re: HIMYM The Final Season

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You and I agree on that, and I didn't charge them with "filler" at all.

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I know, I just replied to you because you tend to side with the more critical crowd, but you're a thoughtful critic of the show.

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It is VERY common on the show, but that doesn't mean it always hits.

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totally agree as well. I don't think this episode totally works, though I thought it was stronger in the final ten minutes, particularly Boys II Men and the slow motion slap. I also like how the show demonstrated just how ridiculously low stakes this is by having the two sit down and discuss the quality of the slap. I thought the episode was pretty average, but it was distinctly HIMYM. And there was enough callbacks to make the show even more rewarding for longtime fans ("I backpacked there one summer.")

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Over the top is fine, but this one was a little too much.

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It's such a fine line. But a lot is how it's delpoyed. I liked how Marshall uses the bag gold to pay Carl for the jukebox, leading to one of the better throw away lines "This is much gold.") I loved pretty much everything in the Calligrapher scene (I'm assuming there is no Mrs. Calligrapher?). But the slapping tree didn't really work for me. Like... at all.

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I know, I just replied to you because you tend to side with the more critical crowd, but you're a thoughtful critic of the show.

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Eh, I'm usually not too critical in terms of quality though, since I hae no emotional attachment to the show from the beginning. But I know what you're saying.

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I also like how the show demonstrated just how ridiculously low stakes this is by having the two sit down and discuss the quality of the slap.

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Agreed, and that's one thing I always like about Community. They play everything up to be so over the top and important, and then come back down to Earth with "this is just a ____" comments and it's funny. HIMYM does that well a lot of the time. People can relate to shite like that, because I can think of ten different scenarios I've had with my friends that were SO damn hilarious/important, but most other people would laugh at us and think we were idiots.

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It's such a fine line. But a lot is how it's delpoyed. I liked how Marshall uses the bag gold to pay Carl for the jukebox, leading to one of the better throw away lines "This is much gold.") I loved pretty much everything in the Calligrapher scene (I'm assuming there is no Mrs. Calligrapher?). But the slapping tree didn't really work for me. Like... at all.

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I thought it was interesting, but like WS said...it was weird that they had Barney actually buy into any of the shite Marshall was saying, because clearly none of it happened. But I appreciated the effort though, for the most part...it just fell flat. It felt like they tried a LITTLE too hard, and like you said, that made it a little too over-the-top and cartoonish and it didn't work in the end.

All in all, I enjoyed the episode..just didn't think it was very good. This season has been solid though.

Bump for tonight's episode. Thought it was really good and moved lots along.

at Barney's job and the setup.

Glad to see Marshall stand up for himself

THEY FINALLY DID SOMETHING RIGHT


Marshall finally put the queen count lilly in her fricking place. He deserves a standing ovation


Dude was straight dropping fricking BOMBS at that trick. This entire season ive been screaming that he could win that fight in 2 damn words San Francisco


"San franciso...BOOM BITCH"

"YOU HAD YOUR DREAM CUNTCICLE IM HAVING MINE"


"Did you just call me selfish?? OHHH NO YOU DIII ENNTT"

Good for Marshall to call her on that.

Lily has been an underrated bitch for a while now

Shes an awful person and Marshall deserves better, hes just too soft to do anything about it until now


My reaction he boomed that ho

She couldnt even formulate a response when he slapped that truth bomb on her face


"Ummm you still havent forgiven me for that...that was 7 years ago"


First off, he should never forgive you for that because he shouldve never gotten back with you after that bullshite. Why would i trust a chick that just randomly decided that she wasnt to go to San Fransico and paint her shitty shite.


Second of all, even if he did forgive you for that, red flags would still be alarming in his head once you start opening you mouth about your "dream" what was your dream again? TO PAINT IN SAN FRANCISCO AND YOU SUCKED NOW SIT YO arse DOWN LITTLE GIRL. Now Art Critiquing is your dream? Stop it. You have a child and Marshall has a dream too.



That was honestly one of the most satisfying pieces of television ive seen. Its an intense version of the moment Bill hooked up with the cheerleader on freaks and geeks

I doubt it

Theyll probably come up with some bogus compromise that lets Lily think shes right and Marshall be a judge

If marshall apologizes ill be a little pissed

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I had to pause it when Marshall dropped the bomb. I was too excited. Lilly will probably come back with a judge's robe or something and everything will be fine.

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Me too, i was clappin too hard