Ask Matt: November 21

Question: Last week there were some comments about The Big Bang Theory and the women having the spotlight now and again. I love it. Penny was terrific, but since the addition of Bernadette and Amy, it is three times better. The guys are funny by themselves and so are the women... maybe more so because they are all so different and yet they get along and are hysterical together. I think the show has only gotten better. A show I am disappointed in this season is Bones. I have been a fan since the beginning, but with Bones pregnant, the chemistry seems to be strained this year. If Bones and Booth were going to fall into a romantic relationship which has been building for years, we as fans wanted to see it happen. I think we got robbed of that because one minute they are flirting and the next she is pregnant. Not fair. Almost feels like they skipped a season. — Sharon

Matt Roush: More like she skipped a period. While I agree with you 100 percent about The Big Bang Theory, I do wish Bones fans would just let the story tell itself without dwelling so much on the "what if." This complaint has been feeding on itself since the reveal in last season's finale, and the way I see it, Bones and Booth were never going to have a conventional courtship — she's just too weird to navigate the course of true love like a regular person — and the surprise pregnancy has forced them into facing up to their feelings for each other and to the responsibility they must assume for the child on the way. Bones' learning curve is especially steep, having to factor in Booth's feelings about things like the announcement of the baby's gender as well as her own maternal instincts, and I'm kind of enjoying it. I get that fans feel cheated, but the messiness of their current situation feels more true to these particular characters.

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