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Welcome back, everyone! Coming off of last week’s episode, which left us on a cliffhanger, one of you wrote, “Best episode I have ever seen” about tonight’s. So…was it? Well no, but pretty damn good! Let’s dive in…

What was Good

• Yup. Loved it. That’s 2 for 2. This episode was mythology-heavy and did a great job of knocking down what last week set up. I was sincerely worried that they would blow it, and was pleasantly surprised to see that they smacked back-to-back homers.
• We saw Mom! How sweet is that? Sure, that 20th Century Fox backlot ain’t fooling anyone, but I don’t care. This is the closest we have seen of her since her foot a few seasons back.
• Marshall, the best friend we all need. The best friend who knows your feelings and true intentions better than you do, the one who will meet you at a bar at 0700 in the AM to talk, and cares enough to make a bet about your love life. Marshall is like the Yoda of this show; he seems like a silly mid-westerner at times (sorry) as well as a needy puppy dog, but he’s actually super-duper wise and a bad-ass to boot.
• Barney ransacking LAME’s house and hiring a cleaning crew to mop up the mess. This is a good motivator for hard work and success; you will have the cash to fund your crazy schemes.
• Ted and how the kiss went down. They say there are three truths in life; yours, mine, and the real one. I think we saw the real one first.
• Very glad to see so many questions answered tonight. Yup, Ted saw something, but wasn’t sure what it was. Barney has grown up, and Ted certainly wasn’t expecting to see that.

What Was Bad

• Again, not much. I wasn’t fond of Ted in bed talking about lyme disease. Struck me as too sit-commy. You know how I feel about that. A minor quick speed bump.
• Patrice; lame. I really believe she was manufactured (have we ever seen her before?) to get Robin out of the city so that Ted could talk about her with his friends. Oh well, at least we got a few funny moments of Ted and Robin packing.
• “Not yet.” This went against the theme of the episode (closure), never mind that it’s a red herring…sort of, I mean, we know that Ted and Robin do not end up together (LET IT GO, PEOPLE). Perhaps this is alluding to something about things between Ted, Barney and Robin not working out? Not sure. They should have faded out on the yellow umbrellas (MAN I wish I bought stock in that “yellow umbrella” company).

Favorite Moments

• “I go camping in secret!” Sometimes, ladies, when we declare our love for you and you don’t say it back, uh, we wish we could take it back. Yup.
• “Oh God, where’s my cough syrup??”
• That’s right, this is a direct sequel to last week, the Drunk Train is back! In reference form only, of course, but it’s back!
• “Do you think I could turn that baby into my baby?” I’ve wondered the same thing, Barney.
• “Blah blah blah blah SEX TAPE HIDDEN SOMEWHERE blah blah blah”
• “Yeah, but he just wants to bang me, I want something real”
• “Make the no way creepy grand romantic gestures we all know Robin loves!”
• “Not like this, Lily…not like this.”
• “Excuse me…I’ve got some sonnets to write.” Damn Ted, I’ve missed you.
• The ski bet. “People fall off ski-lifts all the time.” You know, this bet on your single friends thing sounds like a good idea…
• Conan cameo! And is that the dude who plays Joe on “Family Guy” in the airport?
• Barney’s little head-twitch in the flashback of having his heart stomped on. Chills.
• “Thanks, now let’s watch our two best friends have sex on tape.”
• The tug-of-war between Marshall and Lily about the sex tape.
• Florence and the Machine. Great song, “Shake it Out”. Check out, “Cosmic Love,” and put it on in the bedroom. Trust me.

Questions/Queries

• Wedding Bride 3! I’m sad that Tony continues to be a successful hack screenwriter at Ted’s expense, but…what are you gonna do? I’d punch the guy if he wasn’t a black belt.
• A theme of forgiveness: “the movie we wanted to see was sold out.” That movie, btw, is Wedding Bride 3. I take this to mean, by the time Ted has met the mother, he has moved on from the past and is ready to love. And, just in case this isn’t obvious enough, Wedding Bride 3 with the mother..people, Ted will be married to the mother of his children. She ain’t gonna die.
• At what point does Marshall just kick Barney’s ass for constantly lusting after his wife?
• The unattainable is attractive to both sexes, Lily. That is why Ted wants Robin and Barney wants to bang you.
• Lily, you saucy minx you, you are not Ted’s best friend. Barney/Marshall is/are.
• Then again, maybe you are; your bet against Ted is actually for him in the long term.
• For a second there, I wasn’t sure Lily was intentionally giving Ted bad advice (regarding Robin’s phone being full of messages when she lands). Sometimes chicks give fantasy advice to guys in the way that they are imagining a straight Fabio doing it for them. Guys, never listen to girl’s giving you advice.
• For the love of God, people, NEVER MAKE A SEX TAPE. I know it can help, you know, in a Monday-Morning Quarterback look at the game film kind of way (You need to get your ass higher and thrust slower, dear, see?) but it’s bad idea jeans all the way.
• Ain’t buying Lily’s wig at the wedding flashback.
• Good reason to own a VCR to this day; you never know when you might find your friend’s no-no tape…so that you can then convert it over to DV, then to youtub…I mean youporn… I mean

Closing Thoughts

Dear Ted,

We get three great loves. Two that get away (Stella and Robin), and the one you are with forever (?).

You took a big step tonight towards the goal of the third, and I’m proud of you. You grew a pair and hung yourself out there with Robin. Although it didn’t work out the way you planned, in the future, you will be so glad it didn’t. 

Thing is, you know you were reckless. You didn’t think and you went with your heart. At least you got the answer you deserved and needed. Just try to look before you leap next time. 

Oh wait. Leaping is a good thing. Forget I said anything.

Your pal,

Jordan

So, Robin is the last girl Ted declares his love for until he meets the one. Indeed, we are getting close to the finish. So, unless they are really planning on not having Ted be the main character for much of the remaining episodes, next season will, and should, be the last.

See you next week!

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Welcome back everyone! I’m back, and I’m pleased to say, so is, “How I Met Your Mother.”

When the show is firing on all cylinders, it’s funny as well as touching and intelligent. It’s no secret how disappointed I have been with this season so far, but this week, just in time for sweeps, we get a real winner.

What was Good

• Almost everything! The Drunk Train! LOVE IT. One of my pet peeves with the show is that the NYC portrayed is no NYC I’ve ever been to. Not tonight. Bingo. Bulls-eye. The writers took a real thing (evidently) and had some fun with it. This could have been hacky. This could have been stupid. It wasn’t. Thank God. The joke that guidos and Jersey-Shore-wanna-be’s are a bunch of drunken morons has been beaten into a dead horse by now; but HIMYM found a new spin on it; drunken external inferiority complex (and, guidos, you are right to feel that way, because we really are better than you). Sure, it’s a little cartoonish and over-the-top, but it works nonetheless because it’s really funny.
• The Drunk Train stuff is what I have missed about the show. Barney the instigator and alpha, Ted the Kermit the Frog/Tom Hanks/Nice guy trying to hold it together, who eventually stumbles trying to be Barney.
• Keeping score. Any successful couple will tell you that you can’t. I would put forth that the most positive aspects of a relationship should be about what you do, not what you avoid. If you find that you are constantly telling people, “We DON’t do that BAD THING!”, then that bad thing is probably a festering problem you’re ignoring.
• Great foreshadowing with Quinn’s actual identity. Great plant and pay-off writing.
• I feel that the show, after so much time off the rails, is finally back on track. Ted is cynical, but hopeful. Barney, after getting run over by Robin a few eps back, is back to his old womanizing self (and you banged a HOT stripper dude, up high!) but we know he’s older and wiser, and looking for something more. Marshall and Lilly are a side-show, where they really belong at the moment. And Robin? Wow. Can’t wait to see what comes next.
• The crying chick on the train. So true. Barney, you need to work on your game with irrational crazy chicks from New Yowk. Figured you’d have enough experience by now, buddy.
• The return of the “Beautiful Mind” marker-board. Anyone see the “Get Drunk” thing before Ted circled it? I certainly didn’t.
• When Robin Tells Ted what happened; good writing and editing. We know what happened, we don’t need to see her tell him beat by beat. What we need is what we got; the emotional beat of Ted silently comforting his friend with non-diagetic music in the background.
• Very interesting choice to have something in the epilogue be important information, instead of a joke. I almost skipped it; they don’t always have one.

What was Bad

• Thing is, I liked the Barney/Quinn story. My problem with it was that it was kind of predictable and hacky. Oh sure, the woman that Barney can’t stop thinking about is the one girl he can’t (right away) have. Just seemed kind of base to me, especially considering that the Nora romance was handled so well by comparison. Then again, this is just the beginning of what will most certainly be a several-episode arc, so we’ll see. I get that they are playing with the total female empowerment fantasy of taking down the bad boy, but remember, Barney did end up banging her anyway.
• The end of Kevin. I like Kal Penn (spent some time with him in grad school, he’s a really nice and intelligent guy), but the way the writers handled it fell short of expectations. They never really fully explored their relationship, and they seemed to jump from beat to beat without any substance in between (for example, when did they start boning?). Also, how long had they been dating before a guy who should know better got down on one knee? I get that a lot of people who go into the psychology profession have issues of their own, but Kevin proposing was not something believable.
• Wait, Ted is still in love with Robin? When did this happen? I guess we’ll find out later.

Favorite Moments

• “Top 10 Things Lilly said on her wedding night”
• “It was a night like any other…I was about to get laid”
• “Are you NOT a sure thing?” “Yeah, I am” – They could not have cast that actress better.
• “I never wear underwear,” (cough) “JACKPOT”
• “Goat cheese..fascinating!”
• “The Drunk Train…ALL ABOARD!!!”
• Jesus Christ, I fell out of my chair during, “Just Screaming.” The way this show continues to mock hipsters, hippies, artsy-fartsy types and avant-garde bad art just warms my heart. Hey, that rhymed!
• “How was I supposed to know he’d eat my wallet?”
• “Little Engine with Wood.”
• “I pay for the meal, you handle my deal.”
• “YOU THINK YOU’RE BETTER THAN ME?”
• “You wear a suit all the time, you have a stupid rule about everything, but you end up most nights alone at a strip club feeling empty inside, telling yourself your life is somehow epic or classic or legendary.”
• “Barney…who ARE you?” Indeed, Barney did just randomly show up one day at the bar, and we have gotten bits and pieces about his past. However, I’m curious; I get that his break-up with Shannon led to him being the Barnicle, but, after putting on that suit, did he get an MBA? I’d love to hear more.
• “LET’S GO TO THE BOARD!!!”
• “Do you know why I’m on the Drunk Train? I have nothing better to do. I have no one I can’t stop thinking about.” Ted, buddy, I’ve really missed you. She’s coming, as fast as she can.

Questions/Queries

• Glad to see the show pushing the idea forward that you should NOT celebrate V-day on the day itself.
• A big thing happened in the past…uh, Kevin, Robin has another secret she hasn’t told you. I would like to think we’re not done with Kevin yet; I think there is one more story beat to play, I suspect they will eventually bring him back for this, and if I’m right, I’ll say so here.
• I will always find the mother-in-law/Daughter-in-Law stuff funny, but wasn’t this kind of resolved last season at the funeral? “Last one, dear.”
• What is up with Ted and horizontal striped-shirts? That ain’t working for me SOMEONE CALL THE FASHION POLICE!!! (hand up, down).
• Guys, BTW, if a girl says, “uuuuhhhhhhh….I don’t know,” That is a no.
• When Robin said to LAME, “There is something you don’t know…” how many of you were expecting her to confess about Barney?
• Someone help me out here; Robin is sad about not being able to have kids…but she doesn’t want kids at all? I know I’m missing something. I know she has said in the past she doesn’t want kids, but…hmmmm…food for thought.
• I’m still thinking about that casino game flash forward…
• So, what’s the “final stop” for Ted? From hope, to cynicism, to…a big flipping mistake, it seems. Then again, we’re clairvoyant because we can see the future he cannot.
• I think it’s pretty clear that no one knows about Barney and Robin except for the two of them. No way Ted has any idea.

Closing Thoughts

Dear Kevin,

It’s sad. Love isn’t enough.

A lot of people think they can change the other person. They cannot. Change is a glacial process that takes decades. Never overnight. Certainly, the big ones, religion, kids, favorite position in the sack, you figure that out now BEFORE you get down on one knee. Dude, you are smarter than this, what were you thinking?

You had to find out the hard way that if you want the prize, you have to work for it and earn it. Dating is supposed to be fun, so have fun dating, dude. So many people want the end without enjoying the beginning and the middle. So many people love the idea of a person instead of the actual human being. And trust me, dude, you never truly knew Robin. She’s not ready for anything serious, her protests to the contrary be damned. 

Don’t worry, she’s not the girl for you anyway; you want kids, she doesn’t. Glad you saw the light in the end. Now RUN!

Sincerely,

Jordan

Anyway…

Oh sweet irony! Last week’s clunker of an episode was written by the creators, and this week, by two staff guys. However, here is the thing; the credit we see on screen most often does not reflect the final product. TV shows are written by committee, and the name we see usually just wrote the first draft. AFTER the staff puts the story beats together, and BEFORE a bunch of jokes and rewrites are done by other people. And never mind the network “notes”.  So, who really knows?

Eh…who really cares? I really loved this episode. I laughed, I was surprised, I got some insight into the human condition, and finally finally FINALLY TED SCHMOSBY IS BACK!!!!!

Welcome back, Teddy West-Side. We missed you.

As far as Ted’s story is concerned, “The Drunk Train” is the next episode after, “Ducky Tie”. Sure, “The Slutty Pumpkin Returns” had some stuff but, who are we kidding? Ted was given a time bomb by Victoria, and it wasn’t until tonight that it started to tick. Tick…tick…tick…

See you all next week!

And here I was so excited that we’d have an hour-long episode…nope.

And after last week, we are back to mediocre HIMYM.  Sorry to report that.  A few decent moments, but overall, I was disappointed.

What was Good

• Monkeying with the opening credits, with Barney as the leader of the gang.  This has been his ultimate goal, but then again, doesn’t he already think of himself that way?  He’s the Barn-ih-cle, for crying out loud.
• Nice to have Stripper Lilly back, and I’m glad the show did not mince any words about NYC Russians and their stripper girlfriends; yes, they have brought the old world with them, and yes, they will try to rob you.  You can’t turn a hooker into a housewife, people.  But I digress.
• The final denouement.  Indeed, as time goes on, where we may be will change, but our love for one another will not.  Loved the booth metaphor.  I’m sure I’m not alone in this.
• The “Early Relationship Chicken.”  A nice true moment.  I would argue the key in life is to say yes to more things for the sake of saying yes alone.  Wouldn’t you?

What was Bad

• Chris Elliot.  The man has made a career out of playing that awkward douchebag you can’t stand (There’s Something About Mary, Groundhog Day, Everybody Loves Raymond, ect.).  My problem with him as an actor is that, well, that’s exactly what I think of him.  And now the writers have taken the dude into lame sitcom territory as “the THING THAT WOULDN’T LEAVE!!!!” (it was done much better as a short sketch with John Belushi on SNL years back). To think, just last week, they actually had a realistic and touching storyline regarding how Lilly simply can’t forgive her father for abandoning her and being an all around moron of a human being, and now this.  LAME…and not the kind of LAME I like.
• Okay seriously, one more time, the wacky roommate that just won’t leave???  HACK WRITING.  I think I just torpedoed any chance of the producers inviting me to the set (guys, I live right around the block from the Fox lot, pretty please?).
• I think it’s pretty clear at this point that Ted just isn’t the star of his own show anymore.  I’m gonna stop complaining about this now, as I have bitched about it enough.  Sad.  Sad sad sad.
• No wait, seriously, one last thing; if you were to show this season with episode 4 on to someone who had never seen it, there is no way in hell they would assume the show is about Ted.

Favorite Moments

• “But I don’t understand, you can get spray-tans here!”
• “Barney…is the NEW…leader of the gang and life just got more awesome!!!!”
• “Do not touch the fudge in my nightstand…we need ant traps for the night stand.”
• “I hate to agree with Barney’s near-paralyzing abandonment issues, but he has a point.”
• “Let’s go to a strip club!” – every night since 2005.
• “Lot of great memories here…mostly discovering my body.”
• “Barney, I don’t need a lap dance, I need to talk to my….friends.”
• “I’m realistic” – yeah too bad your show isn’t anymore, Ted.  BA-ZING!!!
• “We go to underground poker game in mostly abandoned insane asylum.”
• Ted winning at poker (though lets face it, that ain’t happening in real life) actually made me laugh pretty hard.  The only time I did this episode.
• “And the guilt just makes it dirtier and better.”

Random Thoughts/Questions

• Wait, when did Kevin and Robin start sleeping together?  And how long are they going to keep going with this idea that, oh, btw, ROBIN CHEATED ON HIM???
• Correct me if I’m wrong, but Robin does NOT like strip clubs, and made it quite clear to Barney as much when they were dating.
• Glad to know that Aldrin games actually had one hit.  I’m not THAT cruel.
• Anyone who speaks Russian and watches this episode, well, gee, that poker game double-back joke just won’t work, now will it?  Okay now I’m nitpicking.

Closing Thoughts

Not a fan of this episode, and so far, I’m not sure I’m gonna be a fan of this season.  A few gems so far, but a lot of duds.  I still love this show and I will stick with it to the bitter end.  Indeed, I love it enough to be honest about it.  I am honest enough to admit that the Star Wars prequels suck, I’m 34 years old and I can’t eat cheesesteaks anymore, and WHAM is not getting back together.  I can do it with HIMYM too.

And we’re back…no wait, not until January.  According to Carter Bays on Twitter, “Get ready East Coast! New #HIMYM starts in 652 hours 29 minutes!”

Okay so that means…first Monday in January?  Did I get that right?  Oh well.  We are officially half-way through season 7.  What a season, full of highs and lows.  And moving the story along.  B&T were not kidding.  The S is hitting the fan.  Victoria may have been right about the three of them.

Let’s dive in!

What was Good

• Robin’s story was quite moving.  This girl has been through a lot.  There is a reason that she never wants kids and can’t quite commit; her Dad.  Daddy issues are often made fun of in society today (and especially on this show, remember Girls vs. Suits) but, eh, maybe we should have a little compassion.  And, might I add, Cobie knocked this one out of the park.  Emmy voters, pay attention please.
• Ted, we have old Ted back.  A Ted who is not only a romantic in the love sense, but in the life and friendship sense.  He knows Robin, he gets Robin.  Everyone should have a friend like Ted.
• Mr E.  Wonderful.  I can relate.  As we get older, when we stop fighting the aging process (we’re over 30, just accept it and move on!) we start enjoying the new role that we are in.  And at the same time, one of the joys is being there for the young lads the way that adult role models were there for us at that age.  Seeing the joy in Marshall’s face was quite touching.  While it lasted.
• Loved the way it opened with Robin narrating, and then the twist in the end.  I was 50/50 on whether that would be the case.  It worked poetically in that this is one part of her heart talking, but is ultimately taken over by the other half as well as her brain.  In life, we cannot have everything.  People who think otherwise often end up getting divorced.
• Insane Duane.  Struck down by forgetting to pull out (sorry ladies).  I love how they cast the girl; classy, but sexy.  Pearls, but ready to get down.  Perfect.
• I am loving the red-headed foreign OB/GYN.
• And Future Ted coming back as the narrator in the end, sweet touch.  Really sweet touch.

What was Bad

• Barney.  I know he’s Barney.  And I know he would have this coming.  But again, Robin really burned him.  And he’s all ready to have a kid with her?  I needed more than what we got.  In, “Tick, Tick, Tick,” Barney went into the poker game of life, and went all in, and lost it all.  It is not enough for me to take what we know about Barney and have it implied that he’s gone back into his former self.  I don’t buy it.  His happiness to have a child should be connected to his feelings for Robin.  Here, his paternal longing (short-lived as it was) really isn’t connected to anything.
• The kid, Scott.  He’s a sociopath.  I’m sorry, but you lock a complete stranger who was kind to you up on a roof ALL NIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF WINTER?  Maybe I’m getting old; it was only recently that I started to be annoyed by all human beings under the age of 18.  Make that 23 actually (I live near UCLA).  I know Marshall is who he is, but I’m not buying that he’ll spend all night on the roof, possibly freezing to death, and being okay with the kid in the morning (until Scott violated the sock, that is).  I hated that he would take the innocent brotherly horseplay joy of his childhood (yeah, I know, they burned the basement) and connected it to this little Kardashian-in Training bastard.  I wanted to see Lilly figure it out and give the little punk his comeuppance.
• A complaint about the last episode, leaving us on a cliffhanger like that.  First of all, way to mess with us, B&T.  Why not instead have her say, “Barney, I’m late,” CUT.  Then we spend two weeks wondering if she’s pregnant or not?  Just my humble opinion here.  But talk about the mother of all fake outs.  And not in a good way.

Favorite Moments

• The Lebron joke.  125 over 6.  No ring yet.  Love it.
• “Are you sure you’re not just getting fat?” BAM.
• “Looks like nobody told your boobs” BAM.   Barney, dude, learn to shut up.
• We B Babies.  All teens thinking about having sex should be forced to hang out there for a day and watch all the depressed people who forgot to use birth control.
• The happy dance Barney and Robin did when they found out that they are not pregnant.
• Anytime Ted brings back the Mosby Boys in some way, I get giddy.  I can relate.
• “I’ve spent years training my boys to swim the other way.”
• I love that “I can’t have a baby” when Robin said it at the bar means one thing now, but later…great foreshadowing.
• I will continue to love B&T for their disdain of Vegans and Hippies (Clint, looking at you)
• “Kids…STOP”.  Ah, the joys of being a parent.  For now, I only have to put up with my cat yelling at me for my tuna and chicken (I’m on a diet).
• Vaginal Numbing Spray.  How did our fore-mothers get by without it?  Hee hee.
• “Looks like someone’s earned the right to put the Viking’s Helmet on Baby Jesus.”  I feel your pain, Marshall, I’m an Eagles fan.  We suck almost as much as you guys do.
• Robin on the couch, scotch and cigar, “Sucks to be YOU, braces!” Heh.  Good stuff.
• “You have to punch me in the face!” God I love Lilly.
• Marshall giving Robin Olympic advice through the phone with Lilly.  Again, yet another wonderful true character moment.

Random Thoughts and Questions (new section)

• Someone walk me though why Barney would be giddy to be a father.  This is the guy who invented, “Not a Father’s Day.”  If it is because they connected it to his love for Robin, that was not explained enough for my tastes.  And I don’t buy it if you’re gonna tell me that it was connected to last week’s episode.  This is ROBIN we are talking about.
• I’m very curious to know why Robin can’t have kids.  No real good reason, just curious.
• I was curious about the sandwich until I realized THE KID IS GETTING HIGH.  I now see that I was confused at first because this is the first time the narrator didn’t “point it out.”  Well played, writers, well played.
• Is there anything more sad than sitting on a park bench in the middle of winter, drinking egg nog, alone (see below).  This girl has hit rock bottom, at least, I hope she has, I don’t want anything to get worse for her.
• Really Ted?  To cheer Robin up, you play, “Highway to Hell”?  I know it was connected to what Barney said in the bar, but, still.  Why not something a little more upbeat, like highway to heaven?  A little Bing Crosby?
• I keep hearing the same high-pitched, “HEE HEE HEE” in the canned laughter.  It’s really starting to annoy me.
• Poor Kevin.  Oh, poor Kevin.
• Yes, rocks glasses should be used for those of us who don’t drink or aren’t drinking that night.  I wish more bars would do this.
• You know what sucks about all that comfort food on set?  It’s all fake.  Torture for the actors, who are dieting anyway.
• Notice how Duane has four kids?  What do you make of that?  Duane indeed misses his bro days, but he did have four kids with this lady.  Who seems simply lovely.
• Rebecca, if you’ve read this far…AMEN AND GOOD FOR YOU!  Everyone, go back and read what Rebecca said in the previous post about women who can’t have children.  Good show, girl.

Closing Thoughts

In spite of my complaints, I still liked this episode very much, and I will always love these characters.  A very character-driven episode, even if I still found that Barney’s journey with Robin is not being explained enough for my tastes.  I hope they take it further later on.

Tonight’s episode was truly a game changer for Robin.  Indeed, it is one thing to not want something, but something else entirely to learn you can never have it.  The human mind is certainly complicated, but Robin’s is a Inception-like labyrinth of mixed emotions, abandonment fear and uncertainty.  I am still mad at her for what she has done to Kevin and to Barney, but I still care for her and want her to be happy.  I am glad to know that in the future, everything will be okay for her, and I am sad to see her in so much pain in the present.

So, we’re at half-time.  Let’s recap:

LAME:

They are pregnant and enjoying that ride, and find out they are having a boy.  They win the “Our elders love us” lottery and get a house in the ‘burbs.  Yup, we’re in Act Three, the Gang is starting to split up.

BARNEY:

Dude has been through hell.  He tried things with Nora but screwed her over when he realized that he still had feelings for Robin, who promptly broke his heart and gave him a pregnancy scare for his troubles.  But the tides are still turning for the Barnicle.  Looking forward to that wedding.

ROBIN:

This season indeed has been about her.  She is finally beginning to confront her “Daddy Issues” and feelings of abandonment.  She still longs for Barney but has no idea what to do about it.  Finally admitted she is so messed up.  But we are rooting for her, nonetheless.  Everything is going to be okay.

TED:

The show’s supposed main character, he hasn’t had much to do this season, besides get final closure with Victoria and the Slutty Pumpkin.  I hope the second half gives him more to do.

I’ll be posting here every week even though there are no new episodes.  Of course, I’ll also be doing my podcast, the “Sensitive Nice Guy” show.  Tune in and enjoy!  Cheers!

And I hate myself.  I hate wikipedia.  Because, when I went on there to get a synopsis for tonight’s episode to put into this post, I caught wind of the MAJOR SPOILER.  F–K!!!!

From now on, no more synopses.  I truly love living out here on the West Coast.  The weather rules (though the traffic does not), Disneyland and Vegas are a hop, skip and a few jumps away, and there ain’t nothing better in this world than In ‘N Out.  But it’s a challenge writing reviews for television shows wanting to go in blind.

Oh well. I know what it is but I’ll save it for when my review comes up at 10:30PM PST.  Think you all can wait until then?

If not, start the discussion here, and I’ll see you in a bit.

J