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Review: HIMYM 613 - Bad News
With such a sad ending, we’re bound to begin our review by discussing it. Our first reaction was, understandably, of great shock. After such a sweet relationship emerged between Marshall and his dad, none of us were really expecting this to happen, not because we didn’t want it to, but because it really doesn’t see necessary for the plot or the show. What happened to Marshall’s dad was sad, but we don’t see what it will do for the future of the show. But maybe this unpredictability is what the show needs. Time will tell.
Hits:
-Barney’s Armenian doppelganger
-Sherpoopy. This was nothing groundbreaking, but it was funny.
-“Only way I do, doc. Only way I do.”
-Marshall’s reaction to the news.
-The numbers subtly placed throughout the episode, counting down to the sad ending. (We admit that we didn’t notice this at first viewing, but once you look out for it, it becomes obvious.)
Misses:
-Not really a miss, but we’ve yet to see how the bad news plays into the rest of the show. We’re excited.
Easily the best part of Monday’s episode. To flex our TV-buff skills, we tried to see how many of the farewell one-liners we could place. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your priorities), we named all but two. Before scrolling down to see the complete list, flex your skills and see how many you can name.
Complete list (in order): (asterisks on the ones we didn’t get)
- Weakest Link - “You are the weakest link. Goodbye.”
- Survivor - “The tribe has spoken.”
- Top Chef - “Please pack your knives and go.”
- Work of Art - “Your work of art didn’t work for us.”
- Flavor of Love - “Your time’s up!”
- Beauty and the Geek - “I have to ask you to leave the mansion.”
- Joe Millionaire - “You must leave the chateau.” *
- Rock of Love Bus - “Your tour ends here.”
- Chopped - “You’ve been chopped.”
- Big Brother - “You’ve been evicted from the Big Brother house.”
- Top Chef Just Desserts - “Your dessert just didn’t measure up.”
- RuPaul’s Drag Race - “Sashay away.”
- Hell’s Kitchen - “Give me your jacket and leave Hell’s Kitchen.”
- The Bachelor - “I’m sorry, you did not get a rose.”
- The Amazing Race - “You have been eliminated from the race.” *
- America’s Next Top Model - “You are no longer in the running to be America’s Next Top Model.”
- The Apprentice - “You’re fired.”
- Project Runway - “Auf Wiedersehen.”
Oldie Review: HIMYM 113 - Drumroll, Please
We want to start out this post by saying this: why did it take us this long to recognize Victoria’s coolness?
Our thoughts:
- Victoria is awesome. Rewatching this episode, it occurred to us: despite whatever happened after this episode, Victoria in this episode is sooo cool. Her cartwheels, ability to comfort Robin, and the way she left Ted was just flat-out cool. We actually thought that Victoria might not be a bad candidate for the Mother.
- Robin has changed a lot from Season 1 to now. We like her muuuuch better now.
- Did anyone know that Robin’s station (MetroNews 1) was based on NY1, the 24-hour local news station?
- Did anyone catch the Star Wars reference in this episode? (Hint: Ted’s fake nickname to Victoria).
Verdict: although Victoria is awesome in this episode, if they saved Victoria’s awesome-ness for the Mother we would be happy campers.
HIMYM 602 - Cleaning House “Guys, I’m [back]”
After the failed humor of Barney and Robin getting fat because of “too much awesome,” HIMYM is back. More specifically, Barney is back. We laughed at his delusions and then we cried for him when he finally opened up to his mother.
This episode centered on the gang being persuaded by Barney’s magical skills to help him clean out his childhood home. All of Barney’s childhood delusions are finally revealed, and our hearts melt when 8-year old Barney thinks that no one came to his party because the invitations were lost in the mail. Barney and his mother finally open up and come to terms with each other, complete with a cheesy “You’re my dad, too” line a la Barney.
This was HIMYM at its best. For all of those cynics who had claimed that HIMYM had lost it, we’d like to rub black autotuned Barney in your face. For those of you (ahem: The AV Club) who called Ted a dud, we’d like to rub his Karate Kid impression in your face. Mama action or no mama action, this was the HIMYM that we fell in love with. Call us idealists, but we think this season is going to be legen….wait for it….
Hits:
-Robin’s “Okay maybe I oversold you” line to Ted—we love any of those rare occasions when Robin breaks out into her signature sarcasm.
-James’s “This glove is from Michael Jackson!” line. Gotta love Loretta.
-Both times that Lily and Marshall have gone to Barney’s childhood house, they’ve ended up arguing about something (last time it was about Lily’s dislike of Mrs. Eriksen)
Misses:
-We tried really hard to think of some but we just couldn’t. The closest we could get to a miss was the fact that this episode was way too short for our liking.
