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[TWoP Roxy]

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Robin is suspicious of Barney's relationship with Patrice; Marshall makes a disturbing discovery about his mother.

[Nightmare Logic]

This was the first episode in awhile that I actually thought was funny.

[GilvearSt]

I laughed more at this episode than I have all the rest of the season. That being said, I had to divorce myself emotionally from the chars tears to do it. Watching Robin spiral into patheticness is not fun but the closet antics plus the parent sex stuff all amused me. Ted in his cowboy boots was a great visual.

But the actual relationship stuff, the Robin/Barney/Patrice stuff hurts me. I loved Robin and now she's a character I can't stand. She's so sad and useless. She needs serious help and a three person intervention probably won't be enough. Plus, I know she's right because we already know that Barney and Robin will get married. All this drama is just filling time and Patrice won't last. I would just prefer the writers pull the trigger on Barney/Robin and stop dicking around.

[vienibenmio]

I kind of wish Barney would end up with Patrice. He seems like a decent person when he's with her.

[mbd]

This episode was pretty funny, and I'm glad that they're finally acknowledging that Robin is being a psycho See You Next Tuesday to Patrice.

[mwitter2003]

Funny episode. I think Patrice is helping Barney land Robin. I think Patrice was convincing Barney to burn the playbook while they were on the balcony.

[mbd]

Oh there was absolutely something going on when they were on the balcony.

But why would Barney even WANT Robin at this point?

[Carrie0930]

Wow! This was the best episode I've seen in a long time! I actually laughed out loud a couple of times. I really enjoyed the sight gags with all the stuff labeled with "Property of Ted Mosby". Loved the return of Ted's red boots as well. Also, I wasn't annoyed by anyone except Robin in this episode so huge plus there.

So glad that everyone called Robin out on her crazy. Loved the intervention callback also. Bonus points to Ted for mentioning how Robin irrationally hates Patrice.

[Nightmare Logic]

Also, I wasn't annoyed by anyone except Robin in this episode so huge plus there.

I think that was kinda the point of the episode. Robin really does need an intervention. Yes Robin and Barney will end up together but Robin needs.....something first.

I actually really like the the B story of Marshal's mom and Lily's dad and Marshal and Lily's reaction to finding out is was just sex. That was funny as hell; funnier then those two have been in awhile.

Edited by Nightmare Logic, Dec 10, 2012 @ 10:43 PM.

[Elviriel]

That episode was pretty good. Very funny, and I like Patrice. The whole "hiding into Barney's closets" was silly, but fun.

Still, Robin continues to act like an idiot. I miss old Robin.

[english]

A little love for Barney's red & green ties decorating his XMas tree.

I agree, something else was going on between Barney and Patrice on the balcony--there is no other reason for them to go out on the balcony and have a conversation the audience could not hear and it seems like Barney was intentionally not seeing anyone in his closets.

[CapsChick]

Seems clear Barney is running a long con and has enlisted Patrice as an accomplice.

But why would Barney even WANT Robin at this point?

And why would she ever have wanted him?

And why would Patrice want to help Robin when Robin is constantly a huge raging bitch to her?

Marshall is the only one of the five who's even remotely deserving of a happy ending.

[kfried]

That episode was actually not terrible. It did however, have a few too many call backs to earlier tropes. One or two an episode is fine, that just felt like overkill.

[karra]

Why on earth does Barney have two closets in his bedroom?

[Rock42]

So now we know that Barney is not only willing to break up otherwise-happy marriages in order to get laid but possibly get an innocent man murdered. And we're supposed to be rooting for him to get together with Robin?

[JTrain]

I'm thinking Barney and Robin deserve each other at this point.

[LilySilver]

Wow! I didn't cringe at all this episode. Well, hardly at all. The running gag of Ted's stuff everywhere was cute and not annoying the way other contrived gags have been through the season. Love the red boots, and Ted stomping off in them. And the way pretty much all the stuff that was "Property of Ted" was dorky stuff. Like a label maker. (Hey, I have one. But it is dorky.)

I loved all the super-spy secret hiding places for the books. I always love Barney's apartment.

The closet thing was almost overdone, was definitely silly, but again,not cringeworthy! YAY!!

I'm even starting to like the traditional Robin-psycho-screaming at Patrice, then storming off, each and every conversation Robin has with her. It's awful, and does horrible things for my opinion of Robin, but I like the consistency of her irrational reaction to Patrice and the compulsive, visceral nature of it. Of course it's ridiculous that Patrice would put up with it but obviously it's an exaggeration of their two personalities and the nature of their relationship.

The whole thing with the parents was funny, from Marshall's mom's backhanded "compliment" of Lily to the final scene. But what made me laugh out loud was Mickey's "You've been bumping uglies with my daughter for years, and I climb up on your mom and you have a problem with it?!" SO GROSS. Mickey is so gross. Chris Elliot skeeves me out, always. But that was funny and totally in character. Also the first time I have actually laughed at this show in a very long time. Okay, it was more of a guffaw-groan, but I'll take it!! The bar is low these days.

DUH. I didn't even see the long con until I came here & got thunked over the head with it. I feel so stupid, since the ONLY thing that bothered me about this episode is the vastly out-of-character behavior from Barney in "dating" Patrice. I just assumed, due the conditioning of the past two seasons (at least), that it was more bad writing/abandoning character integrity on the part of the writers!! I feel better now. Thx.

Edited by LilySilver, Dec 11, 2012 @ 11:50 AM.

[smwurr]

If Barney and Patrice are working together to get him together with Robin, I think that will be interesting and at least a reasonable pay-off to this bizarre story. Because otherwise it's all just too strange and unbelievable.

I'll just lay it out there (and I say this as a fat girl myself): Patrice is a fat girl and Barney would never really date her. I know this show has lost all vestiges of continuity, but even in the past when Barney has had "growth" and looked for something beyond his disgusting shallow lifestyle, he still has been drawn to extremely conventionally attractive, slender women. This is a man who would only do a threesome if the combined weights of the participants was less than 400 pounds. He likes them thin.

So if the show is really trying to sell that Barney and Patrice are an actual couple and not just some weird ploy Barney is using to end up back with Robin for good, then I just don't know what to do with this show anymore.

[ITCJon]

A.) Barney is a magician. Do we really believed he burned the playbook? Looked like a flash paper fire to me.

B.) Do we really believe he does NOT have copies of the Playbook, his Little Black Book and The Bro Code saved on his computer?

Edited by ITCJon, Dec 11, 2012 @ 1:37 PM.

[JanetMacklin]

Fast forwarded through much of last night's episode. The only thing I liked was Ted's running, everyone-steals-my-stuff gag. And Marshall's statements, one regarding Robin's plan ("Or you could do almost anything else and be less creepy..."). And one he made to Lily when she kept trying to convince him to let his mother date ("Oh, you don't know..."). I much prefer Marshall when he's deadpan and sarcastic. He doesn't get to be that way too often, because every character is so cartoonish now.

How do the creators of this show expect us to like/ root for Robin after she's done all these really intrusive, selfish things?

Why do they keep bringing back the Mickey character, who is so unfunny/disgusting and as pointless as he is charmless?

Poor Patrice, is my verdict of the whole episode.

Edited by JanetMacklin, Dec 11, 2012 @ 1:45 PM.

[mansfolly]

I wondered why Barney was dropping things in his apartment. On the bed, on the floor, etc. - as though he didn't care about anything or was distracted. I thought that was strangely OOC.

Yes, Barney not really looking in the closet each time he had to go in and the balcony conversation gave away another ploy.

The Property of Ted Mosby joke made me chuckle.

I enjoyed this episode.

[CapsChick]

And the way pretty much all the stuff that was "Property of Ted" was dorky stuff. Like a label maker. (Hey, I have one. But it is dorky.)

I was wondering how he labeled all his stuff without his labelmaker.

I'm sure Barney has hidden cameras on his apartment and knew exactly who was in his apartment where at all times. I would really rather the long con pay off in a single episode though (like the one earlier this season where he tricked Lily into something I can't remember) rather than running over multiple episodes. It's painful.

[big chicken]

So now we know that Barney is not only willing to break up otherwise-happy marriages in order to get laid but possibly get an innocent man murdered. And we're supposed to be rooting for him to get together with Robin?

I think Barney is gross and sleazy 90% of the time, but if those women were seriously considering sleeping with Barney, they weren't in happy marriages. If someone showed up at my door claiming his spouse was having an affair with my spouse, he'd have to show me proof. And even then I wouldn't sleep with him.

I'm also not rooting for Barney and Robin because they bore me.

[GenieinTX]

Interesting theory that Patrice is helping Barney land Robin and I bet it's 100% correct. That is SO something this show would do. And I too am a fat girl and I too say that Barney would never in a million years date someone that looks like Patrice. Even most guys who aren't raging slut douche bags won't (I say from experience).

[mwitter2003]

The playbook from the The Playbook episode was black This one was brown. Is this a mistake or did Barney fool everyone?

[rory]

I hated most of this episode mostly because Barney/Robin bored me the first time and I don't want to go there again. I don't know why she'd want Barney anyway, he's so sleazy.

[mbd]

Interesting theory that Patrice is helping Barney land Robin and I bet it's 100% correct. That is SO something this show would do. And I too am a fat girl and I too say that Barney would never in a million years date someone that looks like Patrice. Even most guys who aren't raging slut douche bags won't (I say from experience).

Yeah, I feel bad for Patrice. It's painfully obvious on sitcoms that the fat girl isn't going to land a main male character (unless it's "Mike and Molly" where they're both fat).

I'd like to see the show wrap up Patrice's story with something good for her ... maybe she gets promoted to lead anchor, or goes on to something else that's really cool.

If Barney's going to settle down then I'd like to see him wind up with a nice, normal girl, although I don't want to see a sweet girl like Patrice have to settle for a sleazebag like Barney. If that makes sense. This may be why they're dragging the character of Robin through the mud ... Kicass-Confident-Season One Robin wouldn't have tolerated Barney's crap and wouldn't have deserved it either, but Pathetic-Desperate-Mean-Royally Screwed Up-Season Eight Robin doesn't deserve a nice guy at this point either.

Am I remembering that they said that Stuart was recently divorced? Claudia seemed like a real beast when they were together, so maybe they brought him back in this most recent episode as foreshadowing that he's eventually going to find a sweet girl to be with (Patrice). Although I remember an interview with one of the creators saying that they want to bring back a bunch of former actors this season (they mentioned the series finale of Seinfeld as an influence), so they might have included Stuart in last night's episode just to give the character a final curtain call.

[vienibenmio]

I thought it was Brad who was recently divorced. Didn't Stuart just borrow those red boots for Claudia?

[smwurr]

Yeah the boots were for Claudia's Wonder Woman costume. And I am just now realizing that was Stuart, I didn't even notice he was a recurring character until reading these comments. D'oh!

[mbd]

Yesterday's tweet from HIMYM was, "@HIMYM_Writers: New episode tonight #HIMYM by @Gerard_Zinman It's realllly good."

So I guess they're well-aware of which episodes suck.

And you're right about Stuart and Claudia, my bad.

Edited by mbd, Dec 11, 2012 @ 10:08 PM.