Season 3 Episode 12: No Tomorrow Discussion
The first new episode since The Platinum Rule and not a lot has changed for our friends. Ted joins the dark side, Marshall and Lily have some steep concerns about their new apartment, and Robin continues to look hot and crack wise. Welcome back everyone, How I Met Your Mother has returned.
What Was Good
The one liners were back in full force last night. Between Robin “Statler & Waldorf” Scherbatsky and the mockery that was Barney’s suit, the laughs-per-minute count was high.
I always love to see “going out Ted”. He’s such a jackass, especially last night. You just want to point his nose toward the bar skanktrons and say “no” then hit him with a rolled up newspaper.
Vanessa Minillo looked good, in a “I have bangs”, “married woman out on the town” sort of way. Maybe it was the new 8:30 timeslot or maybe the show continues to push the envelope, but I was pleasantly surprised by the “shockingly deep belly buttons” comment.
I actually liked the “slanted apartment” B-plot. The way they shot it was nauseating, in a hilarious way, and Robin rolling out with a salad strainer on her head was muppet-tastic.
My favorite thing in the whole episode was the bit about the yellow umbrella. In the beginning, when Future Ted tells the kids that their mother was at that party, I thought it was going to be another red herring; that we’d be trying to Where’s-Waldo the yellow umbrella for the rest of the season. Then in the end, when Ted returns to find his phone, him taking the umbrella was a nice bit of dramatic irony, it felt like the steps toward the mother are experiencing measurable forward progress.
What Was Bad
Worst of all was Marshall’s hair. WTF? I guess someone has let themself go after marriage. He must have gotten some dreadlock tips from Argentinian Robin.
I thought that Lily Aldrin and Marshall Erikson were exactly that last night—L.A.M.E. I know it was played up for this episode, to give Ted a reason to go out with Blarney Stinson but still, have they gotten so sucky, so quickly?
Favorite Moments
And now, to quote my very favorite TV writer James Poniewozik, “onto the hail of bullets”:
- Some of the jokes about Barney’s suit were particularly awesome. Especially Ted’s Dennis Rodman reference and Marshall’s request to “shoot pool on you”.
- Barney is quite the connoisseur of pop culture. Last season we learned he liked the Backstreet Boys and last night he says “that’s so not Raven”.
- Plenty of Barney-isms this week: “Bropocalypse”, “Bromageddon”, and the best (worst) logic ever “Nostradamus, Notre Dame, The Fighting Irish, St. Patrick’s Day”
- “Are they hotter than our dates?”
“Maybe not hotter, but they’re drunker.” - I think Lily made that silver jacket out of the remnants of Barney’s robot costume from his play last year
- Another Field of Dreams reference from Ted
- Lily would drink Voss water right after her and Marshall spent their entire life savings and then some on an apartment.
- “Damn, that’s a deep navel” with a limey smile
- Check her elbows for age and her wrists for motherhood.
- Ted telling Marshall he’s sexy when he yells “You’re like a Kentucky Derby winning steed”
- Barney waking up in the gutter “I’m awesome”
Barney’s Vocab Word of the Week
Not a vocab word this week, but a hilarious bit about what area code Ashlee was from. He said “She’s totally 516. She dresses like she’s 718, acts like she’s 212, and her husband lets her go out alone on St. Patty’s Day? If that’s not 973 then I’m 307.”
307, as he said, is Wyoming. The rest can be translated as follows: “She’s totally Long Island. She dresses like she’s from Brooklyn, acts like she’s from Manhattan, and her husband lets her go out alone on St. Patty’s Day? If that’s not south Jersey than I’m Wyoming.”
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Elizabeth | March 18, 2008 @ 9:32 am
Great episode, & great recap. I really enjoyed all the jokes about Barney’s suit. Those are my favorite banter-riffic one-liners that make me love this show!
Liz | March 18, 2008 @ 9:53 am
I love the running jokes on this show. The Field of Dreams joke was particularly hilarious.
Marshall’s hair was distracting. Maybe Jason Segel is growing it out for a movie role? At least Lily’s hair has reverted to its Season 2 form. I hated her early Season 3 hair.
Great recap.
JD | March 19, 2008 @ 9:25 am
Hi guys,
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john d'arc | March 19, 2008 @ 9:27 am
I’m in the 718, so that’s quite impressive detective work, JD.
I might have to go rewatch it, but if Lily’s hair is back to season two, then yay.
I still thought this episode was sorta weak. Maybe they were short on time, but even the laugh-track audience seemed out of it. The jokes just didn’t pop as they usually do so well.
Scherbatsky was looking quite good. But yeah, I’m rewatching the ep now, and just, everything out of Barney/Lily/Marshall’s mouth just didn’t click for me.
And that whole reveal at the end where Marshall was all “adult” with Ted, just seemed forced.
Uh, maybe more to post later.
also, what was with Ted bumping into that girl at the bar? Weird.
I don’t get why Ted needed to mention that “it was a good thing” he went to the party, cause the mother was there. He claims to have not met her, so what’s the point of mentioning that it was good luck he went? It would be better luck if he DIDN’T go.
Chrissy | March 19, 2008 @ 9:48 am
I loved last Monday’s episode! Barney was just awesome in his green suit and I loved “jackass” Ted. Him and Barney going out is just what I want to see. Does anybody know the ratings by the way?
JD | March 19, 2008 @ 9:53 am
Chrissy,
Here’s a brief view of Monday’s ratings (spoiler alert: CBS came in 2nd)
With the sixth season premiere of “Dancing With the Stars” on the night leading into the opener for “The Bachelor: London Calling,” ABC stood as the No. 1 TV network on Monday in viewers and young adults. The Network outpaced second-place CBS on the night by 4.3 million viewers (14.9 million vs. 10.6 million - CBS) and by 13% in Adults 18-49 (4.4/12 vs. 3.9/10).
source
Enrique | March 19, 2008 @ 10:11 am
What about the girl that runs into Ted in the middle of the disco-pub? May she be the mother?
JD | March 19, 2008 @ 10:33 am
Enrique, that’s a popular theory. Check out the details and vote for your choice.
Ranier | March 19, 2008 @ 10:53 am
I’m glad the comments are back, but now you post it all and my post is less interesting xD
@john d’arc, i guess he said ‘it was a good thing’ because at the end he took the umbrella, and i guess the history of the mother is gonna involve the mother searching for it xD
i loved this episode, i dunno if that was because i missed HIMYM or because it was damn good, i think both.
My favorite line of the ep was ‘it’s like the last 20minutes of Titanic!’. that was hillarius. And Robin is looking so much hotter. The cracked floor was awesome, but i didin’t like Marshall being much of a grown man, but thank Ted saved the scene with ‘i thought you were gonna kiss me’ xD
When Ted cross whith that girl, that scene is totally out of place.
*i liked Ted using the same t-shirt he used on 3.01, that’s realistic, people use clothes more than once. But he should trow it away, it seems that everytime he uses it, he does something stupid, like the tatto xD
*Marshall hair was…weird, what happend to it?
*not to self: never wear green on St. Patricks day xD
awesome review! i missed them.
The change to 8.30 worked, and all the buzz too.
How I Met Your Mother (9.73 millions and 4.3 in Adults 18-49years) and The Big Bang Theory (at 8pm.) got (9.11/3.7). That was a high on this season ratings, the higher episode [before this one] was Dowisetrepla with 8.86 millones / 3.4. So, it was an improve, and with Britney coming next week, won’t be a surprise if the show pass the 10million viewers
Hey JD, what about opening a Ratings section? i got almost all the ratings of all season, just let me know and i’ll send them to you.
Chrissy | March 19, 2008 @ 11:09 am
Hey thanks JD! So, now I hope the chances are not that bad and the show is going to be renewed *fingerscrossed*
I’d also like to have a ratings section on the website, that’s a good idea. It would be interesting to see if there’s any progress
Ranier | March 19, 2008 @ 11:50 am
If the ratings go up (and they will, with Britney involved) and it keeps doing fine, i’m sure we’ll have another season.
ps. sorry for the ‘millones’ thing xD It’s hard to do the swtich of two languages xD
john d'arc | March 19, 2008 @ 6:24 pm
OOH! I know CBS switched the time slots of HIMYM and the awful BBT, cause BBT was getting good ratings, and it seems like they’re just trying to find a reason to can HIMYM.
But as we can see, the ratings seemed to increase when HIMYM came on, which means it’s doing better than BBT.
If they do another flip, I’m gonna go crazy.
The Mix | March 19, 2008 @ 6:39 pm
Ok, I really dug this episode and here’s an extremely labored story as to why….
I had a friend explaining her view of “High Fidelity” to me last evening. Neither of us can remember where we heard this but we both remember others explaining to us why guys in particular love that movie….it’s because there’s so many “ohh that totally happened to me” moments.
Now while this doesn’t/didn’t happen to me often, or really at all during High Fidelity seeing as I’m not quite as dramatic with my music (at least not negatively) as one John Cusak; I do happen to identify quite often with one Ted Mosby. And the episodes I consistently like are episodes in which Ted goes through something I’ve been through. Fortunately or unfortunately this happened to be the case in last night’s episode.
I’ve dealt with a couple moments over the last few months or so that have ended up shaping me for the better later on, but were detrimental to me in the present tense then. I enjoyed seeing Ted’s brain have both negative and positive consequences fr him whilst he was drunk….because it’s poetic reality. Our brains always get in the way, but sometimes they get in the way of something they should be roadblocking in the first place. That look on Ted’s face last night was a beautiful “what the f*** did I just do?”-look. And not in a good way.
I personally think it’s wonderful to see a truly human side to Ted. Sometimes you have to act like a jackass to find yourself. It was a solid episode.
Jason
Nat | March 20, 2008 @ 3:03 pm
Maybe it was just me (well, maybe it was just me and Mrs. Nat’s TV), but — worst episode yet of this great show. Ted was acting far more jackassy then Ted normally acts, seemingly solely so he could then have a reason to change his ways, which at best requires changing them back to the way they were the day before St. Patty’s Day. A momentous decision based on false premise. Not to say that there weren’t some enjoyable moments on the way there, but all in all, a disappointment. (I hold the suspicion that the writer’s strike forced them to knock several episodes out of the arc for the season, and that they would’ve had time to have Ted growing more scummy for some reason before slamming him down.)
Viridis | March 20, 2008 @ 10:50 pm
I just had a thought. Ted lost his new cell phone and grabbed the mother’s umbrella, right? Who has his cell phone? I’m officially speculating the mother.
Nat | March 20, 2008 @ 10:54 pm
Well, they’ve got to be doing something with the cell phone, because they did not have Ted yet do the smart thing when you lose a cell phone: you call it. First, you go to the room where you think it is, and you call it while you’re in the room, so you hear it ringing. But if you don’t find it that way, you hope someone answers the phone.
They’re putting that off. The phone is in interesting hands.
JD | March 21, 2008 @ 9:20 am
@Viridis, @Nat I like that theory. I think you’re onto something. We’ll have to keep our eyes peeled.
AF | March 21, 2008 @ 5:18 pm
Can anyone explain to me why Big Bang Theory has been picked up for a new season already and HIMYM is still sitting in the bubble?
CBS needs to get their heads out of their butts and they need to renew the show!
Great review, by the way and what a great episode. I’m so glad HIMYM is back.
Josh | March 22, 2008 @ 9:46 pm
I liked it, but I do think it was a bit off. Might have been the pacing, editing — something. Could have been victim to the writer’s strike rush. Didn’t seem to have enough time to rewrite as they normally do.
The Marshall showing Ted he’s being a jerk thing was a bit awkward, but it is good that they had a definitive moment to show that Ted was going to stop being reckless and get back on track.
Of course, an ‘off’ episode of this show is better than most shows on TV…
Sandyub | March 24, 2008 @ 7:25 am
thanks much, guy
lls | April 29, 2008 @ 6:31 pm
This has been the best episode by far after the writer’s strike and maybe even of all of the thier episodes.
I like it alot better when it is just 2 of them and not all of them forcing to act in the same scene
whch makes some of the parts awkward when they all interact in the bar together all the time in thier other episodes
Daryk | May 15, 2008 @ 4:28 am
Anybody know what t-shirt Ted has on?
Lisa J | May 16, 2008 @ 12:37 am
I am convinced that the girl Ted bumps into at the party is the mother. We know she is at the party. And while mere mortals like us bump into people every day, it doesn’t happen during the 22 minutes of a sitcom, unless it is part of the plot.