Daddy’s home ~Barney
This week seemed quite funny…but spinning wheels at moments. Well until the end… then we understood why. Let’s get to the talking now…
The house. It is a nice house…but have we totally forgotten that Marshall and Lily’s place is down wind of a sewage treatment plant? Think it will stick? I did love the way the apartment shrunk so much. Great job there.
Hurricane Stinson. starting a family. Ted & Barney…eh? I’ve never in my life thought about going splitzies on a kid with my best bro! Anyways, Hurricane is an awesome name. And it’s always cool to see James. He really brings something to the show when he shows up. On the other had… we had to know that the Ted 7 Barney adopting wouldn’t work out… but it had to be there for a reason. I’d say foreshadowing, however the ending moment with Robin & Barney still seemed to take us all by surprise. Which brings us to…
Robin. Not a lot till the end. Obviously something was going on but HIMYM has yet again caught us looking and then BAM! What just happened? We go from last week, where a lot of us hated Robin after what happened with Barney to shock this week. I’ve still not had enough time to think it over. I wasn’t happy with Robin last week, but I didn’t’ hate her at all. I feel sorry for her…but I wonder whose baby it is…Barney or Kevin’s?/ I could picture it being either though since she told Barney he is my current guess. Plus think about the timing of Robin’s news:
Barney: Can you imagine me being someone’s dad?
Robin: I’m pregnant.
What does this mean for the show though? Do we need another Pregnancy? Do you trust where HIMYM is taking us?
Moments of Awesomeness
- Marshall’s options. Year round Haunted house or sledge hammers… awesome.
- Weird pregnancy sex dreams…. You know.
- Barney’s Guys. “ I have a guy guy to get me a guy and oddly enough, his name is guy.
- Ghostbusters! Nice to see Ernie Hudson. “Who you gonna call?”
- Hurricane Stinson. Great Baby name.
- James! I love seeing him on HIMYM. And this is the first time we’ve seen Tom since the wedding.
Legendary Lines
Old Ted: Don’t worry, he’s gonna do something crazy.
Old Ted: And Yes, I’m gonna do something crazy too.
Ted: Bro Parents Activate!
Barney: How about Baby names
Ted: Barney….
Barney: Oh my God! That was my first choice too.
Barney: No dibs on the nanny!
Barney: A kid needs a pet cobra.
Ted: Did Guy the guy guy get you a baby guy?
Lingering Question
- Are you still mad with Robin?
- Will Marshall & Lily keep the house?
- Who wouldn’t want to name their kid Hurricane?
- What does not 1 but 2 pregnancies mean for the direction of the show?
- Who do you think the father is?
What Just Happened?!?!
Nothing special. Funny jokes and scenes about the baby-adopting thing but not so much! Robin’s pregnancy will mess up everything more than ever, don’t know if that’s a well played card by the authors.
Too much pregnancy on this show.
Wow. I”m speechless. That was a bigger blindside than Marshall’s dad dying.
Honestly, I’m not sure what is going to happen with the show. “My Name Is Me” is right about the whole too much pregnancy on the show thing. But in response to that, I think it maybe a possible fluke. Also we still have the other gentleman who we were first introduced to in Season 06 episode 21 “Hopeless” Ted said there would be more on that guy later. On a much different note, I think Kevin will be leaving us soon. Did anyone else notice that his mother and Falguni had an uncanny resemblance? It could be a possibility that Kevin’s parents are Falguina and Ranjit; and that they have an arranged marriage planned for him. Of course I am just speculating.
If Barney was the father, wouldn’t Robin be as far along in her pregnancy as Lily (since they both conceived during the hurricane weekend)? If so, Lily is sure showing a lot more than Robin at this point.
Oh wait, nevermind, I got my timeline mixed up. I forgot Barney and Robin almost hooked up during the hurricane weekend, but it didn’t actually happen until later.
I’m wondering where it’s going for sure.
ROBIN PREGGERS?!?!?! I only have one thing to say about this it better be BARNEYS! Think about it its a perfect setup to have robin be the one that barneys marrys. He marrys her cuz she preggers with his child + shes “THE-ONE” for him. you know i like that they took us down this road. it sets TED up to meet the mother in a year we will know-HER. i dont know how they will work “THE WEDDING” in cuz lilly is not pregg. in the clip?!so it cant be till next year in the spring?
i cant waitto see it all play out! 🙂
These writers know what they’re doing, and they know how to get us there. And, I think we all know that Barney is the father, the dialogue was a dead giveaway. And it can’t be Kevin because Kal Penn hasn’t signed for long enough.
But is she going to be pregnant at her wedding? Will their kid be the ring bearer? Either way it’s feaking awkward.
But I trust this show. Even if they mess up they know how to turn it around.
But didn’t they tell us this season would be less emotional?
I think it’s pretty funny that not long ago they were covering up two pregnancies, and now they are actually both pregnant on the show. Art mimics life huh?
I wasn’t ever mad at Robin, it’s Barney for crying out loud. It sucked the way she went about it, but I’m okay with her picking Kevin for her own good. I DO hate Kevin though. I was just glad he didn’t show up in this episode. Which should also probably tell us whose baby is it. Or maybe the Barney angle is too obvious? How long has it been since they slept together though? Did we ever get a “few weeks later” line or something like that? I suppose in sitcom time it could have been 5 weeks or so.
I was completely blindsided by the whole thing. I said nothing but “holy crap” for about a solid minute. Nice on HIMYM. Crying one week, shocked the next. For me the first few episodes in this season were very “okay” and nothing more. I think they are finally on the up and up.
The baby is Barney’s, hence the reason Kevin wasn’t in the episode, but I’m not entirely happy that it’s Barney’s. I’ve grown attatched to Kevin so they better figure out how to keep him around.
Whether or not its a well played card doesn’t matter, even though I agree with you. Everybody’s more hooked to the show now than ever.
hmm dont know about this episode..
one way this would make me feel better would be if robin looses the baby, but realizes on the way that she really loves barney and they end up togehther trying to have a baby on purpose…
or sth like that…
this was kind of a more serious episode and i really hope barney and robins romance isnt over..
WHAT HAPPENED? PREGERS. ROBIN. HOW? WHAA? Can someone explain the pregers deal. Im shocked and confused. Is it barneys baby? Did Robin concieve when they slept together? WHAT IS HAPPENING GUYS?
Can someone pls tell me step by step what is going down? i’m literally confused, especially with all the babies and pregers. PLS.
OK. Now Robin is pregnant. Now if the baby is Barney’s, then probably they would get married. But Barney said that he chose among 2 girls at his wedding. Whose that other girl???(Cant be Nora). Nd howz the guy in S06E21(Hopeless) going to come into play????
Any help?
My theory is that Robin loses the baby (probably way too heavy for HIMYM though) OR it’s a false alarm but during the time when she thinks she’s pregnant Robin starts to think about Barney and the future and they bond more over the whole thing. It has been confirmed that Becki Newton from ‘Ugly Betty’ is joining the show in January as Barney’s new love interest, which makes me think that either the baby isn’t Barney’s, or more likely, it was a false alarm/miscarriage. For all us Barney/Robin shippers, I don’t think we’re there yet!
The guy from ‘Hopeless’ is tricky because after the episode aired his series got picked up for another season which restricts his availibility to be a part of HIMYM at all. I think either they’ll just pretend it never happened and hope us die-hard fans forget (haha) or he’ll come back for a brief appearance but nothing more.
Wow. That one took me by surprise. I don’t really see anything wrong with the turn the show is taking. I think it’s pretty realistic. I really love Barney and Robin together and part of that is because I absolutely despise Kevin and Robin. I mean honestly, do they even like each other, those two have ZERO chemistry. Which is too bad because I like Kevin’s character. But after this, he’s gone. Which of course means the baby is Barneys. I have no idea where this is going, but I’m enjoying the ride! I think we’ve had some really good episodes so far this season!
I don’t thhink that Robin is pregnant. It seems fake. And as we know there are some knowledge about future (in january first). Beck Newton is going to come, the ducky tie again. The baby is not kinda big thing; Even it’s not true 🙂
Even if she’s pregnant with barney , the timeline seem a little bit close . I mean , i am not with god , but sleep with barney and the next episode , that seems a couple days later , ” i’m pregnant ” explanation anyone or is it tv magic ?
Ted did say while narrating that it had been a rough couple of weeks for Barney
Awful plot twist, awful episode. I have defended HIMYM to the death, especially after the mediocre season 6, but I feel now I have to start seriously questioning where the show is headed from here on.
I think it is Barney’s child. There’s a rumour going around that they are looking to hire a blond boy to play Robin’s son in the future (Robin will be narrating a story to her children in an upcoming episode), and Kevin is obviously not a blond.
I believe that Barney will be marrying Robin because of this incident, but they will both later decide that it’s not the best decision for them (does anyone remember the endless fights that Bareny and Robin had when they were a couple?), which will result in a divorce or anulment. At the end of “The Exploding Meatball Sub” (S6E20), neither Barney or Robin are wearing wedding rings, and Robin is not even being comforting to the fact that Barney is on his “deathbed”.
These are just my thoughts and opinions..
I see it happening two ways. 1. It is Kevin’s baby. Kevin is becomes
upset with Robin cheating on him with Barney and he can’t stand the
commitment of baby, so he leaves. Barney decides to be the good guy and
help her, comfort her, and eventually marry her. 2. It is Barney’s baby.
He decides to stay with her and marry her.
I think that the wedding will be the end of this season. A few episodes
before, Lily will have her baby boy. So, she is not pregnant during the
wedding. She got pregnant in August, so if the wedding were to occur in
May or June that wouldn’t be a problem. The whole gang is at the
wedding. Ted is the best man and gives the toast. Then, finally, we see
the mother. Ta-da! That is how I see it coming down atleast. I’m sure it
will be a lot more complicated, but I think that is the basic layout.
Now I’m really wondering what Barney’s phone call is about in “The Naked
Truth” in the fast forward where Marshall is playing Xing-Haish-Buxing
and he is wearing the Ducky Tie. I think it definitely will have
something to do with Robin’s pregnancy though.
Maybe Kevin can’t handle that kind of a commitment and decided to leave her after find out that she is pregnant. That could make it Kevin’s baby and explain him not being in the episode.
I hope it’s Barney’s….
I think Robin is having Barney’s baby base on the timing you list.
But there is one thing that I confused. If the baby is Barney’s, whay HIMYM still cast a new girlfriend for Barney?
I’d completely forgotten about Exploding Meatball Sub, but that is a very good point!
Since Robin and Barney slept together after the Slutty Pumpkin incident, that would mean that was already into the month of November in the HIMYM world when it happened. Robin knew she was pregnant on Thanksgiving, probably earlier if that was the reason she was acting so crazy about Marshall and Lilly moving to Long Island. Is it even possible for her to know she was pregnant that soon if it were Barney’s baby?
Barney marries Becki Newton’s character…atleast that’s what is said in Carter Bays interview. But she gets eaten by a crocodile!!!
I think the baby is Barney’s. I am surprised he is not a Dad by now actually considering how many women he has slept with.
I think Barney’s marriage to Becki Newton will be comical (considering she gets eaten by a crocodile) and he eventually wounds up back with Robin (who is the mother of her kid) by the end of the show. There is only one season left, and with only one real competitor (Nora who seems out of the picture for good) the only woman for Barney seems Robin.
I was wandering the same as Amanda. You need about two month to realize you are pregnant wright. But you cleared it up for me now. Thank you. I thought it was impossible for Barney to be the father and Robin was going to end up with Kevin. But now it’s a blank page again.
I kind of feel like this plot has been overused in sitcoms. I relate to a lot of things in HIMYM but not this. Does unexpected pregnancy really happen that often?
(I just googled it, but the numbers must be from different defintions of ‘unplanned’ or ‘pregnancy’: 0,5% in the Netherlands, 48% in the US?? If the number is really that high the plotline suddenly makes sense).
Anyway, sorry for the informative nature of this post. The episode was great!
Oh, just in case anyone didn’t have enough of my boring statistics-post and wants an update: it’s 48% of pregnancies unplanned in the US, versus 22% in the Netherlands.
The 0,5% refers to the percentage of all women that get pregnant unplanned.
Barney abd Robin was later. Remeber they sit in the taxi and talk about the hurricane weekend. And then it happens.
Shirt guy is out of the picture because he has his own show now. see above
could i just ask one question? why is the episode called the rebound girl??
I don’t think Robin is really pregnant. Either she read it wrong or another false positive, she’s probably not going to have a baby. Thing is, when Barney/Kevin and Robin come to terms with having a baby, that’s when they’ll find out that’s shes not. And if Barneys the father maybe they’ll realize that there an awesome couple or whatever.
she’s really pregnant. They’ve confirmed it.
because the baby is barney’s rebound girl
What do you mean they confirmed it? Like the writers did or…?
B&T in an interview 🙂
Link?
I thought Ted was Barney’s rebound girl
That’s just funny.
I think robin’s dad will die in next episode and they’ll forget the baby 🙂
I know…….I didn’t even see it coming!!