re: HIMYM The Final Season

Wow that episode sucked.

Need the mother as a regular ASAP

this episode, meh. Next week looks awesome. Back to their best formula.

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#1 reason to like this episode and why it wasn't totally meh...

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Zabka-tage

Next episode is entirely in rhyme...... Should be iteresting

That sounds fricking terrible. It's as if the entire season is going to be filler until the last episode.

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when his mom boo'ed him I lost it.

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I literally lol'd at that. I actually didn't find this episode to be as bad as everyone else did, or as bad as some other eps this season.

It's possible I was just in a better mood than I normally am when I watch though.

I hope some obsessed fan studies these episodes and does some sort of infographic for various things. For instance, how many incredibly expensive bottles of alcohol were procured then later discarded before drinking. How many "wedding events" actually took place during the time frame. How annoyed the staff must be that this wedding party won't stay put in one area for longer than about 5 minutes.

I bet we find out what Barney does for a living before it ends.

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I did LOL at the sabotage part

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You mean the Zabka-tage part.

This episode, outside of Zabka, was pretty weak. But at least it looks like the Marshall/black chick storyline is done with (although the "500 Miles" song part made me laugh).

And I love the "this was a filler episode" comments...every single episode of this series is a filler episode, because it's all bullshite stories Ted's telling to his kids before he gets to the final reveal of how he actually met their mother. Every single episode is filler. All of them.

This episode was pretty weak, but to call it "just a filler episode" is stupid.

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nd I love the "this was a filler episode" comments...every single episode of this series is a filler episode, because it's all bullshite stories Ted's telling to his kids before he gets to the final reveal of how he actually met their mother. Every single episode is filler. All of them.

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Well, the mother is just a conceit to tell stories about a group of five people from NYC who hang out together. It's never been "about" the mother, so it's not a filler episode because it was, well, about the same group of friends.

Also, if you do care about moving the plot, it did. Barney has a replacement officiant for the dead guy. Marshall (thankfully) has wrapped up his road trip. We have the reveal of Barney's mom getting back together with Wayne Brady's dad. So, actual plot points were advanced...

.. but more importantly, it was another episode of growth for Ted. He again selflessly put someone else's wants and desires ahead of his own. He let Zabka be the good guy ("You can come to Thanksgiving this year!"), feeling that he needed the win more. Ted has always been self-absorbed, but this season, he's been the guy doing things for other people. So it was an important episode from a character standpoint.

Still, not the strongest episode. I did like everything to do with Zabka, especially his phone call to his mom. The song and dance number has been a long time coming (come on, Brady and NPH?). Some good site gags (the beached squid) and a great callback ("everyone knows about the pineapple, Ted")

A well-constructed episode, but it had an icky A-plot (Barney was plotting to murder his stepmom, which is insane even by his standards) and the continued drag of the Marshall road trip.

And I know Cocomo hates it, but no "Thank you, Linus" drops it a letter grade.