Bones: Season 5

While Season Five of the fabulous Forensic Crime Comedy/Drama, "Bones" doesn't offer a unique 'forties'-style film noir finale (the Season Four final episode was in a brilliant class by itself), in many ways, Season Five has been the most enjoyable, entertaining season, yet, and I can offer five GREAT reasons why you need it in your DVD library!1. The Plotlines: Psychics, mysterious couriers, prodigies, neighborhood wars, chicken-men, dwarf wrestlers...victims, suspects, and witnesses seldom get more fascinating than on "Bones", and this only covers the first half-dozen episodes of the season! Motives are frequently unexpected, even weapons can be surprising! Superior writing has always set this show apart, and this season is no exception...from an Egyptian Pharaoh, to an alien (the flying saucer kind), to yet another dead Santa, to a JFK autopsy, there's never a dull corpse for the Bones team!2. The Chemistry: It's easy to take it for granted that a beautiful girl and hunky guy starring in a long-running series will be bedmates after a season or two (many shows even advertise the sex more than the storylines), but "Bones" creator, Hart Hanson, knows that the electricity between Brennan and Booth works best because their attraction is (as yet) unfulfilled. It gives their friendship a wry humor and wisdom much more mature than most TV couples share. But if you want more sexuality, "Bones" Season Five has it, too, with the frequently carniverous relationship between intern Daisy, and shrink, Sweets, and, my favorite couple, artist Angela, and bug-guy, Hodgins (which takes a FABULOUS turn in Season Five, that had me cheering!) And for balance, there is beautiful Cam, dealing with motherhood issues with a strong-willed teen, and sarcastic, wise Caroline, who sees and understands EVERYTHING, and impatiently waits for everybody else to catch up! Add Booth's matchmaking grandpa, an appearance by Brennan's ex-con dad, and the other terrific rotating interns to the mix (Wendall even has a fling with Angela!), and this is a recipe that can't be beat...3. The Humor: Every episode has at least one very funny subplot, as well as the constant stream of one-liners; among my Season Five favorites are Booth beating up the midget wrestler in the ring (while being booed!), Brennan's High School reunion (a near-parody of every high school slasher film), with guest star 'Freddy Kruger', himself, Robert Englund, a very amusing flashback of the very first case of Booth and the 'Squints' (with the welcome return of Eric Millegan as Zack Addy), and another episode with a very funny subplot of the guys waiting in line for tickets to "Avatar" (even funnier because Joel Moore, playing intern Colin Fisher, is actually in the film!)...4. Returning Villains: One of the BEST series' villains, the Gravedigger, returns (and in a logical context, at the trial), in one of the scariest episodes of the entire series...I was actually shook, watching it, expecting something horrible as a resolution! Bravo!5. The Season Finale: Beautiful and bittersweet, with so many loose ends tied up that many series' fans were actually afraid that the series itself was ending! Will Cam be left alone, as everyone ponders leaving the Jeffersonian to fulfill their own dreams? I loved it!Season Five is simply awesome! Don't wait five more minutes, buy it! :)

This is not a review on the dvd as it doesn't come out until Oct. I got my husband hooked as we watched all Bones dvd series and hated when season 4 ended. i had watched most on tv except some years they kept moving it around and I lost track of when it was on. that said i could watch episodes over and over. Season 5, I watched all episodes on tv. This is mostly comments on the Booth and Bones relationship. All the episodes before the big break were excellent and satisfying. David especially has absolutely portrayed spot on Booth's love for Temperance. (have loved David B. since Angel--he has grown so much as an actor). All these episodes built up to the fact that Booth and Bones were in love. Booth knew it. It was a relief when Sweets had Booth admit it. On the other hand, Bones was given subtle hints and you thought she was going to "get" it. The episode with Ralph Waite as Booth's grandfather was very touching and enjoyable. Now after the break, the first episode after was so boring I thought they lost the momentum built up before the break (sorry dont know the name) and the episode telling how they first met---i thought it was bs. it was done to show booth and bones were attracted to each other at the beginning--- that's not what i remember from season 1. I personally did not like it-- too exaggerated and extreme -- esp Angela.s character. But thankfully after that the rest of the episodes were excellent. Except for one thing-----Tempe should have said more to Booth about her feelings. I agree with one poster who said this is wearing thin. You have to get the characters together and use your writing skill to keep the show as good as it is now. You can't keep going with their friendship knowing that Booth is so in love with Tempe and she is too afraid to have that even though we all know she loves him. It won't work. I hope season 6 recognizes this.I too find Daisy annoying--do not know why Sweets and Daisy getting engaged was a big deal. it wasn't.I too want Zach back. He was part of that team. And I'm glad they brought back Ryan O'Neal as Tempe's dad for a few episodes---love that character.

A great season. 22 intriguing cases - forensic procedures continuing to fascinate, a charismatic cast, sparkling scripts heavily laced with humour rendering more palatable the gore.Deliberately designed to shock, the opening "puke time" sequences include cats gorging on a corpse, human remains under a barbecued pig, a disintegrating body whirling in an industrial washing machine. In a Christmas special Santa explodes - gobbets of flesh hurtling in all directions, an eyeball heading straight for the camera. Much work lies ahead for the world's leading forensic laboratory!David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel still shine as Booth and Brennan - he almost recovered from his brain tumour operation; she unswervingly methodical, people skills limited to those that are dead. (At High School she was known as "the creepy girl". When asked about her feelings for Booth, she concedes "the symmetry is pleasing".) They remain one of television's most inspired and unlikely partnerships.Highlights are many. Ep.3 - How can a person with all the attributes of one raised in the 1800's have died just two months ago? (The answer is greatly moving.) Ep.11 - The corpse an alien? (Amusing digs at "The X Files".) Ep.12 - Just whose bones are those necessitating armed guards and a laboratory shutdown? Ep.15 - Earth tremors provoke possible life-changing decisions for psychologist Sweet. Most chilling? Ep.21 - Trial of the psychopath who nearly killed three of the team, two still having nightmares after being buried alive.David Boreanaz directs Ep.16, the show's 100th - a flashback to when Booth and Brennan met (and a welcome chance to see again the ill-fated Zach).Incidental pleasures? Stephen Fry, his psychiatrist character now a chef. Ralph Waite guesting as Booth's grandfather (a blast from the past for fans of "The Waltons"). Oh, and watch out for what Brennan does to the judge who annoys her!All the way through, there is much to enjoy. A series cannot run for ever. Too many linger - with diminishing returns. It heartens to see BONES still going strong - in itself a tribute to the talents involved.

Could not fault price or quality from the seller.

Saving this for a rainy day or 2, but know we'll love it! Can't wait to see what has happened to our favourite characters.It's the build up of the inter-action between the characters that keeps me watching, the humour, the pathos and the indignation at times....how life treats them. I've kept series 1 to 4,and have watched 2or more times....will do with this one too. The technology is fascinating . When's it going to rain???

This the last series I'll buy. Season 4 started to loose the plot and this has continued with 'silly' characterisation and poorly thought through storylines. It's as if the writers simply think of how to find a gooey cadaver in the most unlikely places and construct a bulk standard storyline around it. Shame, series 2/3 was getting good.

I love this programme and when i was falling behind with the show on T.V i bought the box set to catch up - i havent missed an episode and i hope there are many more to comeDelivery was super fast as always and all the dvd's were in good condition still in the wrappingWill be buying future series