Bigamist Recap – Rake

Michael Imperioli made a guest appearance as Alberto Rinaldi, a well-known chef and restaurant-owner who likes to have his cake and eat it too, in “Bigamist,” the 5th episode of “Rake”. Rinaldi’s restaurants are in different locations and he has a wife and family to go along with each. Now he is charged with bigamy and somehow this case lands on Keegan Deane’s desk. There were also lady troubles galore in this episode, some with the potential to explode in big ways in the future.

There’s Margaret, the stalker who tried to run Kee over last week right before Mikki’s shocked eyes. Kee and Mikki go to the police to make an attempted murder report. Mikki is surprised that the officer knows Kee’s name before he even gives it. The officer blatantly informs her that any statement she makes will end up in the trash, as the Mayor’s grudge against Kee continues to fester. Margaret later sneaks into Kee’s apartment and leaves him a Valentine’s Day gift — her heart (cow or turkey?). She calls him up at home to make sure he sees it.

Mikki tells Keegan why she came to see him. No, she didn’t miss him. Another client, a powerful attorney, is giving her a bad time. Clay Randolph began his relationship with Mikki as the one who wanted to be dominated. He’s now evolved into the one who wants to dominate and inflict pain. Kee agrees to get Randolph to leave Mikki alone.

The Mayor’s wife, Gloria, uses her favorite vowel “O” (as in ohhhhhhh) to flirt with Kee at a reading event for kids, when he shows up looking for Randolph. Kee’s favorite vowel was “I” but it should have been “U” and “O” (as in uh-oh). But later, he needs Gloria to get Scarlett out of a DWI charge she was already getting off the hook for until he showed up.

Scarlett also is having grave reservations about her marriage and you get the sense that she’s really in love with Keegan! Scarlett’s husband, Ben, is having a crisis over his job because he will never be the attorney his recently deceased father was.

Kee’s son, Finn, is still getting “extra help” from Miss Stacy Mullen, his English teacher. Kee’s ex-wife, Maddie, still thinks Kee was the one dotting Stacy’s i’s. Kee goes all caveman when Maddie tells her boyfriend Bruce to uproot a bush in the yard: “Nobody touches that bush but me.”

Last, and probably least, was Leanne’s dilemma. Her boyfriend, Bevan, was sent to Scotland for 2 years and she just knows that he will cheat on her because “he’s got a penis.” Kee offers clumsy comfort, telling her Scottish girls aren’t attractive. “Coincidentally,” a new waitress at Rinaldi’s is straight outta Scotland, and she’s not exactly the Loch Ness monster. Another detail that came out of this — Leanne is in the US illegally, otherwise she wouldn’t even be working for Kee!

The bigamy case went to trial with the judge’s ex-wife prosecuting the case and persecuting her ex with a continuous barrage of emasculating comments. Of course, Keegan doesn’t have a case but the judge is only to happy to let him try to defend his client to annoy his ex. Kee tries to show what a great family man the chef is, that he truly loves both his wives. Unfortunately, a third wife is found where Rinaldi was planning on opening a third restaurant. But we assume Kee got paid because the episode ended with him dining at the local Rinaldi eatery, chatting with the Scottish lass, trying to remember Leanne’s boyfriend’s name.

After a friendly warning to Clay Randolph turned into an elevator scuffle, Kee handled the situation by paying Randolph’s wife a little visit. He tells her that Randolph was shelling out $1,000 a week to help a man named Mikki get back on his feet after some serious health problems. Randolph walks in on this and Kee gives the wife a sex toy that he says is the “Balinese God of Plenty” which she gives a place of honor on a shelf. Is this enough to stop a psycho like Randolph? We don’t know, but at least we didn’t have to hear anything about Kee’s mounting gambling debts this time.

Cast of Cannibal:
Greg Kinnear – Keegan Deane
Miranda Otto – Maddie Deane
John Ortiz – Ben Leon
Necar Zadegan – Scarlet Leon
Nicholas Bechtel – Max Leon
Miranda Otto – Maddie Deane
Bojana Novakovic – Mikki
Tara Summers – Leanne
Kim Hawthorne – Gloria Barzmann
Michael Imperioli – Alberto Rinaldi
Chelsey Crisp – Colleen Rinaldi
Mason Davis – Ricardo Rinaldi
Ayelet Zurer – Fiona Rinaldi
Michael Bofshever – Judge James Lanning
Bess Armstrong – Mrs. Lanning
Bruce Thomas – Clay Randolph
Christel Smith – Leslie Randolph
Kevin D’Arcy – Mr. Jaffe
Brie Doffing – Hot Scottish Server
Jeffrey Doornbos – Ken Dalbagian
Jeffrey Cannata – Detective Fleming
Jeffrey Markle – Precinct Captain
P.J. Marino – Detective Gozonsky
Monica Garcia – Officer