We venture into the courtroom for our second Gravedigger episode, 5x21 "The Boy with the Answer." Ella complains A LOT about the legal proceedings depicted in this episode, and she's very likely wrong about most of it. We also try to figure out what exactly makes Heather Taffett so creepy and, as always, discuss how Angela's minor in Computer Science is inexplicably the true savior. Listen past the end music to learn which of us has an atrocious Bane impression!

Timecodes if you want to skip to episode discussion:

00:00 - 18:24 - Intro and IMdB Game

18:24 - 1:30:00 - Episode Discussion

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Our second Vestigial Bones entry! We are taking a small break from Bones again to discuss the Netflix teen movie, The Kissing Booth. A classic movie that you love to hate. This movie features Emmy-nominated Joey King but leaves a lot to be desired.

Part 2 to come!

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This episode we're talking about S9 Ep. 18, "The Carrot in the Kudzu." Booth becomes a one-man-band for Christine's birthday, a local (?) kids TV show is under investigation, and Bones learns that fun birthday parties aren't an impossibility. Also Clark wrote a bad book, and Kudzu is taking over North America.

We're joined this week by my long-time cousin, Georgia Dover! She lends her horticultural and botanical expertise to fact-check some of the science in this episode.

Other points of discussion include quarantine TV shows, the 2014 box office, and the merits of the CBS Broadcasting Network.

Timecodes:

0:00-13:55 - Intro and the 2014 Box Office

13:55 - 1:16:00 - Episode Discussion

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You can find Georgia on Instagram @georgia_dover3

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Hello! This week we're talking TV Copaganda. We talk about Bones, but also a lot of other shows including Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Law and Order: SVU. We're joined this episode by Ashley Frye, a prison abolitionist and fellow Bones lover.

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You can find Ashley on Twitter (@AshleyLFrye) and Instagram (@burgerandfryes)

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Some of the articles and resources that we mention:

Mariame Kabe, "Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish the Police," NYT

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html

(And Mariame Kabe is @prisonculture on Twitter)

Emily Nussbaum, "Trauma Queen," NYer

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/06/10/trauma-queen

Kathyrn VanArendonk, "On TV, Cops Are Always the Main Characters," Vulture

https://www.vulture.com/2020/06/tv-cops-are-always-the-main-characters.html

Lara Zarum, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine Made Viewers Sympathize With Cops. That’s a Minor Miracle," Villiage Voice

https://www.villagevoice.com/2018/05/11/brooklyn-nine-nine-made-viewers-sympathize-with-cops-thats-a-minor-miracle/

Harry Waksberg, "Can Brooklyn Nine-Nine Ever Accurately Portray the NYPD?" Vulture

https://www.vulture.com/2015/02/can-brooklyn-nine-nine-ever-accurately-portray-the-nypd.html

Funké Joseph, "The Complications of Liking 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' as a Black Man," Vice

https://www.vice.com/en_us/contributor/funke-joseph

Hello! Perhaps you are stuck in your homes right now, and we are here to remind you that at least you are not STUCK IN YOUR CAR! UNDERGROUND!! BURIED BY A SERIAL KILLER WHOSE IDENTITY IS SO MYSTERIOUS THAT THE BONES WRITERS DO NOT EVEN KNOW IT!!! That's right, this week we watched one of the all-time great Bones episodes, "Aliens in a Spaceship," a.k.a the one where The Gravedigger buries Hodgins and Bones alive. We also introduce a new game, which will surely be an international success.

Timecodes in case you would like to skip right to the episode discussion:

0:00 - 32:39 - TV Talk and "How Did This Get Greenlit?" (WT)

32:39 - 1:28:20 - Gravedigger Discussion (Pt. 1)

DISCLAIMERS:

• continued apologies for the potato sound quality, we continue to lack access to our regular equipment!

• Be advised that we imply in this episode that FRIENDS (1994-2004) will be available on NBC's Peacock streaming service. It will not be. It is owned by Warner Bros. and not NBC, so it will be available on HBO Max. This is true of many other properties that were produced by Warner Bros. but aired elsewhere. Except Murphy Brown. Because the music rights will possibly prevent Murphy Brown to ever stream, and let us all take a moment to mourn that.

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This week we talk will-they/won't-they couples on TV, and discuss how Bones executes its iconic central relationship. Other couples discussed are Jim/Pam, Ted/Robin, and Fleabag/Hot Priest. Apologies for our continued lack of access to better audio equipment. We are again living with our parents and slowly reverting back to a high-school existence. We are also joined again by friend-of-the-pod, Austin Letson.

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Austin Letson can be found on Twitter @austin_letson, and he will soon be live-tweeting an episode of Lie To Me (2009)

Happy (super belated) Holidays! This episode, in honor of the holiday spirit, we're watching S1E10, "The Man in the Fallout Shelter," a.k.a the one where Bones learns about the spirit of giving and we’re gifted vital exposition on things never mentioned after Season 1. Listen at your own risk: Ella and Niara kind of lose it in this episode. Chalk it up to being high on the spirit of Christmas (and Tylenol Severe Cold and Flu #sponcon)! P.S. This episode sounds like we recorded it on a Speak & Spell because we’re home for the holidays and our parents haven’t invested in recording studios yet. Contact us at [email protected] @bonescastpod on Instagram and Twitter

This week, we travel to glitzy Los Angeles! Bones and Booth take plastic surgery, the acting profession, and all of LA a little too seriously and the murder-solving profession not seriously enough. Niara’s missed this week but we’re instead joined by guest host and fellow recovering-boarding school grad, Austin Letson!

You can contact us at [email protected] or on Twitter and Instagram @bonescastpod.

Find Ella on Twitter (@elladoran98) and Instagram (@elladoran)

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Find guest host Austin Letson on Twitter (@austin_letson)

We're starting a short series of episodes following Bones and Booth on the road! It kicks off with “The Man in the Morgue” (S1 Ep 19) in which Bones goes to New Orleans and all she gets is amnesia.

Link to the Media Impact Project we talked about:

http://www.mediaimpactproject.org/are-you-what-you-watch.html

Contact us at [email protected] or on Twitter and Instagram @bonescastpod.

Ella's on Twitter (@elladoran98) and Instagram (@elladoran)

Niara is on Twitter and Instagram (@niararain)

We take the week off from Bones for a Very Good Cause: Dame Julie Andrews’ birthday! We're celebrating by discussing cinematic masterpiece The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. This movie occupied 99% of our thoughts in 2004 and our undying enthusiasm for it is infectious.

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