Finally, an aside re Cheers - Cliff Clavin dropped by (as the male half of an elderly couple in love) and was delightful. And amazed by how well the secret-into-joke theme was done. (Sorry about the asterisk - IMDb thinks pis*ed is a naughty word and won't allow it). Still pis*ed and still think Angie should give Booth a swift kick but now pleased as well. In this case, doesn't matter if you know the ending, the watching is the fun. Normally, I wouldn't drop so many spoilers. And the last scene, B&B at home, in robes at the foot of their bed starting an intimacy exercise and ending up as you would expect works better, infinitely better than I thought possible.
THE CHEAT IN THE RETREAT SERIES
As the retreat unfolds, it progresses through a series of skits that are gems (loved the steam-room bit despite hating the brutality of fisticuffs) with a finale that is pure burlesque, pointed references to marriage and secrets peppered throughout.
Comic in tone, it counterpoints Cam's problems, and provides a perfect platform for obliquely shifting The Problem away from being a relationship killer to the status of an inside joke. But the undercover at the retreat is the real star: Boris and Wanda even better. Unable to work there officially, Booth takes Bones there as undercover couple Tony and Roxie. His wife Emma believed he was on business-trip while he actually took part in a 'couples therapy course' on a Virginian Indian reservation with his mistress. The two plot lines, Cam's identity theft and B&B's undercover at a couple's retreat, play out brilliantly - providing insight into Cam's stubborn independence while, eventually, making her realize she isn't alone, either in her relationship with Arastoo or with the team. A corpse, dragged in a tree by a chewing bobcat (lynx), is identified as Korean-American, Pak. Perhaps I'm projecting, seeing what I want to see but if it works, fine. What really amazes me is that I found it all believable - after last week's episode I didn't think I'd ever be able to regard B&B as a real couple and that their relationship had been irrecoverably tainted. And it does so in a virtually flawless episode (though, if Pelant turns out to be Cam's identity thief, I'll bounce my shoes off my flat-screen). But this episode does what last week's didn't - it miraculously restores B&B's relationship (for me) by transforming The Problem into a joke shared (and the really big point here is shared) by Brennan and Both.
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