Comments on: Season vs. Season: Volume 8

By: Alex

Alex — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 18:58:22 +0000

I voted for the duel for a couple of reasons. Obviously, the sword fight. But, during the sword fight Marshall calls Ted out for why he is still single. He summarizes Ted perfectly when he calls him “overly picky, easily distracted and utterly anhedonic”. The whole basis of the show is Ted’s pursuit of a wife, and this is Marshall explaining why he hasn’t settled down yet.
Then, Lily gets stabbed and chastises the guys about how she has to tell her kindergardeners that she got stabbed with a sword by her fiance but they can’t run with scissors. She also explains that she doesn’t want to live in the apartment once they get married, thus setting up a continuing plot line about Marshall and Lily looking for places.
Also, Barney trying so hard to set up the Lemon Law that he doesn’t notice or care that it gets used on him because he is so proud of it. That’s a perfect Barney moment: only concerned about himself.
And anytime someone from the Apatow world comes into any show, it gets extra cool points. And when it’s a Freaks and Geeks cast member, that’s double points for me.
As a side note, I loved the part in Atlantic City when Marshall knows how the game is played. It’s a great call back to when we learned he was the Game Master.

By: The Mix

The Mix — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:53:12 +0000

Ok, finally got some time to chime in on this one.

I don’t really have a whole lot in depth to say concerning these three episodes, I didn’t care for Atlantic City at all, and the other two were ostensibly in a dead heat for me.

The Duel was one of the first episodes I ever saw, so it holds a special place in my mind. I think it was just the idea of actually having a sword-fight. Parents always told us never to play around with sharp objects and then actually getting to settle an argument with swords and whatnot. I think it was mediocre in the sense that no one was jabbing at other people in the group, but seeing my friend Hannah’s face light up when I told her that one of the friends from Knocked Up was in that episode also had a bearing on my decision.

I liked Spoiler Alert very much as well for the simple fact that it showed friends being able to work past their respective flaws….all of them seeing the flaws and then being ok with it. I’ve found that over the last couple years friends in my circle have been less and less accepting of one another, especially when they point out their character pitfalls. Everyone’s so incredibly narcissistic these days so it was good to see a group of people working out that battle within the span of an evening. Let’s just ignore the fact that they aren’t real

So I had a tie between Duel and Spoiler Alert.

Jason

By: frans

frans — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 17:20:39 +0000

thanks bro for checking my site
i really love this tv series a lot, it makes me laugh so much ,haha
hm , and i really like ‘the duel’ episode, bcoz its so cool when to see 2 of them fighting …

By: JD

JD — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:04:04 +0000

I agree with Eduardo, when you vote, throw down a comment saying why. It seems like “The Duel” was a bigger favorite than I had expected.

Secrets revealed is always great for character dynamic. Spoiler Alert just moved along really fast and was different in that no one was safe. Normally the team gangs up on one person and makes fun of them throughout the episode. This time, daggers were flying in every direction.

By: eduardo

eduardo — Fri, 16 Nov 2007 13:00:03 +0000

I have to say I’m a bit surprised with the poll results, I thought “Spoiler Alert” was going to win this one easily, but it only has about 60% of the votes.

I would love to hear from someone who voted for seasons 1 and 2; it’s no surprise that the show is funny for many different reasons, and this seems like a nice opportunity to know what people like about the show.

I guess I prefer “Spoiler Alert” because I like when there’s a little secret about one of them, this seems to always start a nice group dynamic. “Atlantic City” had a bit of this with Barney and his chinese friends, but this weeks episode was an overdose of glass shattering secrets, pure awesomeness.

By: steve

steve — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:57:27 +0000

Aww, but I liked Belly Full O’ Turkey.

I still haven’t completely warmed up to this Monday’s episode, but I think my vote falls in line with yours. The “A plot” in both “The Duel” and “Atlantic City” were pretty poor, the only real savior being Barney.

I kinda like the ensemble stories that the writers went to for some of this season, it makes things interesting (and gives Fryman the opportunity to flashback the world).