Comments on: Benefits Preview

By: monstroryuike

monstroryuike — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 21:47:02 +0000

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By: John Darc

John Darc — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 12:41:49 +0000

Didn't it blow up in Jerry's face when he got her money for her birthday?

By: JustinDickinson

JustinDickinson — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:38:13 +0000

Comments here are now closed. Continue discussion on the recap page:

http://have-you-met-ted.com/2009/season-4-episode...

Thank you.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:29:15 +0000

Didn't Robin say "private thing"?

By: frida

frida — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:36:36 +0000

well, he started it! hehehe

By: Ari

Ari — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:30:03 +0000

Just because no one commented on this: I loved how the magazine is called Them. You know, as opposed to US magazine.

I've watched this episode 3 times already. And lately I've been on quite the NPH kick but this episode just made me ADORE him. And Barney too, of course.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 02:17:23 +0000

That was peeing. So it seems like Marshall is just a shy bathroom guy.

By: Nininha

Nininha — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:50:55 +0000

Best episode of the season! I guess all the stories were pretty well tied up! What was good is that all of them, besides Barney, took this "thing" between Ted and Robin in a very natural way… What was also great is that you can also see that Ted and Robin know that they CAN have feelings for each other, but they just don´t want to, ´cause it won´t work out… I would like to see a little bit of Robin and BArney, but I just don´t know how the show can do that!
Waiting for the next EPISODE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:46:36 +0000

Ahh, this is a fantastic blog.
I set out to find the song from the end of this episode, and wound up reading all of this =)

I thought "Benefits" was an incredible episode. I couldn't wait for something more major to come of the Barney/Robin situation, and this left me hugging my pillow. Neil was amazing, in my opinion. Also, Marshall cracked me up each time he appeared for the "deal." haha

By: Rudolf

Rudolf — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:07:51 +0000

Beware JD, there may be copyright issues.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:37:02 +0000

NPH can do no wrong. I'm convinced that if Barney were played by any other actor, I wouldn't give 2 shits about him. NP brings such depth (the writers too, if I'm being fair) that my heart just aches for the poor boy.

Guest stars were handled quite tastefully, but I'm not surprised by that.

Solid episode all around.

By: redviper

redviper — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:28:04 +0000

Best episode of the season so far. Especially loved the TV throwing! And the Wierd was super duper awesome!

By: Bugger

Bugger — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 10:06:43 +0000

Same Here…ssh..

By: John Darc

John Darc — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:44:37 +0000

Marshall's hair was awful frumpy this ep. He needs some volumizer, yo. Or gel.

By: John Darc

John Darc — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 08:43:27 +0000

Not really. Apparently Lily helped him get over that, and now she just texts him while he is on the can. Having the magazine to read is just a telltale sign of poopage.

By: JustinDickinson

JustinDickinson — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 06:14:41 +0000

You guys commented so much that I had to read them, and now I really can't wait to watch the episode. I'll have recap up as soon as I get home from work, watch the ep, and write up my thoughts tomorrow.

But just to tide you over till then, I used some media-magic to get the song you all like so much:

http://have-you-met-ted.com/stuff/No-More-Wishing...

Now I haven't seen it yet so I don't know if this is right. It sure sounds like a song they'd use.

By: Ainz

Ainz — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:27:53 +0000

i love neil! @_@

By: Gel

Gel — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:25:27 +0000

I'M SOOOO Happy Marshall finally cut his hair!!! I kept wondering all this time what the heck was going on with that.

I'm also very happy that that the "celebrities" were kept to a minimum.

I've always had my doubts of Barney and Robin, but tonight, I really did feel sympathetic for Barney. For the first time ever, I could genuinely see how much he really likes Robin.

Nonetheless, I'm still one of those people that hopes to the gods of sitcoms that Robin and Ted will be together in the end….hey, that's just me!

By: Pizzaboy

Pizzaboy — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:11:07 +0000

I gotta say that Bays and Thomas handled the guest stars in an awesome way. Especially that rip at Kim Kardashian. haha The TV lingo was awesome and you gotta love the Major callback. All in all not a bad episode to kick off the rest of this season. And who else is happy Marshall finally cut his hair?

By: CanadianWingman

CanadianWingman — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:08:28 +0000

I felt like this episode was an average episode. Nothing particularly enjoyable, but nothing bad either. The "reading a magazine" thing was funny, but not ground-shaking.

The references to earlier episodes were good, such as "Private Thing" and "Madeline." This episode was ruined for me with the return of whinny, pathetic Barney. As much as I hate to compare Barney to Joey from Friends (lets face it it's a valid comparison) they almost crushed his character when he went all gaga over Rachel, and I don't want the same thing to happen to Barney. Barney just isn't Barney when he's dealing with all this Robin stuff, and well I think some people would like to see them together, I don't think it would work for the show.

By: DarkeSword

DarkeSword — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:03:56 +0000

I love how the entire episode they refer to using the restroom as "reading a magazine" but they all are pretty open about the sex topics; hell Barney even says "masturbation." The irony was cracking me up! They can talk all they want about Ted and Robin sleeping together, but they can't say "poop!" xD

By: Picelli

Picelli — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:00:55 +0000

this was one of the best ep of the 4th season!
and the marshall plot was way funny!
and FINALLY Ted learned about Barney`s feelings for Robin.. it was all natural and sweet to be seen.
I`m glad to have HIMYM back in such a good shape!

By: Ike

Ike — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:42:10 +0000

This was a wonderful episode. HIMYM in it's best. Funny lines, real topics, callbacks to great jokes, amazing acting, and great editing and pace. Marshall's story fit in nicely, and reeled in some 'big' name guest stars, yet didn't ruin the episode a la Britney. Marshall has always been a bit insecure, and being paranoid bout pooping fits well. I was worried before this episode about the benefits lasting for awhile, but Bays and Thomas and the writers pulled it off perfectly. To see a wounded Barney was amazing, and how he said I love you, and she didn't notice WOW. NPH is amazing. Barney I've been there and I know how you feel. I was thinking last night afterwords, it seemed like Lily didn't have many if any full body shots, I guess she's starting to show. I hope this is the start of a long streak of more amazing classic HIMYM.

By: JustinDickinson

JustinDickinson — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 04:33:03 +0000

FRIENDS != HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER

Just because they're both ensembles doesn't mean parallels need to be drawn.