them such a great team. He put it in a way that almost brought me to tears, that "abused children tend to recognize each other". Now this could all be bullshit. Hart could be embellishing and this could all be pure coincidence that was made up over the course of the series. However, I prefer to believe that everything is a part of Hart's master plan. So again, I am equating Hart Hanson to a God. You are welcome Hart.
And now for the more bizarre topics that were discussed:
1. David was very preoccupied with playing tennis. It just kept coming up in every conversation. If he was not tweeting, he was discussing the need for Emily and him to play a game of tennis.
2. After yet again another Hart-less comment, the cast told us that Hart was off to drown some puppies after the panel ended.
3. David will continue with Bones "but the money has gotta be f-king right!"
4. Emily admitted she originally wasn't sure of how long Bones would last, claiming "How much can they really do with Bones? It is a show about skeletons, a few seasons maybe."
5. David STILL wants to ride a tank through the lab. This idea still seems highly unlikely for obvious reasons. Also, Hart always talks about how expensive the set is. "Maybe at the end of the series" was suggested. I am guessing just to humor David's inner child.
6. Hodgins is apparently wealthier than facebook. Maybe he could rebuild the lab after David demolishes it in his tank.
7. David would like to see Hodgins on a Pogo Stick. Emily thinks a jet pack would be better.
8. A freaky friday episode was suggested, to which both David and Emily had to tell each other how much better they could play each other's character. TJ then exclaimed that this exchange is just an everyday occurrence on the Bones set.
9. David told Stephen that he was acting very Broadway which somehow prompted a spontaneous dance from Stephen which I thoroughly enjoyed.
But unfortunately, I soon became tired of this thing called writing and decided to listen and embrace what was unfolding in front of me. I accepted that I would not be able to understand the outlandish ideas coming from David Boreanaz but that I could enjoy the little time I had with the Bones Team. Emily, with her absolutely sweet and kind hearted temperament; Stephen, with his riddles; Hart, with his only "slightly cranky" remarks; TJ, telling adorable stories of his parents and refusing to ride a pogo stick; Michaela, with her sincere and sparkling personality; and as mentioned, David, with his inner child blurting out "awesome" but slightly deranged story ideas every few minutes for Hart's "David Story Bin". Let me just say that An Evening With Bones, easily made May the best month so far of 2011.
