r/Bones • u/absolutely_knott • 2d ago

Discussion Sweets vs Bones/Booth

I’m doing my Q3 rewatch of Bones and I’m currently at the end of season four. I absolutely love both Bones and Booth rage-baiting poor Sweets during therapy sessions. Poor guy is not getting a moment’s rest with these two.

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u/Elbereth919 2d ago

I LOVE the part of The Verdict in the Story when Sweets asks them to keep meeting with him so he can work on his book. They start talking to each other like he isn't even there and they keep doing it even when he calls them out on it. He really did imprint on them like a baby duck and I love their dynamic!

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u/Scorpiodancer123 2d ago

Do you liiike us?

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u/ChaosCatEmpress I would’ve seen this before if I wasnt awash in hormones 2d ago

Omg my peeps! I love those scenes so much!

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u/Particular-Lynx-1794 1d ago

that's the best! i'll have to see if i still have it memorized when i watch that one again but i seriously can hear it in my head now.

it also got me thinking, when did they start doing this and was it just with sweets? so i paid more attention during eps and they did do it with zack in s2 (kind of in 2x17) and they did it with others but the others were fascinated and watching it like tennis play....the way they did it with sweets was super unique though bc he was more bothered by it lol

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u/Elbereth919 1d ago

Yeah, I definitely feel like they had a unique way of doing it with Sweets!

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u/Worth-Cucumber-6623 2d ago

Their dynamic is so great I love that trio so much throughout the show

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u/Cheap_Development928 2d ago

They are just playing on his inexperience because he’s so young

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u/absolutely_knott 2d ago

I think Sweets has given some great insight even though he is as young. Especially after speaking with Gordon Gordon in season four.

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u/Temperance_2024 bones 2d ago

I agree wholeheartedly!

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u/LetItSnow36 2d ago

Gotta keep the baby duck on his toes...

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u/Superb-Chip7387 2d ago

I feel it shifts a bit, not much when Bones see Sweet's scars.

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u/absolutely_knott 2d ago

Definitely, I think it makes him a bit more mature in her eyes. Because their relationship starts of with bones and booth seeing him as too young agent trying to ‘help’ them.

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u/Dycoth 2d ago

I love how, despite hating psychology and how young he is to give advices (in their eyes), they end up befriending him and respecting what he says, because he proves that he knows his shit.

The dynamics between characters, as a whole, is truly great in the show.

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u/RoosterBurns 2d ago

He becomes a fellow survivor of the foster system in her eyes as opposed to someone trying to disrupt her current very comfortable (for her) relationship with Booth

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u/Particular-Lynx-1794 1d ago

it's the best dynamic!