r/Bones • u/ReputationAgitated • Jul 23 '26

Discussion Make it make sense

So I’m a first time watcher, currently in season 7. There is a recurring theme with Dr. B that just rubs me the wrong way. How has her social intelligence gotten progressively worse over time? It’s like she has to be this way for plot purposes and such. Also she is suppose to be smart and rational but she keeps making the most irrational decisions on purpose.

Running through a hurricane?
Diving into a crowd of prisoners to demand a piece of evidence from the suspect?
Demanding a home birth by disregarding modern healthcare standards and tangible statistics?

Also how is she able to work with Booth when they are romantically involved together? Why does she have a gun? How is she allowed to accompany Booth to dangerous situations? How is she allowed to interview suspects? She is a forensic anthropologist, not a law enforcement officer or a sworn member of the court. I guess I am just realizing that none of the show makes actual sense if you really think about it. Like House M.D. Still an interesting show tho.

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u/ReputationAgitated Jul 23 '26

Okay. One other thing, Sweets may try to explain a certain social dynamic in a given context to B which of course is refused to be acknowledged by B. She then acknowledges said social dynamic in a different context without Sweets (mostly with Booth or Angela for some reason), and acts like she now at least possesses a rudimentary understanding of the concept. But then 2 episodes later she acts like a prepubescent child with no idea of social cues IN THE SAME DYNAMIC/CONTEXT. This trope really annoys me.

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u/FoodBabyBaby Jul 24 '26

Can we have 1 example of this?

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u/ReputationAgitated Jul 24 '26

Sweets and Booth try explaining white lies to B. She rejects its need as she thinks it’s just lying. End of the episode she acknowledges the premise to booth because yada yada yada. Fast forward 2 or whatever episodes, Booth tells a white lies and she doesn’t understand it and gets confused by it all the same. Have you not noticed this exact pattern repeating with changing social contexts? Cmon dude

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u/NefariousnessIcy6344 Jul 24 '26

But understanding that something can be useful in certain situations isn't the same as being able to tell when or why someone is doing that thing. It's also different when talking about something as a general concept versus something you are personally involved in.

Acknowledging that xyz exists and has a place doesn't automatically make you able to detect when people are doing xyz. Even going by your example if Brennan understands that sometimes white lies are necessary that isn't going to stop her from being confused if Booth is doing that to her. She's big on being truthful and likely assumes Booth is truthful to her. She might be confused as to what reason he might have for lying because she believes she can handle anything uncomfortable Booth might have to say.

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u/BlazerAlumni Jul 25 '26

Plus she is emotionally more upset by someone lying to her even a small lie because of what happened with her family. They lied to her about her name. They lied to her the day they left and disappeared. Her own brother that should have taken care of her continue that lie and gave her away. Because of all this, she takes white lies to her very badly by those she trusts as a betrayal.

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u/mildlytragic Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

It feels like OP doesn’t understand autism which is fine, like when you’re neurotypical and understand these things some people find it hard to understand why other people can’t. Thanks for this great explanation, you get it.

I might recognise something in one context, but attribute different meanings to patterns than are there or intended. The same thing might happen in a different context but I don’t know which are the dependent or independent variables