'Bones' Season 11 Spoilers: Are TJ Thyne & Michaela Conlin's Hodgins/Angela "In Denial?"

Season 11 of Bones aired its winter finale over on Fox. Back from hiatus, are the married couple, John Hodgins (TJ Thyne) and  Angela Montenegro (Michaela Conlin), in a troubled "state of denial?"

In the penultimate recap, Temperance Brennan (Emily Deschanel) and Seeley Booth (David Boreanaz) were working undercover at the Frontier Games. Elsewhere, Hodgins and Angela were working out their difference on whether or not they should have children. As Brennan and Booth solved the case, Hodgins (Thyne) admitted to Angela (Conlin) that he's not ready to have more children; breaking her heart.

In our finale recap, Aubrey (John Boyd) risked his life to save Hodgins as they unexpectedly found themselves near a bomb. Though the explosion sent them both to the hospital, Booth raced against the clock with Leslie (Sara Rue) to find the cop-killer. Just when Arrastoo (Pej Vahdat) begged for a second chance from Camille (Tamara Taylor), Hodgins told Angela he wanted to have more kids. Unfortunately, the couple discovered the explosion has left Hodgins paralyzed.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, co-showrunner and executive producer Michael Peterson reveals the turmoil headed down Hodgins' way, "We find him further along in rehabilitation. We really wanted to be true to anybody going through something like this and make sure he went through every stage of living through a tragedy. I would say in the first episode, we find him squarely living in the world of denial.

The Bones executive producer adds, "He believes he's going to walk again; he is optimistic; he is ready to get back to work, but we're also finding him in this kind of dark place where, even while feeling optimistic, he's not telling the truth to Angela. He's not sharing things with her. So it's really the setup for what's going to be a journey for Hodgins."

Bones returns to Fox for the rest of Season 11 this Thursday, April 14 8pm.

Readers, are you excited for the return of Bones?