The idea of crossovers is sort of as previous as TV itself. It is a good suggestion that may enhance the viewership of two (or extra!) exhibits, bringing audiences collectively and exposing them to a different sequence they could like. Some crossovers are fairly seamless and logical, comparable 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 truth present “Cops” (and even the one time the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles fought alongside the Energy Rangers).
One other crossover that undoubtedly belongs to the latter class is that one time “Bones” crossed over with “Sleepy Hole,” a reasonably surprising occasion but additionally one which felt like a full circle second, seeing as each properties had been already related (in a means). Certainly, the principle make-up design technicians on “Bones” had 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 alternative 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 resolve crimes by learning human stays. Although usually very humorous, the present is reasonably medical in tone relating to the crimes. In the meantime, “Sleepy Hole” follows the precise Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) from the Washington Irving brief story as he actually time travels from the 18th century to fashionable occasions and groups up with no-nonsense FBI agent Abbie Mills (Nicole Berharie) to stop the Horseman from inflicting the apocalypse. That present is stuffed with supernatural creatures, together with witches and precise demons, very a lot in contrast to “Bones.”
And but, even if “Sleepy Hole” can also be a canonical TV present inside the “Bones” universe (!), it did not cease each sequence 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 “Useless 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 current 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 exhibits extra seamlessly.)
At the least it was extra entertaining than the failed crossover between “Bones” and “Mislead Me” would have doubtless been.