This season has developed a pretty consistant pattern of every other episode being good. Which means, after last weeks subpar episode, this week was going to be excellent. And the pattern held true once again. Blitzgiving was classic HIMYM and was everything last week's Robin Sparkles episode wasn't. The concept of the Blitz was creative, funny and totally original. It allowed the writers to do all the things that have made HIMYM a must see comedy, funny flashbacks, random pop culture references, inside viewer jokes (I love the sandwiches in every college flashback), well used cameos, and new catchphrases (Aw, Man!, turturkeykey, The Gentleman). The idea of the Blitz was able to carry a whole episode while remaining entertaining and pushing the overall story along in a way that Robin Sparkles just can't anymore. These are the types of episodes we need more of instead of the rehashes of jokes and themes we've already seen three or four times.
I also love the way the elements of the amazing night Ted missed were reveled. I love that we were never told all the details of the night. What's with the parking meter and the hot dog cart? Why exactly does everyone keep saying, "The Gentleman"? I know it has something to do with the game they were playing with the top hat, but how the hell did that start? It's like the pineapple all over again and man, do I want to know where the pineapple came from!
I have to admit the episode wasn't totally perfect. The end got supper sappy and the relationship between Ted and Zooey feels very forced. I didn't buy the episode's resolution at all.
I forgot to mention in my review of last weeks episode that as disappointing as it may have been, we did get a big piece of this years puzzle. We were told what wedding the season started with. I was totally off. But in all fairness how was anyone going to guess that it was Punchy's wedding?
No comments:
Post a Comment