2-4-1. That's the current HIMYM record after another unfunny, uninteresting episode. Although it gave me a few chuckles, like the opening gag with the bar booth crowded with everyone's significant others, and had at least one well written construct, the episode had too many holes and too many stories I just didn't care about. It's starting to look more and more like the "Duck Tie" episode was an aberration rather then a come back.
The only joke or story that I thought really worked can still be looked at as a failure because there was more not to like about it. The main theme of the episode was the idea that everyone ends up dating one of their parents. And while it made me chuckle once or twice, it just isn't a premise to base a whole episode around. I loved when centered around Lilly and Marshall, the way they tied Marshall's love of board games with Lilly's dad was clever, but everyone else's problems just weren't interesting or felt forced to fit the theme. The other problem was the pay off. Barney says he doesn't mind dating someone like his mom because she was one of the greatest person he knew and this seems to put Lilly and Marshall at piece with the problem. One small problem, Lilly hates her dad! He's one of the worst people that she knows. So how will this comment by Barney put her at ease? Wouldn't make her more upset?
Other problems I had with the episode... I get that they were trying to set up Nora to be like Julie Andrews to fit with the mom storyline, but her using all those British sayings is annoying and I find it hard to believe, after all the shit the group gives Robin for being Canadian, that they would not make fun of her every time she uses one. The writers are either missing out on some jokes or just trying to annoy me.
And of course, Kal Penn is still on the show. The Kumar countdown is now at 4 episodes left (I write with my fingers crossed).
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