How I Met Your Mother: Season Three

[lordscarlet]

Why don't we ever discuss this show? I think it is in the top three sitcoms right now (The Office, Scrubs and HIMYM), but I'm sure many people will disagree with me.

Anyway -- last night was fantastic. The Hot/Crazy chart. The deaf brother. Etcetera.

[Blade6119]

I absolutely love this show, but missed last night...Season 2 was fantastic, and this season has raised the stakes so far in my eyes

[MrBug708]

It's my favorite show on TV right now. I have seasons 1 and 2 on DVD and record season three as it comes along.

It's awesome. It's legendary. High Five.

[jackyl]

This and Weeds are my two favorite shows on TV. I would have never even known about the show if I didn't catch it on a flight last year.

[bob]

I love this show, but feel that Robin is unimportant to the plot line now. I don't like how the previous episodes of season 3 devoted so much time to her story, trying to make her important somehow. Last nights was great (in part b/c of very little Robin).

[Crapshoot]

I like it as a backup - I TIVO it and watch it when I'm bored. Its not a great show IMO, but an entertaining one - a solid B if it were.

My first tier (must record, must watch):

The Office
Pushing Daisies
Scrubs

My second tier: (will record, might watch)

How I Met Your Mother
Samantha Who (I know, I know - but it amuses me for some reason)
Bones
Reaper
30 Rock
Ugly Betty

[Kodos]

I think it is the second best comedy on TV right now, behind The Office. Used to like Scrubs, but we don't watch it anymore. Same for My Name Is Earl.

[Dr. Sak]

Last night's episode was the best of season 3. I was getting worried after the first episodes this season few were flops.

[rowech]

I love this show, but feel that Robin is unimportant to the plot line now. I don't like how the previous episodes of season 3 devoted so much time to her story, trying to make her important somehow. Last nights was great (in part b/c of very little Robin).

Agreed...they might as well write her off at this point. I'd like to at least start to get to see who the mom might be at this point. I don't want this show to drag on like Lost did. The culmination of the show shouldn't be them meeting. It should be meeting and then leading up to the wedding, etc.

[Scarecrow]

IIRC, when Saget is talking to the kids, he refers to her as 'Aunt Robin' - maybe a Robin/barney hookup soon?


Anyway, I'm off to eat a sandwich with blah blah...

[gstelmack]

My wife and I have watched the show since early in season 1 and just love it. The Hot/Crazy chart was awesome. The deaf brother bit was almost as good as when Wayne Brady played Barney's brother...

[rowech]

IIRC, when Saget is talking to the kids, he refers to her as 'Aunt Robin' - maybe a Robin/barney hookup soon?


Anyway, I'm off to eat a sandwich with blah blah...

They also refer to them as Aunt Lilly and Uncle Marshall though.

[Celeval]

Been a fan of this show since it started. Semi-spoiler - some of which already happened this season - I've read that they are going to emphasize more about "the mother" this season, which already started with the yellow umbrella thing. But apparently there'll be more "hints" like that.

Oh, and slapbetcountdown.com is legen... wait for it...

[MrBug708]

Yup. That was my favorite episode. That and Barney's bachelor pad with the toilet

[DaddyTorgo]

I very much enjoy it. Try not to miss an episode. cbs has some great comedies with this and two and a half men...sometimes I even sit through that horrible "big bang theory"

[rowech]

I very much enjoy it. Try not to miss an episode. cbs has some great comedies with this and two and a half men...sometimes I even sit through that horrible "big bang theory"

Love Big Bang Theory.

[DaddyTorgo]

Love Big Bang Theory.

it's watchable...more watchable as a geek. Certainly not appointment-tv though, just something to sit through between the two others.

TBH...the girl is the prime reason for watching it. that and going "well at least i'm not that geeky"

[Lathum]

I enjoy it alot, I thought last nights episode was the best in along time.

[lordscarlet]

Shew. I thought maybe I had lost all sense of good comedy or something.

[Kodos]

Last night's episode was the best of season 3. I was getting worried after the first episodes this season few were flops.



My wife and I watched it last night -- didn't think it was one of the funnier episodes.

[albionmoonlight]

I LOLed at Barney naming features on the Hot/Crazy graph after former hookups.

[BrianD]

This show remains my hands-down number 1 favorite comedy. It doesn't have as many laugh out loud moments as Season 1 had, but it is still the best out there...especially for those of us that don't like embarrassment comedy - The Office.

I'm also rather fond of Big Bang Theory, though part of that is because of all of the recognition. I enjoy the looks on my wife's face when I finish the super-geek jokes before the characters do. :)

[Dr. Sak]

My wife and I watched it last night -- didn't think it was one of the funnier episodes.

In the entire series I would agree...but this season I thought it was the best. I think the show is at its best when the entire cast is together. I also enjoy the flashbacks and the references to previous episodes.

[rowech]

it's watchable...more watchable as a geek. Certainly not appointment-tv though, just something to sit through between the two others.

TBH...the girl is the prime reason for watching it. that and going "well at least i'm not that geeky"

Agreed. The kids in my statistics class love it. My kids in the Algebra II class think it's stupid.

[DaddyTorgo]

I LOLed at Barney naming features on the Hot/Crazy graph after former hookups.


I actually utilized the H/C graph the other night with a friend in a manner of speaking.

[bossfan2000]

Love Big Bang Theory.

Thirding the love of Big Bang Theory. From what i have read, the ratings are actually higher for Big Band than How I Met Your Mother..which is odd since HIMYM starts first.

I was disappointed The Class didnt come back..i thought it got really good and hit its stride the 2nd half of last season, but i guess everyone had already given up on it.

HIMYM is one of my favorite sitcoms, but i'm not digging season 3 as much as 1&2. Still need to watch monday's episode.

[ISiddiqui]

The Hot/Crazy graph kicked ass. That was hilarious. Barney is, by far, the reason this show works.

[DaddyTorgo]

The Hot/Crazy graph kicked ass. That was hilarious. Barney is, by far, the reason this show works.

yes. Very true.

[MrBug708]

Suit up!

I believe the series starts tonight...?

[Lathum]

sure does. Along with two and a half men!

[Dr. Sak]

I can't wait for the show to start up. A few guest stars in the coming weeks include Britney Spears and Sarah Caulke.

[Blade6119]

Thank god, this was really the only show i missed during the strike. Tonight is going to be legen-wait for it and i hope your not lactose intolerant-dary!

[hoopsguy]

Hmm, right now the show is making me feel lame about my St. Patrick's Day. No ghosts here, but certainly not a "no tomorrow" evening either.

[Lathum]

Fantastic episode tonight.

[rowech]

After reading some things about the future of the show and some things that were mentioned in tonight's episode, I'm thinking we might have finally met the mother.

[DaddyTorgo]

After reading some things about the future of the show

elaborate?

[rowech]

I'll PM you as I have no clue as to how to do the spoiler thing.

[korme]

[ spoiler ]

[/ spoiler ]

without the spaces in there

[Dr. Sak]

After reading some things about the future of the show and some things that were mentioned in tonight's episode, I'm thinking we might have finally met the mother.

My guess

I think she was the one he bumped into at the club on St Patty's Day. Last week's episode.

[lordscarlet]

They already strongly implied it was the woman with the yellow umbrella. I don't think it's a a stretch, or a spoiler, to guess that it is the girl that bumped into him at the bar. As soon as it happened I had that suspicion. I don't read anything about TV shows outside of this board, so I didn't get this from some site. It's just a theory, and I doubt I'm the only one with it. However they said that she was at the bar that night. So guessing that we saw her in a short moment during that episode is not very surprising.

[rowech]

It's that along with the fact that this show could be done at the end of this season. It was almost canceled after last season and last week it finished last in it's time slot. They also mentioned there would be a huge twist at the end of the season. Whether that means the show is done, who knows.

[ISiddiqui]

That would be quite sad :(.

Last night's episode was quite good. Both Sarah Chalke and Brittney Spears were excellent (a great surprise how decent Spears was in her role).

[Dr. Sak]

In the spoiler tag is a post about who the girl is who Ted bumped into..

http://have-you-met-ted.com/2008/did-we-meet-the-mother/

[DanGarion]

That would be quite sad :(.

Last night's episode was quite good. Both Sarah Chalke and Brittney Spears were excellent (a great surprise how decent Spears was in her role).
Brittney Spears character was terrible, she is NOT, I repeat not an actress and she was detrimental to the show. As for Sarah Chalke, she was great, and it would be great if she was the mother, but we know that's not going to happen, since it wouldn't make sense in the grand scheme of the show.

[ISiddiqui]

Detrimental? Maybe because you were like, ooooh, Britney!! everytime she was on the screen (ie, take you out of the show, not that you yell over her or something). But as an obsessed receptionist, she wasn't bad.

[Kodos]

I'm no Britney fan, but I thought she was fine in her role.

[DanGarion]

Detrimental? Maybe because you were like, ooooh, Britney!! everytime she was on the screen (ie, take you out of the show, not that you yell over her or something). But as an obsessed receptionist, she wasn't bad.

They tried too hard to make her part quirky. There really was no reason to even have the obsessed receptionist in the episode it did not add anything to the episode. Other then it let Barney have sex at the end.

[ISiddiqui]

???

Were we watching the same show? The obsessed receptionist was a potential "safe bet" for Ted that he rejected because he wanted the bigger prize, and by trying to snare the bigger prize, he unfortunately made the receptionist more into him (which was hilarious), and then when she saw him the flowers and chased after him was funny as Hell.

[BrianD]

Detrimental? Maybe because you were like, ooooh, Britney!! everytime she was on the screen (ie, take you out of the show, not that you yell over her or something). But as an obsessed receptionist, she wasn't bad.

The girl can't act. Not even a little bit. Having her on the show - as bad as she is - is a desperation move to draw new fans. It is a shame since I really like the show, but every scene she was in was painful.

[rowech]

I didn't think she was bad at all. I can't stand anything about her and I thought she was fine. That was a win-win for the show and for her. She gets a chance to be semi-normal again and the show can try and cash in with ratings.

[DanGarion]

The girl can't act. Not even a little bit. Having her on the show - as bad as she is - is a desperation move to draw new fans. It is a shame since I really like the show, but every scene she was in was painful.
Ding!
I didn't think she was bad at all. I can't stand anything about her and I thought she was fine. That was a win-win for the show and for her. She gets a chance to be semi-normal again and the show can try and cash in with ratings.

That's great she can be semi normal, and I do think it was a good idea to try and cash in on ratings because she was on the show, but she was so bad and it was so obvious why she was there, it was detrimental. IMO.

I still love HIMYM and I completely support the reason they had her, especially if it helps sell the show for another season.

[BrianD]

That's great she can be semi normal...

...by playing a character who is emotionally underdeveloped and willing to jump into bed with any guy who shows her attention. Sad that this is a step in a positive direction for her.

[DanGarion]

...by playing a character who is emotionally underdeveloped and willing to jump into bed with any guy who shows her attention. Sad that this is a step in a positive direction for her.

I was being sarcastic. Remember I'm on your side.

[BrianD]

I was being sarcastic. Remember I'm on your side.

I wasn't arguing with you, it just seemed a good jump off place to make the point I wanted to make. I'm all for this girl getting her life straightened out, I just wish she could do it somewhere other than this show. She might have the ability to learn to be a good actor, but she has a LONG way to go.

[Passacaglia]

I wasn't arguing with you, it just seemed a good jump off place to make the point I wanted to make. I'm all for this girl getting her life straightened out, I just wish she could do it somewhere other than this show. She might have the ability to learn to be a good actor, but she has a LONG way to go.

Is she going to be on the show more often or something? She had such a small part, I barely thought about the fact that it was her. I mean, she didn't even have the biggest guest role in the episode.

[Autumn]

I don't read any spoilers or other sites, but I think it's a sure thing that he's now met 'the mother.' She even said she left the bar early on St. Patrick's. I liked her, so I'm glad to know she'll be back around. She was more entertaining than Robin.

I didn't think Britney was that bad, but it was stupid the way they made the show look like it was going to be all about her in the previews.

[BrianD]

Is she going to be on the show more often or something? She had such a small part, I barely thought about the fact that it was her. I mean, she didn't even have the biggest guest role in the episode.

There were hints that she might be around for a multi-episode arc, but after seeing the last show I'm guessing she might not be.

[Dr. Sak]

http://www.tedmosbyisajerk.com/

Also the Doogie Howser music at the end of the episode was classic!

[Lathum]

the doogie was great but I thought overall it was just meh. And the website storyline is a blatent rip off of 2 and a half men

[ISiddiqui]

Awesome... great episode on so many different levels.

The fact the first woman blamed herself and was willing to get back with Barney was great.

[Dr. Sak]

I forgot to post this...

http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/03/31/van-der-beek-to-guest-star-on-how-i-met-your-mother/

[Autumn]

The Doogie bit had us laughing out loud. I especially loved when he looked up thoughtfully as he thought about what he'd learned. And the word processor on the laptop looking so '80s. Hilarious.

[Dr. Sak]

The only thing that could've added to it would be Vinny DelPino trying to climb in through the window!

[DaddyTorgo]

the homage to doogie was great. other than that - it was just "alright"

[ISiddiqui]

I did like the brackets being used to narrow down Barney's sabatour... and how they stole the blackboard :D.

[gstelmack]

Loved the episode, especially the reactions of girls 1, 3, and 4.

[Passacaglia]

We liked the Doogie bit -- especially since I was just saying that when they flashed all those girls Barney hooked up with, that they should have made Wanda one of them. Did anyone notice Madeleine Albright was there?

[Dr. Sak]

Britney could be back...

http://www.tvsquad.com/2008/04/03/spears-back-on-how-i-met-your-mother/

[MrBug708]

Great second video for Robin Sparkles on Monday's episode. The thing with Barney was somewhat predictable

[ISiddiqui]

The thing with Barney was somewhat predictable

Really? I was floored! Or do you mean when Barney came back to her place?

Didn't future Ted say something about "Aunt Robin" and "Uncle Barney"... now we speculated that that was just terms used for adult friends, but maybe... just maybe... but that'd be sooo wierd.

[rowech]

Really? I was floored! Or do you mean when Barney came back to her place?

Didn't future Ted say something about "Aunt Robin" and "Uncle Barney"... now we speculated that that was just terms used for adult friends, but maybe... just maybe... but that'd be sooo wierd.

Doesn't he call the other two aunt lilly and uncle marshall?

[headtrauma]

Is this the show with John Belushi's brother? You know, the guy who was in the movie with that dog?

[Scarecrow]

I would like to refer everyone to post #10 of this thread....

:D

[ISiddiqui]

And rowech said the same thing in #12 as he just did in #71 :D.

[Passacaglia]

I only started watching the show regularly midway through this season -- Ted and Barney are brothers, then?

[DanGarion]

I only started watching the show regularly midway through this season -- Ted and Barney are brothers, then?
Um, no...?

[Passacaglia]

Then why would calling her 'Aunt Robin' mean a Robin/Barney hookup (as was said in post 10)?

[Passacaglia]

I mean: "Um, then why would calling her 'Aunt Robin' mean a Robin/Barney hookup (as was said in post 10)?..?"

[DanGarion]

Then why would calling her 'Aunt Robin' mean a Robin/Barney hookup (as was said in post 10)?

Because they are really good friends and they are involved with their children's lives? That's the only reason I would figure he uses the terms aunt and uncle. He calls Lilly and Marshall aunt and uncle as well.

[Passacaglia]

Because they are really good friends and they are involved with their children's lives? That's the only reason I would figure he uses the terms aunt and uncle. He calls Lilly and Marshall aunt and uncle as well.

What does that have to do with a Robin/Barney hookup?

[DanGarion]

What does that have to do with a Robin/Barney hookup?

I'm not the person that said that, I think the person that said that misunderstood the aunt/uncle thing just like you.

[Passacaglia]

I'm not the person that said that, I think the person that said that misunderstood the aunt/uncle thing just like you.

Then why did you answer? :p

Anyway, I didn't misunderstand it -- replies to that effect came just a few posts after the comment on post 10. I just thought that since someone assumed that saying it implied a Robin/Barney hookup, that Ted and Barney must be brothers. Otherwise it doesn't make any sense to say that at all -- regardless of whether or not aunt and uncle are used for friends of the family.

[DanGarion]

I would like to refer everyone to post #10 of this thread....

:D

You do realize that none of these people are related at all, they are friends.

[DanGarion]

Then why did you answer? :p

Anyway, I didn't misunderstand it -- replies to that effect came just a few posts after the comment on post 10. I just thought that since someone assumed that saying it implied a Robin/Barney hookup, that Ted and Barney must be brothers. Otherwise it doesn't make any sense to say that at all -- regardless of whether or not aunt and uncle are used for friends of the family.
If you are asking someone specific a question you need to quote them, I was answering your question based on it being a question, not a response to something someone else said... ;)

Anyway you and I are on the same page, it's just Scarecrow that's not.

[Passacaglia]

Heh. Just watched Monday's episode. Scarecrow was right all along!!?!?!?111///

[DanGarion]

Heh. Just watched Monday's episode. Scarecrow was right all along!!?!?!?111///

Except for the fact that anyone is related by blood to one another, sure... ;)

[Blade6119]

Except for the fact that anyone is related by blood to one another, sure... ;)

No one is related to one another by blood, that we know of :p

I smell a plot twist ;)

[MrBug708]

Speaking of twist...did you catch the last part? With the Goat eating Robin's towel?

[DanGarion]

Speaking of twist...did you catch the last part? With the Goat eating Robin's towel?

Yes, but I think it just means that she moves in the apartment, not that they get back together. Since Lilly and Marshall are moving out. But who knows.

[ISiddiqui]

Of course Ted and Robin getting back together would lose some intrigue because we already know she's "Aunt" Robin... then again, that was always a fear when they announced that early on.

[lordscarlet]

He also said, "Oh, wait, Robin wasn't living there yet."

But, as ISiddiqui said, we already know she is "Aunt Robin."

[DanGarion]

Living together does not equal being together.

[MrBug708]

Great episode today

[BrianD]

It was a good episode. I have long been a Scrubs fan, so I've got plenty of exposure to Sarah Chalke, but her episodes of HIMYM are showing that she really does have some acting talent. Her character here isn't all that different from her Scrubs character, but the talent is more apparent without all the goofiness and silliness.

[Autumn]

I thought the episode was a bit off at parts, like all the jokes about 2003. However, I'm still laughing when I think about that "Bro" candidate that was saying, "At 7 we break out the cheeses, and Cranium. We all watch 27 Dresses, and everybody's home by 11" in that voice. lol

[jeheinz72]

I loved this episode. I thought it was legendary...wait for it...wait for it...dary!!!

I too like koala bears because their meat is so tasty.

[BrianD]

That scene was funny, but I had to restrain myself from yelling at the TV that koalas aren't bears. Stupid actors never hear me through the TV anyway.

[DaddyTorgo]

koalas are so yesterday. i'm a fan of the thylacine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine
http://www.naturalworlds.org/thylacine/films/motion_film_footage.htm
http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/mammals/Thylacinus_cynocephalus/

[Dr. Sak]

Looks like the show has been picked up for a 4th season...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2008/05/upfronts-cbs-re.html

[Lathum]

GWOK!!

[BrianD]

Looks like the show has been picked up for a 4th season...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2008/05/upfronts-cbs-re.html

Great news. Last night's show wasn't anything special, but they can't all be gems.

[ISiddiqui]

Woohoo!! I'm glad that we may actually be able to see who the mother is! If this was the last season, that may not have happened.

[ISiddiqui]

Reading that article, though, it is interesting that they make the case that the show may have broken out to be a hit if it was on Fox rather than CBS. Sounds like an interesting theory, but I'm not sure about that (for one, Fox may have canceled it already).

[Swaggs]

I'm glad this show is sticking around, but last night's was one of the weaker episodes I have seen.

[rowech]

That episode finish and I told my wife right away that it was the worst episode of that show ever.

[ISiddiqui]

And it was all because of lame Barney. Shows like that make you realize how much Barney makes the show.

[rowech]

The show sucks when they don't make progress or give you stuff about the mom. I can stand an episode where they don't but I think this is the third episode in a row where no progess is being made.

[Kodos]

Is it really that important to find out about the mother? I can understand feelings like that on Lost, but on this show?

[ISiddiqui]

Yeah, I don't think its a big deal. And who knows, maybe Sarah Chalke is the mother and she has another job now (nah, not likely ;))?

[rowech]

For me it is...especially given the fact I just found out 4400 has been canceled and now that show will have no resolution.

[ISiddiqui]

Well, realistically, it is difficult to have the show "move forward". I mean all that can happen is he meets the mother and the kids say, hey, that's mom! The first name & occupation may even give it away.

[Philliesfan980]

Show is getting a little stale.. anyone else feel the same?

[Dr. Sak]

We need more cleveage shots of Robin.

[rowech]

Show is getting a little stale.. anyone else feel the same?

Yes....I think it needs to run one more season but go into next season knowing that it's over after that.

[Lathum]

Yes....I think it needs to run one more season but go into next season knowing that it's over after that.

I would agree with this.

Especialy with Marshell's movie career taking off.

[ISiddiqui]

I think every show that has the Damocles sword hanging over its head tends to get stale. Because it doesn't really know how far it can go, because an in depth story may be cut short by a canceled show.

[Lathum]

Sir Scratch 1 looks just like our dog.

[Dr. Sak]

i hate cliffhangers!

[Racer]

After seeing the season finale of this show and watching a few episodes online, I decided to rent season 1. Having finished season one, I am almost certain the mother's name is


Tracy.

In the Thanksgiving episode, there is an exchange with Ted and a stripper that goes like this:

Women: I'm Amber.
Ted: Hi, I'm Ted
Women: Actually, my name is Tracy.
Ted: Still Ted.
Future Ted (Bob Saget voice over): And that kids is how I met your mother.
Ted's future son and daughter: What!?
Future Ted (Bob Saget voice over): Just kidding.

I'm pretty sure they wouldn't respond like that unless there mom's name was Tracy.

[Lathum]

Tonights show was awesome, us folks from New Jersey can have an extra appreciation for it.

[Lathum]

NEW JERSEY WINS!!!!

[MrBug708]

This season hasn't really been much to talk about

[Lathum]

This season hasn't really been much to talk about

I agree, tonight was the first really enjoyable episode.

[DaddyTorgo]

I agree, tonight was the first really enjoyable episode.

+1

[ISiddiqui]

Oh, come on, that burger place episode was great. Very Seinfeldian.

[Dr. Sak]

I just took a HUGE New Jersey in the bathroom.

[Lathum]

another good one tonight

Barney from the future...

Robin going all Canadian...

Trashing the apartment...

Interventions



HULK,,,HULK,,,,HULK!!!!!

[MrBug708]

That was a great episode

[Dr. Sak]

Barney as an old man was great.

[lordscarlet]

Future Barney was amazing.

[Dr. Sak]

For those who like spoilers...

I'm sure you figured this out by now but Stella ISNT the mom

[ISiddiqui]

So apparently none of them move away... though I wonder about the hit Lilly and Marshall are going to take on the new place.

[DaddyTorgo]

future barney was the best

[Crapshoot]

So apparently none of them move away... though I wonder about the hit Lilly and Marshall are going to take on the new place.

Nah, I think Lily Marshall do - its just Robin moves in with Ted. The apartment has been their hangout pad for a while.

[jeheinz72]

I loved Robin going all Canadian. That was classic.

[gstelmack]

I loved Robin going all Canadian. That was classic.

The twist at the end just made the bit.

[Dr. Sak]

Robin is so hawt

[MrBug708]

I wonder when we'll see the next slap from Marshall?

[Galaxy]

For those who like spoilers...

I'm sure you figured this out by now but Stella ISNT the mom

Now it's confirm.

[Lathum]

Suck it bitch. I Win!!

[Lathum]

Awesome ending.

I never really realized how invested I was in the charactures in this show until tonight.

Robin really did a nice job with her speech. I can't wait to see where this goes now.

[DaddyTorgo]

Awesome ending.

I never really realized how invested I was in the charactures in this show until tonight.

Robin really did a nice job with her speech. I can't wait to see where this goes now.

+1

[Crapshoot]

Awesome ending.

I never really realized how invested I was in the charactures in this show until tonight.

Robin really did a nice job with her speech. I can't wait to see where this goes now.

Good show, no doubt - not the ending I expected, that's for sure. I do worry that with the hair trick of the kids at the end, we should expect the mother to be a brunette, correct?

[Radii]

Awesome ending.

I never really realized how invested I was in the charactures in this show until tonight.

Robin really did a nice job with her speech. I can't wait to see where this goes now.

+2

[albionmoonlight]

After that speech, I went from disliking Robin as a character to liking her.

Mrs. A and I figured that Stella wasn't the mom, but we also did not know how Ted could dump her without coming off as a major ass. Really nice move to have her dump him. I hope that we get to see the breakup beard again.

[ISiddiqui]

All I have to say is: Cold, Fucking Cold.

[Galaxy]

It should be interesting to see how Robin-Ted-Barney play out.

[ISiddiqui]

I think its clear that Ted is over Robin, but, of course Robin isn't over Ted. She seems amenable, somewhat, to being at least fuck buddies with Barney (if Barney doesn't have other women over), and we all know how Barney feels about Robin.

Sooo... yeah, it'll be definitely interesting :D.

[bob]

I wish last night's episode was an hour instead of just a half. Too much happened.

[Dr. Sak]

After recently dating a woman with a kid (ironically Stella's age), I can relate to this episode pretty closely.

[ISiddiqui]

Sorry to hear that :(

[rowech]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't he referred to them as Aunt Robyn and Uncle Barney?

[Dr. Sak]

Sorry to hear that :(

Good thing was she didn't leave me at the alter so it wasnt AS bad.

[albionmoonlight]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but hasn't he referred to them as Aunt Robyn and Uncle Barney?

Yeah, but that does not imply that they are married to each other. He also refers to Aunt Lilly and Uncle Marshall. I think that his kids just, as I did as a kid, refer to close friends of my parents as Aunt and Uncle instead of Mr. and Mrs.

[DaddyTorgo]

But it does imply that he (Ted) is not married to Robyn.

[DaddyTorgo]

course it's TV, they could just pull the "Barney marries someone else named Robin" thing.

And I think from the look on Ted's face at the end of the episode there, he's definately not over Robin. There's more to come with that whole two-some.

[albionmoonlight]

But it does imply that he (Ted) is not married to Robyn.

I agree.

[rowech]

But it does imply that he (Ted) is not married to Robyn.

Yes...that's what I meant.

[Scarecrow]

Yeah, but that does not imply that they are married to each other. He also refers to Aunt Lilly and Uncle Marshall. I think that his kids just, as I did as a kid, refer to close friends of my parents as Aunt and Uncle instead of Mr. and Mrs.

But Lilly and Marshall are married (also).

[Blade6119]

But none of them are related to Ted, making the whole aunt uncle thing only plausible if they use it to refer to close friends. Trying to take it literal in one sense, while ignore the other fairly large piece, kind of negates reason.

[DanGarion]

After recently dating a woman with a kid (ironically Stella's age), I can relate to this episode pretty closely.

Yeah I did that mistake in the past too, way before the wifey.

[DanGarion]

But Lilly and Marshall are married (also).And?

[Joe]

I thought those were Barney's kids, not Ted's.

[Scarecrow]

And?

2030 Ted (Saget) refers to them as Uncle Marshall and Aunt Lilly, and we know that they are still married in 2030. Since he also says Uncle Barney and Aunt Robin, are we to insinuate that they are also married in 2030?

[DanGarion]

2030 Ted (Saget) refers to them as Uncle Marshall and Aunt Lilly, and we know that they are still married in 2030. Since he also says Uncle Barney and Aunt Robin, are we to insinuate that they are also married in 2030?

How does calling them uncle and aunt make them married to each other?... I'm really confused about what you are trying to assume.

[lordscarlet]

I thought the only assumption was that Ted is not married to Robin, but maybe I am misinterpreting.

[DanGarion]

I thought the only assumption was that Ted is not married to Robin, but maybe I am misinterpreting.

If my memory serves me right there have been three people that have assumed that because Ted says "Uncle Barney" and "Aunt Robin" that this means they are some how mysteriously married to each other in the future!

[jeheinz72]

I'm with DanGarion here, I know my kids call all of our good friends Uncle or Aunt. Older-Ted using those terms is more likely meant in that manner than an actual marriage.

[rowech]

Something just hit me...

Could it be that Saget is actually the uncle to the kids he's talking to in 2030? He is married to Robin and therefore she is Aunt Robin.

Now that I think about it, I don't think I can come up with something that would make that work though.

[Joe]

It's not called How I Met My Wife. The kids don't have to be his.

[Racer]

It's not called How I Met My Wife. The kids don't have to be his.

I believe the kids have called him Dad on more then one occasion.

[Joe]

I believe the kids have called him Dad on more then one occasion.

Well then they shouldn't have done that.

[Galaxy]

I believe the kids have called him Dad on more then one occasion.

Still doesn't mean that he is biological dad.

[Galaxy]

How do think they'll handle this?

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx/?news=335805&GT1=28103

[lordscarlet]

I think it depends on how the timing lines up with filming. I don't think they'll make Lilly and Marshall have a baby, though. Or at least, they shouldn't.

[Lathum]

I think it depends on how the timing lines up with filming. I don't think they'll make Lilly and Marshall have a baby, though. Or at least, they shouldn't.

why shouldnt they?

It's the next logical progression. Allthough I think this shows shelf life is getting short. Segal's movie career is taking off, Hannigen is having a baby and NPH always has other projects going on.

[rowech]

I'd like them to go into this season with the idea that this is the final year or at the least, next year will be.

[ISiddiqui]

Well then they shouldn't have done that.

Why not? Having the reveal being that Ted is the kids' uncle would be a horrible move and likely to be widely panned.

[lordscarlet]

I'd like them to go into this season with the idea that this is the final year or at the least, next year will be.

I think that is a good run for a sitcom. If they want to drag it out beyond jumping the shark, they could still get a season or two with Ted and Mom being together.

Better yet, fast forward to 2030 and show life with Bob Saget, Mom and the kids. ;)

[DanGarion]

How do think they'll handle this?

http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx/?news=335805&GT1=28103

Probably the same most shows do, they will hide her stomach.

[Dr. Sak]

See the last half of The Office Season 4 with Angela.

[DanGarion]

why shouldnt they?

It's the next logical progression. Allthough I think this shows shelf life is getting short. Segal's movie career is taking off, Hannigen is having a baby and NPH always has other projects going on.

My wife and I have been married for almost 3 years and we are perfectly happy without a kid. I don't consider having children the next logical progression... :)

[Racer]

why shouldnt they?

It's the next logical progression. Allthough I think this shows shelf life is getting short. Segal's movie career is taking off, Hannigen is having a baby and NPH always has other projects going on.

I think the biggest issue with bringing a baby into the mix is that so much of the show involves them hanging out with one another at McClarins. They would need to explain why Lily and Marshall didn't spend a lot of their free time taking care of the baby. Basically, the baby would probably get in the way of more interesting stuff.

[DaddyTorgo]

My wife and I have been married for almost 3 years and we are perfectly happy without a kid. I don't consider having children the next logical progression... :)

who says you two are logical? :D

[DanGarion]

who says you two are logical? :D

Heh... this is a discussion we should have as a normal topic... ;)

[MrBug708]

When they showed Stella and Ted's "kids" they had blond hair, just like Stella Obviously there are tons of brunettes that they could link up with Ted, but this story line is getting similiar to that of Friends and how Ross And Rachel were going to end up together in the final episode.

[ISiddiqui]

I think the biggest issue with bringing a baby into the mix is that so much of the show involves them hanging out with one another at McClarins. They would need to explain why Lily and Marshall didn't spend a lot of their free time taking care of the baby. Basically, the baby would probably get in the way of more interesting stuff.

Or they could find a way to try to sneak the baby into the bar ;).

Wouldn't Lily and Marshall moving to the new apartment have issues with meeting at McClarins anyway, though?

[lordscarlet]

Having a baby would ruin the show, unless they pulled a Ross and Rachel and the baby just... disappeared.

[Dr. Sak]

http://www.tvcrazy.net/tvclassics/wallpaper/oldshows/dinosaurs/not-the-mamma.jpg

[Radii]

Not the best episode tonight, but "blue line, red line, in the crease", outstanding.

[bob]

Yeah, I thought last night's episode was a poor way of ending the Stella storyline. I can't see anyone having such little emotion about what just happened to him, nor can I imagine anyone being dumped right before the wedding never even talking to that person again.

[ISiddiqui]

I thought it was a decent epsiode. I mean if you had Ted moping around, it would have gotten a bit old (I mean we had that with Marshall when Lily left). The stories about who all the others would like to avoid were great (Robin Charles, LOL; and Barney's conjugal visit buddy), and in the end Ted lets his anger go, because he's a nice guy. Normal ep, I'd say.

[Swaggs]

I hope that this show shapes up soon, as it has been kind of down this season and it was on the cusp of being cancelled last season. If not, I hope they have an endgame in the works for this year.

[Autumn]

Pretty blah episode I thought, not worth the 30 minutes I took off from work to watch it. They had to wrap up the plot point I guess, but the side stories weren't enough to have me laughing much.

[Lathum]

Not the best episode tonight, but "blue line, red line, in the crease", outstanding.

totaly agree, and when she called him a hoser.

[MrBug708]

Solid episode tonight

[ISiddiqui]

Cheerleader effect, FTW!

Though I loved Barney half crying/half singing "Cats in the Cradle" at the end, holding the sock.

[Bearcat729]

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y284/PCM72/himym_splash1.jpg

[lordscarlet]

"Dinner is a baby"

[Blade6119]

To this day i thought the best mother choice was victoria from season 1...she was a keeper

[albionmoonlight]

Tough crowd here. I think that this season has been fine. One of my favorite shows.

[ISiddiqui]

"Dinner is a baby"

Robin's reaction to that was hilarious!

[Dr. Sak]

To this day i thought the best mother choice was victoria from season 1...she was a keeper

She has been my favorite to this day.

[jeheinz72]

Good ep this week, I'm actually enjoying this season moreso than last season.

[MrBug708]

Funny episode tonight

Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[ISiddiqui]

Personally, I found this one to be a bit 'meh'. Though the ending with the girls taking about a threesome and Barney unable to walk to them was funny :D.

[Autumn]

Funny one, I thought. I like anyone that prominently features Barney. His little speech about woo girls had me in stitches.

[Swaggs]

I thought this was one of the better episodes of the season.

[Radii]

I would gladly leave the wonderful world of self employment for an office in the brain of a t-rex building.

[vex]

But it's a small office!

[MrBug708]

But it's a strip club!

[Lathum]

Woo girls, lol.

I think anyone from Jersey can have an added appreciation for that joke

[vex]

And it does breathe fire..

[jeheinz72]

Clutch episode

(paraphrase quote)
"... and it looks like those assassinations and hostile takeovers really did the trick. We lowered banking regulations in Rangoon. So yay us!"

That one got a rewind and rewatch from us.

[Logan]

At the urging of a friend who's addicted, I finally watched this last episode. I enjoyed it, probably not as much as if I had been watching regularly, but I could see it being good.

My biggest issue: stupid laughtracks. I can't remember the last time I watched a comedy on network TV, so it just felt so out of place and really pulled me out of the show. It just sounded so much louder than older shows, to me at least. I can get used to it though.

And what's the deal with Bob Saget voicing that Ted dude?

[Dr. Sak]

This is a show that you need to watch the earlier episodes to appreciate the new ones because they pull so much from the past ones that sometimes you won't get the jokes unless you know the history....or from New Jersey. One or the other.

[Logan]

Well we do have a very sharp sense of humor.

And an insane ability to prey on those who rip those "lack of self esteem woo's."

[Dr. Sak]

By the way...anyone want to go on a Conference call?

[MrBug708]

The Burt Reynolds!

[ISiddiqui]

That was the best part of the episode. Marshall calling Robin a slut was fun too :D. As was naked Barney passing up the cheap suit.

[Dr. Sak]

This one cracked me up!

[Dr. Sak]

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.tvsquad.com/media/2008/11/himym50reasons450.jpg

[Autumn]

I thought the Batman/Superman analogy was classic.

[DaddyTorgo]

quality episode last night. the ones with plenty of NPH are always the best.

[INDalltheway]

NAKKKKKKKKKED MAN!

[Radii]

I just caught up on last week's episode after being out of town. I haven't laughed that hard in a long time at a sitcom. NAKED MAN is just pure genius.

[Dr. Sak]

Was this mentioned?
How I Met Your Mother's Cobie Smulders Is Expecting - Babies : People.com (http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20242944,00.html)

[jeheinz72]

Well now we know the goat plotline.

[MrBug708]

Barney's Christmas songs were awesome

[jeheinz72]

As was Marshall turning off the lights at the Hoser Hut.

Good episode, I really really like this show.

[hoopsguy]

I laughed pretty damn hard at the song Marshall sang at the Hoser Hut. That kind of continuity is part of what makes the show fun.

[Ronnie Dobbs2]

The 1999 NFC Championship Game.

[Dr. Sak]

DAMN!!

[Lathum]

NOBODY LIKES THE DARK!!

[DanGarion]

This weeks HIMYM and Big Bang Theory were the bests of the season!

[Racer]

I hope that this show shapes up soon, as it has been kind of down this season and it was on the cusp of being cancelled last season. If not, I hope they have an endgame in the works for this year.

Tough crowd here. I think that this season has been fine. One of my favorite shows.

Apparently, the ratings are up this season and last new episode that aired (the one with all the Vikings references) was the most watched episode since season 1.

[DanGarion]

Apparently, the ratings are up this season and last new episode that aired (the one with all the Vikings references) was the most watched episode since season 1.

Awesome news!

[ISiddiqui]

I read that the Britney Spears appearance really kicked up the ratings and when people watched, they liked, and they stayed.

So celeb appearance saves HIMYM, or more specifically, Britney Spears saved HIMYM.

This doesn't mean I have to buy her new album for thanks does it?

[Racer]

For anyone who is interested, this show will begin showing reruns from earlier seasons tonight on Lifetime at 7:30 and 8:00 pm I think.

[ISiddiqui]

I am a bit sad that a show I like has its reruns on Lifetime.

[Racer]

I am a bit sad that a show I like has its reruns on Lifetime.

Agreed. I heard Lifetime offered the most money, but this show doesn't really seem like a good fit for lifetime. On a side note, I read today that Neil Patrick Harris (portrays Barney) is hosting SNL. I think he's hosting this weekend's show, but I'm not sure.

[Autumn]

That would be good to catch. I'm constantly amazed at what a good comedian, and physical comedian especially, Neil is. Who would have thunk it. I'd be interested to see how well it translates into other characters or if he's just the perfect Barney.

[Radii]

On a side note, I read today that Neil Patrick Harris (portrays Barney) is hosting SNL. I think he's hosting this weekend's show, but I'm not sure.


starts in 20 minutes, harris is indeed hosting this week.

[Racer]

Bumping since tonight is the first new episode in quite awhile.

[ISiddiqui]

Called "Benefits". Seems like an interesting premise based on the blurb (won't spoil it), but I wonder how it'll work out.

[DaddyTorgo]

oh just spoil it - lol

yes new episodes of CBS Monday tonight...yay! (cept for that Worst Week show which is kinda "meh") otherwise it's 1.5 hours of me gut-busting laughing

[Lathum]

sweet

[ISiddiqui]

oh just spoil it - lol

Alright :p

Ted and Robin become friends with benefits

[Racer]

Great episode tonight I thought. I like that it progressed a major plot line and wasn't a stand alone episode like a lot of recent ones.

[DaddyTorgo]

yes. hilarious episode tonight!