It is my mission totorturethe fans with this one.

There will be a proposal.

It will be a real proposal.

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And it will move things forward in a way that I think the fans will like.

Which couple is it?

They ended up being last seasons much-teased marriage proposal, so that could be a bit anticlimactic.

Theyve had an on-again, off-again relationship, he says.

They have to make sense out of that part of their relationship.

And in the Dec. 2 episode, she tries to warm up to Booths son, Parker.

Brennan helps solve the murder of a brilliant female doctor who shes somehow convinced is exactly like her.

Its all told from Brennans point-of-view, Nathan says.

And that leads her to do something she never thought she would do in her relationship with Booth.

And that leads to friction between Brennan and Hannah.

Theres something there that Hannah and Brennan have to contend with.

I think its the difficulties and the dissatisfaction that propels the show forward in a way.

We want them to see whats right behind that door.

The Big Bang Theory,Community,The Vampire Diaries,we offer… Thats right.

We dont want them to do that.

So, were keeping that alive.

But what we have grown to appreciate about this is that Hannah and Brennan have become friends.

Her tremendously rational and logical mind tells her that this is not Hannahs fault and that she likes Hannah.

She would do the same thing, Nathan continues.

Which we didnt want Booth to be either, because hes a strong guy.

Theyve all been honest with each other.

All of that is growing to an ultimate shift in the series.

So its a great character examination for Booth to have to confront what it means to be a sniper.

More reasonsnotto eat a late dinner in front of the TV.

:Nathan gets absolutely giddy talking about the crime scene in this Thursdays episode (Fox, 8 p.m. Human remains are discovered in the worlds largest chocolate bar.

Its so delightfully revolting, Nathan says.

We do attempt to outdo ourselves from week-to-week.

It was a rather unique body find.

We have a go at make them as accurate as possible.

What would actually happen if this were the case.

This one turned out to be so, so gross.

The Dec. 2 crime scene sounds like it could give it a run for its money, we say.

A human carcass has melted into the dashboard of a charred truck.

The bones have melted, like cheese almost, which is something that is actually physically impossible.

Theyre all twisted and curved…

So, thats just really cool, he says.

Thats a great thing to watch, to see them unravel that mystery.

But for sheer disgusting, the one this week is really good.

So whenever I see them, Im like a kid at Christmas.

Im just so excited.

Look at how revolting this is!

But I see it on another show, I cant look, Nathan says.

I went to see127 Hoursthe other night, I could not look.

I knew it was a fake arm, I knew he wasnt really cutting his arm off.

When I see it in the theater, Im just horrified.

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