The Burning Bee Keeper

(Courtesy of CBS)

This week's episode is called "The Burning Bee Keeper."  It is the fifteenth episode of season seven.  The scene opens with Marshall and Lilly at the dinner table talking with Lilly's dad, Mickey (guest star, Chris Elliot).  Lilly and Marshall are discussing with Mickey about the house warming party that they are planning on having in two weeks time.  They have a conversion with him regarding the party because they are afraid he will ruin the night for everyone when the party comes around.  On the night of the party, Tell recalls to his kids the story from different angles or in this case from different perspectives.  He breaks each perspective into about five minutes with saying what happened in each room.  He starts with what happened in the living room, then with happened in the dinning room and finally with what happened in the kitchen over the course of the episode.  Throughout each different perspective you can see that a lot of emphasis is placed on Lilly because "Every 30 seconds there is a new crisis" that arises.  Other than the emphasis on Lilly in this episode, each perspective of the episode share the similarity of ending with Marshall's boss running through the house on fire in a beekeeper suit.  The only song that plays throughout the episode is "Burnin' for You" by Blue Öyster Cult (Who coincidentally are also from Long Island).  I watched this episode about six times trying to find the lesson from this story and the only thing I can ask is this.  Who in their right mind decides to have a bee farm in their own basement? Actually, just kidding.  The real moral of the story is even though parenthood may have its testing times such one crisis preceding another, everything ends up being okay because at the end of the day you are surrounded by the ones you love and the ones that love you.  I hope you all enjoy this week's episode, courtesy of CBS.

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