识骨寻踪第一季

Bones has always been one of my favorite TV shows. The main reason is that I like to see how Bones a scientist who believes in data and facts interact with Booth, an FBI agent who catches bad guys with his instinct. Today I was rewatching Bones on netflix while I was cooking, when I was caught again by the story in episode 11.

A car was burnt and there was a woman's body in it. What makes everyone nervous is that there is also a child safety seat in the car----so a kid was missing. Later they identified the woman's husband is a witness for a crime group and his IQ is as high as 163. The hypothesis here is that the crime group is trying to stop the witness to testify by killing his wife and kidnapping his son.

So Agent Booth asked Zack, Dr.Bones' intern what would he do if he's in this situation since he has the same IQ level. Both Zack and Bones said: but IQ is not a variable here. It depends on what kind of person he is. Instead, they asked Booth to imagine what he would do if his son got kidnapped because they were both caring fathers.

"Be rational", that's what Bone told the father. Indeed, being rational is the best solution in many circumstances. But even with a extremely high IQ, one can not pulling himself/herself back from being evolved. In fact, sometimes even Bones and Zack got emotionally attached to the bones they are examining. As human beings, we are assumed to be rational if we want to maximize our utility. However, it's the heart who dominates; also, it's the heart that is difficult to predict. Instead of a robot, it's the heart that keeps us as human beings.

我特喜欢的一部剧集[BONES](识骨寻踪)里有几集，讲女主角BONES认识了一个FBI的帅哥男友SULLY，SULLY实在太优秀了，长的帅不说，而且很懂浪漫，篮球打得好，一众女粉丝无数。特别值得一提的是，因为打完球SULLY从来不和队友一起洗澡，于是坊间有个传言说SULLY那话儿非常之小。但当BONES试过一次之后，才发现真正原因，用BONES自己的话说，SULLY不和队友一起洗澡的原因是因为他那话儿实在太鹤立鸡群了。

SULLY虽然是FBI菁英，但其实他一直想去环游世界。于是有一集里，SULLY终于辞了职，卖了房子，花了所有积蓄，买了一艘NB的游艇，邀请BONES和他一起去加勒比海环游一年。

于是问题出现了，一向工作狂不擅长谈情说爱的BONES不知道该如何抉择，当她向朋友们征求意见时，所有人都劝她和SULLY一起走，这么优秀的男人一定不能错过。但是结果你应该也能猜到，BONES当然是选择留下继续侦破一桩桩奇案。当她和SULLY在港口挥手道别的时候，场面看起来非常遗憾。随后SULLY转过身开动游艇向茫茫的海洋深处驶去。

所以我想问，如果是你，你会怎么选择？

有朋友问过我这样一个问题：在“七宗罪”里哪部剧集是你的最爱？我毫不犹豫的回答：BONES！是的，不是Without a trace，也不是Criminal minds（当然他们都是心头所好），而是那部少人关注，略显单薄的BONES！原因也很简单，因为它有够轻松！
BONES的女主角是一位人类骨骼专家，她通过鉴定被害人的遗骸来帮助FBI追查凶手，因为她的专业，包括她曾经写过一本书叫做《BONES》的书，所以她被朋友们直接称为BONES，而她也很享受这样的称呼。她的身边有一个由各色科学家组成的团队，他们都在一个叫做Jeffersonia的如同世外桃园般的研究所里工作。当然BONES还有一个FBI来的神枪手拍挡：Booth。故事就在这样一群人之间展开，没有复杂的人际关系，没有眼花缭乱的爱恨情仇，除了时不时出现的那些血肉模糊，或是根本没有血肉的骸骨，整部剧集没有一丝一毫激动人心的地方，每一集都洋溢着轻松友爱的气氛。即便是BONES和Booth之间的暧昧，也是建立在一点一滴积累起来的了解上和在相互之间的信任之上的，让人觉得这样的感情如沐春风，而不是雷厉风行要死要活的那种。
当然这样的剧情并不代表里面的人物就会单薄，恰恰相反剧情里每个人物的来由甚至心路历程都有很好的交代，他们都有各自的问题，只是都找到很好的解决之道而已。比如说Hodgins，他是一个极度富有的家族的少数几个继承人之一，可他对那些财富和权利一点也没有兴趣，宁愿躲在Jeffersonia里研究土壤和虫子，当然Jeffersonia就是由他出钱资助的。而天才少年Zack似乎也有社交障碍的问题，但他就要比Criminal minds里的Dr.Reid（他们都相同的有天才遇到的困扰）显得阳光的多，因为他有一个温暖的大家庭，可以回去过圣诞的那种，而不像Dr.Reid只有一个住在精神病院里的母亲。甚至狙击手出身的Booth有时候也会反省自己为什么举起枪杀人，甚至需要去看心理医生，然而他决不会在关键时候迷茫，因为其实Booth一个虔诚的天主教徒，有自己坚定的信仰。
这样一来在BONES里就没有什么解不开的难题了，所有的事件都只是一个方式方法的问题了。这样的剧情不会让人看了产生疑惑，迷茫，更不会引起那些复杂的反省和思考。它有时候会让你笑一笑，有时候会让你小小担心一下，更多是时候让你身心放松。无论如何只要一集结束，很快你就会忘记刚刚看过了什么，放心入眠。而这样无招胜有招的打法，不正是都市人爱看的肥皂剧的最高境界吗。