Bones (TV Series) The Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2009) User Reviews

Booth's Subconscious Always Knew

[briezey · 7/10 · 26 May 2022]

The biggest reveal in the B plot for this week was that Arastoo does not actually have an accent. This was certainly an interesting choice by the writers and I am not quite sure how I feel about it. One thing I know for sure is that Booth's subconsciously knew that Arastoo was faking his accent, or at least we had foreshadowing for it. In the season 4 finale, with Booth's dream sequence, we see Arastoo briefly in a few scenes, and in these scenes, he does not have an accent. So, while Booth acted very surprised in this episode when he found out that Arastoo does not actually have an accent, he truly did know this on some level..

As for the actual story line, there is a murder in the suburbs and the neighbors of the victim are our suspects for the week. This led to some banter between Sweets and Bones about psychology and anthropology (because these two can't be in a room together and not discuss this).

Finally, we got to see Parker in this episode! I always love when Parker joins an episode and it was really cute to watch him interact with his dad's coworkers. Also there was a cool continuity at the end at the diner where you could still see the leftover residue from the face paint that Angela gave him.

Ps hi Bones Booth!

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street

[Hitchcoc · 8/10 · 5 February 2023]

We just finished with the stereotypical Amish, so lets move to another cultural group. Several families that live in a cul de sac and interact constantly. One day, a man's body is found in a subterranean barbecue pit, under a roasting pig. This guy is despised by his neighbors because he has put a big windmill in his front yard, an eyesore. Suddenly, a host of people are seen as suspects because of the anger toward him. It is quickly revealed that there is all kinds of naughtiness going on in the neighborhood, mostly adulterous,, including the barbecued man. It's a pretty good mystery. Another issue is Booth's son being consumed with questions about sex and, specifically, his father. Finally, it is discovered that the man from Iran has been using a phony accent. Interesting.

The One With The Body In A BBQ Pit...

[taylorkingston · 9/10 · 29 September 2014]

I love this episode. When Bones and Booth are headed to the 'burbs.

In this episode, a body is discovered in a BBQ pit, out in the suburbs, and Bones and Booth have to investigate it. Obviously. Whilst they're there, they discover a whole lot of stuff that people try to keep hidden. Relationships, affairs and for one lucky winner, a murder. And the poor lady. She was a dentist.

I really love this episode because it puts Bones out of her natural element. And another thing I love, that the body was found during a neighborhood party.

Overall, I give this episode a 9 out of 10.

Searsaurora

[bvdegeorge · 10/10 · 22 January 2021]

To answer your question: Frank Sinatra sings the "good life"

Overall, great episode and love the part with Parker at the end!

Parker in the spotlight

[AMButterfly · 8/10 · 19 July 2012]

It's one of those "the suburbs are the devil" episode that's so fashionable to condemn in television. Can't say if it's a factual attitude as I've never lived in the American suburbs but it's a cliché nonetheless.

There's this guy who puts up a windmill in his garden, which others don't approve. It's ugly, it's loud, it's tall. Motiv to murder? You'll see. He also sleeps around quite much, which his wife is obviously not happy about. And he has an online sex toy business with one of his neighbours. That probably was a good addition to the otherwise all-too-familiar setting.

The side-stories were a lot better and made the episode more enjoyable. Parker is ever so cute, trying to find a girlfriend to his daddy - but not just any girlfriend, he's got specific requirements. The last scene with Booth, Brennan and Parker is just adorable.

The Muslim intern accidentally reveals its secret which actually was very thought-provoking: do you have to be pretend these days if you're religious? Isn't it just as bad as that era when one had to fake religion? All in all, the case was worse than usual but the personal stories made up for it.

The Monkees did it first

[ctomvelu1 · 6/10 · 10 October 2009]

B&B investigate the death of a man in a very proper suburban neighborhood. The writers try very hard to condemn the suburban lifestyle. The Monkees did this, too, way back in the 1960s. Here, it falls a bit flat -- and stale. The suspects are virtually everyone living on the block, of course, as the dead neighbor was pretty much universally despised. Booth's son angles to get his father a girlfriend. And Brennan's latest intern, a Muslim, isn't quite who he seems to be. Brennan, meanwhile, is still socially inept five years into the series, and Angela must come to her rescue. Again. Doctor Sweets, who started out as the show's comic relief, here helps the murder investigation and deals with the Muslim intern who is not who he appears to be.

"Can it, bub, it's just you and me here"

[NancyPi314 · 10/10 · 20 October 2022]

This is one of my favorite episodes despite what I am about to say. In the B plot, Arastoo's accent slips when he gets flustered while defending his religion to Cam. The point that he actually has no discernable accent is completely absurd. Arastoo is said to be from Iran and, based on something we learn in a future episode, only came to the states a few years ago. He most certainly would still have an accent. If you emigrate as a teen or an adult, it takes decades to lose even some of your accent.

The C plot has Parker unwittingly trying to be wing man for his dad when all he wants is to have a pool to swim in.

Murder on the Orient Express Revisited

[roedyg · 8/10 · 17 November 2016]

The plot of this episode borrows from Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express crossed with Desperate Housewives. It revolves around a colourful set of characters living in a suburban cul de sac.

It had two gay characters, just in the mix, mildly comic but not derogatory. There is one male eye-candy character Trey the gardener also appealing to the gay viewer. I like it when gays are present without making a big deal of it.

There is one scene where a Muslim makes a claim that his religion is completely compatible with science. The characters on the show know nothing about Islam, so they just let this nonsense slide.

In the 1300s in Moorish Spain, there was a golden era of Islam. Pretty well all learning and scholarship in Europe was done by Muslims. Islam strongly encouraged science. Then fundamentalism and Quranic literalism swept Islam. Discoveries in science and math stopped. Islam started murdering anyone who did not swallow Creationism and other forms of Quranic literalism and magic thinking. Islam has been a pall over the earth ever since.

The good life

[searsaurora-92535 · 8/10 · 8 February 2019]

Does anyone know who sings the good life in this episode? This is one of my favorite

Good Intentions, Poor Execution

[maddiestoerp · 5/10 · 28 September 2022]

The opening is very entertaining, and I love that they're trying to make fun of the ridiculous plasticness of suburbia. But this case is so convoluted! Everyone is sleeping with everyone, everyone is lying, they're mad over a stupid windmill, and the wrap up comes out of nowhere. The 'all three of them did it' was a hunch at best, and they lucked out with the bike crew admitting it. Why would you admit it? And why would you throw the body in a fire pit that your entire neighborhood was going to use later?

I also find the wrap up of Arastoo's accent a bit odd. I'm not muslim myself but something about having the 'he likes basketball just like us!' at the end of the episode doesn't feels right.