Dr. Lance Sweets, PhD., Psy.D is a fictional character from the famous long ran American television series Bones. He is a Doctor of Psychology and also a Doctor of Philosophy who joined the team of Bones in 2007.
John Francis Daley portrayed the character, and he became one of the major lead roles of the show until season 10. He first appeared on the show on October 23th, 2007, in the fourth episode of the third season, “The Secret in The Soul,” and was last seen in the first episode of season 10, “The Conspiracy in The Corpse” which premiered on September 24th, 2014.
It is an American Comedy show set in the genre of Police Procedural. The show focuses on a team of Forensic anthropologists and archaeologists who work under the FBI as they uncover the secrets behind the human remains and corpses bought by them to determine their living and death conditions.
The show was created by Hart Hanson, and it ran for twelve seasons, with 236 episodes from the years 2005 to 2017 being its finale. The show juggles the main protagonist, Temperance, “Bones.” Brennan is portrayed by Emily Deschanel, who is a forensic anthropologist and FBI Special Agent Seeley Booth starring David Boreanaz. Along with their team of brilliant and intelligent personalities, which included Sweets, they solve mysterious cases and uncover the truth.
Meet Dr. Lance Sweets
Sweets is not a usual character but rather the most peculiar one with prodigy-like traits. At the age of 22, he was a holder of two doctorates, making him about 14-15 when he started attending college and attained his master’s. He has described his childhood to be a disoriented one, with being left for adoption by his biological parents. He tries to track down his biological parents but can never reach them.
He lived in foster care till the age of 6 and had a terrible experience with foster care parents. It was revealed that he was beaten and assaulted by his parents for the pettiest of things. And later, he was adopted by an elderly couple, who were a blessing to him and also inspired him to become a psychologist.
His character has been provided with very less information about his teenage years and education years, and most of this information was uncovered by Dr. Gordon Wyatt, who found it after reading the Sweets manuscripts that he had prepared about Booth and Brennan’s working relationship that is filled with constant ups and down.
Upon joining the FBI team, he wasn’t greeted with the warmest welcome, and many members even questioned the validity of his degrees since he got them very early in life when most people were only completing their college degrees.
His young age and youthful look pose trouble for his colleagues to take him seriously at times despite his insightful and highly professional advice, which often has helped the team. He is called by variations of his name to maintain the humourous tone of the show and one of the most catchy ones being “The Shrink” that Booth called him.
Over the seasons, he develops a reliable and great relationship with the agents and gets due recognition for his skills and work ethic. He also builds a romantic relationship with Daisy Wick, and they are together on and off. She gets impregnated with their child, who is revealed in season 10 and is named Seeley after Seeley Booth.
What Happened to Sweets on Bones?
People admired the refreshing character of Sweets portrayed by Daley and were heartbroken when the character was killed off in season 10 beginning. After receiving a distress call from a junior FBI Agent, Aubrey, both Booth and Bones rush to his rescue, and upon reaching the deserted parking lot, they find an injured Sweets along with terrified Aubrey, who claims that there have been gunshots.
Waiting for the paramedics, Bones and Booth try to help Sweets to be alive, and Bones identifies that he has not been shot by a gun but rather has internal trauma and is bleeding out on the inside. Sweets reveal that it was he who fired the gunshots at the assailant and tells Booth that he must be proud that he fought back. Unfortunately, after a few minutes, he succumbs to death due to his injuries and passes away next to Bones and Booth. Sweet’s character was killed off due to scheduling issues with Daley’s schedule as he was on set to debut his directorial journey.
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