How I Met Your Mother’s schedule has been really frustrating lately. It did however make me anticipate this new episode. With the death of Marshall’s dad pretty much in the rearview, the show is ready to establish its arc for the rest of the season. What we got in this episode was a return to form for HIMYM with only a couple minor plot disputes. This was easily one of the better episodes of the season.
With Marshall being stuck at home in Minnesota it brought a lot of opportunity for comedy. Telling a story in different points of views has become a staple of HIMYM and it always leads to some of the most successful episodes. The episode was written by the creators of the show so it was no surprise that this episode felt so true to what HIMYM is. None of the jokes really fell flat at all. Katy Perry, much like the musical guest starts before her, really felt like she could be part of the show. Her character was well written and got more then a couple laughs from me (“I’m going to be on LOST!”) Even the character of Zoey, who I previously found fairly unlikable, had me falling for her right around the time that she put 100 bottles of ketchup in Ted’s fridge.
Earlier this season I wrote a lot about how Ted’s relationships that are not with the “mother” have seemed kind of exhausting the last couple of seasons. We know very well that Zoey is not the mother, so I am not so sure about how I feel about putting the two of them together. The only other extended relationship that Ted has had with someone we knew was not the mother was Robin, and the show worked fairly well then, so there is a reason to be optimistic. However, the last couple seasons of HIMYM have not been on the same level as the first few, mostly because a lot of times they seem to lack focus. Here’s hoping that by focusing on Barney’s quest for his father and Lily and Marshall’s quest for a baby, they can still keep the same high level of focus on comedy as this episode was able to.
SOME OTHER THOUGHTS:
Marshall explaining things to his family by using characheter from CLUE was excellent
Neil Patrick Harris can take the smallest things and turn them into laugh out loud moments. Loved his impression of his bed squeaking, complete with increase in pace
I mentioned the successful use of Katy Perry. She joins Brittany Spears, Carrie Underwood, Mandy Moore, and Enrique Iglesias on the list of well used musicians on this show
Great cameo by the Intervention banner!
Very funny episode for HIMYM and hopefully it puts the show on a strong path for the rest of the season. I give it a 9 out 10. Hertz Donut?
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