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| Bones - Season 3 | 
 enlarge | Actors: David Boreanaz, Emily Deschanel
Studio: Fox / MGM
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 23
Format: Ac-3, Box Set, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Dvd-video, Subtitled, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Spanish (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Number Of Items: 5
Running Time: 655
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 1
UPC: 024543526025
EAN: 0024543526025
ASIN: B001992NWO
Release Date: November 18, 2008 (New: Today)
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 A shortened third season still packs chemistry and some shockers... June 14, 2008
98 out of 101 found this review helpful
**Plot SPOILERS alert**
BONES keeps on keeping on. Two excellent seasons under its belt, and a truncated Season 3 (damn you, writers' strike!) finally all wrapped up, and predictably, these are good episodes, as well. But only fifteen of them! As Season 3's first episode ("The Widow's Son in the Windshield") opens up, we learn that Bones has been reluctant to go in the field with Booth and she won't say why. However, a head flung off a bridge forces her to reconnect with Booth. This episode also begins a new serial killer arc, this one being particularly even more gristly and diabolical than most, and of which resolution later down the season would have tragic consequences.
Season 3 doles out several other subplots. As per the startling news learned at the altar from Season 2's finale, Angela is already married. An ongoing story arc becomes Hodgins and Angela's search for her long-time but vaguely remembered husband. "The Secret of the Soil" introduces Dr. Sweets, a 22 year old psychotherapist assigned to counsel Bones and Booth, this stemming from the FBI's concern due to Booth having arrested Bones' father. These sessions are generally funny stuff as, mostly, Booth can't help but treat Sweets like a kid. Plus, these scenes tend to open things up even more between Bones and Booth.
I've a couple of Season 3 favorites. "The Widow's Son in the Windshield" introduces the cannibalistic Gormogon killer, which would become a key ongoing story arc of the season. "Mummy in the Maze" is a very neat Halloween show, wherein Booth's shameful phobia is unveiled and Bones's costume is...simply awesome. "The Knight on the Grid" is a taut thriller as the Gormagon killer returns, this time with a personal vendetta against Bones and Booth. And "The Santa in the Slush" is a standout sentimental episode and provides one of the best moments in the series as Bones cuts a deal to have Christmas brought to her incarcerated father and brother. Cool ending, too. "The Baby in the Bough" has Bones forced to babysit an infant involved with a case (you see the potential, right?). Meanwhile, "The Wannabe in the Weeds" (in which Zach and Bones both sing) and "The Pain in the Heart" are striking for their ability to stun the audience, even if the latter episode definitely had a rushed feeling to it. I feel that the after-effects of "The Wannabe in the Weeds" should've been developed further in "The Pain in the Heart." In fact, "The Pain in the Heart" - which wraps up the Gormogon killer storyline and, by the way, will upset busloads of fans - could've really, really benefited by being a two-episode arc.
The cases are still bizarre and the corpses borderline grotesque. But the draw remains Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz, and that electric "thing" between them. These two still get aces in chemistry, and are still the smokingest hot couple on television. Emily Deschanel continues to nail her role of Temperance "Bones" Brennan. And while her character might've loosened up a little bit (not too much), there's still that endearing naivette and vulnerability which peek out occasionally. And, of course, her refreshing bluntness (some call it social awkwardness) has never left. Boreanaz, he's just a great leading man. Confident and charming, bristling with machismo, yet with a sensitive side. His unveiling of his Christmas present to Bones in "The Santa in the Slush" is one of the best, most touching scenes of the season.
Tack on the rest of the offbeat but familiar crew from the Jeffersonian Institution, and these folks continue to provide the best show in forensics crime-solving. All the ingredients to the series' success are on display for Season 3 - the boosts of levity, the whiffs of romance, the chilling mysteries, and the ongoing character developments. BONES just keeps on keeping on.
 Okay season topped with a very disappointing finale... June 28, 2008
12 out of 33 found this review helpful
Season 3 is easily this show's weakest season...and the writer's strike is no excuse for it if you ask me, considering all my other favorite shows that were affected by the strike still managed to complete their seasons with little to no problems whatsoever. Each of them at the same top quality as before, the writing and storylines never seemed to suffer, whereas Bones dropped in quality severely.
We get plenty of Bones/Booth fluff, which I love, but all the other characters get shafted in favor of it. The cases are, as usual for the show, often predictable and unbelievable, but the character interactions (even though Angela, Hodgins, Zack, and Cam don't get that much screen time in comparison to Booth/Bones) make up for it.
The season finale was a slap in the face to many fans (myself included), and I have very seriously considered dumping the show because of it.
It was sloppy, made no sense in the end, and seemed to simply be pulled out of the writer's rear ends rather than carefully plotted out. I spent the final 15 minutes of the episode shaking my head in disbelief and fury as it all played out on my TV screen, and was fuming over what happened for a good week or two after the episode aired.
I'm still furious over the finale as I type up this review.
However, my curiosity for how the shocking finale will be addressed in season 4 (as well as my love for the characters) is persuading me to try and give the new season a try when it premiers in August (as is rumored). But I'm not holding my breath; since it's clear to me that the writers don't really give a hoot.
If you haven't seen the season yet, then be prepared for disappointment and anger to engulf you by the end of your DVD viewing.
Product Summary August 18, 2008
12 out of 13 found this review helpful
Disc 1:
The Widow's Son in the Windshield
Soccer Mom in the Mini-Van
Death in the Saddle
Bonus Material
Directors Take:
The Vault
Making of the Body
Car Crash - Exploding Van
Squints
The Angelator
Gag Reel
Disc 2:
The Secret in the Soil
Mummy in the Maze
Intern in the Incinerator
Boy in the Time Capsule
Bonus Material
The Knight on the Grid - Extended Episode
The Santa in the Slush - Extended Kiss Scene
Player Under Pressure Original Version
Disc 3:
The Knight on the Grid
The Santa in the Slush
The Man in the Mud
Player Under Pressure
Bonus Material
The Baby in the Bough - Extended Episode
Disc 4:
The Baby in the Bough
The Verdict in the Story
The Wannabe in the Weeds
The Pain in the Heart
Disc 5:
Bonus Season 4 Episodes:
The Yanks in the UK, Part One
The Yanks in the UK, Part Two
The Man in the Outhouse
The Finger in the Nest
Bones deviates from the quantifiable morphological norm May 2, 2008
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
What CSI tries to do with unreal science, Bones does right. Every word is pronounced correctly (!) a biggie for us physicians - they push the science, but believably so - 87 complex murders in Vegas per year? No way-50-60 per year under FBI special unit, sure - with the budget to do it. The characters have geek chemistry, and I'm so happy David Boreanaz is bopping w/o Buffy -was afriad he'd die, and he's too good. If you're uneducated, it will lose you - if you want to learn, or already know science, it's a thrill - hot chicks, cool cops, nerdy geeks all together.
Still a very good show, but.. April 18, 2008
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Don't get me wrong, Bones continues to be a family favorite at our house, but the new plotline about the therapist for Brennan and Boothe just doesn't quite work, and some of the momentum seems to have died with the writers strike this year, now that the show s going again, it doesn't sound like we are going to get a full season out of any show, but at my house we are hoping that our favorites like Bones are exceptions to that.
When you have a favorite like Bones, and you want the DVD set, you want a whole season! If that doesn't happen I guess I will download all of these episodes, since they can be stored in the Amazon digital locker, to avoid crowding my Tivo.
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