Not hot enough to be that crazy. Barney should of brought that up.

That was funny, I was rolling when it ended up being Tyson.


I think Jeanette is hot, but in that "she's pretty fit and doesn't seem like she says no to anything in bed"

The Tyson bit was awesome. The rest was pretty forgettable.

Uh...excuse me...SENATOR Tyson.

TTT for tonight

...and after a few good ones we're back to the usual.

Hmm. I thought tonight's episode was excellent.

It funny you say that. I always get annoyed when people come on here and bash the shows. I actually like the show but wasn't into tonight's. It may just be me though.

I do like the episode's more where they have several "flashbacks" i suppose, or where they have different stories that are all somehow tied together.

didn't like tonights at all.

maybe there was some element to the show i didn't catch like others did.

There were a couple of funny parts but overall I thought it was meh. The whole Lilly feels like she's wasted her life storyline is boring to me. Also, maybe I'd bought the whole "eye for art" if the elephant painting didn't look so stupid. I don't know, just seemed lame to me.

Tonight was entertaining. I feel sorry for some of you.

My issue with Lily's whole "I never pursued art" spiel is she did pursue it. She left Marshall to go to San Francisco and was a complete failure. That was also evidenced by the hideous elephant painting last night. This whole art consultant thing is so contrived it's just laughable.

I thought the best part of the show was the pick-up Barney did at the end. I also thought that was the only funny part of the show.

This season has reminded me of the second to last season of Scrubs where the characters had gotten too far into their stereotypes.

Ted was too much of a d-bag.
Robin was too over the top as the Alpha Female
Barney was trying to hard to be involved in somebody elses funny story

Marshall and Lilly were the only normal ones in the episode. I get it, its a sit-com and it is supposed to go over the top in certain areas. It just didn't feel like this episode clicked to me.

Plus, this plot device has been used too many times by the writers (if I am remembering correctly). I feel like they are running the well dry. I still hold out for those awesome episodes that come along every 7-9 eps though.

Lilly was especially annoying. Barney was nails as always.

Lilly is starting to become my least favorite character over Ted...and that's saying something.

You know, if you keep telling yourself that it's become awful, and that it's going to be awful, then you are probably setting yourself up to perceive it as bad no matter what...

To each his own, but I thought it was a pretty funny episode, and I've enjoyed the majority of this season.

And I hate Lily.

I pretty much go into HIMYM episodes not expecting much but I thought this one was very good for this season. Pretty par for the course for when the show was consistently good.

It doesn't measure up to the Robin Sparkles ep from a few weeks ago, which was like vintage HIMYM, but I thought it was a solid episode all around. Good editing, too, especially with the parts of Barney trying to cut into the story with the busty chicks, then busty chicks and guitar, then busty chicks, guitar, and confetti explosion-- all called back by someone saying "NO"

I thought this episode was great. I enjoyed the replaying of each flash back... getting a little closer to the truth... Ted's initial stand off with the crossbow turning into the remote control was great... as well as the high five to the waiter turned into the smashing of the tray of food or whatever he was carrying...

I appreciate the show for what it is... a comedy with characters we have gotten to know... sometimes its dumb, but sometimes its great. I'm not caught up in the 'they have to tell me who the mother is' or the 'they must advance the plot' line that some posters can't get past.

did not suck.

with regards to lily, I find her portrayal of the "moderately attractive college chick with no talent or ambition but somehow has a sense of entitlement who manages to marry a winning lottery ticket and no thinks she has accomplished something with her life because her husband isn't as big of a loser as she is" to be pretty spot on.

hell she could be any one of my college buddies' wives.

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with regards to lily, I find her portrayal of the "moderately attractive college chick with no talent or ambition but somehow has a sense of entitlement who manages to marry a winning lottery ticket and no thinks she has accomplished something with her life because her husband isn't as big of a loser as she is" to

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lol spot on... I know it's a lighthearted sitcom but do they not see how unlikable Lily is with the way she's screwed over Marshall several times? The dude has been nothing but supportive and loving, sacrificing his personal dreams to support his leach of a wife's massive debt, who also has left him before to "find herself".

God I hate Lily... I hope the last episode has Marshall divorcing her.

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with regards to lily, I find her portrayal of the "moderately attractive college chick with no talent or ambition but somehow has a sense of entitlement who manages to marry a winning lottery ticket and no thinks she has accomplished something with her life because her husband isn't as big of a loser as she is" to be pretty spot on.

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To me, Lilly became absolutely unbearable after the debt crisis to which she later berated Marshall for not "being the save the environment lawyers she fell in love with" [hey beyotch, he didn't have much of a choice] and (from what I vaguely remember) contributing to Ted and Robyn's break-up because she didn't think they were right for each other.

Don't mistake my comments for approval.

They were meant as a warning for the kids in college to not marry the first chick they bang.

And it was meant to provide some insight as to where the writers are coming from.

I usually don't get butthurt over sitcoms, but I didn't care for the whole "just a kindergarten teacher" story. Especially when Lilly acknowledged that it is less than a fulfilling career choice.

I can see being "just a teacher" as less than fulfilling if you didn't set out to be a teacher.

Just like probably tens of thousands of teachers across America right now?

Yeah I don't like her for many of the reasons listed. I get that it's tv but I can see parallels between her and some women I've met.

Her character seems like a terrible person. If the characters were real people Marshall would be by far the best person. All Lilly has done throughout the series is leave him, not fess up to her debt until after marriage, get down on him for not pursuing his dreams, try to leave him again when he did pursue his dreams, and constantly b & moan because she's an awful artist. Marshall, being the good guy, also goes out of his way to find buyers for her crappy art.

Silver Arrows... good point.

Marshal is the only decent one of the bunch. A man of principle who is successful and always supportive of his friends and family.

Lily is an evil, selfish, self-centered *****.

Ted is a complete ******bag that NO ONE would want to hang out with.

Robin is a stuck up ***** who thinks she is way hotter than she really is.

Barney, though he may have lived a life some don't approve of, is at least honest about who he is. However, Barney is also a great friend and is always there for the others.

If were real life? Lily and Marshal would be divorced, no one would talk to Ted anymore, Robyn would be the girl you saw when you had to but always talked about her behind her back, and Barney would be in the hospital getting treatment for a new type of STD.

Marshall and Barney would be the only ones on this show who are still friends after a year or two.

Sounds like the people who wrote this show have actually lived real lives. Don't we all know people similar to all of those characters?

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I go in to each week hoping they will have a great episode. IMO, they have had a couple of funny episodes, 2-3 GREAT episodes and the rest have just been bad...and I have been trying to like them.

I think they have a lot of potential with the stories that are left to tell, they just keep going back to the well (like people remembering things differently...it works when it is funny).

The two episodes right before the Xmas break were the best of the season. The Robin Sparkles ep was right up there too.

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If were real life? Lily and Marshal would be divorced, no one would talk to Ted anymore, Robyn would be the girl you saw when you had to but always talked about her behind her back, and Barney would be in the hospital getting treatment for a new type of STD.

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Not so sure I'd take this guy's opinion of what a "good person" is.

Loved stoned Ted and drunk Robin

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Her character seems like a terrible person. If the characters were real people Marshall would be by far the best person. All Lilly has done throughout the series is leave him, not fess up to her debt until after marriage, get down on him for not pursuing his dreams, try to leave him again when he did pursue his dreams, and constantly b & moan because she's an awful artist. Marshall, being the good guy, also goes out of his way to find buyers for her crappy art.

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also, she didnt leave any dirty photos in her death letter

I'm glad they are taking a new direction with Lily. Her appeal was at an all time low until the end of the episode.

Who knows, maybe she will apologize to Marshall for all of her selfish actions later in another episode.