Author: Emma Loggins
Date: 2009-08-14

Interview:
We were recently able to sit down with Bones actress Emily Deschanel and creator Hart Hanson to chat about the future of the series as well as last season's finale. Check it out below!

Can you tell a little bit about your reaction to the fans' reaction to the finale episode?

Hart Hanson: The first response, I guess, came on the internet. I always get in trouble when I talk about this stuff because the second response was to the ratings. Which were very good and went up on the half hour. That's the real response. I did check to see what fans thought. I would say the first blizzard of responses were negative, and then there was a lash-back of positive response, and then I left and let them argue it out.

Emily Deschanel: Honestly, I hear from Hart about the reaction. I think it was somewhat anticipated on a certain level. I don't know what the percentage was of how many people hated it, and how many people loved it. We knew that some people would be upset, because it's a very different episode. We were also talking about them getting together, and it wasn't in the real world. At the same time, our hands are tied because if we get them together in the real world, it's a tricky thing, and it's not really ready. We wanted to give the audience something. You see the characters together, as a couple, and that kind of gives people an idea how they would be even though it's not really them, and it's in a different world. It's from one of their brains, or both of their brains. I guess it's like not giving them a full meal, but a taste.

Hart Hanson: Yeah, here's a taste of what it would be like if they were together. It looked kind of nice. I was thinking this is a good spin off.

Emily Deschanel: My grandma was upset. She was like 'I didn't know they were changing the show. I didn't know you own a performance place.' I said no, this is the end. She was confused by end scene. That it was another world, and that we don't own a performance place.

Hart Hanson: We are always delighted that there's a response. Any response is better than no response. And there was a good response.

Emily Deschanel: The strength of the response, rather than the direction.. that's what really matters.

Hart Hanson: It's great that you guys have built an audience that care so deeply about what happens to you.

Emily Deschanel: Well, you built that audience too, Hart.