Third Wheel Getaway

2 Broke Girls, S02E13

The girls won a getaway weekend for two, but Caroline's miscommunication with Andy turned it into a vacation for three.  Caroline promised to make it about her and Andy and not about Max and work, but Andy soon felt neglected and the couple's issues came to surface.

One of the things I liked in this episode was seeing Max enjoying the "luxury" of the place like the free slippers in the room and the pretzel rolls.  She is so cute when discovering things that people who have it a little better are full aware of already.  I also liked that she wasn't too much impressed by the sauna and was initially more impressed when she thought it was an outhouse.

The sauna brings about my second favorite thing in this episode: the girls meeting the bear couple.  They were just generally nice guys who provided some comedy as well as a place Max could run to when things got heated between Andy and Caroline.  My favorite scene was when Max was wearing their matching flannel pajamas and cozying up with them on the bed.  That was freaking adorable, especially when you throw milk and cookies into the mix.  It got slightly better when Caroline joined in too, but I really just liked when Max was making herself at home with her new friends.

I never had confidence that Caroline would live up to her promise to make the weekend about Andy, but I didn't expect their arguing to lead to them taking a break.  I freaking love Andy, but he made a lot of good points about why he found it necessary to separate from Caroline.  With their business just starting, Caroline really doesn't have the time to be completely invested in romance.  She's always been the ambitious type, so when opportunity knocks at her door, she's going to jump on it like a dog after a steak.  It's still disappointing, though, because they do have great chemistry and Andy and Max get along so well together too.  I doubt he's going to wait around for the cupcake shop to take off and for things to settle down a bit.   I wouldn't be surprised if Caroline caught him with another girl across the street in the near future.  I wish I could feel bad for Caroline, but I feel like she blew it.  But maybe it was doomed from the start because Caroline might not have been in the best position to be starting a new relationship.

I also thought the bride-to-be was interesting.  I liked that Max kept doubting her until the very end and assumed that her fiance in the store was a hired actor or someone with cake in his mouth.  She was so wrong for that.  And that lady was ridiculous on how much she loved their cupcakes.  She was moaning a little too much during her first taste testing.  I'm glad Max called her out on it and reminded her she wasn't alone.  Goodness.

This was a pretty good episode.  It wasn't one of the funniest, but it did give us an interesting look at how their cupcake business is affecting their loves lives, at least where Caroline is concerned.  I really hoped that Andy and her would stay together a little longer before something tore them apart, but I guess that was just wishful thinking.  It makes sense that until Caroline can prioritize something beyond her future cupcake empire, there's no room for anyone, much less Andy.  Even so, I'm looking forward to the awkwardness that will come thanks to Andy working across from them at his candy store.  Maybe since they will have to keep literally seeing each other, the possibility of them missing each other too much to stay apart for long is still on the table.