Charting the Course of B&B : How It Began
For nobody's sake but mine, I have decided to chart out the progress of the B&B relationship through the seasons.
Seasons 1 to 3: Keyword - 'Trust'
The foundational seasons, where the ever simmering physical attraction kept smashing up against the wall of 'I just don't understand this guy/girl'. But more importantly, the seasons where both of them, much to their shock, find that their partnership bears immediate fruit. And that the walls they keep around everyone else somehow don't seem to hold up in front of each other.
The graph below charts their attraction and trust levels over the 3 seasons through pivotal points where their partnership either grew or retreated significantly. It's my opinion that fledgling romantic feelings were present during this phase, but neither of them were aware of it.
S1 - Point 1: "I knew you wouldn't make me a liar" (S1E5)
S1 - Point 2: Rescue from Kenton/"Why are you so nice to me?" (S1E15/E19)
S1 - Point 3: "With each shot we all die a little bit, Bones"/"I know who you are" (S1E21/E22)
S2 - Point 1: "Tony and Roxie" (S2E8)
S2 - Point 2: "I knew you wouldn't give up" (S2E9)
S2 - Point 3: "Everything happens eventually"/Rescue from Gallagher (S2E16/E18)
S2 - Point 4: Zack leaves for the Army/Max gets arrested/Aborted Hodgela wedding (S2E21)
S3 - Point 1: "Making love vs crappy sex" (S3E3)
S3 - Point 2: Smurfette/"I love my gift Booth"/"You are a fully developed man" (S3E7/E9/E11)
S3 - Point 3: Baby Andy/Max's trial/Checkerbox pre-shooting (S3E12/E13/E14)
S3 - Point 4: Booth's 'death'/Zack as Gormogon apprentice (S3E15)
Season 4: Keyword - 'Emotional Intimacy'
This where things start getting COMPLICATED. They start off rough, with Brennan having her walls up again after the deception of Booth's death. But when the last of the walls fall by the end of Con Man in the Meth Lab, the emotional enmeshment is cemented. The UST is also off the charts.
By the time this season ends, the trust between them has reached it's zenith. The attraction has never wavered, but this season is where the romantic feelings start to make their presence seriously felt. It's quite obvious that Dr. Wyatt was referring to Brennan when he posited that one of them was clearly aware of their feelings and struggled with it daily. Booth was deeper in denial even though he had brought Brennan completely into his life, his family and his history. Writing the story at Booth's bedside was Brennan's way of coping with the strength of her feelings which she didn't have the courage to examine or name. Perhaps she felt that putting a label to how she felt for Booth in a fictional world would exorcise the turmoil in the real world. Perhaps it was the only way she had to admit to herself.
Ep 3: "There's someone for everyone, Bones, you just have to be open to see it."/"What's wrong with a surrogate relationship?"
Ep. 5: "You know the reviews to my books Booth, but do you read them?" "Every single word."
Ep. 9: "My father drank."
Ep. 11: 'Look at my little boy there, with your dad."
Ep. 14: Gravedigger rescue. Needs no explanation.
Ep. 21: Sharing of metaphorical scars, adopting their baby duck. There is no going back for either of them now.
Ep. 25: Brennan's baby, Booth's sperm. "Something is wrong Booth, trust me!"
Ep. 26: "You love someone, you open yourself up to suffering, that's the sad truth. Maybe they'll break your heart, maybe you'll break their heart and never be able to look at yourself in the same way. Those are the risks. That's the burden."
Season 5: Keyword - 'Devotion'
Season 6: Keyword - 'Inner Demons'
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