Season Wrap-Up: House (Season 6)

Episode Count: 22
Recaps:

1. "Broken" Part 1 (LINK)
2. "Broken" Part 2 (LINK)
3. "Epic Fail" (LINK)
4. "The Tyrant" (LINK)
5. "Instant Karma" (LINK)
6. "Brave Heart" (LINK)
7. "Known Unknowns" (LINK)
8. "Teamwork" (LINK)
9. "Ignorance is Bliss" (LINK)
10. "Wilson" (LINK)
11. "The Down Low" (LINK)
12. "Remorse" (LINK)
13. "Moving the Chains" (LINK)
14. "5 to 9" (LINK)
15. "Private Lives" (LINK)
16. "Black Hole" (LINK)
17. "Lockdown" (LINK)
18. "Knight Fall" (LINK)
19. "Open and Shut" (LINK)
20. "The Choice" (LINK)
21. "Baggage" (LINK)
22. "Help Me" (LINK)

What happened?
General:
It has been one exciting season for House and for the poeple around him. After detoxing from Vicodin and having some sort of therapy (where he connected with a woman), House returned to Princeton Plainsboro and quickly realized that some things had changed: Cuddy had moved on, sort of, as she had started dating Lucas (the PI from last season House hired). This was particulary bad as House was seemingly ready to make a relationship work. Instead, he focused on getting healthy and happy without Vicodin. He moved in with Wilson who then hooked up with one of his ex-wives, which made House realize that everyone had someone - except him. Throughout the season, House kept talking to his therapist, but in the second to last episode, he was so discouraged, he decided to give up.
House's team also had some obstacles to overcome: Chace and Cameron got divorced (mainly because Chase killed a dictator), Foreman and Thirteen broke up and Taub... well, he didn't have that much to do ecept treating patients.
Finale:
For a very, very, very extensive recap, read HERE. In short: Thirteen took a leave of absence, Wilsons stays happy with his girlfriend, House and Cuddy finally kiss!
Happiest incident:
House and Cuddy kiss and can finally be together. (22)
Saddest incident:
Chace and Cameron break up. (17)
Most dramatic incident:
House helps a woman whose leg has been crushed under concrete and finally has to amputate the leg himself (22)
Weirdest incident:
A man wakes up when House tries to perform an autopsy on him (6)
Most surprising incident:
House doesn't take one pill of Vicodin the entire season.
Funniest incident:
Wilson and House's new neighbor thinks they are gay and consequently Wilson proposes to House (11)

Episodes and Characters:
Best episode:
Tie between the opener (1)/(2) and the finale (22)
Worst episode:
Tie between Knight Fall (18) and Black Hole (16). Both were kinda boring.
Best Patient:
Gotta go with Hannah from the season finale. She was the most dramatic. (22)
Favourite Quote:
Cuddy: I'm stuck, House. I keep wanting to move forward. I keep wanting to move on, and I can't. I mean, my new house, with my new fiance, and all I can think about is you. I just need to know if you and I can work.
House: You think I can fix myself?
Cuddy: I don't know.
House: 'Cause I'm the most screwed-up person in the world.
Cuddy: I know. I love you. I wish I didn't. But I can't help it

Characters:
Favourite character this season:
House. Duh.
Most disliked character this season:
Cameron. (Did she get even more moral?)
Best development:
Wilson. He finally stood up to House and Sam and took care of House.
Worst development:
Taub. Loyal to his wife. Then not. Then loyal again.

Romance and Couples:
House and Cuddy:
From hallucinated sex to her spending most of the season with Lucas, moving in, getting engaged. Then they separated and she got together with House. I'm thrilled. Good progress.
Cameron and Chase:
Happily married, divorced, sex and then goodbye. Bumpy road and sad to see them break up.
Foreman and 13:
Not that I would care as much, but they separated very early. Good that one is over.

All in all:
General rating: 9.5/10
Did my prediction (Read HERE) come true?
As already mentioned, it's pretty hard to predict House. He spent less time than I expected in the mental hospital, but I was right about House and Cuddy not coming closer in the first 12 episodes. Foreman became boss for some time, which led to a breakup. I did okay, I guess. Didn't think we'd have Huddy this year.
Summary:
I think this was an almost perfect season. I recently watched it again and I liked it again. The opener was perfect, the finale even more and there were many good episodes in between. They actually pulled a somewhat sober House off and made him look for happiness. And with "Wilson" and "5 to 9", they focused on other characters. Great season.

Current Mood: Very happy

Season Wrap-Up: Bones (Season 5)

Episode Count: 22
Recaps:

1. "Harbingers in the Fountain" (LINK)
2. "The Bond in the Boot" (LINK)
3. "The Plain in the Prodigy" (LINK)
4. "The Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood" (LINK)
5. "A Night at the Bones Museum" (LINK)
6. "The Tough Man in the Tender Chicken" (LINK)
7. "The Dwarf in the Dirt" (LINK)
8. "The Foot in the Foreclosure" (LINK)
9. "The Gamer in the Grease" (LINK)
10. "The Goop on the Girl" (LINK)
11. "The X in the File" (LINK)
12. "The Proof in the Pudding" (LINK)
13. "The Dentist in the Ditch" (LINK)
14. "The Devil in the Details" (LINK)
15. "The Bones on a Blue Line" (LINK)
16. "The Parts in the Sum of the Whole" (LINK)
17. "The Death of the Queen Bee" (LINK)
18. "The Predator in the Pool" (LINK)
19. "The Rocker in the Rinse Cycle" (LINK)
20. "The Witch in the Wardrobe" (LINK)
21. "The Boy with the Answer" (LINK)
22. "The Beginning in the End" (Finale) (LINK)

What happened?
General:
After waking up from his coma, Booth was sure he was in love with Brennan, but Cam and Sweet talked him out of telling her. They continued to solve their cases, but it was more apparent than ever that he was in love with her and he admitted it to Gordon Gordon. Brennan also seemed to play with the idea of them, inviting him for Christmas and binding with his grandfather. Booth showed immense jealousy when Brennan went out with his boss and Brennan realized that "what is theirs should be just theirs". They almost kissed, and then grew even closer. In the 100th episode, Brennan and booth told Sweets how the first met and they almost slept with each other. After that, Booth gambled and told her to give them a chance, but Brennan couldn't. After that, things got awkward. Booth tried to move on, dating someone else, but they still worked together and the gravedigger case got Brennan thinking about her fear of losing people she loved and how solving muders was kinda horrible. She was thinking of quitting.
Meanwhile, Angela broke her vow of celibacy with Wendell and started sleeping with him. Hodgins was hurt, but stepped up when Angela had a pregnancy scare. Angela broke up with Wendell and during a stay in prison, they finally reconnected and got married.
Cam struggled with her new responsibilities as a mom and as always babysat her team. She then got a boyfriend of her own, a gynaecologist.
Sweets tried his best to write about the most complicated couple in the world. He triggered their reminiscing of their fisr case and realized his book was crap. He had a near-death experience and proposed to Daisy who said yes.
Finale:
For a full recap, read HERE. In short: Angela and Hodgins go to Paris, Booth goes back to the Army, Brennan goes on a dig. Daisy and Sweets break up. There'll be a one-year time jump.
Happiest incident:
Angela and Hodgins reunite and then get married (20).
Saddest incident:
Booth gets shot down by Brennan (16) after he tries to give them a chance. Both are leaving Washington and each other (22).
Most dramatic incident:
The grave-digger trual almost pushes all of them over the edge (21).
Weirdest incident:
Arastoo has been faking his accent and suddenly stops (4).
Most surprising incident:
Brennan and Booth actually kissed five years ago (16).
Funniest incident:
Hodgins vs. the Nunchucks (14)

Episodes and Characters:
Best episode:
The 100th episode (16)
Worst episode:
The finale, but only because of the ending
Best Case:
The blown-up Santa: Brennan undressing Booth, Nigel-Murray, a very moving end. (12)
Favourite Quote:
Booth: "When you talk to older couples who, you know, have been in love for 30 or 40 or 50 years, alright, it’s always the guy who says, ‘I knew.’ I knew. Right from the beginning…. I’m that guy. Bones, I’m that guy. I know."

Characters:
Favourite character this season:
Hodgins. (I'm your guy, do I have to say more?)
Most disliked character this season:
Daisy (very annoying and she broke it off with Sweets)
Best development:
Brennan has really evolved this season, laughing at Booth's jokes, lying for him, caring for everyone, sensing when sth is wrong, connecting with his grandfather, saying I love you to Hodgins etc.
Worst development:
Daisy turned from ditzy to plain annyoing and insensitive.

Romance and Couples:
Booth and Brennan:
At first: Growing even closer, then a kiss. After the 100th episode: strange. Now they'll spend a year apart. Two steps forward, one step back. Okay, there was progress this season. I'm content.
Angela and Hodgins:
From not together to married in a season. Very good progress.
Sweets and Daisy:
Together, engaged, separated. Bumpy road this season.

All in all:
General rating: 9/10
Did my prediction (Read HERE) come true?
Most of it did come true. Booth confessed his love, Angela and Hodgins are back together and even married. Cam struggled with her daughter and got a new love interest, but not Booth's brother. Sweets and Daisy have split. They didn't pick an intern. All in all, I was pretty accurate.
Summary:
This would have been the perfect season if it hadn't been for the finale. I loved most episodes, more so in retrospective and it was Booth-Brennan galore. Hodgins and Angela are also back together and Daisy wants to leave (fine by me) Cam got a boyfriend (about time) and all was well. Then came the finale and although it was great and dramatic, I don't like that it brings us to a 1 year time jump. Only flaw in a perfect season.

Current Mood: Happy