So welcome to the episode where Ted reminds his kids that he was a man whore in New Your before he met their mother… Not sure I have a lot to say here tonight. Ted starts by telling us this is the Jeanette is the last girl that he dates before their mother. So you might think this might be a pretty significant episode. In actuality, it’s really not. Overall a pretty nothing episode. Funny for sure, but nothing. Seriously, lots of good laughs, call backs and moments but  that’s about it.

There is the insinuation that Jeanette possibly blows up the apartment. So that’s fun.  Boba Fett, the boots, the Departed reference, Jeanette is wearing purple at the end… Let’s actually talk purple a second. I know a lot of you are into the color theories in HIMYM. They may or may not have credence, we know for a fact that yellow does, so why would we assume it’s the only color with significance  I’m sure someone else can fill us in more but I know that in Desperation Day that one of Robin’s co-workers says that purple is for pride and Robin & friends all wear purple to protest. I digress, though I would love to hear some other thoughts.

My final thought for the moment is where the hell was the Vicky Mendoza diagonal? Seriously the hot/crazy scale was a prime call back for this episode.

Music

Legendary Lines

future Senator Mike Tyson (about Marvin): I could just eat you up

Barney: Why’s the Earth round? Why does the sun rise? What do I do for a living? Some things are meant to never be answered.

Barney (or Marshall… can’t recall):Wait a minute.. is she a CAAAAAWP?!

future Senator Mike Tyson (via Robin flashback): Here’s the thing about crazy. When a guy sends mixed signals to a girl, it takes a toll on her psychological well-being. You wanna know why a girl acts crazy? Look at the guy she’s dating. Then you’ll really see some crazy.

Ted: It’s those red boots, they just look sexy on everyone.

Moments of Awesomeness

• the amazing things Barney & Marshall bought
• the future binky confession…man, Robin & Lily really age well.
• Love the Boba Fett costume
• Mike freaking Tyson… loving it.
• What does Barney do for a living? Inquiring minds will always want to know…
• Still loved the Red Cowboy boots… Jeanette. Pulling. Them. Off. True Story.

New Jersey

•  lack of hot/crazy mention
• funny but going nowhere… I’m scared this is what we have to expect in the next season and a half, but anxious to be proven wrong.

The Re-Return

Robin hold Marvin till the wee hours of the morning…until a smell becomes noticeable.

Lingering Question

•  Any significance to colors other than purple?
• Why would you keep the Storm Trooper and get rid of the Fett suit?
• How long will Jeanette Last?
• What did you think?

Ahoy, Jenn here steering this ship tonight!

This episode felt very out of sequence for me despite portions of it supposedly happening a year and a half ago. Hello where’s any mention of Jeannette?

The episode boiled down to how one evening at an Art show went. The version Ted recalls after eating a sandwich. The version Robin recall after getting drunk at a “meeting.” The version Barney recalls…oh wait. And the way the night actually went as told by Lily.

We learn that Lily served up her Aldrin Justice by stealing the Captain’s ashtray after he told her she was just an art teacher with no real taste or appreciation for art. The Captain’s comments about Lily just “just being an art teacher” sting hard and causes Lily to nearly meltdown like she did at the end of Season One when she broke off her engagement to Marshall to go to San Francisco. In the end Lily got offered a job by the Captain to be  his new art consultant. For such a long built up, I found it to be a let down.

The good news is my friend George is the lead writer of next week’s episode. He had a great episode last season, so I’m excited about next week. Too bad I’ll be in Orlando so won’ be able to watch it until I get back.

Legendary Lines

Ted: That’s weird I have a message // Marshall: That’s weird you still have an answering machine.

Barney: An Art Garfunkle gallery concert

Ted: Anyone with this kind of ashtray money, probably has an island where he hunts people, probably in the Caribbean. I bet there’s good snorkeling.

Marshall She’s Boats, Boats, Boats and he’s the Captain. That’s sweet I’m happy for those two. Ted you suck.

Robin: Nothing Happened //  Barney: Uhhhh that means hand stuff

Marshall: Just some one of them could say Iceberg straight ahead

Robin: Can you please hold a minute  // Captain: Dropping anchor

Barney: Because crazy stories are my thing. You have architecture. Marshall has the law. Lily has art. Robin has pleasing me sexually. You have a passion that drives you. Well I have a passion it’s taking life and turning it into a series of crazy stories, if you can do that me then I don’t even know who I am anymore.

Marshall: I know that we role play conjugal visits a lot, but I can’t do that for realsies.

Moments of Awesomeness

I’ve missed the Captain’s red pants

Ted’s high pitch screams upon seeing the Captain

Barney’s “Daddy’s home” entrances at the art show

Ted “snorkeling” with the ashtray

NPH’s delivery of “me neither”

Marshall and Lily’s agreement of an “Indecent Proposal” for sex with Lily

Robin’s make out into a pass out

The Re-Return

The Captain

Boats, Boats, Boats Becky

Sandwiches

ALDRIN JUSTICE

The Playbook play

THE REAL RE-RETURN

The Royal Archduke of Grand Fenwick

Lingering Questions

What’s with Ted’s old technology? VCR, answering machines…yeesh.

Just seeing Zoey made me mad. Anyone else?

Did everyone notice all of Marshall and Barney’s “contraband”  in Ted’s apartment?  arcade game, popcorn machine.

Where’d I leave my Prussian military costume? I thought it was just laying around the house.

Where are your best and most exciting days? Ahead of you or behind you?

Listen up my HIMYM friends! I know that this is a How I Met Your Mother site but I love a lot of other shows as well. And one of the funniest shows on television may be in danger of getting axed. If you have a second please sign the petition below, post on Facebook, Twitter or whatever it takes. Happy Endings is a hilarious show and deserves some more time! See the pasted plea below from my pal Bryan on reddit:

I am in the middle of a serious effort to save a brilliant show from the threat of cancellation looming. Not yet confirmed in any reports, but fans of Happy Endings aren’t seeing a 4th season as a possibility. It’s been struggling since the Tues. night block in the 3rd season primer in fall 2012, and is now looking closer to death.

I’ve spent most of the weekend promoting my petition on Change.org to try and stop executives from burying their balls in their asses.

The writing of the petition took me many hours, and I’ve been all over promoting it. 500,000 Facebook fans of the show. 100,000 twitter followers of various cast and crew members. 1 million cast member video views on FunnyorDie.com content. Hotties Eliza Coupe, Elisha Cuthbert and Casey Wilson. LadyBoners Damon Wayans, Jr., Adam Pally, and Zachary Knighton. What is not to love?

http://www.change.org/petitions/save-happy-endings

I have 3 signatures, as of now, with 1 my own. This is saddening, especially considering the possibility of one of the Happy Endings stars to conduct a Reddit AMA in the coming days/weeks. I’ve contacted people who know people, and he’s contacted their people. It’s confusing, I know.

This is a self post, so no karma is gained.

Thanks for listening,

Bryan, petition author and #savehappyendings project lead

Edit: 2/24 2pm EST Now up to 48 supporters, awesome job everyone!

Also, per a suggestion, I created a reblogging site starting with a T.

Edit 2/24 3:30pm EST

This thread has disappeared from /r/television page, don’t know why….

and we’re up to 54 supporters! Whoo!

also, link to strategies page if you wish to help further!

edit 6:15 pm EST After sending the executives the first email with the link, two key executives emails came back as un-deliverable.

Samie Kim Falvey, Senior Vice President of Comedy Development, ABC

Susan Sewell, Vice President, Media Relations, ABC Television Network

 

Music

• When the Sun Goes Down by The Jetzons Amazon (opening track from episode)
  
• Long As I Can See The Light  Creedence Clearwater Revival  Amazon (closing episode)

Hola everyone! I’m Will, a friend of Jenn’s. Much like Barney- I’m full of awesome. I’m guest blogging while everyone else is apparently off doing something more fun. So you’re stuck with me, this is my first time- so no making fun.

So here it is ladies and gentlemen, the foretold inglorious end of Ted’s dating life. We got to take our last peek at crazy pants Jeanette as she rampaged and defecated all over Ted’s apartment, finally convincing the ever needy Ted that it’s time to settle down. After being dumped by LT Peterson, Ted agrees to test drive a few plays from Barney’s not-so-destroyed playbook; surprisingly, Ted has difficulty winning ladies over with promises of his penis.

While coaching Ted, Robin walks in on Barney and finds the playbook. Really? I felt the setup for that argument to be a little too artificial. Why does Robin randomly show up at Ted’s house looking for Barney? If Barney told Robin where he was, why would he leave the playbook just sitting on the couch? And does everyone have a key to Ted’s apt? After more deception, I mean magic, they “make up.” I’m not sure Robin is buying Barney’s liar speech- she did mention earlier in the episode that the destruction of the playbook was a key factor in her being willing to marry Barney.

Oh, Lily and Marshall were in this episode as well- the continued focus on Lily’s career is refreshing. Marshall’s deadpan expression carried what is probably  funniest scene thus far this season- “I don’t know if you heard, but I dropped some skittles.”

Legendary Lines

Barney: “So you’re bringing a plus one?” // Robin: “If you count the voices in her head, it’s plus five!”

Jeanette: “Here’s your key back” //Ted: “I never gave you a key”// Jeanette: “And here’s your grandmother’s ring.”// Ted: “She was buried wearing this.”

Ted: “My penis! My penis! My penis!!!”

Marshall: “Just look at her so professional, she hasn’t sat on single piece of art.”

Moments of Awesomeness

Episode writer George Sloan! Shout out to all those QU alums.

What’s better than Weekend at Bernie’s? Weekend at Barney’s!

Barney’s awesome ability to unhook Robin’s bra under any circumstance.

Barneys 1 rule(s).

Silent skittles.

Lily’s nip slips (we need more of this in future episodes!)

The Re-Return

The Playbook (one last time)

Ted’s red cowboy boots(one last time)

Ted making poor relationship choices (one last time?)

Lingering Questions

Will Robin ever really trust Barney?

The “Mother” is on deck, how long till we get to meet her?

Tonight episode was chock full of laughs for me and it actually somewhat pushed the plot along?!

Robin wants Barney to sell his apartment so they can move into a new place together. We learn about additional crazy custom bells and whistles Barney added to the apartment while they try to sell it, but in the end Robin realize marriage means in sickness and in health and Barney’s apartment is part of his sickness.

Lily’s busy with new job working for the Captain and her over the top outfits, including gigantic glasses (I have the sunglass version of those, True Story). I have to say it’s refreshing to see Lily’s career take on a storyline and give her some direction.

Marshall and Ted’s addiction to watching Woodworthy Manor complete with spoilers, fancy tea pots and finger sandwiches. Ted as Emsbery complete with a British accent was lovely.

Legendary Lines

Marshall: You nailed all of Lily’s parts, it’s been 3 weeks since I have.

Ted: Barney I wouldn’t live here even if you scrubbed every inch of this place in Purell, amoxicillin and holy water.

Barney: I am way too upset to point out how many women have seen some beautiful woodwork in there.

Robin: Barney I’m getting wet.  //  Barney: And that turns it off.

Marshall: We have a child together (cue sprinklers – PERFECTION)

Robin: Turns out I accept and appreciate even the grossest, creepiest, most sociopathic parts of you.   //   Barney: Sounds like somebody just wrote her vows.

Moments of Awesomeness

Barney’s Patent Pending Inventions

• Ho Be Gone sleep system by Stinson
• The Room with a Screw by Stinson
• The Escape from Bitch Mountain by Stinson
• The Heavy set go by Stinson

Marshall’s figgy putting Woodworthy Manor game, I miss Marshell’s game

Ridiculous art descriptions by the captain.

Barney’s floating head – Superman / Wizard of Oz style

Oh snap Barney used the Ho-Be-Gone on Robin

Ted putting the moves on Marshall to get him to watch Woodworthy Manor

Ted and Marshall GCWKing it up (except they have a kid)

Mushroom cloud five

Superman references that I’m sure many of you got, but I didn’t

Re Return

Barney and Robin escape watching Woodworthy Manor and high five despite a broken wrist – that’s love

Lingering Questions

So did Barney really bang Ted’s mom?

Did you see the property of Ted Mosby on the map in Barney’s closet?

I don’t know how guys can switch gears from wanting to be in a loving committed to relationship to banging some rando.

Music

• Dance Song (Derriere?)   (Marshall and Sparkles dance off)
• For the Longest Time by Billy Joel amazon (future and Present Ted’s sing together)
• Piano piece when Ted imagines meeting the Mother early is Swihart. I tell you this because I know you will ask.

Sorry I’ve been away friends, too much life to discuss sometimes though. Still it’s nice to sit down, grab a beer and enjoy a laugh (and a cry) with Ted and friends. Since that moment I’ve rewatched this episod twice to really get a handle on what happened. The beging is a little out there with future Ted and Barney’s and seriously, how cool would that be to have your future self for advice? By the end of the episode you find out Ted was sitting there all alone and the whole thing had happened 5 years ago… which is a little confusing too. My guess is the dance off for drink title happened five years ago and this is NOT 5 years in the future which would really be screwing with the timeline which may be important since we are 45 Ted days away. Then you have Ted having an imaginary conversation with someone he doesn’t know existed. Overall a lot of symbology and then a laugh till they gut punch you moment.

I love the fact that the writers are slowly crossing theories and loose ends of the bucket list.  I was ecstatic when the theory about Barney’s sister being the mother got debunked (ref. The Carly Theory debunk  s08e14 “Ring Up”). I also know there are those of you that might have even considered coat check girl from Season 1 since he never saw her again … but it looks like he did (5 years ago) and never followed through.  I hope they keep it up, we might even se where that pineapple came from.

Finally, I’ve seen a lot of chatter about thinking the Mother is dead in the future …especially because of Ted’s gut misty eyed 45 day speech his imagines giving to the future Mrs. Mosby at the end. Is it possible? Sure and I can read into how some might read a lot into the details. I don’t buy it though. You should also keep in mind that this is coming from someone who still is pretty fond of the Tracy Theory. Things like that seem to make sense to me…and keep in mind what the writers have done so far this season (mentioned above)… with that said, the dead mother theory still seems like a stretch at this point. I’ve been wrong before though so what are your thoughts?

Legendary Lines

Barney: It’s gonna be Legen… wait 20 years for it…
20 year later Barney: Dairy.

Ted: Do I hurl?

Ted: No one is saying you need alcohol to have an exciting and memorable night… but in this case.

Marshall: Lily, I know I have the sexual karasima of a bad boy but I don’t have the manners of one.

Future Coat Check Girl: You’ve been dating for a long time Ted…has it ever gone any other way?

Robin: I’m Sparkles bitch!

Imaginary Barney: Look around Ted, you’re all alone.

“If He Could” Ted: In exactly 45 days, I will meet you. But I’m here now, I guess because, I want this extra 45 days.. With you.

Moments of Awesomeness

• Minnesota Title Wave…by Marshall. wait I mean the Robin Scherbatsky
• I loved 20 year from now Ted screwing with present day Ted about not being married yet.
• coat check girl! Damn I love call backs.
• Sparkles vs Big Fudge. And I love that Robin is finally embracing the Sparkles history.
• 45 Days.
• Sad ending…but seriously good stuff.

Re-Return:

Future & Present sing “For the Longest Time” in 6 part harmony.

Lingering Questions

• I honestly wish I had a 20 hours from now me to get advice from. You?
• Since Carl own’s the bar wouldn’t his last name be MacLaren?
• I know 45 days isn’t literal…but does it mean we will see some magic before the end of Season 8?
• What did you guys think?

The Captain asks Lily to move with home to Rome for a year. Lily envisions what moving to Rome would really be like with Marshall at home. Meanwhile Marshall has a different vision and channels his inner Godfather.

LiDDY with the hot body, who is their wedding planner. With a REDONKULOUS body and a giant coat. Barney successfully got her to take off her coat since he is a happily engaged man to the love of his life.

Ted opens his big mouth about how to he knows Robin better than Barney which lead Barney to remind Ted that he’s getting married in 3 weeks, not Ted. Cold Harsh Reality Five right there and Ted just took it. I feel something is a-brewin’.

Legendary Lines

Ted: This girl has the Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol of bodies.

Ted: He took a week of Italian in college and the only reason he dropped it was because he had a conflict…with not being stoned.

Barney: I’m fighting hotness with hotness.

Barney: Robin understands there is one set of balls she cannot tie up with a necktie and lightly hit with a ping pong paddle.

Marshall: Bernard, not a good time read the room.

Barney: I want to see the coat on the rack so I can see the rack under the coat

Robin: I bet she has WBD – weapons of bra destruction.

Ted: It’s like trying to describe a rainbow to a blind person.

Barney: Robin, thanks you I can now walk up to any girl and say whatever creepy, disgusting thing I want and totally get away with it.

Lily: I’m small town, Marshall.  I’m a hick from Brooklyn who’s terrified to live more than 10 subway stops from where she grow up.

Moments of Awesomeness

Getting reamed and seeing a ream of paper sail by

Ted & Barney both say “coat rack”

Marshall’s very “green” office

Marshall and Marvin in their matching track suits on a moped

The STINK – loved Marshall’s midwest charm and lack of stink

Marshall and Lily’s conversation in Italian. He was so convincing, it wasn’t until a few sentences in that I realized he kept repeating his same phrase in different inflections.

Robin in the big jacket

Callbacks

Misuse of Literally  - callback to Spoiler Alert

Murder Train during a fight scene…classic

Linger Questions

I’d totally watch a spin off featuring Bernard from Marshall’s office…anyone else?

Could Liddy be the mother, or is she just a red herring?

Is Robin really the coolest fiance ever? Or is Ted right about her?

I’m glad to see Robin dressing well again. Post Barney breakup and pre get together she was looking homely for a while.

What’s with Lily’s lack of confidence in herself, I don’t get it and I don’t like it. You’d think with a BFF like Robin she could take a few cues from her.

I really want to know what Liddy’s body looks like, I’m picturing a non-cartoon Jessica Rabbit bod.

Will here, standing in for your regularly scheduled bloggers.

The time has come for Barney’s bachelor party. Expecting a lame party, Barney instructs Ted and Marshall on proper bachelor party procedure (to include a naked fire show or a naked magic show). Barney’s expectations are seemingly met when he is transported to just outside Atlantic City to enjoy a clown, the “wrong” karate kid and the only stripper Barney didn’t want to see- Quinn. Barney’s bachelor party ends after he loses Marshall in a game of Xing Hai Shi Bu Xing, Ted abandons him for being selfish, and Robin leaves Barney after discovering that Quinn was the stripper.

This was of course an elaborate ruse planned by Robin- which Barney loves in a twisted way. As an added bonus, the clown is actually the “real karate kid” – William Zabka.

Legendary Lines

“What’s got into you, oh that’s right- nothing ever.”

“My bachelor party was incr, wait for it, and I hope you’re hungry cause the second half of this word is edible!”

“Barney is suicidal!”/”I know, it’s awesome!”

Moments of Awesomeness

Quinn foretelling: “There’s a good chance our engagement probably isn’t gonna work out.”

Barney’s mom calling out Robin for the dirty hoebag that she is. 

Lily’s continued sluttines, in this case directed towards Ralph Macchio.

Re Return 

Barney’s addiction to Xing Hai Shi Bu Xing.

QUINN (kind of surprising that she was ok with the hoax).

“The Barney” as a foil to “The Robin”

Barney’s “backwards” affinity for William Zabka.

Lingering Questions

Is Robin “Leaving” Barney foreshadowing a future break-up?

Can we get back to the Mother please?

I haven’t gotten to watch yet but comment away! I’m anxious to watch!

Music

• How to Fight Loneliness by Wilco (amazon) – Ted & Robin argue about signes from the universe in the rain, closing 

Let’s start off by jumping past the obvious if that’s even possible. I loved Robin & Barney tonight. They were so good together though I truly believe that NPH can pull off a more maniacal laugh…I mean Dr. Horrible. come on. Seriously, they looked in marital harmony tonight and that was good after last week’s breakdown in the park. Which leads us to Ted…

I know, I know… what the hell Ted, right? First off, did finishing the house seem to come out of somewhere? I digress, but when Ted says (this may be a paraphrase), “The locket is in the pencil box. This is awesome. It’s going to blow her mind!”  I can directly see this leading to the bandage on Ted’s hand we saw in Farhampton. How will it happen? Will it have nothing to do with that? Also, will Ted go to Chicago? We already assume he doesn’t sell the house since he is tilling the story in it, but is it ever really that simple? We have to wait till next season, when we will also find out…

If Marshall will remain a judge for now or Lily will go to Rome… or both. I do like the ring of the Honorable Marshal Erikson. My gut says there will be an episode devoted to this next year and I would almost bet they find a way to do both…but HIMYM approaches some tough choices that aren’t always happy so if it’s one I would, say hello to the Honorable Marshal Erikson.

On to the event seemed to break twitter, or maybe the tweets were moving so fast that I couldn’t read them all. The actress is Cristin Milioti… we’ll be taking guess on her show name Shhort and to the point, that was such a cool moment. Shoes. Bass. Umbrella. “Ticket to Farhampton Please” and face. Great pick for the mother, I love it that she is not a name…and seems like the prefect mix of Lily & Robin. I’m saying this with only one line, many clues and several glimpses of her feet so that may be worth nothing.

My mind is still a buzz so I want to know what you think! Talk away!

Music

• Simple Song by The Shins amazon- lots of action at the end and seeing the Mother buying a ticket.

Legendary Lines

Barney: You’re unappetizing to look at

Ted: It was pretty manly until I mentioned Ryan Gosling in the Notebook…

Robin: Hey Lily, help me put this locket in my butt…

Moments of Awesomeness

• Teddy West-chester is not a cool as Teddy Westside
• Casey Wilson (Krirsten) from the recently departed “Happy Endings”
• Love it that Robin used the way she & Ted broke up at an attack strategy.
• Legen…married… still waiting for it.
• Where’s the poop. Goog callback by Lily
• Ranjit
• the moment we see (and I quote from the credits) “The Girls with the Yellow Umbrella”… I checked it’s not a sequel to “The Girls with the Dragon Tattoo”

Lingering Questions

• Are those boots the same shoe size as Lily?
• Any guesses on a name for the girl with the yellow umbrella? My money is on a T name but I’ve been told there is another theory about a C name.
• Judge Marshall or Rome bound?
• What do you expect from next season?
• What did you think tonight?

There was a brief moment Monday night whenHow I Met Your Mother was maybe solving all of its problems by introducing us to the mother. She’s played by Cristin Milioti! We actually saw her! Maybe now the show can go back to its more-pleasant roots and tell us a delightful love story! Alas, it is not to be. CBS president Nina Tassler cleared up some of the speculation about what would happen in the show’s ninth and final season. She tells TVLine that the whole season will indeed span just the 56 hours before Barney and Robin’s wedding, as some had feared, and will be about “how each character, before Ted, meets the mother. So, they each meet her independently before he does.” So if you were tired of seeing Ted Mosby be such a weenie, tough tacos for you.

Source: Vulture.com

CBS has officially announced the premier date for the 9th and final season of How I Met Your Mother as September 23rd 2013. In additional news (and as many of you have surmised or heard by now), Cristin Milioti will be added as a series regular for the 9th and final season!

Mark your calendars but remember I can only commit to one Premier party so send your best offer early

source: tvline

Farhampton Inn ghost Captain Daneby Dearduff, Dearduff the Hooker is haunting Lily’s room that Marshall booked.
Marshall sends everyone from the gang to delete a text on Lily’s phone. Ted climbs a drain pipe, Barney climbs in through the air ducts, and Robin comes in on the room service cart. Ted saves the day using No Questions Asked.
Barney and Robin learn how to work as a team as opposed to as lone wolves.
Marshall finally tells Lily that he accepted the judgeship

Legendary Lines

Ted: Hey, I as a man in need
Marshall: I know you were a priority mail

Barney: Alright I’ll take a lap dance, can I borrow a pair of sweatpants

Lily: I’m not paying for room service the hooker ordered
Barney: I’ve been there

Marshall: I never asked you who those weirdoes were, why they kept calling you Night Falcon, or what was in those darts that they were blowing at us
Robin: You vision came back didn’t it, wuss

Barney and Robin: Lure prey into a tight corner and snap it’s limbs with our powerful jaws and watch the life drain from it’s eyes….awww

Hamish the night clerk: So you’re saying you didn’t order room service and you didn’t order Prison Sluts 9
Lily: I didn’t order room service

Moments of Awesomeness

-Another Farhampton Inn worker: Hamish the night clerk

-Guns and doves

-Ted’s singing a version of Marvin’s night night song to Lily

-Barney whispering as the Hooker

-Barney deucing his pants

-Barney swallowed all the Lucky Charms objects on a dare

-Barney thinking that Bruce Willis is the bad guy in Die Hard

-Courtney Dove and Kurt Coobain

-The montage showing that Marshall loves Lily too much to ask for something “No questions asked”

Re-Return

The real story of Ted getting locked in the mail box. Writing a creepy stalker letter to a random girl…sounds about right.

Lingering Questions

• Is anyone else LOVING the décor in the rooms of the Farhampton Inn?
• Night Falcon?
• More purple: PURPLE Unitard!
• Who do you owe a No Questions Asked favor?

According to multiple sites like Entertainment Weekly

EW has confirmed that HIMYM creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas and former Up All Night EP Emily Spivey have pitched a female-led half-hour comedy called How I Met Your Father. Like HIMYM, it would feature a group of friends, be set in New York and chronicle the main character’s quest to meet her future husband. There’s a chance the proposed project might also feature HIMYM icon MacLaren’s Pub.

If the idea is given the greenlight — talks are extremely preliminary — the new slate of characters would likely be introduced in the How I Met Your Mother series finale, according to reports.

Earlier this year, Thomas, speaking to EW for our How I Met Your Mother cover story, admitted that a spin-off possibility was something he and Bays were “thinking about.” “There’s a world where the universe of the show can keep existing in a way that feels coherent to what’s come before, but new enough to be worth watching.”

 

When I first heard this idea a while ago I thought they we going to do it from The Mother’s perspective which I liked, but it seems like it will be a whole new cast. I’m not sure how I feel. What about you guys?

Ok I’m going to change things up today. I’m going to take all the things I tweeted tonight and arrange them by  ”Recap” “Legendary Lines” ” Moments of Awesomeness” “Callback” “Re-Return” “Lingering Questions/Thoughts”

HOWEVER before I do that, can we all hold hands and squeal about how happy we are that we got to see Mother again. I kept LOOKING for her in the background of scences (no luck). As soon as Mother said the view is like going back it time I KNEW the proposal was coming. I wasn’t sure how far the writers would let us see it, but I was thrilled we got that moment, although it didn’t seen so elaborately Ted (Blue french horns, suits, driving gloves, etc – the man doesn’t take things lightly), but maybe the Mother evens him out or makes him feel like he doesn’t have to try so hard. The Otis Reddng (Ted’s favorite artist as I was reminded by @osumarko). I’d love for you all to sound off in the comments with Legendary Lines or flesh out some of your thoughts based on my tweets. I’ll be obsessively refreshing the comments section for the next 48 hours, hope to see you there!

• Hey gang, Jenn here to take over the twitter handle (@bawesomeinstead)  once again. I’ll be live tweeting tonight’s episode #spoileralert
• Jenn checking in…is this thing on?
• Tonight’s episode “The Lighthouse” Josh Radnor teased that some real nice stuff happens
• Curtis, I’ve missed you
• Mrs Mosby and Clint!! After all this time it’s nice to see Ted’s family home
• Ted’s totally awesome mug
• Finally the car plays out!!!!
• That car has been on the step for WEEKS (hours in HIMYM time)
• Robin’s mom WOULD drive a pick up truck
• I KNEW the scrambled egg debacle was going to lead to talking fertilizing eggs

Legendary Lines

• Barney – Dunches (Aren’t all brunches drunches?)
• Robin: Zed Zed Top #ohcanada
• Ted: Coin con, nothing worse than going stag
• Daphne: Daphne picks the music
• Barney: Lambercuzzi #patentpending
• Mother: ”When you vomit, I vomit.” How romantic! #HIMYM

Moments of Awesomeness

• Robin is truly SPARKLING in Loretta’s blouse
• Love the underground bar
• Good speech Barney, stand up to yo momma
• Awww Loretta, when it comes down to it she really is a great mom
• MOTHER!!!
• Proposal!!!!!!!!
• OMG future Ted and mother are so happy
• Love the choice of Otis Redding in the background for that last scene

Callbacks

• Zitchdog!! #callback
• Yessssssssssss #500miles

Rereturn

• Clint

Lingering Questions/Thoughts 

• Lily is looking super skinny today
• There is no way Ted is strong enough to carry a woman up the stairs **most popular tweet of the night**
• (Why does) Rain does make friend hugging weird
• Bryan Cranston and Dolphin Barney #cantwait

Jenn here to let you all know that this week’s episode is guaranteed to be PHENOMENAL. How can I guarantee this you ask? My college friend George Sloan is the lead writer for this week’s episode.

George was the lead writer for Weekend at Barney’s last season and Season 7′s No Pressure, which is a personal favorite of mine.

According to an e-mail George sent to me and other friends: “The episode features a Harlem Globetrotters game, a bunch of crazy dolphin noises, and a fresh-off-his-Breaking-Bad-finale Bryan Cranston.”

George is a huge Breaking Bad fan so working with Bryan Cranston must have been awesome for him.

George is also my hero because I got to visit the HIMYM set twice. Once in ’09 and then in ’12 (while they were filming). Aaron (who own this site and his lovely wife came out to Cali for the chance to come on the set visit when I was in town and planning to visit). You can read Aaron’s recap of the set visit here.

Sadly I will be a concert on Monday night, but I will try and recap when I get home, if not Tuesday.

Hello! I’m Star, friend of Jenn, and HIMYM enthusiast! Let’s get into the episode:

First, it was nice to see Robin behaving like a normal human being and having an authentic reaction to her mom not being able to come to the wedding. I honestly thought they wouldn’t acknowledge this plot point beyond the last episode. Back to the recap: After Barney accepts the challenge to cheer up Robin, we flash back to the Fall of 2012 where Lily and Robin present Barney with a series of challenges, leading to some great interactions between the three of them. Meanwhile, Ted and Marshall are at a Harlem Globetrotters game but of course they’re rooting for the Washington Generals. Throughout the game/episode Marshall and Ted debate Ted’s future with Robin, while Barney met The Mother and accepted the best challenge to date. The other twist in the episode was Hammond Druthers, Ted’s old boss/nemesis calling Ted offering him a job in Chicago. Ted eventually turns him down once he sees Robin eating olives. Once again, we see Ted caught up in the belief that he can get Robin to love/marry him, so he chose that hope over the job in Chicago.

Legendary Lines:

• Robin: Does anyone know how to turn this off? Is there like a button or something?
• Robin: I need you to take a year A full year and just be celibate. No boys, one year. Think you know I’m right about this.
• Marshall: Oh my God, do you know who you are? You’re Nicholas Sparks.
• Barney: More challenges, more challenges!
• Hammond: I WILL LIVE ON YOUR FACEBOOK WALL!!
• Hammond: The door’s always open Ted
• Barney: Drawing a blank
• The Mother: Do you want to keep playing, or do you want to win?

Moments of awesomeness:

• Lily trying to scare Robin out of being sad and making her get hiccups
• How nice was it to see Marshall back with the group – I’ve really missed him being around everyone this season.
• Love the use of the Globetrotter’s music
• Ted and Marshall heckling the refs and coach at the game
• Marshall and Robin not being able to make out even if lives were depending on it. Am I the only one that really enjoys story lines with Marshall and Robin?
• Lily and Robing giving up and getting Barney to run errands for them
• Barney thinking that Zabka would be a dream date for the redhead
• The scene outside the drugstore with Barney and The Mother was phenomenal. Can I be best friends with The Mother?
• Every scene with Hammond Druthers
• Marshall’s reaction to the Generals losing the game
• The song playing during the last scene- anyone know what this was? I thought it was perfect.
• Not seeing Marshall in that SUV on the way to the wedding.

Callbacks:

• Ted and Robin saluting
• Marshall making up a song about what he’s doing at the moment
• Blue french horn
• The Robin

Rereturn

• Hammond Druthers- I love that he is so terrible at being an architect

Lingering Questions/Thoughts

• How invested are Lily and Marshall in their bet? How far are they willing to go to win?
• Is there a reason that this season is focusing on Ted chasing after Robin AGAIN?
• Now that we’ve seen how Lily and Barney met The Mother, which non-Ted meeting are you most looking forward to seeing?
• Will Barney remember meeting The Mother when she shows up to play at their reception?
• Is Barney’s calligraphy pen actually Property of Ted Mosby?
• Can George write every episode for the rest of the season?
• I love how Barney always responds to smart , ballsy women who call him on his crap (Lily, Quinn, Robin, and now The Mother)

Thanks for letting me share a my perspective with you for this episode. Hopefully the professionals will be back for next week.

Jenn back in the driver’s seat tonight.  Glad to see so many of you enjoyed my friend George’s episode last week!

A great replacement minister for Barney and Robin’s wedding is James’s dad Sam aka Reverend Gibbs. Barney Dad, Jerry and his wife also arrive at the Farhampton Inn. Barney thinks his mom and dad are getting back together again. Very “All I  Want for Christmas” from the 1990s (great flick). However James thinks Loretta’s going to get back together with his dad. A little brotherly competition is on. Barney schemes to get Jerry and Loretta together. Barney and James each have Pleasantville fantasies in a bro-down throwdown! We find out that Sam and Lor-et-ta have become an item. Robin is able to comfort Barney and make him feel better. Barney shows his support by encouraging Loretta and Sam to consume their love in an elevator with James in it too.

Meanwhile we are back in the Yellow gas guzzler with Marshall, Daphne, and Marvin (my goodness he’s aged quickly). Glad to see that Daphne finally came around to “I’m gonna be (500 miles),” I mean there was always 83% chance that she was going to. Somehow over the course of this cross-country drive Marshall and Daphne because the new old married couple. Thankfully we reach Daphne’s stop and bid adieu to her.

Finally we find ourselves with Detective Ted and the case of the midnight blue calligraphy ink stained Gretzky autograph headshot in a Clue-esque whodunit. The top suspects are Billy Zabka, the shifty-eyed Bellhop, and Robin’s Cousin, Claude. Ted ropes Lily into his conspiracy theories. It turns out to be Zabka who is jealous that Ted got reinstated as Best Man, in a case of ZABKA-TAGE, brilliant. Just brilliant how this whole reveal takes places and the back story of it.

Legendary Lines

• Marshall:  Again?  //  Daphne: Proclaim it
• Ted: My calligraphy ink! I mean the Gretzky photo!
• Lily: You can’t even detect sarcasm.
• Jerry: No, Barney lowered in a tv showing some pretty graphic 1970s pornography.
• Loretta: Still a lot of familiar faces in there, oh, well not just faces.
• Zabka: Right here getting a massage, I rocked a 60 minute deep tish
• James: I win
• Barney: Get your damn hands off my mom  //  James: Get your damn hands on my mom   //  Sam: One on, one off?
• Barney: is that what you two you call it? Performing the ceremony?
• Zabka: 25 years of getting crane kicked in the nuts
• Barney: Billy rules, Ted drools, Stinson out.

Moments of Awesomeness

• Ranjit driving Jerry’s wife to meet him to go “parasailing”
• Marshall over thinking the context of I’m gonna be
• Barney sending down a giant roll of condoms when Jerry mentions being stuck in the elevator with Loretta is very unsafe
• Bangity Bang slow jam
• Snobby Ted and his calligraphy pretentiousness
• Love any excuse to hear NPH sing
• Jerry in a leather jacket, trying to look like a badass.
• The suicide note Barney wrote on behalf of Jerry’s wife
• Lily’s 2^nd tackle of the weekend
• Bye Daphne,  C-YA
• Zapka’s flashback wigs (and outfits)

Callback

The Pineapple Incident

Re-Return

Ranjit still out in the middle of nowhere when suddenly Jerry appears and screaming ensues.

Bonus: Nice teaser for next week’s episode all in rhyme. Can the HIMYM writers pull it off? Should we ask the GKWOKs?

Lingering Questions

• No Mosby Boys reference? AKA Ted and his sister (See: Dowisetrepla)
• How much Nutella would it take to cover a 60 year old woman? On second through don’t answer that.
• Where can I get a Zapka headshot?
• Anyone else notice how red and splotchy Lily’s arms looked? Part of the storyline or not?

Hi guys! It’s Star again this week to recap The Rehearsal Dinner episode. I’m off now to host a Hot Chocolate Bar for my neighbors, but will be back with the recap this evening. Until then, I thought I’d get your input on some of my feelings about this season so far.

• I’ve been watching season day one, so I am happy that they are including little character nuances that have developed over time. I feel like we are seeing these characters for who they truly are….
• with one exception…Marshall. Seriously, why is Marshall not with the group for the last season of the show?!?!? This has frustrated me beyond belief. Also, since when does Marshall do anything without telling Lilly, especially taking a job that would so drastically change their lives.
• Why are they distracting us with stuff we don’t need? Whether you loved or hated the rhyming episode, the biggest issue I had with it was that this was not the time or place for it. Not the last season. Not when we have barely met The Mother.
• I’m super excited for the 200th episode, which will show everything from The Mother’s point of view!

Let me know your thoughts about the season, and I’ll see you  back here tonight!

Star here, ready to recap the latest episode. If you haven’t had a chance to read the comment on my preview post, please do. Phil made some great points about the season and this episode. On to the recap!

We open with Barney handcuffed to a pipe in the security office of a laser tag facility. Robin, looking amazing, is furious that she is missing their rehearsal dinner, while Barney is only concerned with getting the security officer to push a button labeled “get the party started.”  This all started when Barney wanted to have the rehearsal dinner at laser tag, leading to a great flashback scene of the gang going over a list of Barney’s terrible ideas and Robin reminding Barney that she compromised on the wedding location not being in Canada, so he gives up on the idea. We go back to the security office where Barney begins to tell their story to the security officer. Barney’s bachelor party was the worst night of his life, until he learned it was a prank from Robin. This led him to retaliate by telling her he couldn’t go through with their wedding and asking her to move out, but really it was a prank and he gave her a suitcase of puppies. Robin decides that there can be no more surprises in their relationship, which obviously Barney isn’t going to accept. Through a series of flashbacks we learn that at every turn of the rehearsal dinner Barney is waiting for his “surprise laser tag” rehearsal dinner to begin. When it doesn’t happen he leaves the dinner, drives to the laser tag place, and threatens an employee, causing him to get arrested. However, it turns out this was all another one of Barney’s elaborate schemes created to bring Canada to Robin. Walls move and they are on an ice rink with all things Canadian going on around them, including the always welcome Alan Thick.

Legendary Lines

• Barney: La Sertag
• All of the Canada wedding  jokes
• Barney: my favorite actor, non-porn category
• Barney: PUPPIES!!
• Lily: You could never take Marshall in a million years, but that’s sweet of you to say
• Robin: I need your apple juice

Moments of Awesomeness:

• The list of Barney’s terrible ideas
• While they were rattling off the list of Canada wedding jokes the couple in the background gets engaged, has a baby, their child graduates, and the guy dies. That’s how long they were telling Canada wedding jokes.
• Ted dressed as Liberace
• The Canadian rehearsal dinner. SNOW!
• The song about Barney and Robin
• James singing and being dressed as both a man and a woman. Was he Robin Sparkles?
• Ted trying to play piano and figure skate
• The family playing ice hockey with Aunt Edith’s wig
• Canadian fun facts
• A moose playing ice hockey
• Ted playing piano

Callbacks

• Marshall and Lily being angry with Ted for not getting them a wedding gift
• Robin’s love of dogs
• Lily’s inability to keep a secret
• The fact that Lily and Ted trust each other with their biggest life secrets (art school in San Francisco, moving to Chicago, Lily not always loving being a mom, the locket)
• The ring bear

Re-return

• Alan Thicke
• Bonus: everyone finally

Lingering Questions

• When is Marshall arriving?
• Why hasn’t Lily mentioned missing her infant son?
• Who did Lily and Marshall sublet the apartment to?
• Did Robin get to eat the bacon wrapped figs?
• Will we get to meet any additional family members during the wedding weekend?