i know i'm one of the only people on ilx who watches *how i met your mother* on a regular basis, but did anyone else see the robin sparkles episode? where robin didn't want people to know that she had

The last two episodes might have been the best of the season. I totally loved Ted's impromptu song, and Robin jumping on Marshall's back was the cutest thing.

the "a-bang, a-bangity-bang" song was so lame, but i loled each time. I think Marshall singing will just always make me laugh

the last episode was just so, for lack of a better word... sweet. there's just something true about the relationships on this show even though it can be as ridiculous and sitcommy as it can get.

love musical wingman Ted btw - can Ted just be single forever?

Haha I know! He's so awesome when he's not all desperate. But then he wldn't be Ted and it wldn't be this show. Which is awes so hey.

Also I thought j-lo was great. Shld host some weird, magically likable reality tv show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tma6-WMuUSY

Mahatma Gandhi, and a pancakes, and a dragoooooooooooooooon, and youuuuuuuu!

last couple episodes have been really good

drunk or kid

it was weird to see The Mayor and Mrs. Petrelli together, but god damn do I hate Ted

I watch this show. It's the only show I watch on a regular basis. Slightly concerning.

"There was no guitar."

"I'm so baked that I'm only 60% sure you're actually there."

this episode was... kind of amusing? great concept, but the best parts were Robin calling out Ted out on his cheesiness and Marshall falling out of his chair. also Barney in general ("even the part with the nunchucks!") and the scene with all the various baggage was juuust cute enough

i wonder about the tag at the end - are you supposed to think that ted is learning from his mistakes or once again haha that ted moseby is a douchebag as usual, now THAT is a person with some crazy baggage!

Major porn!

the initial reference to The Wedding Bride last season cracked me up so much that I loved that they finally came back to it -- also it was perfect to have Malin Akerman as the star of the shitty rom com. they kind of wasted Judy Greer, though, especially considering how good her recent guest spots on Modern Family and Big Bang Theory were.

who the hell claps at the cinema?

People in America?

it worked as part of the over the top people love this terrible movie "it's the 5th highest grossing movie of all time" joke imo

this was the first good episode in a while. had almost given up on this show. nhex otm, robin calling ted's dates cheesy and barney being an asshole were the best bits.

oh, and the title the wedding bride was lols.

i liked last week better when ted went to the snooty party. and mexican wrestler ted -vs- robot.

The episodes have been quite good lately to be honest. Not great sure, but they've elicited a number of laughs here and there. Like those scott mentions for example.

Also fun to see the same actress in Big Bang Theory one week and himym the next.

judy greer was so hot

gotta give 'em credit for pulling the old "really? they're gonna kiss now? come on" gag and throwing it immediately back in our faces (much like that fake confession Ted did earlier this season or last year)

Blonde Ted was pretty funny and wasn't an entirely awful look

I have to say I love the doppelgangers. Especially Mustache Marshall.

generally, despite the fact that friends of mine that have babies makes me think i'll lose them in the context i've known them in, i'm okay with that. much worse is the tired old shit that is no doubt coming next season with lily and marshall.

it was a decent episode, all in all, but it hardly saved what has been a pretty terrible season.

blolnde ted.

glad they did away with don, he didn't seem right at all. they need a paul rudd (x3).

its just following the friends formula right? could be way tighter and get it over and done with but instead fill the middle of the show with filler season(s). i personally can't wait to see what they do with dad marshall (imagine it to be the best thing ever) and you know, actually finding the mother/robin actually sorting shit out/what actually happens w/ barney assuming they have a plan.

It's kinda too bad there's so much filler because there are still a lot of really great things in the episodes but the 528th Ted gf that you know he's gonna dump in a few minutes/episodes gets a little boring. Agree that Marshall dad would be awesome but that character is usually quite awesome all the time.

my favorite episode in a while, laughed my ass off through the whole thing

Lily and Marshall are one of the funniest best-written couples on TV, if anyone can not fall prey to predictable pregnancy/baby plots and jokes it's them.

don't understand the 'filler seasons' vs. get it done with idea. it's a U.S. sitcom, they write jokes every week for as long as they can stay on the air. this show has more of an arc and continuity than the average comedy but that's kinda beside the point.

You have to admit there's a bit too much filler. Overall, I don't dislike any season in particular but there are a few episodes that make me cringe just because nothing happens and the jokes aren't good. But they usually get back on the ball quickly and have a few good episodes afterwards. The filler for me is mostly Ted-related. Honestly, that show may be about his quest to look for a wife but he really is the worst character. And watching him go out with yet another girl with whom he'll find fault soon enough is kind of grating after a while. Basically if the show was only them at the bar and doing shit I'd be happy to let it last forever. But every time it veers into Ted's love life, I'm bored and feel like watching something else.

actually finding the mother/robin actually sorting shit out/what actually happens w/ barney assuming they have a plan.

your questions will only lead to more questions

it is the Lost of sitcoms

i have to also say i'm getting bored w/ barney. dude is just downright gross now whereas i'm sure there was a bit of class at one point? maybe?

Well obv, he's on path to completing the transition to lecherous 50yr old hanging outside high schools that he's bound to become.

the 20 (!) minute song at tedmosbyisajerk.com is a future dementia classic.

― Michael F Gill, Tuesday, April 1, 2008 2:58 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark

damn i had not heard this before

insane

You have to admit there's a bit too much filler. Overall, I don't dislike any season in particular but there are a few episodes that make me cringe just because nothing happens and the jokes aren't good. But they usually get back on the ball quickly and have a few good episodes afterwards. The filler for me is mostly Ted-related. Honestly, that show may be about his quest to look for a wife but he really is the worst character. And watching him go out with yet another girl with whom he'll find fault soon enough is kind of grating after a while. Basically if the show was only them at the bar and doing shit I'd be happy to let it last forever. But every time it veers into Ted's love life, I'm bored and feel like watching something else.

― Jibe, Wednesday, May 26, 2010 8:48 AM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this seems like an absolute bizarre and self-defeating way to look at the show. again, i like that it has a little more continuity than the average sitcom and a central 'mystery' to work toward, but this is not X-Files, trying to create some kind of dichotomy between myth arc episodes and monster (bad date) of the week episodes is insane. it's a comedy about 5 friends, lots of silly things happen, one character is the narrator and occasionally frames the episodes in terms of a larger story but it's still an episodic sitcom primarily about jokes and character moments.

"i missed the show this week? i missed last night's episode."

"oh, it was utter bullshit, we learned nothing about the identity of the mother AGAIN and they spent half the episode on Barney doing something silly and the other half on a standalone plot involving Marshall and Lily, i feel like they're stringing me along."

Ha, I wasn't clear at all. I'd be really glad if they just let them goof around for our enjoyment. The thing that annoys me (and keep in mind its really a minor thing, I still watch this show every week) and which I guess is what I consider as filler is that they keep coming back to the mother and oooh, the mother is this week's Ted GF's roommate and ooh, look there goes a yellow umbrella and Ted says "I didn't know it yet, but I crossed your mother while on my way to robots vs wrestler, she herself being on her way to the great muffin specialty shop" or whatever. Basically I kind of dislike Ted (ok, blonde Ted was nice I guess) and when they lay it on thick with the mother-hunt it bores me. Them being at the bar and Barney disguising himself in all kinds of weird get ups, or whatever, or Lily & Marshall making stupid commitments about 5th doppelganger etc is fine by me. all that filler - by which I mean silly tidbits about the mother- is what bothers me more.

yeah, the teases are definitely getting tedious, i totally feel you there. i thought you were saying you wanted MORE of that stuff.

ideally it's something they should only reference every few episodes and only hinge a whole episode on once a season.

i still can't believe that they got out of that stella/marriage thing so gracefully. that would have been the end of most shows. AND they can still use it for laughs like in the ted movie episode. ted has his moments. i don't think he's the worst. i really did love him at that snooty dinner party.

Yeah, I totally want more of Ted at snooty/intellectual events.

ted's pretentious college gf was one of his funnier gfs

ok when i was complaining about filler it wasn't about mother hunting or lol barney does this (although this is starting to bore. the episode w/ his perfect week was terrific tho) but instead TED HAS DATE WITH WOMAN, DUMPS HER BY THE END OF THE EPISODE AND OH BTW IT IS THE SAME EPISODE EVERYTIME YAWN

Yeah the problem is that the show now is that started out as an original take on the bland Friends-style young people in love sitcom cliche, this whole season they seem to have finally given up and gone to that well over and over again. Practically every Barney/Robin episode. The perfect couple isn't actually! Couple friends! Let's all quit smoking! Keeping potential boyfriends/girlfriends "on the hook"! The relationship expert comes in the teach a lesson to the lothario, but the tables are turned on her! Let's get twin beds instead of sleeping in the same one!

HIMYM is often great because they can take these overdone plots and turn them into good episodes with original jokes, but it just hasn't had that magic in general this year...

I don’t really feel like I have that much more to offer with this character. Maybe if we got divorced or something — but that’s not gonna happen. It’s gonna be some iteration of, like, my TV wife opens the fridge, and she’s like, “What happened to the birthday cake?” And I walk in with a little frosting here (points to corner of mouth) like, “What birthday cake?”

this is kinda odd given that them having a kid is a new development?

guess it is frustrating being tied into a show when u could be making movies like franco or rogen

that quote is a total bummer to me since Marshall is maybe my favorite character and I think they've consistently mined him for new LOLs better than probably anyone else on the show. he should be happy the show has a shot at running that long (especially since it was perpetually on the bubble in the early years) and not bitch about a contract he already signed.