Guys, I’m going environ-mental… –Marshall
I love the fact that it’s not even the end of the Season and we are getting a lot to talk about… a lot the most shows would put off till the coveted Season Finale. Let’s get on with it.
Wendy the Waitress. First off I love Charlene Amoia, so I was pretty happy to see a lot of Wendy tonight. And she still looks amazing 10 years in the future! And the scenes she had were both funny and important. You see there are actually still people who believe she could be the mother…despite hard work trying to explain otherwise (ref. More on the Mother from HIMYM). I still love those people but the closing of Garbage Island while missing the big Mother question, does give us some insight into the future. Was it what we asked for? No. Was it cool to know? Absolutely, plus we get an answer to…
Zoey. Jennifer Morrison is very cool, no lie. But I’m very happy that HIMYM put to rest the idea she could be the mother. Although I felt they had said that long ago, some people don’t notice it all… and I love you guys, really. It’s your attention to detail that impresses me the most. I digress. The interesting thing here is it ends badly. And why shouldn’t it? Zoey tells Ted that the Captain left her when in fact it was the other way around. And Ted dismisses that so easily it seems… I mean are they even divorced yet? Way to be a douche still Ted.
Barney. He really should work at a fire with a skill like is sexless meter. That’s a seriously impressive skill, but I’m sure it’s acquired. We do get the feeling that he & Nora will be an item, and I know that adds them to the possible wedding list. It does go to show that Barney is changing, now will he change so much that fans lose interest because he is a completely different character or can the writers keep him Barney enough to carry on? On a other note, let’s look at Robin in relation to this. We see she is pushing Barney but I really wonder if it;s as simple as that? I kept hoping to read some lingering emotional connection between Barney & Robin, like she was pushing Nora so she could get over Barney, but I didn’t really see it. It just remains a hope for me.
Marshall. I love the fact that Arthur goes easy on him because of his Dad but still fires Meker. Though is does appear Meker and Wendy’s mutual hatred of Marshall brought them together. Is this in fact the death of Corporate Marshall? Will we see him quit, interview? On the interview topic, if he tries to go back to the NRDC won’t that be like his 3rd interview? And he turned them down twice before? That should be interesting. Also, Lily was hilarious tonight, frantically trying to get noticed.
Moments of Awesomeness
- When Barney doesn’t listen, would you consider that more of a light horn or a Charley Brown Parent’s moment?
- Wendy.
- Barney offering Robin an end to her dry spell by “throwing her one”
- That did not end well. I loved that moment and wanted to shot a certain 4 letter phrase that ended with “I told you so” from the mountains.
- The Captain’s angry, creepy stare, as he first see’s Ted from the shadows. I would still love to make that game Marshall made during Mermaid Theory.
- Hologram Phones. Can’t wait for it.
- Limit the search to guys with moustaches. Great Moustache for Ted. Also, did the door man look familiar?
Legendary Lines
Wendy: Actually, I said how is your meat?
Ted: Oh…A little cold.
Wendy: Gee, I wonder why.
Ted: That guy scares the panties off me.
Barney: With great penis comes great responsibility.
The Captain: We had great big boners for each other! Then, enter the scoundrel…
Barney: She had a nice face, her booty was in place, but Barney don’t chase.
The Captain: Rapscallion may be going a little too far, Ted
Lingering Questions
- How much longer till we see the “not ending well” of Ted & Zoey.
- When will we see the end of Corporate Marshall?
- I head someone on twitter say this was the end of Wendy… I hope not.
- Barney? Zoey? Will the beginning of them mean an end for an eventual Robin & Barney reunion?
Barney & Nora? Robin? Ted’s the bad guy. Corporate Marshall? Was the the mother heading into the bathroom right after Lily did that thing? Joking on that one…but discuss away!
What did you think about Garbage Island?
I don’t want Barney to be with Nora! Barney should be single! Like predator Barney, the womanizing Barney, the Barney who who made the Playbook! He can’t be in a relationship! NO!
Barney had some great lines tonight. “pork free so long you’re kosher.” “with great penis comes great responsibility.”
I don’t care for knowing that Wendy the Waitress is off the market. But the future the show has painted rocks. Lightsabers to cut turkeys with, holographic phones!
We learned more things that are absolutely true: Ted is the Best Man at the wedding that he meets YM and Zoey is absolutely not the mother.
Also, I really like Nora. She’s hot and that accent is even hotter.
Good point on the lightsabers and holographic phones. I always shake my head when I watch that scene when Marshall carves the turkey with that lightsaber. And yes, tonight was a pretty good Barney episode.
Hahahah!! For all you doubters and arguers…Zoe isn’t the mom! Woot!
I’m okay with relationship Barney…it’s been needing to happen anyways. Like in Doppelgangers when Ted tells Robin that as people age they become doppelgangers of themselves. Barney needs to grow as a person and as a character. We’ve been watching him for 6 years now, and without some growth I think he would fall behind the other characters, who are obviously growing and changing. I think Robin was a good step in that direction and Nora will be an even better one!
Is it just me or is Cobie getting too skinny?? She looked good for a while but man, eat some fried chicken!
I was kind of bummed about the “hints” that they told us there would be. We kind of already knew them all didn’t we? Didn’t we know he was the best man already?
Some people were arguing that it could have been Marshall that was Best Man, and people always wonder about a Ted gf being YM. I am excited to see how Ted/Zoey ends now though, since it apparently “ended badly.”
I concur. Her accent is way hot.
I feel bad for The Captain, he’s the baxter. Thats never cool.
Love that film.
I love Wendy the Waitress and all, but did she really have to interrupt Ted and the church story? 🙁
right? I was like come on Wendy! You are stuck in Hong Kong like Ted… where do you have to go?
I’m pretty sure it was mentioned in Big Days… some people were saying it coudl be Marshall or they coudl be Co-best men, but I thought it was clearly Ted.
I think what the Captain said was we had great big boulders for each other. It would fit with the refernces he was throwing out there.
Ted tells really long stories. Its understandable if she didn’t want to listen.
Okay. I’m confused. I was just watching “Chain of Screaming” where Marshall quits the job at his firm (Arthur’s firm). I know at some point he goes back and tries to get his job back there. And at some point he starts working for GNB (Best Burger in New York). Is GNB Arthur’s place? Wasn’t that a different firm? We had Bilsen at GNB…not Arthur? Someone set me straight.
Arthur was hired to head GNB’s legal department. There was an entire episode dedicated to that last season. Arthur also has a heart attack in the episode.
Could Nora be the Mother?
I don’t know if this is definitely the last episode with Wendy the Waitress, but she has to go soon right? In 2021, she asked Ted if he was still with Zoey, so unless their relationship lasts a long time (which I don’t think it will), she has to leave before they break up. That’s sad though I love her 🙁
Great episode! As sad as Marshall’s dad dying was, it’s really given the writers a lot of different ways to go, and Jason Segel some great material!
You know, at first I had my doubts on the whole Zoey being Ted’s girlfriend, but now I think this relationship story could be just as good as when Ted was with Victoria. Man those were the days…
Oh yeah. Duh. See? This is what happens because I don’t have season 5 yet! I’m trying to catch them on WGN but man! I need the DVD’s! It’s okay, my bday is coming up so I will be more educated then! 😉
As evidenced by the fact that he’s been telling this story to his children for 6 years now… :p
The wedding in Big Days gotta be Barney’s..maybe Robin’s…cause Marshall needn’t attend Punchy’s wedding…So am guessing Barney decides to get married but doesn’t..and thats how Ted meets the Mother
I love that future Ted looks tired with dark circles, but I wish there was a way to parallel current Ted and future Ted with Bob Saget. It unnerves me a little bit to hear Ted still sounds like current Ted, but in just 9 years, he’ll sound like Bob Saget. I don’t know. Just bothered me.
I, too, wanted to smack Wendy when she interrupted the story…but I am just like Ted in that my stories are a little (or a lot) dragged out.
I LOVED Lily in this one. I didn’t even notice her rubbing all over Marshall in the bar until the end of that scene and then I had to rewind and watch again. Classic.
Good episode. Excited to see what’s next.
Solid episode, really good ending. It’s one of the quieter ones that leaves you with a feeling of comfort (if that makes sense and anyone knows what I mean).
I hope this will mark the end of people saying Zoey is the mother.
And on an unrelated note, it isn’t Victoria either so stop suggesting it, she was so wrong for Ted and so boring in general!
Did anyone notice the music that was playing at the end? They’ve played it before, but not often. Anyone remember when that was?
And yes, the doorman did look kinda familiar! But I thought that was just me…
I think smitten Barney is nice and kinda fun to watch. He won’t be with Nora forever but it would be nice if he was for a while…
And there’s a legendary line missing above: I don’t get smitten, I smite. LOL
Hot times hot! Hot square!
Yes she did otherwise we would have found out who the mother was and the show would be over! 😉
He did try to get his job back at the old firm but he caught lice from Lily’s kindergarteners and he realized it at the interview concluding in him not getting back the job.
WOW!
No offense but WOW! That is the utter most stupid theory I’ve heard on this. I’m really sorry but WOW!
How would Nora be the mother of Ted’s children? It’s pretty clear that she’ll hook up with Barney and then years later, at a wedding, she and Ted would MEET there (never having met before, even though she might have been dating Barney) and so Ted would be like I know that umbrella. Hey, didn’t you get porked by one of my best friends? Wanna give me your number so I can call you right away?
I really don’t mean to offend you but there is just no way I see that happening.
When are people gonna accept the fact that the mother has not been on the show yet!!!
Really? From the minute she mentioned that super important dessert fellowship I yelled at the TV GO ALREADY YOU ARE BORING! But that’s just me…
That would make sense, barney is supposed to get married to Nora, gets cold feet and realizes hes still in love with robin. explains why you see just ted marshall and lilly and no barney or robin. ted meets the mother and barney ends up with robin and everyone is happy
I think the music is a HIMYM original but I need the full score, soooo badly.
Any where?
I definitely agree that this was more of a “quiet” episode. I didn’t find it particularly funny, but I really enjoyed the character development (and finding out definitively that Zoey is not the mother!).
I enjoyed the episode! really developed the storyline in many aspects, like in marshall’s case it’s perhaps edging closer to the extinction of Corporate Marshall, Ted’s case the mother and also confirming that zoey isn’t the mother, Barney changing and becoming smitten with nora.
but i have to admit whilst watching Barney getting smitten with Nora and Robin encouraging Barney to go get her, i was hoping to see some emotion from Robin towards this, naturally with her being the last girlfriend. and can someone tell me if i’m overanalyzing or no, ’cause to me some things i saw were:
– robin’s smile slightly faltering after barney closes the door once she said to him “go get her”
– how robin hasn’t been porked for like 18 weeks maybe partially cos she has little bits of feelings for barney
– how she’s investing so much hope in him to have a relationship, like the one who has the most concern, esp what she said when barney turned up in her apartment at the end
i know i ship barney/robin and this makes me super biased hahaha, but robin looks to be putting in a lot of effort to change barney, as though the fix the flaw that was bugging their relationship previously….
i remember it! i reckon it was the episode when ted went back to the club to pick up the umbrella? the st patricks day? correct me if i’m wrong
I just think (and hope) you are right.
I really want Robin and Barney to end together. I guess when they started dating it was too early in the serie to have a second permanent couple. But would be a nice end for both characters.
Another small detail to your list: she calls him idiot… 🙂
Do any of you think that the Captain will return. I noticed that the cover of the magazine in Season 7 episode 2 “The Naked Truth” had a headline which read “By George! Is Van Smoot Van Smitten?” So, hopefully that means that
George Van Smoot (The Captain) will return and, possibly, have a love
interest. I think he is a great character that i would love to see return. Let me know what you guys think? Thanks!