Bones and the Supernatural

[@thealrightoddity]

one thing i wished i mentioned just offhandedly is the guy who plays sweets, the psychologist in the show John Francis Daley wrote the Dungeons & Dragons movie that came out last year. what an icon

[@minirth.maggie]

Omg WHAT ❤

[@IwonaKlich]

And don't forget about the fact that Booth is just Angel, after chosing to being a human again :D It's alternative reality from Angel the Series :D

[@silas8772]

i described bones to my girlfriend as "it's a procedural crime drama that takes place in the real world, except ghosts are real, psychics are real, and Bones is empirically wrong about God and Heaven"

[@Su-mx7ix]

You have the perfect voice for a KZbinr. Love the calmness of your tone! Also loved Bones so much, this was such a great video 🥰 I hope you do more videos like this!

[@MeganRust-s5p]

A: This is a wonderful deep dive into this idea! B: The fork mic made my entire day

[@thealrightoddity]

A: thank you so much! B: i am glad people are liking the fork mic, it was a last-minute decision haha

[@sylvrstone]

my parents recently finished re-watching all of Bones. i don't remember how far i got back in the day. but it was fun. as far as police procedural go, i feel like it has aged better than most.

[@thealrightoddity]

i agree 100%! sure there are some rough spots (no show is perfect) but in comparison, i do think bones has definitely aged a bit better than most other crime procedurals from the 2000s/2010s.

[@alexleigh3030]

Chewing on bones tv they are all my blorbos actually. But my roommate and I frequently mention that ghosts are cannon on bones but also there’s always a “are ghosts/ supernatural really real???” In any ghostly or psychic episode. I also love that they mention the show sleepy hollow before the crossover which is just funny to think about

[@alexleigh3030]

ALSO I swear the security guard bones is friends w is also a ghost. In the episode where she sees the victim as herself in one of the middle/later seasons. Loved the video 😊

[@thealrightoddity]

ik!! it's funny to me that bones like. causally confirms ghosts exist yet most characters seem to be completely unaware of it. yes i think i forgot to mention in the vid that hodgins LITERALLY references sleepy hollow as a SHOW before the crossover haha

[@riaglitta]

@@alexleigh3030 Ohhh the Enrico cameo role! I so wish he'd been a recurring cameo :D

[@thectyptid00]

I loved Bones when I was an early teen and I had no memory of this show having so much supernatural stuff😭 It's both crazy and hilarious, considering that out of the big 3 of procedural dramas (Mentalist, Bones and Castle) I always saw Bones as the most scientific one

[@thealrightoddity]

yes!!! that's what i always found so fascinating about bones! this procedural drama based on science also had a hidden supernatural underbelly, and like very few people online were talking about it (that i could find haha)

[@mgraye8246]

As a buildabear employee and bones fan, seeing buildymothman sittin there the whole video made my day so much better. Glad to see him being your talented set assistant!

[@thealrightoddity]

yes! lil' mothman was being the BEST set assistant for this video haha

[@Shingetsunouta]

For what it’s worth, The Ghost In The Machine is shot like that because Fox occasionally mandates random things from its shows, like “This week everyone has a musical episode!” or “This week, everyone is filming first person!” House, MD had an episode about a guy with locked-in syndrome for the same week, iirc!

[@hazardsigns]

Bones is also my favourite procedural. I love how irreverent it is! The best part though is the characters and their collective chemistry with each other. No matter what's happening in the actual episode, I'm here for their dynamics together ❤

[@thealrightoddity]

oh, yeah!!! the writers really cooked with the chemistry and dynamics of the characters in this show!

[@reganlandau]

The algorithm nailed it by recommending your channel! Subscribed

[@thealrightoddity]

i'm glad you liked it! welcome :D

[@kaydengillum376]

I remember watching bones from the time I was 6 all the way to the end from cable to streaming with my mom. Watching it again today has some mixed feelings but I loved it so much

[@thealrightoddity]

i ALSO started watching bones when i was very young, and basically watched it with my mom until the very end! i find that watching bones with one's mom seems to be a bit of a common experience with bones haha. but yes, i definitely have some mixed feelings about the show/the genre of crime procedurals too

[@hollyburton6860]

Thank you for making this video, as a lifelong boneshead, it’s crazy how often the thought “yeah ghosts canonically exist and can speak through Cindy Lauper and can skateboard into the afterlife” crosses my mind.

[@seventeencaratdiamond]

I'm glad this was recommended to me. Love this show and the topic you chose to talk about.

[@clorissamorgan6642]

I DIDNT KNOW AVALON WAS PLAYED BY CYNDI LAUPER INCREDIBLE

[@thealrightoddity]

YEAH I REALLY WANNA KNOW HOW THEY GOT CYNDI LAUPER ON BONES IT'S SO OUT OF LEFT FIELD BUT WORKS SO WELL

[@Weird0W]

Bones is one of my comfort shows. Really enjoyed this and all your videos I've seen. Thank you!

[@thealrightoddity]

thank you! glad you liked it 💛

[@TheGabygael]

Ghost in the machine is by far my favorite episode of the show, and it's purely because of the way it was shot

[@thealrightoddity]

yes!! ghost in the machine is probably one of the few episodes of later seasons i would go back to rewatch, the showrunners really did something cool with that episode!

[@charismaticshere2405]

Mine too!

[@dezd4551]

I think it's interesting when you said the show is mostly agnostic, because I always felt the show, especially the later seasons, tended to be more religious, despite Brennan delivering the ultra rational explanations. That being said, the supernatural episodes are my favorites to rewatch. Edit: The joke for The Ghost in the Machine made me laugh hard enough to send me into a coughing fit, that was good.

[@thealrightoddity]

it's interesting to hear that! i think the reason i largely see the show as mostly agnostic is due to the fact i mainly watch episodes from the first five seasons AT MOST, and don't really delve into the later seasons, just because i don't particularly care for booth and brennan's romantic relationship, so i don't tend to pick up on the more religious undertones there. this project was actually the first time in a while i was watching episodes from later in the series since they'd probably started airing, but that's very interesting to note!!

[@dezd4551]

@@thealrightoddity I agree, the religious overtones definitely comes in after season 5ish. I'm also not really religious, so I may be more on the sensitive side to when I do see it and assume it's the whole show lol

[@darkfae420]

this was really well written, explained, and paced! can’t wait for more deep dives from you :)

[@thealrightoddity]

thank you! i'm glad you enjoyed it :D

[@BrielleHobbit]

this is so funny!! i was just talking to my friend about how i wish bones had done more with the ghosts, how i felt like bones also had a bit of "sight" with how she could "see" peoples faces in their bones! i also think bones and booth should have stayed friends!

[@thealrightoddity]

omg what a coincidence! that's so cool. and ooo yeah, bones and booth were at their peak when they weren't dating/married. idk maybe it's just the way i see things as an asexual person but their bond has always read as a platonic "i'd both die AND kill for you" sort of bond. i don't mind that they're together but their dynamic was better when they weren't married or dating, in my opinion!

[@BrielleHobbit]

@thealrightoddity i think I dislike it more for the fact that I loved their friendship and also the writers really changed bones' character (not for the better imo) I loved how she was a cool, savvy, independent autistic (coded) professional...and once they got together I feel like they lost the nuance and just turned her into robot wife? Sorry that was so long lol

[@alexa-tz1nu]

also when Brenan talks to her mother when she is in a coma I think

[@thealrightoddity]

omg i have a vague recollection of this but yes, that could also be another slightly supernatural moment!!

[@silas8772]

@@thealrightoddity More than slightly, her mom tells her something that nobody (certainly not Brennan) possibly could have known and heavily implies that she's in The Christian Heaven.

[@thealrightoddity]

omg wow yeah, i just looked up that episode!! i have no idea how i missed it with my research, but that definitely is a lot bigger than i remember. totally counts to confirming the existence of an afterlife, if not the christian heaven!

[@margiesmith5181]

One thing I started to notice in the last maybe 3 or 4 seasons of Bones is that the first suspect interrogated ends up being the perpetrator of the crime investigated. I don't think every episode was like that but I did catch a pattern. Anyone else notice that?

[@thealrightoddity]

i honestly haven't watched a lot of the later seasons (for the most part my re-watches are exclusively season 1-5) but i can definitely see that becoming a pattern. i guess with such a long-running show, it's bound to start to develop a slight pattern after a while

[@Classyelll]

I've always loved Bones and the ghost things were fascinating to me too! I feel like the way that they address it (agnostic is a great description btw) makes the world feel like it's on your side, even if you don't quite believe in the supernatural yourself. As a whole the show has this through line of connectedness that I think is what has made it something that draws you back into these characters again and again. This was a super fun watch and I'm always thrilled to find people who also love those little niches and remind me of things I'd forgotten I cared about 💛

[@katiekennedy8461]

This was so interesting!! I used to love the show and it was really interesting to see this deep dive. I never realized there were so many supernatural episodes. Great execution on a cool topic!

[@noootyourbae]

i am so happy people have been making videos about bones lately i love this show so much i fall asleep to that or desperate housewives on any given night of the week 😂 great video 🙌🏻🩷

[@natyc19]

Thank you for this. As someone who is in bed bc of a broke bone, it's the kind of content I love.

[@thealrightoddity]

aw sorry to hear about your broken bone!! hope it heals quickly for you. glad you liked the video!

[@laurel7735]

Subbed! Gonna go through your catalog soon. I look forward to hearing more from you!

[@thealrightoddity]

aww thanks! hope you enjoy the ride ;D

[@bjam89]

they also share universe with the finder and i would say his power seems not fully on the plane of natural so to speak, but that could be chalked up to tv magic

[@thealrightoddity]

yeah, i remember that crossover episode they had. i've never seen the actual finder show but it could definitely work as both TV magic and maybe not completely natural!

[@elizabrthd]

great video, Bones got me through some hard times few years ago and yeah whole supernatural sht there is weird sometimes but eMoTioNAl

[@thealrightoddity]

aw thanks!! and yeah some of their supernatural things are a little strange but they're also so fun to think about haha

[@upsetstudios1819]

Great video! I'm glad to find someone who also loves cheesy crime dramas. You really should give Castle a watch if you haven't

[@thealrightoddity]

thanks! and thank you for the reccomendation, i'll give castle a shot!

[@ChibiStar100]

Amazing video, what a pleasure to discover another great video essayist !! I used to watch Bones on TV aaalll the way back then and haven't had the opportunity to jump back in yet- This has been such a lovely reminder of what made this series great ! I can't wait to rewatch it and to watch all the videos of your channel, yay !!

[@thealrightoddity]

aww thank you!! i'm glad you enjoyed the video! hope you enjoy the other things i've made, too :)

[@Johncena-ue2mg]

I remember being maybe 6 going to my neighbors apartment and her introducing me to bones, I went almost everytime it aired until my neighbor and her daughter who was eighteen moved away around the time bones got pregnant.

[@theygamin]

I loving for the mic on the fork

[@thealrightoddity]

it was a random, last-minute decision, glad people seem to have been enjoying it haha :D

[@trisarathops]

I'm less than 5min in and I already know that this is gonna be so good. Subscribed ❤ Update: Yes, it was absolutely as awesome as I thought is was going to be 😍

[@thealrightoddity]

aww thanks!! glad you liked it :)

[@TracesOflnk]

I stopped watching Bones at some point because I think it aired at a bad time for me, but I have to say, incredible setup in this video. Yeah, yeah, people see ghosts sometimes and psychics know stuff, whatever... wait what? I am absolutely accepting this as canon from now on, thank you so much

[@roomtomush]

BEARS IN TREES ENJOYER ❣️❣️ I just started the video but got way too excited about your shirt!

[@thealrightoddity]

BEARS IN TREES!!!! 💛 💛 💛

[@roomtomush]

@@thealrightoddity ❣️ the video was great also btw!!

[@yamiangie]

I enjoy when Crime shows sometimes have episodes with ghosts and the Supernatural. I now get into fights with the Detective Conan fandom over it. So I'll join you on Sleepy Hollow takes place in the same universe as Bones.

[@MultiCP9]

I feel Ghost in the Machine is also a referance to an episode of MASH that was shot purely from the perspective of one of the patients.

[@PoppyFlower821]

Strongly disagree on them being better off platonic. I’m a sucker for everyone having their soulmate out there, everyone deserves to be loved in the way they need. ❤

[@jvoyles86]

One of the best shows ever. After Frasier of course.

[@HuntingViolets]

I thought this would be about the bizarre crossover between _Bones_ and _Sleepy Hollow,_ so I ended up skipping to that part. I thought this was bizarre at the time, and it also annoyed me because the wrong couple (for me) was being pushed as a couple. I agree Temperance and Booth should be platonic.

[@ixDanime123]

I want someone to do a video on the autistic coding on Bones sooooooo bad

[@razzuie]

I remember the short lived show “The Finder” which was a bit of a spinoff from Bones and took place in the same universe as Bones and had a definite metaphysical nature to it

[@ixDanime123]

@@razzuie yea they had a cross over episode! That was a fun one

[@YoSamdySam]

Wasn't it specifically mentioned in one episode? Maybe I made that up

[@Lucero.Sosart]

omg I love your voice ❤

[@sylvrstone]

[@Lucero.Sosart]

The X-Files is my comfort show, so… I don’t judge if this is yours 😊

[@mariebee4509]

The plastic fork mic 😗🤌

[@ReverseUnicorn]

You do realise this show crossed over with Sleep Hollow? So, not only does God Exist, but Brennan met thee Ichabod Crane, the one form the short story, who is one of the Biblical WItness's to the End Time. This means the Bones universe exist in a world with the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse.

[@claiternaiter446]

Yes, that was literally a whole section of the video.