In Which Their ~Moment~ Is Different Than Usual

Season 6, Episode 21
The Signs in the Silence

To start off, let me just say that THIS little exchange:

“…and then BANG! Mama Bones!”

“That’s not how it happens, Booth.”

“I think that’s how it works.”

Made me laugh more than it probably should have.

(and also it’s not that important, but the fact that they’re buying a JOINT present for the baby makes me happier than it probably should. Actually, that goes for whenever they do any sort of couple-like thing.)

Anyway.

There actually isn’t all that much else, really, until the final scene. He’s quick to attack for her, yes, and it’s lovely, yes, but that’s something that has been true for a loooooooooong time, so.

(In a rare non-B&B related note, Hodgins reacting to Angela going into labor by going “OH GOD! OK! BABY! OK! BABY! BABY!” was one of my favorite things to happen on this show in a long time. That is all.)

And then, the final scene. Booth and Brennan sharing ~feelings~ is always good times.

“Ok. I didn’t mean to upset you.”

You know had this happened at the beginning of the series, it would have taken her a lot longer to say that in this situation. Season 1 Brennan wouldn’t have thought to be considerate about his feelings, wouldn’t have taken it into account, would have been solely focused on her goal of making her point. Now, she’s realized that, in the long run, it might be better to backtrack a little if she upsets him, even if it slows down her process of making her point.

And then, that silence in the end. That silent moment.

Honestly, I don’t really know what it was about. And I don’t think the point of it was whatever it was about.

They had a moment. A silent, looking-at-each-other, emotionally charged moment. A moment like many they’ve had before. Except, before, they were always interrupted by someone else, or they interrupted it themselves. This time, they had it, it happened, Brennan sort of blinked in a ~finishing~ way, and it ended. They didn’t interrupt it. They silently acknowledged it, and let it happen. Which is more than they’ve ever done before.

There’s also the title of the episode we need to consider here: “The Signs in the Silence”. Yes, it has to do with the case in the episode, of course, but their silent moment at the end conveyed as significant enough at least to theorize what it might mean if the episode title also has to do with B&B as well.

And, basically, should it have anything to do with B&B, it means most likely that that ~silent moment~ meant something, something pretty important, considering it is part of the episode title. I feel like, at this point, the biggest thing we can derive from it is a new level of comfort between the two. They’ve grown more and more comfortable over the years, yes, but this is a new level. Before, they were always walking on eggshells around the matters of their physical attraction and their romantic connection. That was the one area in which they were not comfortable with each other. This marks a change in that. Their “moments” have always been a mark of their intimacy, an intimacy they were always uncomfortable with, hence them always rushing themselves through their own moments. 

Now… they’re comfortable with it. They let it happen.

And that comfort with their intimacy could be one of the final (or even THE final) push to open the door all the way for them.