The idea of crossovers is nearly as previous as TV itself. It is a good suggestion that may increase the viewership of two (or extra!) reveals, bringing audiences collectively and exposing them to a different collection they could like. Some crossovers are fairly seamless and logical, similar to those involving the Arrowverse and “CSI” franchises. Others are plain bizarre, just like the time “Mr. Robotic” met ALF or when “The X-Recordsdata” crossed over with the fact present “Cops” (and even the one time the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fought alongside the Energy Rangers).
One other crossover that positively belongs to the latter class is that one time “Bones” crossed over with “Sleepy Hole,” a somewhat surprising occasion but additionally one which felt like a full circle second, seeing as each properties have been already related (in a manner). Certainly, the principle make-up design technicians on “Bones” have been Chris Yagher and his brother Kevin Yagher, the latter of whom was as soon as set to direct the 1999 adaptation of the “Sleepy Hole” story earlier than Tim Burton got here aboard.
“Bones” and “Sleepy Hole” couldn’t be extra completely different, which makes them a curious selection for a crossover. In “Bones,” we comply with forensic anthropologist Temperance “Bones” Brennan (Emily Deschanel) as she works with FBI agent Seeley Sales space (David Boreanaz) to unravel crimes by learning human stays. Although usually very humorous, the present is somewhat medical in tone on the subject of the crimes. In the meantime, “Sleepy Hole” follows the precise Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) from the Washington Irving quick story as he actually time travels from the 18th century to trendy instances and groups up with no-nonsense FBI agent Abbie Mills (Nicole Berharie) to stop the Horseman from inflicting the apocalypse. That present is filled with supernatural creatures, together with witches and precise demons, very a lot not like “Bones.”
And but, even if “Sleepy Hole” can be a canonical TV present inside the “Bones” universe (!), it did not cease each collection from uniting for one bizarre must-watch two-episode crossover.
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The crossover began in “Bones” with the season 11 episode “The Resurrection within the Stays” and concluded with the “Sleepy Hole” season 3 episode “Lifeless Males Inform No Tales.” The crossover sees Brennan and Agent Sales space aiding Crane and Agent Mills in unraveling a thriller involving a 200-year-old headless corpse with a hyperlink to a latest homicide sufferer. There’s additionally a subplot (on the “Sleepy Hole” facet of issues) involving the British Military getting back from the lifeless as ghouls. It is a unusual crossover that exposed, amongst different issues, that Seeley Sales space’s ancestor not solely killed President Lincoln however was additionally a literal demon.
Now, there have been some cases of what may very well be supernatural phenomena in “Bones,” however the present all the time performed skeptical about these issues, which made the truth that it had precise, literal ghouls within the crossover unusual but fascinating. It is also a crossover that by no means fairly manages to reconcile the vastly completely different tones and approaches of its two halves. (Sure, even the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” and “Energy Rangers in House” crossover blended the 2 reveals extra seamlessly.)
A minimum of it was extra entertaining than the failed crossover between “Bones” and “Deceive Me” would have probably been.
