Quoting #3

“The great moments of your life won’t necessarily be the things you do. They’ll also be the things that happen to you. No, I’m not saying you can’t take action to affect the outcome of your life. You have to take action. And you will. But never forget that on any day, you could step out the front door and your whole life can change forever.

You see, the universe has a plan, kids. And that plan is always in motion. A butterfly flaps its wings and it starts to rain. It’s a scary thought, but it’s also kind of wonderful. All these little parts of the machine constantly working, making sure that you end up exactly where you’re supposed to be, exactly when you’re supposed to be there. The right place, at the right time.”

- Ted Mosby from How I Met Your Mother
Season 4 Episode 22: Right Place Right Time

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David Cook is the winner! OMG he’s so hot I can’t help myself……

Please meet…

…Detective Charlie Crews (Damian Lewis) from Life, the new number 1 on my detective hunk list. Call me a geek, but yes, I do have a list.

The old number 1 was FBI Agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) from The X Files. FBI Agent Don Eppes (Rob Morrow) from Numb3rs were almost there, but he’s too ’sexy’ for a detective. FBI Agent Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) from Bones were climbing up but he grins a lot, so he fell down a few notches.

This one, Charlie Crews, is cute, a bit disconnected from his surroundings, and has a creepy-freaky quality which makes him interesting yet adorable to watch. Can’t wait to see Life tomorrow! Yay!

I’m addicted to Bones…

This can be good or not so good. Good because finally I have something to distract me from my undergraduate thesis. And not good because now I’m too occupied by this series to work on my thesis.

Bones reminds me of The X-Files for those FBI & forensic things, but this one’s lighter & more enjoyable than the former, and fortunately no little green or gray men in flying saucers. Stories center on a forensic anthropologist at The Jeffersonian Institute named Dr. Temperance ‘Bones’ Brennan (I know something’s wrong with that name.. Temperance.. so weird…) that later discovered that she’s a daughter of a fugitive couple (oops.. spoiler for you who haven’t watched season 1 finale). She works with an FBI agent, Seeley Booth, to solve cases involving unidentified corpse and bones. Together with them, there are 3 other ‘squints’ in the team: Hodgins, the bugs & slime guy; Zack, Brennan’s grad student; & Angela, the 3D reconstructions artist. Above them, a superior in The Jeffersonian Institute: Dr. Goodman in first season, then Dr. Camille Saroyan in second season that ‘happened’ to be Booth’s ex back in NY (huh.. so cliché…).

They work together to provide forensic evidence to various murder cases. Booth & Brennan find corpses or bones. Brennan & Zack work on the dental records & the cause of death by bones’ condition. Hodgins examine the bugs & dirts contained in the corpse or bones, usually related to a crime scene. Angela works facial reconstructions & murder scenarios in 3D. I haven’t seen the whole first season so I don’t know what exactly Goodman do, but Cam Saroyan usually do anything related to full autopsy, flesh, DNA, & finger prints.

As you expect, there’s some kind of ‘tensions’ (romance tensions, to be exact) between Brennan & Booth. But still early to jump to conclusions (Brennan’s punch line: “don’t jump to conclusions”). But I think, they better off to be just partners. They’re cute as partners. You know, like boy-girl-best-friend relationship you had in high school. But for those who like on-screen-romance you’ll get Hodgins-Angela in season 2, which is also cute.

I think I like the series because the mix of crime, science, romance, witty dialogs, a little suspense, unique characters, silly-anti-social geeks and interesting puzzle in each episode. Of course, there are episodes that too far from reality or too boring but there are best episodes as well. My favorite is The Aliens In The Spaceship in season 2.

In the end, it’s always up to your taste. But I can recommend this series for FBI & crime stories’ fans out there.

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