When I see the name House of Bones, what comes to mind is an anthology show of medical horror stories hosted by Leonard McCoy...
Interesting article on the renewal of House AND Bones
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I'd say more. Bones is in the same category as CSI and NCIS: it really has no expiry date, so long as certain key cast members remain with it. NCIS will be fine as long as the current core cast does not change substantially (or, in my mother's opinion, at all: she's addicted to it but has already stated she'll stop watching the moment any of the main cast leave). CSI managed to survive without Grissom, but they had to bring back Sara to do so. CSI: Miami though falls into the abyss the moment David Caruso decides to retire the sunglasses.
In a similar fashion, Bones can continue for years so long as Emily and David remain on the show (well, Emily obviously since she plays the title character). Likewise, as long as Hugh Laurie wants to keep doing it, I don't see any reason for House to end anytime soon, ratings notwithstanding.
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I could give a damn about "Bones", but I'm still digging "House", so I wouldn't say more to two seasons to round things out. It would be a shame if Robert Sean Leonard left though.
They'll be back at any rate. This does indeed have echos of that nonsense with "The Simpsons".
They'll be back at any rate. This does indeed have echos of that nonsense with "The Simpsons".
I don't remember things being that complicated. If that's the case, then I stand corrected.
I don't remember him being similar to House as a defining characteristic. He struck me as someone, who due to age and life experience, could serve as a friend and be there for some good calm advice.
They could ditch her and hire a new guy to play St-John Bones, her long-lost brother.
It wouldn't be the first time a series continued after its title ceased to apply. In Blake's 7, Blake left the show halfway through its run. The last season of Laverne and Shirley lacked Shirley, and the last season of Welcome Back, Kotter lost Mr. Kotter (though Mrs. Kotter was still there). In movies, the classic examples are The Thin Man and The Pink Panther.
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ArtifactTitle
It seems to me that it would make perfect sense for a show about forensic anthropology to be called Bones even if it ceased to be the nickname of a specific character.
I really need to get better at remembering that any time I click on a TV Tropes link is an hour lost...
I didn't even know until now that the lead character was nicknamed "Bones" or that the show's title was partly in reference to that. I thought the title came exclusively from the characters' work with actual bones.
Yeah, no kidding. One interesting article leads to another...I really need to get better at remembering that any time I click on a TV Tropes link is an hour lost...
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Only an hour lost? You have better self-control than I do... 
And AR07, your first quote should be attributed to 23skidoo, not me.
And AR07, your first quote should be attributed to 23skidoo, not me.
Please let it be Barry Van Dyke! Please let it be Barry Van Dyke!
It's not really all that complicated.
He's not "similar to House", it's that "he came to the same conclusions as House".
House needs people that come to different conclusions than he does, otherwise that person is just redundant.
I don't remember every detail of the episode or his being let go, so what you guys are saying about how everything went down is less straightforward than I remember.
But he'd still work as a friend the way Wilson did. I wasn't thinking of him as being on House's team.
No, not the way Wilson does. There wouldn't be as deep a level of affection.
Actually I was thinking more of the time House was in a coma with deadAmber! saying he didn't want to come out of it because he didn't want to be miserable and in pain and he was afraid Wilson was going to hate him. 
I don't imagine Wilson would like the facial scruff getting up his nose.
I don't imagine Wilson would like the facial scruff getting up his nose.
Eh, the House/Wilson Ho!Yay is pretty big part of some aspects of the show's fandom.
Oh, I know. They can be quite amusing. I wasn't speaking of that, though. I was speaking of the honest to goodness, mushy but endearing (and platonic) bromance House and Wilson have got going on. The sawing through the cane and putting hands in pans of warm water moments are just as priceless as confessing to dead girlfriends whilst in a coma that you're afraid he'll hate you moments. Leonard and Laurie have got fantastic chemistry. I don't think that can be replaced in any sort of satisfactory way. Certainly not by Thirteen. Yes, she's pretty, but she's no Wilson.
Dorian's second favorite House/Wilson moment.
http://youtu.be/dzgTjAhmcig
They can be quite amusing. I wasn't speaking of that, though. I was speaking of the honest to goodness, mushy but endearing (and platonic) bromance House and Wilson have got going on. The sawing through the cane and putting hands in pans of warm water moments are just as priceless as confessing to dead girlfriends whilst in a coma that you're afraid he'll hate you moments. Leonard and Laurie have got fantastic chemistry. I don't think that can be replaced in any sort of satisfactory way. Certainly not by Thirteen. Yes, she's pretty, but she's no Wilson.Dorian's second favorite House/Wilson moment.
http://youtu.be/dzgTjAhmcig
I can't imagine any agent with their salt would allow a client to sign such a contract. That's not a great contract. The biggest leverage a lead actor has on a hit show is the time limit.
Turns out we might have some episodes without Bones in them anyways....
http://www.tvline.com/2011/04/bones-emily-deschanel-pregnancy-curtailed-season-7/
http://www.tvline.com/2011/04/bones-emily-deschanel-pregnancy-curtailed-season-7/
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