How I Met Your Mother - Part 3

[The Squirrel]

Agreed. The charm of this show is largely based on the chemistry of the cast. I wouldn't want a new ingredient thrown in, that in turn, throws off the chemistry. Burn Notice went to hell with the introduction of the Jesse character because he messed with the show's chemistry. Chuck's worst season is the third because the Shaw character tampered with the chemistry of the cast. Adding a cast member is always tricky business. I think the producers are handling it perfectly.

What? How can you not like Jesse?

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

I don't want the mother used in every episode but a flash forward to some kind of moment to get to see their dynamic every few episodes is not over-kill and may still happen. I will wait and see

 

[Infinity9999x]

I don't want the mother used in every episode but a flash forward to some kind of moment to get to see their dynamic every few episodes is not over-kill and may still happen. I will wait and see

Exactly. She hasn't been in the past four episodes, that's it. She might be in the next one. And I think she's obviously going to be in the show more and more as the season carries on.

 

[SpideyVille]

That is not why people kept bashing Smallville. SV got bashed and rightfully so because:

1. You have Supergirl before Superman
2. How Jor-El was written
3. Lana Lang
4. Horrible writing for years
5. Dragged on for way too long
6. Clark Kent was not and did not for the most part show leadership qualities.
7. Should have put on the suit or flown a while ago
8. When they finally showed Superman it was noting but a CGI Superman right down to Welling doing the shirt rip.
9. Clark and Lois at the Planet before Perry

And you can go even further about the show if you want that's just a few of the reasons why it is viewed the way it is. HIMYM is nothing like that and shouldn't be compared to that show as far as the comments go and this is coming from a person who loved SV.

Maybe bash was the wrong word used, or way to describe it. All of your reasons are valid, but what I meant was that there were a lot of people who were willing to let those things slide, but would still complain about how the show about Superman before he was Superman was lacking in Superman, especially in the final season where it was teased that we were close to the end.

My point is that there will be people who will only watch to see this show to see the mother, and if they don't, they'll be disappointed and act as though its the show's fault for not including her more.

 

[Matt]

What? How can you not like Jesse?

Because he was bland, boring, and after his first season didn't really fit with the plot. Plus the actor had zero chemistry with the rest of the cast. Yet inexplicably, the writers kept jamming him down our throats.

Anyway, I just rewatched Time Travelers. I don't believe for a second that the Mother is dead. People who take that from Time Travelers, clearly missed the point of the episode. Ted running to see the Mother and beg her for 45 more days isn't because she died and he wants to spend 45 more days with her. It is because, in that episode, Ted is at rock bottom. He had just broken up with his girlfriend Jeanette (the crazy cop), his best friends had all moved on with their lives, two were married with children, the other two were engaged and one of them happens to be the girl that Ted believed for years he was destined to be with. Meanwhile, he was sitting alone, in a bar, preparing to go to one of his little "family's," traditions (Robots vs Wrestlers) alone, because they had all passed him by in life. It is his lowest point. Hell, even in his imaginary fantasy about talking to his future self, he believes that he is still alone in twenty years. Shortly after that episode, Ted decides to move to Chicago.

Ted is simply at his worst in that episode, and that is what future Ted is reflecting upon. It is at that point that Ted, the eternal optimist, had given up.

 

[Sawyer]

Agreed. It was definitely present Ted's feelings at that moment rather than future Ted's. Future Ted just slipped his knowledge that he would meet her in 45 days into the narrative. His present sentiment was essentially "However much longer it takes me to get to her, I'm done waiting. I want it now."

Plus, the kids' mood, as well as Bob Saget's narration, just wouldn't fit that kind of story.

 

[Sawyer]

Kinda funny episode, but I'm glad they're getting back to important stuff (Robin vs. Barney's mom/The Mother returns) next week.

 

[Sawyer]

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We need more Punchy.

 

[Matt]

Kinda funny episode, but I'm glad they're getting back to important stuff (Robin vs. Barney's mom/The Mother returns) next week.

I liked this episode. It felt very vintage HIMYM with all the flashbacks to calling in no questions asked favors.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Maybe it's just me, but I enjoy "Angry Lilly."

 

[SpideyVille]

Was it just me, or was that last scene sort of ruined by the really cheap-looking and obvious green screen use? It was a really great moment, but the background was a bit too distracting for me.

 

[DJ_KiDDvIcIOUs]

Glad we got to see the proposal tonight. Good stuff tonight too.

 

[Sawyer]

Good one tonight.

Excited for Cranston next week, but the preview kind of had me scratching my head.

 

[ImWithTeamConan]

GREAT episode. For me it's been feast or famine for the quality of episodes this season and after two horrible ones we get a great episode.

You had a small dose of The Mother, a little bit more nudging of Ted's story in her direction, some heartfelt moments between Robin, Barney, and Loretta and IMO Jason Segel was the MVP of the episode, his facial expressions and the way he sold some of the jokes was just hilarious.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Good one tonight.

Excited for Cranston next week, but the preview kind of had me scratching my head.

Spoiler

I'm thinking Flashback scenes.

 

[LostSon88]

Maybe it's just me, but I enjoy "Angry Lilly."

Gotta say though that the whole drink gag is lame. It was kinda funny at first but now its just annoying. The whole schtick got old about 27 drinks ago.

 

[SpideyVille]

Was there sort of a continuity error with the proposal? I mean, they said it was two years since Ted was last there, which would make it the year 2015, but in Trilogy Time we see that Ted's daughter was already born at that point. The only logic I can see is that the Mother is currently pregnant when the proposal happens, or she has already given birth at that point.

 

[Chewy]

Yeah, I was wondering about that. Does he take her back to the same inn two years in a row? I figured they were gonna have him propose during their one-year anniversary trip there

 

[Wyrminarrd]

It does seem out of character for Ted to wait two years to propose.

 

[Scarecrow_King]

Maybe they make it a yearly vacation.

 

[Spider-Fan83]

then why didn't they go up to the lighthouse the first year

 

[Dark Raven]

Didn't find any of the Marshal stuff funny. Clint was grating.

Loved the ending though but agree it didn't look quite real. Also I wondered about the two year gap. Why would Ted wait that long? He wants to be married as soon as possible. And I also wondered why he didn't take her up the lighthouse the previous year. You'd think he would. It's not like it's such a big town that there are so many other things to do that they didn't get round to it that previous time.

 

[Donut]

Maybe Ted was just making sure that she was the one & did not want to repeat past mistakes

 

[Dark Raven]

Maybe Ted was just making sure that she was the one & did not want to repeat past mistakes

But seeing as he rushed into most of his other relationships, then a whole year of dating doesn't seem too short but should be far longer for him to decide than any of his other ones.

 

[SpideyVille]

He hasn't really had any long lasting relationships in the last 8 years. His longest was probably with Robin, which lasted almost a year. Next to that, there was Zoey and Victoria for about 3 months each, and Stella, which was very rushed, for about 8 months.

But I always felt like Ted would get the mother pregnant after about a year and shortly after the birth of their daughter, they would get married.