I sincerely doubt they're not going to develop/dwell on it - one of the things about this episode that felt very odd to me is that there was no follow-up on Bones shooting Pam Noonan, which in the usual scheme of things would have merited a scene or two of discussion. Zach leaving for the reasons he did is _huge_ - look how much of the first ep was about Bones's unwillingness to replace him - and the emotional continuity is a big part of this show. It'll be there.
Hey, if nothing else, the new Squint is going to have "Did you know the last person to have this job turned into a serial killer's assistant?"anxiety. :P
I really do feel with this ep that it was like three or four eps - the fake funeral/follow-up to Booth nearly dying would normally be a whole ep, the finding the bones in limbo thing feels like the subplot to another, and then the explosion/revelation of Zach a third. I think they really did just take their outlines for the rest of the season and compress them down, which, while it got some good stuff in, had its problems. For instance, they normally would have had time for another five minutes or so of emotional run-down at the end.
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Date: 2008-05-21 12:08 am (UTC)Hey, if nothing else, the new Squint is going to have "Did you know the last person to have this job turned into a serial killer's assistant?"anxiety. :P
I really do feel with this ep that it was like three or four eps - the fake funeral/follow-up to Booth nearly dying would normally be a whole ep, the finding the bones in limbo thing feels like the subplot to another, and then the explosion/revelation of Zach a third. I think they really did just take their outlines for the rest of the season and compress them down, which, while it got some good stuff in, had its problems. For instance, they normally would have had time for another five minutes or so of emotional run-down at the end.