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07-19-2022, 03:44 AM
https://www.looper.com/931956/bones-fans-make-it-abundantly-clear-who-their-favorite-side-character-is/
Everyone loved Dr. Gordon Wyatt aka Booth's first psychiatrist
In a subreddit dedicated to the series, u/cri-bby67 (https://www.reddit.com/r/Bones/comments/lbindy/who_is_your_favorite_under_rated_side_character/) posted a poll, asking, "Who is your favorite underrated side character? I tried to think of some characters that I like that don't get a lot of screen time, to see who other people like!" The poll offered a few characters, such as Avalon Harmonia (Cyndi Lauper) and Hank Booth (Ralph Waite) but the overwhelming consensus was that fans adored Dr. Gordon Wyatt (Stephen Fry).
To put that numerically, out of the 320 total votes that the poll received, 199 went to Dr. Wyatt. Dr. Wyatt — or "Gordon Gordon," as agent Seely Booth (David Boreanaz) affectionately called him – - was a psychiatrist assigned to Booth during the second season of "Bones" to help the agent emotionally cope with a death that wasn't his fault. Dr. Wyatt was so well liked by Booth that word of his excellence travelled to not only Bones but to Angela Montenegro (Michaela Conlin) as well, both of which utilized the psychiatrist's expertise in their own lives. Later on, he appeared briefly in Seasons 4, 5, and 12, gathering exactly six episodes, according to IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460627/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm).
So why, then, if Stephen Fry was so enjoyed in his role, did he only appear in a handful of episodes? It's entirely possible that Fry only appeared as frequently as he did due to his popularity, and that his role was only ever meant for the first plot that he filmed. It's also possible that "Bones" did not wish to adequately differentiate between the roles of a psychiatrist and a psychologist, the latter of which was heavily featured as the job title for Lance Sweets (John Francis Daley) who was a main character.
Everyone loved Dr. Gordon Wyatt aka Booth's first psychiatrist
In a subreddit dedicated to the series, u/cri-bby67 (https://www.reddit.com/r/Bones/comments/lbindy/who_is_your_favorite_under_rated_side_character/) posted a poll, asking, "Who is your favorite underrated side character? I tried to think of some characters that I like that don't get a lot of screen time, to see who other people like!" The poll offered a few characters, such as Avalon Harmonia (Cyndi Lauper) and Hank Booth (Ralph Waite) but the overwhelming consensus was that fans adored Dr. Gordon Wyatt (Stephen Fry).
To put that numerically, out of the 320 total votes that the poll received, 199 went to Dr. Wyatt. Dr. Wyatt — or "Gordon Gordon," as agent Seely Booth (David Boreanaz) affectionately called him – - was a psychiatrist assigned to Booth during the second season of "Bones" to help the agent emotionally cope with a death that wasn't his fault. Dr. Wyatt was so well liked by Booth that word of his excellence travelled to not only Bones but to Angela Montenegro (Michaela Conlin) as well, both of which utilized the psychiatrist's expertise in their own lives. Later on, he appeared briefly in Seasons 4, 5, and 12, gathering exactly six episodes, according to IMDb (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0460627/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm).
So why, then, if Stephen Fry was so enjoyed in his role, did he only appear in a handful of episodes? It's entirely possible that Fry only appeared as frequently as he did due to his popularity, and that his role was only ever meant for the first plot that he filmed. It's also possible that "Bones" did not wish to adequately differentiate between the roles of a psychiatrist and a psychologist, the latter of which was heavily featured as the job title for Lance Sweets (John Francis Daley) who was a main character.