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“But she doesn’t like field of dreams!”

This episode finally centered around a Robin storyline. Turns out that despite her best efforts, kids are just not for her. We even saw her as a little girl, refusing to watch cartoons because she just wanted to read Highlights and drink her juice in peace. No wonder she got Ted’s joke in the Milk episode from Season One. Continue reading…

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“No way, no way, no way, it’s a tricycle!”

This is about as wholesome an episode about having sex with two girls can be. Maybe that’s what you get with network TV. Or maybe that’s the way you’d tell your kids the story. Either way, I loved it. I have a history of loving plot lines where my boy gets the girl. And boy howdy did Ted get the girl. Girls actually. Continue reading…

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As networks are wont to do CBS has shuffled the episode order and the episode “Third Wheel”, which used to be episode five, is now episode three and will air tonight. Here’s the summary:

Ted’s new attitude attracts women in the present and one from his past. The rest of the gang pulls together to help him make the most of the situation.

Now, we all know that Danica McKellar is the “one from the past”. What a nice surprise that this episode has been moved up. I loved Trudy and “The Pineapple Incident” in general (hence the aforementioned fruit’s prominent status in this site’s logo). I can’t wait to see her again. Plus, my boy Ted’s going to hook up a threesome (maybe) which is sweet. Looks like Busy Phillips will be the second slice of bread in the Ted sandwich.

Will Barney be jealous? Will Ted screw it up? Will Trudy make a second fire escape getaway? Will we get to hear more Cheap Trick? Will he go into details the next day for Marshall and Lily’s bemusement? (He is, after all, telling his kids the story.) I don’t know, and I can’t wait to find out.

“Third Wheel” airs tonight at 8pm EST on CBS. Top image via IGN.com.

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If you look closely at the epilogue of this week’s episode, which features an old Marshall breaking his promise to never read Lily’s “death letter” and being hilariously busted, you’ll notice a newspaper clipping framed behind his desk. With Hi-Def you can read the headline.

“NYC LAWYER CAPTURES ‘NESSY’”

How awesome. It’s good to know Marshall’s dream is finally realized in his twilight years. I love all these easter eggs the creators put in. Last year, in the episode “Stuff”, the astute viewer caught that the name of Barney’s play was “Suck It Lily”. You could see the title on the playbill during one of the shots of the audience. These details are why the show keeps winning awards.

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The 2006 revival of Sweeney Todd featured the Barnicle in the roll of Tobias, Mrs. Lovett’s developmentally challenged son. I’m not as familiar with this story as I am Les Mis but there is a great explanation of the entire opera over on this page (which is also where I found the video.)

What a great voice NPH has! It’s strange to see him in a serious roll, especially on the stage. This is much better than his performance in Stuff. Throughout the song I expected him to pull out a water gun or start saying “moist”.

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Over here at HYMT headquarters How I Met Your Mother isn’t the only show we watch. While normally averse to the trappings of reality television, Bravo’s Top Chef is one of our favorites. Being of the blogging persuasion, we are of course regular readers of Amuse–Biatch. I recently had the opportunity to photograph the family restaurant of one of the finalists and AB featured my pictures on their blog along with a link.

If you’re arriving from that site, welcome! You can visit the archives to get caught up, check out the music page to find your favorite songs, or view the “first time here?” post for an overview. Enjoy, possums!

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For those of you who are new HIMYM viewers, or just want to refresh your memory from the last two seasons, there is now a 3 minute recap up on the How I Met Your Mother myspace page. It’s all narrated by old-Ted himself Bob Saget. This is a great thing to show friends and coworkers who are on the fence about checking out the show.

Watch the 3 minute recap.

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The man behind Barney lends his voice to the character of Barry Allen/The Flash in the new animated direct-to-DVD film Justice League: The New Frontier. Additional voice talent comes from David Boreanaz, Lucy Lawless, Brooke Shields, and Jeremy Sisto.

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Well, tonight’s episode wasn’t quite as awesome as last week. Maybe it was because there wasn’t a whole summer’s build up but I just don’t think there were as many legendary moments.

what was good?

“I’m just jubilant my former paramor is jubilant.”

The gang switches to big words when Gael is around to keep him and his mediocre English in the dark. Ted loses his patience with the “New Yorkers” after a party goes wrong in a moment I’m sure will be an overnight phenomenon across NYC. Barney’s fake-name reminded me of Shawn on Psych giving Gus funny names every week. Marshall’s signature mix of puppy-dog love and deep, deep kink surfaced with his requests for Lily’s just-in-case-I-die letter. Robin has such a big ego that her sex dreams involve her.

what was bad?

The cold open left me a little… cold. While repeat viewings will surely prove me wrong, the guys exploiting Marshall’s superstition to hilarious effect didn’t make me laugh. I don’t know how I feel about Old Marshall and Old Lily. Robin’s storyline wasn’t as strong a B-plot, but it had its moments.

PS. Both Ted and Robin’s hair seemed different this week. Un-styled, and just a little bit puffy. Ted actually looked like I usually do. That isn’t a compliment.

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