Fabulous show, that captured my attention right from the first episode. I love that they managed to make characters that has an emotional journey true out the whole show.

Tamara Taylor accounts for half the points I give this show. She is gorgeous and the only reason I made it through all 12 seasons. Bones has some great guest stars, fabulous eye candy AND some experimental humor sure to tickle your ... fancy. However, this mostly irritates or bores. Maybe I'll get a Cam hankering every 7 - 10 years but it seems more likely that I will not want to re-watch this.

Main problem in the later seasons is the inconsistencies in the writing of Brennan. The story they are supposedly "telling" on screen doesn't match the character they are showing on screen. They have regressed this poor character to the point that she's almost become a caricature of her former self. Her speech pattern has become so terse and stiff that's it's hard not to see the character as one dimensional even though the script is telling us she has evolved and faced many changes over the years. It's inexplicable how stiff the mannerisms have become and how mechanical and one note the dialogue has become for her. It doesn't make sense for Brennan to be so stiff with people she has worked with for YEARS. She has gone through many tragedies and triumphs with Angela, Hodgins, Cam, Wendell etc. I can understand her being stern with a "new" intern but why would she be so detached and stilted around people she supposedly loves and has worked with for YEARS. She seemed to have MORE of a comfort level with them years ago than she does now! I miss the brilliant Brennan of earlier seasons who was arrogant and socially inept yes, but also SPUNKY and full of life. She had a zest for life and had a zest for Booth. Now she has no zest and has been reduced to mostly nothing but repetitive scenes of mechanical dialogue with interns and sprouting off meaningless scientific facts in a detached monotone voice. They throw in a few "mommy" scenes here and there and I guess that makes them think that they are making her seem to have more depth. Um...No. Just No. She still has chemistry with Booth (thankfully) but they get little screen time together and virtually no intimate scenes (another problem that's also very unfortunate). I don't understand the writer's difficultly in writing for her especially when they have done such a WONDERFUL job writing for Cam and Angela over the years. Both woman have evolved beautifully but yet still kept the core of their characters intact. They are not written as over exaggerated caricatures! Wish the writers would start showing the same respect for Brennan.

I have followed this series for the past 10 seasons and it has been entertaining, thrilling and some times really gross to watch, there have been good and bad times, but after ten seasons it is the same type of story from episode to episode. They still have new murders and new life changing situations, very common stuff like the rest of us and very strange stuff like no other. David Boreanaz and Emily Deschanel have been an interesting couple to follow both before and after they became a couple in the series and they have both evolved, so has all the people around them, so it might be a good time for the series to end.There are plenty of good things to say about this series, they started of as a new twist to the CSI series, but in a more traditional partner up situation and they have really created some fascinating scenarios, some interesting characters and a lot of entertainment and fun a long the way.They are not closing it all off and there are speculations for Dr. B to come back to the next season, but honestly I do not think there is more new different stories to tell, they have shown so much and have had a lot of fun, it is time to end the series, because I do not think it will work without the main couple and I do not think they can make it interesting again. It is sad, but ever since they killed of Sweets it hasn't been the same, the introduction of James Aubrey was really good, but I guess it is time for all the squints to move on and for the couples Angela & Jack, Camille & Arastoo to do what they need to do.