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

ok this episode was a+ up there with the best of them

o rly. thought it was horrible.

yeah. super weak. espesh compared with the other ep at barney's mum's house.

Was the other ep with his mom the one where he had a fake wife and kids? Because I hated that and it was way over the line as far as plausibility goes, even for a Barney episode.

yeah it was

who gives a shit about plausibility?!

that ep was hilares

this ep wasnt v funny at all

i was amused by it enough. also liked the S2-style laidback ted and robin shenanigans

last one to air here in england was the funniest in a while, if only for the seinfeld-esque collision of the pickpocket, ted's model, the doll collection and the paper aeroplanes.

ok that was LOLz

ya classic himym imo

Liked how Barney perving on crying chick was actually setup for the end of the episode. also "Marshall v the Machine"!

classic material

usually when they say something will happen in a few months, it does. be p surprised if they got woody allen tho.

yeah, really good one!

good set up for an extended douchey ted scene, 'here's a fun fact…'

robin was looking fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiine in this.

Jennifer Morrison, though, not so much. Why do you keep doing this, HIMYM?

keep doing what?

In addition, she will join the cast of CBS' How I Met Your Mother as recurring character Zooey Van Smoot, a mischievous architecture nerd and love interest of lead Josh Radnor's Ted Mosby, and “the biggest female character we’ve maybe ever added to the show in Ted’s life”, according to executive producer Craig Thomas.[7][8][9]

ooh, never knew she was recurring.

intentionally killing the attractiveness of many fine actresses - i mean with Cobie it's actually a running gag at this point

i wonder if they're going to make her a scion of the famed van smoot family (from the pre-wedding episodes).

good catch, looks like they've used that name a lot on the show, from googling. maybe it'll turn out Michael York will be her father...

tara lols via meta and singing

"Coming up, a Manhattan architect gets punched in the throat!" + cut to Ted holding his throat = IRL lolz

yeah, that was beautiful

OK, Ted and Robin's dead-eyed car alarm singalong was one of the single best things I've ever seen on this show

last night's was the best one in AGES. Funny enough but also maintained a good balance with the more serious character stuff. Marshall's corporate self was finally (and nicely) dealt with. Barney's story was pretty funny but they turned the screw at the end which was good. Even if I'm not convinced by Dr. Cameron or what role she plays, it was alright too. And The Captain worked.

basically it accomplished a lot without ever feeling like it was trying too hard.

yeah...I have kind of deliberately avoided whining in this thread when I haven't been real into new episodes, but I haven't really been feeling the magic much for a while, and last night was like a perfect crystallization of everything I like about this show.

haha also thank you for finally helping me figure out who the girl is, was really bugging me that i couldn't remember where i knew her from and kept forgetting to google it

So, how distracting was Alyson Hannigan's cleavage in the scene where she's talking to Extinct Marshall?

Jennifer Morrison, yowza.

my wife and I were both kind of fixated on Hannigan's dress the entire episode

it was pretty nice

omgomgomg

the slapsgiving reference was amazingly subtle fan service

robin's friend and her accent had me laughing.

Hey Beaver Come on
When you feel alone
Just Pick up that phone
And I´ll be there to share my…
Ice cream cone
We´ll lick it side by side

Two Beavers are better than one.
Da da da da da da da da da
Two Beavers are better than one
they´re twice the fun
ask anyone
Our beaver are second to none
Two Beavers are better than one
Da da da da da da da da da

My favourite Beaver

Two Beavers are better than one
they´re twice the fun
ask anyone
Our beaver are second to none
Two Beavers are better than one

the interweb sure is fast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZezVwU7BPPQ

wow.

i wonder if that made forksclovetofu explode.

gotta say i really enjoyed Smuders/Scherzinger softcore on multiple levels

can't stop playing beaver song.

good ep

why the heck did that video uploader flip the image horizontally?

So the automatic copyright infringement bots that scan YouTube won't recognize it.

didn't stop them with daria ;_;

The Queen!

omgomgomgomgomgomgomgpunchysweddinggonnameetthemotheromgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg

Great episode. Barney's list of reality show exit catchphrases had me rolling.

Enjoyable enough episode. Could have done without the Lost references.

It did strike me that the premise was the kind of thing that this show does better than pretty much any other sitcom, which is the neurosis of a late-20s/early-30s mind. I'm struggling to think of previous examples, but an episode based around the feeling that if you leave the party early, you'll miss out on the awesome stuff, even if you don't feel like being there anymore. I wish it had wrapped into the Zoe narrative in some way, or in the larger theme of the end better. I feel like 3 or 4 years ago the writers would have knocked it out of the park, where here they're just serving the premise adequately enough. Maybe I've got rose-coloured glasses though.

Ha, the Lost references were my favourite part.

Is the "gentlemen" thing a reference to something else?

The Aristrocrats?