How I Met Your Mother

By J.E. I wasn’t even into the slap storyline all that much. As soon as Ted and Robin started arguing about who would get to deliver it, I knew it would be Marshall in the end. And when they started passing the slap rights all around the room, that simply confirmed my earlier suspicions and made me roll m...

By J.E. What I do not want to live with is that Robin will end up with this Don guy, whoever he is. Even though we only saw him briefly, the rest of the episode made it clear that this is supposed to turn into a long-term and/or serious thing for Robin. WTF??? I don’t want to see that. I can live with Barney and...

By J.E. – The Marshall and Lily subplot was consistent with their characters’ histories, so in that respect it was kind of funny. – Alan Thicke and Robin Sparkles were in a variety show together? You just know Barney will uncover video evidence, which means viewers will also get a peek soon. I can’t w...

By J.E. This episode did have some good parts, like the Barney/Lily fantasy pairing, but on the whole it felt like I was simply waiting for laughs that never materialized. Still, it was nice to see Marshall get something substantial to do for once.

By J.E. I know it will be practically impossible to sustain the UST for years and years in a believable way, but I hope the writers can figure it out. I think that like David & Maddie and Mulder & Scully, these two are actually better apart than they would be together. The only couples that I lik...

By J.E. – Marshall is such a wuss. He should not have gotten mad at Ted just because Ted wanted the road trip to be just the two of them. It was Marshall’s fault for inviting Lily in the first place, and Lily’s fault for not realizing that Marshall occasionally needs “guy time” with just his friends.

By J.E. – I love how in sync Robin and Barney are already. When she went through the motions of blowing her brains out after that awful night with Marshall and Lily, Barney wiped the fake splatter off his face without missing a beat. That was great!

By J.E. – At least Barney seems like he’s really into the relationship. This is much better than making it seem like he doesn’t care, which is what last week’s fiasco was all about. I just have a feeling that it’s not going to be smooth sailing for these two and that they’ll break up at least once before g...

By J.E. – The doppelganger stuff was funny, all except for Lily’s stripper. Lesbian Robin and Mexican Marshall were good because the show just made a passing mention of them. But the Lily stripper bit dragged out far too long and led to some very unoriginal jokes regarding how often Barney visits th...

By J.E. Anyway, I thought Barney and Robin were great tonight! I loved how they pretended to be seeing other people all summer long but were really just with each other, how they put off The Talk as long as possible, and how they decided to “lie” about being boyfriend and girlfriend, even though eve...

By J.E. – I really don’t like Ted or Marshall anymore. In the first two seasons of the show, Ted was my favorite, but it’s been all downhill ever since he broke up with Robin. Now Barney tops my list, followed by Robin, then Ted, Lily, and Marshall. If only Lily and Marshall had something to do every week,...

By J.E. Michael Ausiello over at TVGuide.com reported a couple days ago that CBS has renewed sitcoms The New Adventures of Old Christine and How I Met Your Mother for at least one more season. These two shows seem to be perpetually on the bubble, so I’m sure fans will be relieved to hear that they’ll [...]