First, since her father, portrayed by Ryan O’Neal, is in prison as is her brother, spending a traditional Christmas together seems to be an impossible task.  But Booth convinces Bones that it is the right thing for her to pull strings and make it happen.  Seems there’s a trailer available for conjugal visits and all they need is for the prosecutor who handled his case to recommend its use.  One minor glitch: she wants Bones and Booth to find some mistletoe and kiss.

In the meantime, the corpse of the week is, you guessed it, Santa!  Well, not actually, but this guy had his name legally changed to Kris Kringle, and he worked as a Santa, though some of his money came from his pickpocketing skill.  It was good to see David Deluise working, haven’t seen him since Stargate: SG1, even though he was the killer this time.

So Bones goes out and gets mistletoe and puts it up in the office and the kiss goes off with no issues, unless you think it’s an issue that both Bones and Booth had smiles on their faces when it was all said and done!  The prosecutor recommends the trailer for the use of Bones’ family, and they are all able to get together: Bones, her brother, their dad, as well as her brother’s family.  Unfortunately, a Christmas tree is not allowed.  At the last minute, Booth calls and tells Bones to open the blinds and, to the delight of Bones’ nieces, they see that Booth and his son, Parker, have set up a Christmas tree, lights and all, outside the trailer.  That completes the tradition and we leave everyone truly enjoying their holiday.

Then I looked at the next day’s scheduled recordings and Bones wasn’t even listed! So I went to the guide to confirm Bones wasn’t on and, lo and behold, another baseball game was scheduled.  If only it was the good old days when I was a kid and the Cincinnati Reds were beating everyone – Johnny Bench, Sparky Anderson and even Pete Rose – ah, the memories!

So this week I may find I’ll have some time on my hands to do something other than watch tv – how refreshing! Hope it doesn’t last too long or I’ll go crazy because, after all, tv is my life!

It’s almost certain the series is not getting picked up because the star of the show, Christina Cox, was on Tuesday’s Bones, not just portraying a rider of a male “pony” in a sexual role playing community, but was this week’s killer. Glad to see she’s moving on. She portrays a private investigator on Blood Ties and sparks fly when she teams up with the local, hot vampire.

There are enough side characters to keep things interesting as well as a subplot about Tempe’s past and family. You’ll enjoy this if you like humor with your murder mysteries.

Starts on Fox 9/25

This week we get to see Angela and Hodgins get married. They are such a cute couple, the facial reconstructer and the bug specialist. She has such a free, artistic spirit while he has all that money. A match made in heaven.

Angel, a spinoff of Buffy starring David Boreanaz (Bones), followed the action of Buffy’s true love in Los Angeles, where he led a team of investigators of the supernatural, including Alexis Denisof and Amy Acker.

My latest vampire drama is Blood Ties, on Lifetime but definitely not your normal woman-in-danger show, which follows private investigator Vicki Nelson as she and her newfound friend, Henry Fitzroy, who happens to be a 450-year-old vampire, help cop Mike Celluci solve supernatural murders and mayhem. The love triangle creates a steamy backdrop to the action of chasing, and sometimes catching, different supernatural beings each week. It’s a fun, guilty pleasure I highly recommend. If you like it enough, you might want to try out the Blood Books novels on which the show is based. Sundays on Lifetime

Last week’s new episodes of Bones and Criminal Minds were pre-empted due to backlash from the Virginia Tech tragedy. The Bones episode was to be about a murder on a college campus and the Criminal Minds episode was about a serial killer targeting women on a college campus. I’m still investigating whether or not they will air these episodes or at least post them on the station websites so hardcore fans can watch them. It’s the least Fox and CBS can do!

The one good thing about the Bones episode was that the rerun was one I hadn’t seen from earlier in the season and it was so good since it showed the beginnings of the relationship between Angela and Hodgins while also referencing the relationship between Booth and Cam ending followed by showing how much Booth cares about Bones and saving her from the pit in which she and Hodgins were buried.

But to stick to the topic, Trevor Eve stars in BBC America’s Waking the Dead and it’s 6th season starts on Monday night. It is set in present-day England and the team he heads investigate cold cases involving anything from boxing to skulls to gold ingots and even a Nazi ceremonial dagger. While they investigate they often come into contact with the underbelly of London society. Try it out if you enjoy shows like Bones, Cold Case, or any of the CSI’s.