Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Season 3, Episode 17: The Goat
Barney, you want my Xbox?
She has a name!
Future Ted explains we’ve finally come to his 30th birthday, the story of “The Goat.” That week started like any other, Barney woke up in some girl’s bed, only this time it’s Robin’s. They have some awkward conversation, and Robin says that when her feet hit the floor it never happened. So Robin gets up, and Barney jokes about “Nailing the chick from Metro News One last night.” Unfortunately, Barney can’t seem to forget about it though, and is horrifically awkward with Ted, but Robin seems to have to problem with it.
Later that day Barney hires Marshall as a lawyer. Barney tells him he slept with Robin and because he “broke the ‘Bro Code’ so he needs Marshall to find a loophole in it. Future Ted explains a little about the “list of do’s and don’ts for all bros.”
Article 1: Bros before hoes.
Article 89: The mom of a bro is always off limits, but the stepmom of a bro is fair game if she initiates it, and/or is wearing at least one article of leopard print clothing.
Article 34: Bros cannot make eye contact during a devil’s three-way (two dudes).
Marshall says its not a legal document and Barney explains that George Washington and Benjamin Franklin thought there should be a “Bro Code” and had Barnabus Stinson draft it.
Meanwhile, Farmer Frank brought Missy the Goat to Lily’s kindergarten class and told the kids where meat comes from. So Lily brings her home and animal rescue will be coming on Monday. Ted’s pissed because he doesn’t want the goat there (I can’t blame him).
Marshall shows up just behind Robin and it blushing, coughing, and shaking when he sees her, so she corners him in the kitchen and says that Barney told him. Marshall denies knowledge, but Robin says that Ted is never finding out about it.
Marshall shows back up in Barney’s office and says that the Bro Code is ironclad. Barney brings up that if Ted’s broken the Bro Code then he’s off the hook. But Marshall says that Ted’s upheld it time and time again.
Article 87: A bro shall at all times say yes. (Barney saved Ted from an avalanche, carried him to safety on his broken leg, and is a pre-surgery transsexual nightclub singer who used to be in the Russian mob.)
Article 29: A bro will, in a timely manner, alert his bro to the existence of a girl fight.
Article 53: A bro will, whenever possible, provide his bro with protection. (Little foil wrappers through the window, and then went to get them wine.)
Barney’s upset and Marshall says that the only way he’s going to feel better is to tell Ted what he did.
April 25, 2008 Ted’s 30th birthday (aka The Day of the Goat) Barney’s waiting outside Ted’s office in a limo to take him to the apartment for his “surprise” party on the roof. Barney is taking Ted to Vegas though. Barney is finally going to tell Ted, but Ted reveals that earlier Robin had blurted it out. Ted says he’s not mad, and Barney’s relieved. Then Ted starts yelling at him. Barney says that Ted can hit him anywhere but the face and Ted punches him in the groin. Ted tells him that he’s seen Barney do bad stuff but he always thought he was the line. Finally, Ted tells Barney that week he’d started putting stuff in a box labeled “Stuff I Have No Use For Anymore” and maybe Barney belongs in that box. Ted doesn’t want to be friends anymore. Ted gets out of the limo and gets a cab home.
When he gets home he goes up on the roof and everybody’s there to surprise him. Future Ted starts to tell the story of how the goat locked itself in the bathroom and was eating one of Robin’s washcloths when he realizes that Robin wasn’t living there on his 30th birthday. The goat story is from his 31st birthday.
The Mother- It kills me to see Barney so hurt. But it is kinda cute with him relaxing in Robin’s bed that morning, like he belongs there.
Friday, March 18, 2011
Season 3, Episode 16: Sandcastles in the Sand
Tell me more, tell me more…like, did he have a car?
Future Ted explains that Robin has come a long way from when she was “Robin Sparkles” as a teenager. She looks super hot and explains that Simon, her first boyfriend, is in town and she’s going to see him that night. The group questions her about her and then ends up doing a bunch of Canada jokes. Robin ends up explaining that after his band’s gig one night while she was loading the van he broke up with her. He was getting back together with Louise Marsh who’s “parents just put in a pool.” They can’t believe she’s going to see this guy, but then they realize Robin’s trying to “win.” They add up the points and Robin’s a clear winner (5-0), because Simon’s a loser. Unfortunately, when he shows up, Robin turns back into a total love-struck teenager (complete with Canadian accent).
Later, Robin’s embarrassed, but she explains that Simon’s still got it. The group tried to talk her up to Simon, but Simon’s such a douche that he doesn’t see what a loser he is. Additionally, it was revealed that they met on Robin’s other music video. Barney just asks Robin for the tape, but she refuses, so he dedicates himself to finding the video.
Back to Simon, Ted and Marshall explain that when you’re around someone from your past you revert back to the way you were when you knew them, Marshall has dubbed it “Revertigo.” They explain Lily has it bad when she meets up with her high school friend Michelle. So they suggest to Lily that she call Michelle.
The next day (or something) Simon showed up at Robin’s apartmen t and told her that breaking up with her was the biggest mistake of his life and he asked out. To the group’s dismay, Robin said yes.
Lily’s friend Michelle shows up and Lily becomes, frankly, black. It’s hilarious!
Robin’s back with Simon, and he’s just using her to promote his band. (She ends up playing one of their songs on the air, “Murder Train” during a segment about adopting dogs.)
The group tries to express their concerns to Robin, but she’s still acting like a 16-year-old. After Simon’s gig that night, while Robin’s loading the van Simon breaks up with her to get back together with Louise Marsh.
The group’s consoling Robin at the bar, and eventually, the everybody goes home and Robin’s trying not to cry. But, Barney shows up and says he’s spent 3 days trying to find the video and can’t find it. He notices something’s wrong and first laughs when she tells him and then ends up consoling her. She tells him she just wanted to be 16 again, and Barney tells her she was lame back then is so the second most awesome person he knows (the first being this person in the mirror). She invites him back to her place. They’re awkwardly on the couch and he “puts it in.” It being the video for “Sandcastles in the Sand” or artistic follow-up to “Let’s go to the Mall.” It contained both Tiffany and Alan Thicke. It’s so 80’s and awful. But kinda funny. Barney cheers her up by showing her how lame she was back then. They watch it over and over again, until they stop watching.
Wooooooo!
The Mother- Hands down favorite episode! Mainly, because if you haven’t noticed it by now, I’m totally in love with Barney and NPH. And watching Barney be so nice to her…kills me every time. As a side note, when you watch them watching the video, notice that every time it cuts back to them on the couch they’re slowly sitting closer together. Eeee!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
March 17, 2011- “Non-Suited Up” Barney
“Suits are full of joy. They’re the sartorial equivalent of a baby’s smile.”
Note: A little flashback to season 2 for us today!
Season 3, Episode 15: The Chain of Screaming
Your report is the crap that crap craps!
Marshall comes home from work and is completely freak out. He tells everybody about his boss “Artillery” Arthur Hobbs. The guy yells at people. Marshall is scarred by the experience, and then the day before Marshall missed turning in a report. Then that morning Arthur came in and screamed at him. Barney says it just a part of the business world. Robin says Arthur probably respects Marshall more for just taking it. And then Marshall explains that Arthur is screaming at him and he’s humiliated and all of the sudden he felt everything, all the anger and responsibility. And then he burst into tears. Marshall explains that he doesn’t know how he’s going to hand in the report to Arthur the next day. Robin tells him she would go into Arthur’s office with a gun and vaguely threaten him with it. Ted says he would give Arthur a big speech about human dignity. Barney tells about how this guy was getting reamed out at a meeting in their office and the guy ended up telling off the boss and quitting (the story ends badly with the guy’s death). Barney explains that in corporate America there is a chain of screaming:
Arthur’s boss’s boss screams at Arthur’s boss.
Arthur’s boss screams at Arthur.
Arthur screams at Marshall.
Marshal screams at Lily.
Lily screams at one of her kindergarteners.
The Kindergartener screams at Arthur’s boss’s boss.
They point out that it’s a chain not a circle and Barney ends up screaming at all of them.
Lily explains that she would give Arthur a little talking to about respecting someone to get their best work.
The next night Lily is asking Ted his opinion about carpet for the new apartment when Marshall calls him and asks him to come downstairs without Lily. When Ted comes down Marshall has a box of his stuff. They get in Ted’s car and Marshall explains that he was going to give the speech to Arthur. Barney shows up at the diner and tells Marshall to scream at the waiter because the waiter will bring him the wrong food (because Barney ordered it wrong). Marshall tries to tell the guy off a little and the guy ends up yelling at him. They’re walking home and Barney tells Marshall to yell at him. Marshall tries and after some prompting from Barney, Marshall ends up screaming at Barney about how he doesn’t want to become Barney. And the next day Marshall ends up screaming at Arthur and quitting. Marshall has to tell Lily and tells her he’s going to beg for his job back. She tells him that their future is not money or the apartment, if he’s happy they’ll figure it out. Ted sells his new car and loans them the money.
The Mother- Nothing about The Mother this week, but some interesting plot twists for Marshall and Lily!
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Season 3, Episode 14: The Bracket
Dude, do not pretend you’re not the kind of guy who keeps a list of all the girls he’s slept with.
I have one. It’s called my marriage license.
Marshall and Ted are into college basketball, and every year for March Madness they make up a bracket and they go in a $100,000 competition. And every year they lose.
Barney comes over and tells them that he keeps getting slapped by girls he’s hitting on. He leaves for a few seconds and when he comes back the girls are no longer into him and slaps him. But, the next night, Lily and Barney at the bar and when he leaves for a minute, this girl sits down and tells Lily that Barney’s lying to her and just trying to get in LIly’s pants and that it was the biggest mistake she ever made. Unfortunately, Lily didn’t get her name and the description fits all the girls Barney slept with. So, they pull out Barney’s scrapbook of all the girls he slept with. Lily doesn’t recognize any of them, so they put them into a bracket. They end up having a huge debate over who has the most cause to hate him. They get it down to the final four.
Meg- Lily insists that Barney apologizes to her, which Barney resists, until Lily tricks him into talking to her. Meg ends up apologizing to him.
Anna- Lily’s taking pictures. Turns out, she still thinks his name is Ted Mosby, and set up a website about how big a jerk he is. Barney ends up standing on a chair telling everyone what a jerk he is.
Kate- Kate tries to strangle him but it’s not her.
Holly- Turns out, Barney left her in the woods, camping. Also turns out that Holly’s now engaged, and there are no hard feelings. Then Holly's fiancée finds out that Holly was with Barney in July, when they started dating in June. Whoops.
Robin points ou that Barney is going about this all wrong, and he just needs to hit on a girl in the bar and wait for the mystery girl to show up. Lily is hanging out by the jukebox. The guys are hanging out in the booth. Then Robin comes in, looking hot, and then Barney comes over to hit on her. They “flirt” and Barney goes to the bathroom and a blonde approaches Barney. They check the bracket and the girl’s not in the top 64. Barney doesn’t recognize her and approaches her when she’s walking away, and tells her how horrible he is to girls and that he doesn’t remember her, which is worse. Turns out, she’s just a girl Robin knows from work.
Future Ted explains that Barney did figure out who the mystery girl was, but we’ll find out more about that later.
The Mother- Not my favorite episode, but not a bad one either.
Monday, March 14, 2011
Season 3, Episode 13: Ten Session
You were right, worst movie going experience ever. Of course it had nothing to do with the movie.
Ted has fallen for the dermatologist, Stella, doing his tattoo removal, unfortunately she can’t date patients.
Session 1- Stella is cracking up from the not-a-date. But Ted tells her that when the 10 weeks are up he’s going to ask her out. To which she responds, “no.”
Barney says that women make their decisions about a guy in the first 8.3 seconds. Ted says that he’s going to change her min over the next 10 weeks. Unfortunately, the rest of the session had Ted screaming like a girl.
Session 2- Ted told Stella about the summer he worked with inner city kids.
Session 3- They spoke nothing buy French.
Session 4- Ted made her laugh so hard she fell out of her chair.
Session 5- Ted juggled and she still said no. So, Ted decides to be nice to the meek receptionist in order to get in with Stella.
Session 6- Ted brings the receptionist coffee.
Session 7- Stella asks Ted if he will go with Abby the receptionist bowling with her church group. Instead Ted’s reading a book she has in her office.
Session 8- Ted’s read the book Stella has, and then finds out that she thinks its a stupid book. Unfortunately, Abby brings his copy in that he left in the trash. The group advises him to just nail Abby instead.
Barney tells Ted that he went down to the office to check out Stella and he found out that Stella has a “terrible, terrible” secret. Folliculaphilia. When Ted questions what that is, Barney says Stella is only attracted to men with mustaches.
Session 9- Ted grows a little ‘stache and Stella laughs in his face. Turns out a year earlier Barney bet Ted $10 that he could get him to grow a mustache. Then Ted finds out that Marshall went to see Stella and she said that she has a little crush on “a guy with a butterfly tattoo on his lower back.”
Session 10- Ted asks Stella out and she confesses that she has a daughter. So, she really has no life or time.
So Ted has an epiphany, Stella did not say no. So he meets her outside her office at lunch and asks her on a two minute date, because she only has two minutes for lunch. The go just 20 feet down the block and eat, and then 20 more feet more to watch 10 seconds of clips from an awful movie. The walk back to the first spot and have dessert and coffee, and then he walks her back to her office. It was a pretty great date.
The Mother- Oh Brittany Spears. You tried so hard to have a comeback. It just wasn’t going to happen. And what is up with your hair?
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Season 3, Episode 12: No Tomorrow
Look, it’s the Riddler.
That’s not the Riddler, it’s Gumby. Hey Gumby, can we tie you in a knot later?
Hey NBA player sidelined by a knee injury!
It’s St. Patrick’s day! The group has decided they’re going to have “board game night” at Lily and Marshall’s new apartment, except Barney still wants them to come out with him.
Barney calls Ted from a cab with a hot date for him, and tells him the world is going to end that night. So Ted decides he’s going to go out with Barney.
Future Ted explains that he went to a big St. Patty’s day party, and The Mother was there.
Ted shows up and they’re trying to decide who’s getting which girl. Ted says they’re not going to get into the club anyway because the line’s too long. Barney goes up and asks the bouncer how much it’ll cost to get them in and the bouncer says that if it was just the two of them he’d let them in, but there’s too many girls in there already. So Barney pulls Ted aside and says that there must be some kind of planetary thing going on because there’s never been a "shortage of dudes.” So Ted asks if the girls in the club are hotter than the girls they came with and they ditch those girls and head in.
Ted is basking in the fact that he keeps getting rewarded by everything he’s doing and puts two bottles of champagne on somebody else’s tab. And meets a hot girl, Ashlee. Barney says that they have a free pass tonight, because “there is no tomorrow.”
Ted ends up making out with Ashlee after finding out she’s married.
Ted’s questioning their theory because the girl’s married but Barney tells him it’s not cheating if 1) you’re not the one who’s married; 2) her name has two adjacent vowels; and 3) she’s from a different area code.
Ted ends up running into the guy who’s been buying them champagne all night. Ted gets punched out and tells Marshall the next morning that the cops arrested the other guy and Ted got to drink for free the rest of the night.
Marshall’s disgusted with him and plays all the pocket messages that Ted left for him. Ted’s an idiot and a jerk on the messages.
Future Ted explains that later he found out The Mother was at the party the night before he just didn’t meet her. He goes back to the club to try and find his lost phone and when he finds out it’s pouring down rain, leaves with a familiar yellow umbrella.
Marshall, Lily, and Robin go to Lily and Marshall’s new apartment and while Lily’s exploring the apartment Robin and Marshall notice that the new apartment is crooked. The floor is definitely on a tilt. Lily hasn’t notice and Robin and Marshall agree to keep it quiet just for that night.
When Lily starts figuring out that something’s up in the apartment Marshall tells her that he and Robin saw a ghost. And they convince Lily that it’s true.
Lily’s freaked out by the ghost, and finally Robin points out that the apartment is crooked.
Marshall and Lily are questioning if they can live in the apartment, when Robin shows them a fun new game on the skateboard they found in the apartment. Future Ted explains that how the game “Apartment Roller Luge” was invented.
Marshall and Lily are going to be at Ted’s for awhile longer while their floor is fixed.
The Mother- So it’s a little bit of Mother back-story this episode. For one thing we know the yellow umbrella plays into them meeting, and Ted got the umbrella that night. I do have a theory though. At about 13:45 in the episode Ted bumps into this girl and apologizes to her. It seems just a little too long of a moment. And we know she was there…
Monday, March 7, 2011
Season 3, Episode 11: The Platinum Rule
Purg…wait for it…keep waiting…keep waiting for all of eternity only to discover there’s no escape…atory!
Ted is going to get rid of his tramp stamp (see The Pineapple Incident). Unfortunately he likes the doctor taking off the tattoo, and has asked her out on a date. Everyone thinks this is a bad idea, and Barney explains that it’s the “Platinum Rule.” If the Golden Rule is love thy neighbor (yes he knows what the Golden Rule actually is), the the higher rule is never, ever, ever, ever, love thy neighbor. Barney further explains that this situations always plays out in the same eight steps:
1. Attraction- Barney is attracted to Wendy the Waitress. Lily and Marshall meet the nice couple moving in down the hall. Robin meets the new sports guy (an ex hockey player).
2. Bargaining- Robin has a little crush on the sports guy, she just can’t help it. Lily and Marshall invite their neighbors over for dinner. Barney decides to seduce Wendy the Waitress. “I think it’ll be okay”
3. Submission- Barney stays to help Wendy close and has sex with her. Robin gets invited to hockey by Curt. Lily and Marshall invite the neighbors over for dinner.
4. Perks- Robin has lunch dates, can share a cab with Curt, and gets to meet famous hockey players. Lily and Marshall have a convenient couple to hang out with. Barney gets free food from Wendy. “It’s fine.”
5. The Tipping Point- Robin finds out Curt is kind of needy and clingy. Barney can’t use Wendy to send drinks to other girls anymore. Lily and Marshall are going to go out, but the other couple just comes over. “Oh, no.”
6. Purgatory- Robin can’t stand how clingy Curt is. Lily and Marshall don’t want to always have to hang out with the other couple. Barney can’t hit on other girls, he’s been neutered.
7. Confrontation- Robin, Marshall and Lily, and Barney all have “the talk” in their own ways with the other parties.
8. Fallout- Curt is crushed and freaks out at Robin on air. Lily and Marshall are essentially trapped in their apartment. Wendy the Waitress seems to be taking it well, but Barney is terrified that Wendy is trying to kill him.
Ted admits that he and Stella probably aren’t going to work out, and it’s going to end badly, but it’s not going to be because of one of Barney’s rules. So, Ted goes to the movies with Stella, but it turns out it wasn’t a date. Stella thought they were seeing the movie just as friends. Legally, doctors aren’t allowed to date their patients. Thus, things with Stella are over for the time being.
Future Ted says there’s a 9th Step: Coexistence. When the two parties learn how to let go, live with each other, and move on.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Season 3, Episode 10: The Yips
Wow, that makes me want to join a gym, so I can get super strong and punch you really hard in the face.
Ted convinces the group to join a gym so they can get in shape.
Lily feels threatened when Marshall’s trainer is really hot. But Marshall finds out that Trish, the trainer, she is super intense.
Robin isn’t wearing makeup or nice clothes and no one can believe how not pretty she is like that.
Barney runs into Rhonda, the woman he lost his virginity to. But, Rhonda doesn’t remember him. Ted suggest that perhaps he wasn’t that good at sex, it being his first time, so Barney tells the the story of how after he broke up with his girlfriend, and was still a virgin he went to his brother James. This being before James was gay. So James gave him the advice of having sex with a woman to get over his relationship. Barney has no confidence, and James suggests Rhonda because she’s slept with like every guy around. Thus, Barney goes to Rhonda’s and sleeps with her and she says that it was the best sex she’d had.
Lily gets a trainer to, but Marshall can’t stand that the guy is stretching her out.
Barney goes to talk to Rhonda again, and reminds her of their time together. Ronda admits that James came to her and told her to tell Barney he was the best she’d ever had, in exchange for James sleeping with her. Barney is crushed to find out that he wasn’t that great that time.
Lily calls Marshall’s trainer and yells at her, but it doesn’t solve anything.
Barney is going to prove how much of a man he is at the after party of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. But when Barney starts talking to the models he’s using incredibly lame lines, and being horribly offensive. Turns out he’s got the yips, but he keeps trying. He tries to talk to Heidi Klum, they explain the situation, and she tells him he needs to go to Rhonda and prove what a man he is to her.
Barney goes to Rhonda’s, but she won’t have sex with him. Barney ends up horribly depressed, and isn’t even wearing a suit.
Marshall is in pain, and Lily’s trainer wasn’t actually with the gym so they’re both going to quit. Ted wants them to all keep going, and they realize that Ted wasn’t working out there at all. So they set him up with Marshall’s trainer. Who tortures him.
Rhonda finds Barney at the bar and tells him that Ted told her what was going on. Rhonda says that sleeping with her again isn't going to solve anything. So instead she plays Go Fish with him, in an effort to show him how great it is to just spend an evening with someone without an agenda. Neither really believes it and they end up sleeping together. He totally rocks her world, and Barney’s back!
Everybody’s really enthusiastic about the gym, but they never go back.
The Mother- I love that every so often, the episode is about somebody other than Ted. I love getting to see Barney not as a suave, smooth womanizer, but as a total idiot. And I love that Wayne Brady was back!
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Season 3, Episode 9: Slapsgiving
General Idea.
Future Ted explains that as hard as he and Robin tried, it was still hard to be friends, and they could never be alone together.
Thanksgiving is coming up, but Marshall keeps referring to it as “Slapgiving.” Remember that countdown clock ? (__) Turns out, Marshall’s going to use one of his slaps on Thanksgiving. Barney says that Marshall took away the suspense so now he’s not worried. But he still looks pretty worried.
Robin is dating Bob, who’s 41, and Ted sees as being ancient. The group can’t believe that Ted sees Bob as being so old. The group’s supposed to go to Robin’s and makes pies, but when Ted shows up Lily and Marshall can’t make it, so Ted tries to get Barney to come over, but Barney won’t.
The big day comes, and everybody’s congregated at the apartment. Robin goes in the kitchen to talk to Lily and Ted goes to talk to Marshall and they both say the same thing, “Something really weird happened last night.” Ted tells Marshall that Robin and Ted were alone in the kitchen and they realize they don’t have anything to say to each other. Robin tells Lily that she was tyring to get rid of Ted but he wouldn’t leave. Robin tries to break the ice with a lame pie fact, and Ted makes it worse by reminding her of the last Thanksgiving and how many times they’d had sex. (Awkward.) So Robin keeps going with lame facts. Then it turns out they’re making one of the pies for Bob. Ted asks if she thinks that he’s jealous of Bob. And then he goes off on how old Bob is. Or I should say ancient. Robin takes offense, and points out that Ted’s been parading girls past her. And they both realize that if they’re such good friends things shouldn’t be so weird. And then they slept together. Everybody who’s listening freaks out. Robin thinks they need to talk about it, but Ted thinks they should ignore it. When she tries to talk to him, Ted avoids, but then they end up fighting over who started it.
Lily yells at them both and throws them in Ted’s bedroom to sort things out.
Marshall keeps tormenting Barney, until Barney’s threatening to leave and Lily ends up yelling at them. As Slap Bet Commissioner, Lily rules that there will be no slaps on Thanksgiving.
In the bedroom, Ted points out to Robin that they’re not really friends. They just pretend to be, because it would be inconvenient otherwise. So they decide that maybe they should stop pretending, and they go out to dinner.
Dinner is horribly awkward, Lily’s pissed, Barney’s triumphant, and Robin and Ted aren’t speaking. So Marshall tries to break the silence by giving a little toast, that Lily started a tradition that they can continue through their lives. And Ted and Robin make-up.
And Future Ted explains that it did become a tradition and that’s why they go to Lily and Marshall’s every year for Thanksgiving.
The countdown has reached the last 20 seconds and Barney won’t quit giving Marshall a hard time, so Lily gives him permission to slap Barney. So Marshall slaps him, and Marshall sits down to play a song he composed for the occasion, “You Just Got Slapped.”
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Season 3, Episode 8: Spoiler Alert
Lasagna! Just get the lasagna!
Ted is dating a new girl and is introducing Cathy to the group, but during dinner the group seems incredibly hostile. Later that evening, Ted asks them what’s wrong, but when Lily realizes Ted doesn’t see what they see she says they should just keep him in the dark because otherwise she’ll be ruined.
Marshall took the bar over the summer and was about to find out whether he passed. Unfortunately, he cannot remember his password. Barney finally offers to introduce him to a guy at work who can get him in through the firewall.
Ted can’t stand not knowing and keeps imagining horrible things she could have said to them when he left the table. Ted pushes and they finally tell him, Cathy talks a ton. HIs perception of her shatters and all of the sudden Ted sees just how much she talks. She just keeps talking. Then Ted can’t see anything but how much she talks. He’s mad at everyone for telling him.
Ted points out to Marshall that Lily chews loudly and Marshall’s perception of Lily shatters, and then all he can hear is her chewing. Marshall points it out to Lily and she goes to vent to Robin. Robin’s perception shatters and Lily points out to Robin that Ted corrects everyone. Shatter!
Barney shows up with the disk, and Barney shows Marshall a video he wanted him to see of a dog pooping on a baby.
Robin points out to Ted that he always correcting people (shatter for Marshall and Barney), and he shoots back that she always uses the word literally (shatter for Marshall, Barney, and Lily) and Robin points out that Marshall sings whatever he’s doing (shatter for Barney and Lily). They all point out that Barney sometimes talks in a weird high voice, uses catchphrases, and sometimes he spaces out and isn’t paying attention (shatters). They're all fighting and they end up singing a phrase that Marshall was singing for like 3 hours, and it turns out it was his password. Marshall’s a lawyer!
Future Ted explains that three years later he runs into Cathy again and turns out she’s engaged to a deaf guy. So perfect for her!
The Mother- This is one of my all-time favorite episodes. I love the shattering illusions and the fact that they use the sound of glass breaking through the episode!
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