I never like those "time to grow up" episodes. This is what they did here with Ted. When Marshall plays his butt messages and he sees the night was not as cool as he thought. Well it doesn't matter what it looked like to others, just if one enjoyed it. So this bs doesn't work for me, and luckily not for Barney, who knows that he is awesome! But I did like the story of Lily and Marshall's apartment. Now the floor is crooked! They really don't have much luck with this place, considering that it also literally stinks there they better try to sell it. I am happy though they keep on roommating. Also when they were talking about the ghost it was too funny. Especially with Lily actually buying it and being worried to raise kids with a racist confederate general ghost. Being married with Marshall had an effect on her!
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Neil Patrick Harris Shines Again
slightlymad2217 December 2014
Plot In A Paragraph: It's St. Patrick's Day 2008. Like they have every year, Barney believes that he and the gang are going out partying. But Marshall, Lily, Robin and Ted have instead decided to go to Marshall and Lily's new apartment and have a board game night. An annoyed Barney goes off to party without them. But he later convinces Ted to ditch the others and join him. Meanwhile, Marshall, Lily and Robin head to the new apartment. Robin notices something strange about the place. When she figures it out, she tells Marshall the problem, he who doesn't have the heart to tell his wife that the place they just bought with their life savings is far from perfect.
I have seen some people criticise Neil Patrick Harris in this episode, but I loved him, I thought he was great. It's no surprise as I've loved him throughout the show.
I have seen some people criticise Neil Patrick Harris in this episode, but I loved him, I thought he was great. It's no surprise as I've loved him throughout the show.
Nicole Muirbrook Plays the mother...
zanahade-548-8736697 February 2013
Warning: Spoilers
in response to ticotn's post,
I am 98% sure that the mysterious character Ted "bumps into" is played by Nicole Muirbrook and not Hope Riley.
I am also about 90% certain Hope Riley plays the character of Guido's girlfriend...
Other than that...
Yea this is likely Ted future wife that we see in this scene, what with knowing that his future wife was in the bar that night, left her umbrella there so that Ted finds it the next day. So why, the teaser if the show goes on an other 4-5, 6? years?
I guess we'll find out when the show comes to an end...
IF the show EVER gets there!
I am 98% sure that the mysterious character Ted "bumps into" is played by Nicole Muirbrook and not Hope Riley.
I am also about 90% certain Hope Riley plays the character of Guido's girlfriend...
Other than that...
Yea this is likely Ted future wife that we see in this scene, what with knowing that his future wife was in the bar that night, left her umbrella there so that Ted finds it the next day. So why, the teaser if the show goes on an other 4-5, 6? years?
I guess we'll find out when the show comes to an end...
IF the show EVER gets there!
Ted's wife
canhxh31 October 2009
Did anyone else notice the girl that Ted "accidentally" bumped into this episode in the bar?
Cameo of his future wife?
At the beginning of the show the narrator mentioned several times that Ted's future wife was at the same party.
The lady which Ted bumps into was Nicole Muirbrook not Hope Riley.
During the line up scene outside of the club the lady with the yellow umbrella was wearing blue jeans. The women (Muirbrook) who Barney bumps into was also wearing jeans.
I believe Hope Riley was the girl next to Barney at the bar.
We'll have to wait and see.
Cameo of his future wife?
At the beginning of the show the narrator mentioned several times that Ted's future wife was at the same party.
The lady which Ted bumps into was Nicole Muirbrook not Hope Riley.
During the line up scene outside of the club the lady with the yellow umbrella was wearing blue jeans. The women (Muirbrook) who Barney bumps into was also wearing jeans.
I believe Hope Riley was the girl next to Barney at the bar.
We'll have to wait and see.
Green
bevo-1367814 June 2020
Met Your Mother
Charles-J-White7 February 2009
Did anyone else notice the girl that Ted "accidentally" bumped into this episode in the bar? Cameo of his future wife?
The show starts with Ted and Barney spending St Patricks Day at a bar where Ted notices every evil thing he does is rewarded by some great thing. But sometime early the narrator mentioned several times that Ted's future wife was at the same party, though Ted did not meet her and didn't think she would have liked him if she did see him. Ted then "accidentally" bumps into a girl walking across the room toward Barney?
Seems too contrived to me. I just wonder how long the writers can stretch the show out before Ted has to meet his wife.
This episode was average. The show was stuck between two big story arcs and they needed some time to build it up. Overall it was a good episode. And I hate the ten lines of text for a comment to posted.
The show starts with Ted and Barney spending St Patricks Day at a bar where Ted notices every evil thing he does is rewarded by some great thing. But sometime early the narrator mentioned several times that Ted's future wife was at the same party, though Ted did not meet her and didn't think she would have liked him if she did see him. Ted then "accidentally" bumps into a girl walking across the room toward Barney?
Seems too contrived to me. I just wonder how long the writers can stretch the show out before Ted has to meet his wife.
This episode was average. The show was stuck between two big story arcs and they needed some time to build it up. Overall it was a good episode. And I hate the ten lines of text for a comment to posted.
Depressing.
dukesirius23 March 2008
Warning: Spoilers
I can't hate HIMYM, but this episode made it really hard not to. I have watched every episode of this show at least 4 times, and I know it back to front; to see such blatant and, to be frank, lame moralizing was disheartening. The third season has been rocky thus far, which is difficult for me to say as I truly love this show. I wanted to chalk up the slower pace and less-funny moments to the pre-strike crippling that happened to pretty much every show just before the WGA went dark, but it's becoming clearer that it is more the fault of the writers of this show, not the greater writer woes of late 2007.
Why do this episode? Why denigrate Barney so much? Why make it just so damned depressing to watch Ted? Does this mean that because of the AMPTP/WGA spat we're going to miss out on this larger transition for Ted? Is it time already for him to meet "our mother?" From the first scene, everything was off. Barney, usually a favorite character of mine, was unusually hateful in this one. Just the inflection on NPH's voice as he delivered the lines "Fine, I don't need you...you make me physically ill!" and "Open your brain-tank, bra, cause here comes some premium 91 octane knowledge" makes him seem like a pathetic and annoying clone of Dane Cook. Was this just NPH's off day? Was this a conscious decision? Is this how he's going to be from now on? A sad little man waking up in the trash? I expected differently from Pamela Fryman, by far the greatest comedy director working TV today.
I know that the creators/EPs probably don't monitor these episode comments very much or even at all for that matter, but as someone who loves these characters and enjoys the time I spend with all of them (and especially Barney), I'm dismayed that these questions are cropping up now, when the move back into episodics is still rather shaky.
Everything about it was just...crooked. The time-warping effects that usually make the show twist and turn in ways I haven't seen on any other felt lazy and tacked-on.
I hope I can look forward to better Barney in the future, and that Ted will at least have a little more fun before he, to quote, "takes fun Ted about behind the barn and shoots him."
Why do this episode? Why denigrate Barney so much? Why make it just so damned depressing to watch Ted? Does this mean that because of the AMPTP/WGA spat we're going to miss out on this larger transition for Ted? Is it time already for him to meet "our mother?" From the first scene, everything was off. Barney, usually a favorite character of mine, was unusually hateful in this one. Just the inflection on NPH's voice as he delivered the lines "Fine, I don't need you...you make me physically ill!" and "Open your brain-tank, bra, cause here comes some premium 91 octane knowledge" makes him seem like a pathetic and annoying clone of Dane Cook. Was this just NPH's off day? Was this a conscious decision? Is this how he's going to be from now on? A sad little man waking up in the trash? I expected differently from Pamela Fryman, by far the greatest comedy director working TV today.
I know that the creators/EPs probably don't monitor these episode comments very much or even at all for that matter, but as someone who loves these characters and enjoys the time I spend with all of them (and especially Barney), I'm dismayed that these questions are cropping up now, when the move back into episodics is still rather shaky.
Everything about it was just...crooked. The time-warping effects that usually make the show twist and turn in ways I haven't seen on any other felt lazy and tacked-on.
I hope I can look forward to better Barney in the future, and that Ted will at least have a little more fun before he, to quote, "takes fun Ted about behind the barn and shoots him."
Future Mother?
ticotn13 September 2009
Warning: Spoilers
I agree with what was said about the girl Ted "bumps" into.
The first nice thing he does all episode was apologize for doing so. And at the beginning of the show when it shows her outside with the umbrella, she's got the same kind of jeans on. Also it's also a lot more expensive to have an actor/actress with a speaking part and she responds to his apology. They wouldn't spend the bucks without a reason.
And the actress into which he bumps has actually done some work.
I've noticed on this show that little things mean a lot and I don't think there was a reason for him bumping into her if she's not going to be in any future storyline. The actress'a name is Hope Riley.
The first nice thing he does all episode was apologize for doing so. And at the beginning of the show when it shows her outside with the umbrella, she's got the same kind of jeans on. Also it's also a lot more expensive to have an actor/actress with a speaking part and she responds to his apology. They wouldn't spend the bucks without a reason.
And the actress into which he bumps has actually done some work.
I've noticed on this show that little things mean a lot and I don't think there was a reason for him bumping into her if she's not going to be in any future storyline. The actress'a name is Hope Riley.
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