"Bones" Season 9 dives right into the relationship drama and icky murder in the premiere. Booth (David Boreanaz) and Brennan (Emily Deschanel) may still be together -- but love is on the rocks, thanks to the nefarious interference of Christopher Pelant last season.

Can love survive? Can murder disgust us even more? All questions from "The Secret in the Proposal" are revealed here.

The trials of love

Booth shares his troubles with a heretofore unmentioned ex-military friend named Aldo (guest star Mather Zickel). Aldo, it seems, was once a military chaplain and Booth's confessor. That was before Booth confessed to killing lots of people, making Aldo not like God so much.

Instead of being a priest, Aldo now runs a bar. Considering how empty the bar seems to be every time we see it in the episode, the fellow might want to consider a return to his earlier calling.

Anyway, Booth...