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When Bones last left off, we found out that Hodgins (TJ Thyne) was paralyzed from the waist down after an explosion. Tonight at 8p, the Fox procedural is back and we find out how he is doing.
The episode starts off 8 weeks later and he is finally being released from the hospital. Even though the doctors told him to take it easy, his first stop is the Jeffersonian. As soon as he gets there, they are working on a case and he insists on helping out. He might think he is ready, but Angela (Michaela Conlin) doesn’t. She believes in following the doctors orders and this causes tension between them.
In fact, he is not the same guy he was before the explosion and everyone feels like they are walking on egg shells around him. How will he handle his new limitations on the job? How will everyone handle working in the tense environment with him? Can Angela and his marriage survive his understandable frustration? Do you have enough tissues to get through the episodes?
The last question is most important for you because you are going to need them. Bones is back in a powerful way and the actors and the writers are really delivering. They could’ve just had Hodgins come back to work in a wheelchair and have everything be OK, but they are not doing that. They are showing the emotional toll it takes on everyone when someone is suddenly left paralyzed. This episode is sad, but next week’s is a real tear jerker. Ones you don’t want to miss.
