The Goop on the Girl

This episode is about a Santa Claus "blowing himself up", and about all the sentimentality of Christmas, but in a very forced manner.

I rarely would criticize Cam's character. She is one of the smartest, if not the smartest character, in the series ... and gorgeous. She acts like a self-centered, selfish, mother who only wants to have Christmas with her daughter, no matter what the ramifications are. That is not the idea of Christmas. If my daughter asked me to allow her to enjoy Christmas in her own way, I would allow it ... because I love her, support her, in her way and mine. Cam, when she acts like a mother, is atrocious. There was some episode when she writes the essays for her daughter to get into college. The character, Cam, was not written well with her role as a parent/mother, the character, like in reality, couldn't handle it.

The writers' idea of Christmas was overwhelming. Fortunately, there is more flexibility and genuine thought behind it in real life.

Booth is an ass and condemns a radio operator. Again, the writers just went crazy to state an opinion, but against their usual methods. Bones continues, as always, to not understand American idiomatic expressions, no surprise there.

Max was the smartest character in the episode. He appeared to be one to instill the qualities of Christmas.

The jokes about Zooey looking like Bones' sister was hysterical.

Too much information, as always, that is ridiculous. Someone, perhaps Daisy, mentions that the victim's bones were used as projectiles, after already been stated. Duh.

Not the best episode. The following one, The X in the File, was one of the best.

A man in a Santa Claus suit blows up after robbing a bank. The episode shows the squints trying to take fragments and reconstruct who the guy is; and it to show how the bomb was constructed; then to hunt down who was responsible. There are some interesting family things going on here. The most obvious is the appearance of Zooey Deschanel, the little sister of Bones. We have the mother of the victim, alone and suffering. We have a Christmas party that seems headed for the rocks. But, ultimately, we know there will be some happiness and some thoughtfulness. On a side note, I agree with the radio guy. He is simply speaking truth to government. His comment to Booth that the big guy is forgetting about peoples rights is true. Today we have a huge faction of our country who have turned their backs on the Constitution. The business of the frequency is, indeed, a coincidence. Just saying!

Taylorkingston2 stated some things incorrectly.

Santa was not black mailed. It was more of a hostage or kidnapping situation.

Santa was not blown up on purpose.

Discovering the true kidnappers was quite interesting.

Big time bones fan here. Love the pod and the show , its my comfort show. I binged your pod cast wihile at work and finally got caught up. It didn't take long (yes andrew a lot of listen) Any way i love this episode. Gives a little bit of everything. Good B&B interactions. Love that they had Zoe play the 2nd cousin and love all the you could be sister references and how bones was like No. Love Cam and Michelle and how Cam wanted her home for christmas. Love Daisy and her christmas in March comments. Love that that they all come together at the end as the big family that they are. One of my favorite episodes. Thanks for making the pod. I like hearing all your views.

First we start off with max wanting to spend Christmas with bones and we get to see the evolution of Bones spending time with her family and friends. She finally can understand the reason why people love Christmas so much, "it means people love you". When Santa gets blown up the part where the eye is obliterated is so cringey I love it. Hodgins magnetized gloves is great we see his absolute crazy love for his work again and again. Booths suprise face when bones starts taking off his clothes makes this episode that iconic and him reviewing saints it too funny. The "I'm highly evolved" comment made whne Hodgins asks where's your chest hair is the main thing that sticks out to me every time I rewatch this episode.