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'HIMYM:' The year of the goat

Email|Link|Comments (2) Posted by Joanna Weiss April 28, 2008 10:17 PM

Well, that was quite a "How I Met Your Mother" twistaroo, wasn't it? So that goat was eating Robin's washcloth during Ted's 30th birthday party...except that Future Ted remembered that Robin wasn't living at Ted's apartment on his 30th birthday...and that the goat was actually eating Robin's washcloth on Ted's 31st birthday...which means, by my calculations...

That means Stella may well be a temporary fling, and not The Mother (which makes sense, since Sarah Chalke will be busy doing "Scrubs" on ABC next year). It means the producers are confident they'll get another season to play with the Ted-Robin thing, or that they're willing to flash way forward someday to tell us who the mother is. Or it just means Robin is going to be Ted's platonic roommate a year from now, when Marshall and Lily finally move to Dowisetrepla. Anything's possible.

And what about Barney? Will he be banished from the band of bros? Or will he find a way to...wait for it...awesomely redeem himself? I hope so - though I have to say, I was impressed by the dramatic turns from Josh Radnor and Neil Patrick Harris, who projected real sadness about the rift in the Ted-Barney friendship. This episode was deep, though not too deep to make a really bawdy joke about Ben Franklin and George Washington. (Ick.)

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I posted my dismay about the Barney-Robin hookup last week. I have to admit though that I liked the way they handled the fallout this week. The scene with Barney and Ted in the limo played very genuinely. It gives me some hope that the writers will be able to resolve the Barney-Robin thing gracefully, one way or another.

Totally missed that the washcloth was Robin's, and the significance of the goat eating it on Ted's 31st birthday. But I was watching under the influence of a few post-work cocktails. Nice catch.

Posted by Swarles Barkley April 30, 08 01:31 PM

Matthew didn't like the Barney-Robin hookup, either. But I have to say, I found it to be very genuine and intriguing. The set-up, in which Barney pumped up Robin at the bar, was one of the sweeter scenes I've ever seen on a show that's filled with sweetness.

I thought the way they handled it this week felt geniune, too, but I wouldn't have been so sad about the prospect of a secret Robin-Barney relationship, either.

Posted by Joanna April 30, 08 01:41 PM