After last night the HIMYM record now stands at 2-3-1. The idea of Barney and Robin as some type of special agent team guiding Ted through his dating adventures had so much potential but ultimately the writers has no idea where to take it. This episode just wasn't funny. The jokes about what Janet might be hiding were as easy and obvious a series of jokes as you will ever find on TV. If I've said it once, I've said it a hundred times, I expect more from this group of writers then what this episode gave us. There was gold to mine with this premise but the writers just couldn't find it.
Complaining just about the mystery or history premise and it's lack of humor is ignoring two more major problems with the episode. One: The Marshal/Lily story line felt forced and shoe horned in. For whatever reason, I just don't care about their kid and would much rather have them doing and dealing with other things. But the kid is coming at some point and will probably become an A storyline at some point this season, so I guess I better start getting used to it. Two: Kal Penn needs to go. Has there been a character added since season one that has been likable in any way? Penn is stiff and awkward and just has no chemistry with anyone in the cast. His presence alone seems to kill whatever funny that may be happening. Hopefully his eight episode run will be it and we will never see him again. I'm counting them down... 5 more Kumar episodes left!
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