I haven’t written much about How I Met Your Mother this season but after last night’s episode there are a few points I need to address. Join with me as we talk about our favorite New Yorkers and that douche Ted they for some reason hang out with.
1) Between last night’s episode and her appearance on The Big Bang Theory last week I have now come to the conclusion that Judy Greer should appear on every television program at all times. If I’m watching Deadliest Catch I want to see Judy Greer out there on the Bearing Sea. On TLC’s Four Weddings she should be getting married every week. There is no such thing as too much Judy Greer on television. Especially as a theoretical physicist with some, uh, interesting habits. Just saying.
2) One of the main points of this week’s episode is that when you are in your twenties and dating everything is fresh and exciting but when you are in your thirties and dating you realize that everyone you meet has baggage. This is absolutely true and it is how you deal with it that makes all the difference in the world. If you wait to find someone without baggage, as Ted still seems to be doing, then you will be alone and unhappy for a long time. If you don’t admit that you are screwed up yourself then it won’t work out for you either. Dating in your thirties means accepting the fact that no one is perfect. (Well, except for Kim of course. I’m the one who is carting along several steamer trunks worth of issues. Luckily I have trained a platoon of helper monkeys to help me in dragging the bags along.)
3) I saw a few people say this online and I have to agree: There must be no worse feeling in the world than discovering that you are the basis for a character in a movie and that character is being played by Chris Kattan.
4) With next week being the season finale the show is at this strange crossroads some characters are moving in good directions while other characters seem to be spinning out of control. Marshall and Lilly are progressing as a married couple with their own place and talks about having children. Their characters seem pretty well set and to be honest I would like to see more of them on the show. The other three deserve numbered entries of their own.
5) Robin is a character in search of direction. They’ve already paired her up with Ted and Barney and now have to work to explain just why she is hanging out with two of her ex-boyfriends every week. Plus, they have her dating her coworker Don, which would be interesting except that we know almost nothing about him and have never seen anything that would make us think that they make a good couple. She is still an incredibly funny character and you can always make early morning news show jokes but it will never make sense until they connect her back with…
6) Barney. Let’s face it, the network wants to turn this into the Neil Patrick Harris show. So does most of the country. He’ll be getting an Emmy this year for his work. But after spending a lot of time showing that Barney has a heart and finally getting him together with Robin they break them up without much reason or fallout. Barney then goes completely over the top in terms of skirt chasing. They need to bring the character back from being a caricature and give him a little more reality.
7) Finally we have Ted. He’s a douche. Last week’s episode pretty much admitted that is what he is and he accepted that fact. I don’t mind that too much. It does bother me that a guy who is searching for true love dumps women at an alarming rate. But mainly I’m just upset that I’ve been watching this show for five years and we haven’t found out who the damn mother is yet! The freaking Smog Monster on Lost is better defined than the mother. Look, I understand that this is the conceit behind the entire show but enough already. Just have Victoria from Season 1 return from Europe and open a pastry shop in New York that Ted just happens to walk into and they fall madly in love once more. I swear to you, every fan will be happy. Just make it happen.
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Barney just wouldn't be Barney if he were still with Robin. Robin is really a lost soul. Her contribution to the ensemble diminishes by the half hour. He probably wonders why they even got together in the first place. She and Lily seem like they are friends only because they are the two females in the group.
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