Kids, Don’t drink tequila. ~Ted
The short of it is this, loved tonight and couldn’t quit laughing. Even more of these thoughts after I finish this beer, what are you drinking?
I saw a lot that I liked tonight, but no worries I won’t do this post Lionel Ritchie style. Mainly because I care more about what you all think. Sorry, I’ll stop kissing up now.
Given Barney’s choices, I’m for the Coyote & dynamite idea, and that’s 2 Roadrunner references this season. Love it. And I bet it would be a stupid idea too, but I’m completely for Robin and Lily making out. For artistic reason…if you buy that sort of thing. We should start a movement to convince the powers that be of this…by the way, I dare them.
Zoey & Ted. Just when you feel like they are fixing to end it, Ted goes all, well Ted and becomes an I Love You slut again. Maybe that makes the breakup all the more powerful and painful. But even though some of you may hate Zoey, the fact that she stuck around gave us the reappearance of the Cock-A-Mouse! Great callback btw. And it my just be me, but I’m not buying that Ted is for saving the Arcadian now.
Barney & Marshall. First of just Barney. We know his 200th happened back in Right Place Right Time in Season 4. So just two seasons later he is up 83 more? And we thought he was changing. I digress, back to Barney & Marshall. These guys were golden tonight. Easily the most entertaining part of the show. And even though they were more background it was a very entertaining background. And I loved the way whiskey brought out the father comparison conversation.
Lily & Robin. It’s good to see these two together. The search for the cocktail was excellent. I tried to drink everything as they went through it but I didn’t have any gin. And I can’t believe that Carl would kick them all out of the bar! Come on Carl! And did I mention they should make out? I double dare them…
Enough from me, what did everyone else think?
How I Met Your Mother Music
- Family Feud Theme – at least a variation during how Barney reacts with Peppermint Schnapps
- Gymnopédie by Alfred Eric Leslie Satie (show version was a library track but Amazon has several that seem great) – plays as Lily & robin float around
Legendary Lines
Hot Red Head: Mr. Eriksen, you’re not wearing any pants.
Marshall: Your move
Lily: I’ll have a mojito and you’ll have a no seat ho!
Ted: Look, I can handle you trying ot prevent me from fulfilling a lifelong dream, that’s just being in a relationship.
Ted: Can you get STD’s from the ghost of a prostitute?
Lily: Time is music the planets make.
Moments of Awesomeness
- The Return of the Cock-A-Mouse! With Babies! And despite the misspelling, I called it before it happened. I brag because it may be the only HIMYM news I ever break, lol.
- The Family Feud…and I loved Barney as Richard Dawson.
- Tequila! I’m more of a beer man…or a scotch that’s old enough to order it’s own scotch.
- Beat box Ted. “You had to take that away from me didn’t you?”
- Crabs with Super Herpes? Well played Marshall Eriksen. Well played.
- Speaking of call backs, Teddy Westside is back!
The Re-Return
Robin & Lily get their booth back, with some help from Barney’s assistant. I do wonder what was on that photo.
Lingering Questions
- What will it take for Barney & Marshall to be past this? Perhaps the absence of Zoey? Something more?
- What’s your favorite cocktail to drink before during or after an episode of How I Met Your Mother?
- What was your favorite part/line/moment tonight?
… Review Over!
Great episode. Just wish they would stop teasing us and have Lily & Robin make out.
I thought it was a hilarious episode. Though, I wish they would oust Zoey already, especially since we know it’s going to happen. Everything between her and Ted, romantically anyway, seems sort of forced. I like the idea that she’s tearing his life apart, but why do they have to be in a couple to have that dynamic? Sure, it has it’s pros, but they don’t outweigh the cons in my opinion. I was scared for a second when they got banned from the bar, I thought for some technical reason they couldn’t shoot there anymore or something. As far as the rest of the episode, I LOVED the return of the cocamouse, as I assume everyone did. I love that they did the same POV camera thing the did in the original episode. I liked the return of the mischief stuff that Barney was doing to Marshall like he did to Butterfield in earlier seasons. And I really liked that A – Robin had a call back to Barney’s line “Dance puppets dance!” and B – That Lily said “You see why I like to get involved in peoples lives” Overall a good episode. Pretty classic HIMYM, it seemed the theme of tonight was paying homage to the rest of the series.
The Re-Return was Robin and LIly getting their booth back.
I really want to know that music that was playing as Lilly and Robin were floating by, that is a song I have heard in many different places and it’s driving me insane not knowing it!
My bad… to much tequila I suppose, it was right it my notes.
Anyways, corrected. Any other thoughts?
Try to find that piano part! Haha <3
lol this was a great episode! i was laugh through the whole choosing of the particular drinks sounded very familiar, any ways Robin and Lily did “kiss” in season one when they attended the prom, not really sure a make out but they did kiss.
I like this episode but… I don’t know. something’s missing… Something we had in 1st or 2nd seasons. I can’t define it. Since a couple of weeks, when an episode is over I have a strange taste in my mouth… maybe the writers are short in ideas and try to save time till season’s finale. However, nothing much happens in these last episodes (except maybe Barney’s legendady).
Back to this episode, I thought lame, cheesy that Ted told Zoey he loves her at this moment. Her story is classical, I should have guess that she used to live at the Arcadian.
Barney was great but it’s not the same Barney anymore, just like Robin. I miss a little sparkle or something in them.
Anyway, I love the show, can’t wait for the end of the season and moreover, I can’t way for september because the summer is gonna be very long without HIMYM, just like every year.
It was a great episode, I loved the cut aways to what each drink did to people, so funny, particularly Ted thinking he can beatbox, which is so Ted, I’m surprised he didn’t think he could beatbox sober.
Am I the only one thinking Zoey was lying about living at the Arcadian as a kid? I was waiting for Ted to question it as soon as she brought it up…
Someone on the How I Met Your Mother music pages says it’s Alfred Eric Leslie Satie – Gymnopédie but I haven’t had time to verify yet.
Gymnopédies by Erik Satie
I thought that too! I don’t think that story is true at all!
Awesome episode! Best drink to drink during the show the Tootsie Roll cocktail Ted made at the roof Halloween party when looking for the sexy penguin!
That’s what I was thinking since in past episodes she’s used manipulation to get her way. Maybe that’s what leads to the ugly break-up….oh, I hope it’s soon i’m not endeared to her character at all.
Ted’s declaration of love just seemed forced to me. Like since she (supposedly) bared her soul, Ted felt the need to say something that would reinforce it. But it just seemed to be fake. The love for Robin, even Victoria, seems more natural than whatever it is he has with Zoë.
love the episode, funny. Beat-boxing Ted was just awesome
Great episode… as all of this serial!!!
Please can you help me with moment on the about 19 00 when Zoey agree with Ted after return of the Cock – a – Mouse ))).. What is the music in this moment?
More beatboxing by Ted!
Do you know the song that plays during “Daiquiris” when Robin’s sayng “Dance my puppets, dance”?
does anyone know the music nearly at the end when ted runs out of the arcadian and you can see the skyline
sounds only a bit like rhcp – on mercury :p maybe you’ll find the right ^^
Does anybody know the name of the moody guitar song playing at 17:04?
What was the tune played when lilly and robin reclaimed the booth back at the end, i have heard it one more time on naked man, badly need to know.
sounds like some cow boys song, is it?
Came here looking for that classical piece of lily and robin floating around. Found it and thanks 😛
Who is the hot redhead