Bones Fails

You know what character doesn't help in our search? Temperance Brennan, of the show Bones.

There are lots of things not to love about the show, not the least of which is that the characters are all written as if they are in middle school. Bu it was another mystery-procedural centered around a cute sparky central couple, and she was a female lead, cut from a milder version of the same high-functioning sociopath mold as House.

But as I sink into the season in which her character is pregnant and has a baby, I can't help noticing that the general show tension between down-to-earth manly-man Catholic David Boreanz and her character is always resolved in his favor. And that while we're trying not to be too obvious or heavy-handed about it, the moral of this season is that what this woman-- successful author, world-reknowned leader in her field, incredibly intelligent-- what she needs is a big strong man and a baby to help her become the person she's supposed to be. Sp phooey on them.