jim-p t1_it9a29a wrote on October 21, 2022 at 9:36 PM

I watched the whole run when it aired originally and I'm actually also a few seasons into a rewatch now. I can see a few things hitting people the wrong way, such as:

When >!Zach!< turned out to be an apprentice of >!Gormagon!< but then they walked it back but not in a way that allowed him to return.
The whole >!Gormagon!< plot entirely, for that matter
When they killed off >!Sweets!<
When they killed off >!Vincent Nigel Murray!<
The whole >!Pelant!< plot
The problematic treatment of >!Dr. Haru Tanaka!< who was >!androgynous!< getting turned into a guessing game/joke
The hallucination/dream sequence/alternate reality episodes
Several episodes wouldn't have had much plot if they followed basic procedures they used to regularly call out early on, like using proper PPE for what they're doing.

Probably more I'm forgetting

Bobby_Marks2 t1_ita530e wrote on October 22, 2022 at 1:39 AM

I for one loved that first bullet point of yours. An actor needs to be written out of a show, and instead of killing him off or having him retire they do something interesting with him. They left the door open to him coming back (in case Eric's mental health ever allowed for it), but it was out of their hands.

It's fun going back to the show, because it's so god awful compared to the kinds of content we get today. Today, a new Bones show would be six $40m/each episodes that glorified serial killers rather than forensic minds.

jim-p t1_ita77su wrote on October 22, 2022 at 1:56 AM

I get it, the things I listed weren't necessarily all good or bad but points at which I could see some people checking out or writing the show off. More "contoversial" events rather than things I, personally, didn't like.