KeithUrbanfan

I never noticed that about the lobster dinner

FoxPhile

Funny - because that lobster dinner is the one thing I noticed - and wondered about - the very first time I watched the pilot.

I think I actually discussed that before and came to the conclusion that Jane is apparently pretty well off, and maybe to appease Lisbon, he treated the team to an upscale experience.

KeithUrbanfan

That makes sense spoiling under the guise of the team

FoxPhile

It's interesting how they set up the Rigsby/Van Pelt romance right from the start.

KeithUrbanfan

Yeah and the frog

FoxPhile

I can see that the frog would give people the impression right away that Jane was sweet on Lisbon.

KeithUrbanfan

That hooked me I mean here's this guy who is so drenched in guilt and revenge that he knew he messed up and wanted to make her smile

FoxPhile

I know. It was a great way to show that, despite what he went through, he could still want to make someone smile. It also makes the following scene so much more poignant - where he goes home and sits under the Red John sign.

KeithUrbanfan

My point exactly that's why his happy ending was so profound

FoxPhile

I should watch the Pilot and then immediately watch White Orchids - just to see the contrast.

KeithUrbanfan

Another thing I loved is this goes for both seabones and jisbon for people who had no faith to find faith in someone was awesome

FoxPhile

I never thought about that - but that is another good parallel between Bones and The Mentalist.

KeithUrbanfan

It was the good girl that made the bad boy a knight in shining armor

FoxPhile

Would you consider Bones a "good girl"? Or is it more the opposite - the good boy made the bad girl a princess?

KeithUrbanfan

The opposite