Season vs. Season: Volume 5
This is a new weekly column where the episodes from seasons one, two, and three will go head to head in a humor cage match. This week, the episode fives.
Season 1: Okay Awesome
Ted and Barney start checking out the club scene with their friend Robin, whereas Lily and Marshall try to participate in some more “grown-up” activities, as they draw slowly nearer to their wedding.
This was, as history went on to prove, the first real How I Met Your Mother episode. Sure, Taste of Liberty was good, but I feel it was in this episode that the show found its stride. That’s a tough milestone to beat.
Season 2: World’s Greatest Couple
Marshall tries to get used to being single in a world that is very coupled-oriented. Barney intended one-night-stand won’t go away. Barney uses Lily to get out of his “horrifying” situation. Lily finds a place to stay.
One of my personal favorites, this episode handled multiple storylines with ease. It’s hard to pick which is the A and which is the B since Lily domesticating Barney and Marshall’s fabulous bro-downs were equally compelling.
Season 3: How I Met Everyone Else
We get to meet Ellen, Ted’s hot new girlfriend, right before she meets the gang. We also get to see how Ted met Marshall and how Marshall and Lily first met. Ted’s girlfriend has a reaction to the meeting that gets her a high ranking on Barney’s crazy scale.
A great number of flashbacks that gave some crucial backstory for the characters. Read my full feed back here.
Advantage
I’m going to have to go with Season 2. “World’s Greatest Couple” is a glimmering gem in the family jewels of How I Met Your Mother. Agree? Disagree? Fight it out in the comments!
Scorecard
Season 1: 0-3-2
Season 2: 2-1-2
Season 3: 0-3-2
Vote
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eduardo | October 26, 2007 @ 11:22 am
wow! amazing idea for a weekly column!
I have to agree with you, the “World’s Greatest Couple” episode is the best!
I love Barney and Lily’s storyline! They are awesome together! I hope we’ll get to see more Barney and Lily moments on season 3!
btw I love the blog!
The Mix | October 27, 2007 @ 10:41 pm
I give the edge to this last week’s episode actually.
Last week’s episode was one of my favorites because it’s an episode that shows us why exactly these people are all friends. They’re there when one needs a dose of reality, and there when another needs to have some fun. Plus it shows us Ted through the years again…it gives us a bit of his evolution.
“World’s Greatest Couple” came in last in this battle simply because it was an episode that melded in with the rest of the “Lily and Marshall are apart and we just want to explore this storyline” episodes.
jez | December 7, 2007 @ 8:53 am
whilst not strictly a comment…in my second viewing of this episode i heard something i thought was rather interesting….
blah blah: ….’ oh i see what is going on here., after robin takes you back, you probably wont even remember my name’…
ted: C’mon blah blah its not like that!
is this some kind of foreshadowing that robin and ted and get back together at some other point during this season? remember the missing blue french horn foreshadowing ted n robins breakup in season 2 that none of us picked up on?….