My new favorite tele­vi­sion show is Bones. I have been watching it on Hulu.com, which is how all TV will be viewed some day. Not on Hulu specif­i­cally, but on some­thing sim­ilar. Hulu was nice enough to pro­vide the entire 1st season of the show plus most all of the cur­rent season. Unfor­tu­nately, the 3rd season is not avail­able and most of the 2nd season is missing as well – including the con­clu­sion to the cliffhanger in the 14th episode. Clearly, they want me to pur­chase the DVD. I might have to. I really enjoy the char­acter inter­ac­tions on the show. It’s very well done – humorous without being silly, grotesque without stooping to gross.

I do wish I could see all the episodes online. I’ve decided that pur­chasing DVDs of tele­vi­sion shows isn’t a wise expense. How many times will I actu­ally watch those shows? Once would be enough so that I know the story. I don’t need that many repeat view­ings. People must think of it not just as owning the shows but also “col­lecting” them like coins or stamps. I’ve ‘col­lected’ 4 sea­sons of Northern Expo­sure, but there are a handful of episodes I need to see more than once. I also have 3 sea­sons of CSI. Those shows are nice to have on when I’m bored.

Anyway, Bones sea­sons 2 and 3 are offi­cially on my Christmas wish list.