SEASON FINALE REVIEWS of Scandal, Grey’s, Castle, How I Met Your Mother, and Elementary Coming Soon

Heading out for the weekend so I will recap these shows Sunday and Monday.   Lots to talk about!   Here’s a quick preview:

Castle: Rick proposed to Kate!!!!   Rick proposed to Kate!!!!  But what does this mean for them going forward and is this really a good thing?  I’ll discuss.

Grey’s: Callie and Arizona had quite the blow up.   Who’s side am I on?   Come back to find out.   Plus, Richard better not be dead!!

Scandal: Enough already.  Ok enough!   Either keep Olivia and Fitz together or break them up but ENOUGH with Olivia running around saying “we can’t do this.”  I’m so done with that.   Did you know David was wearing the white hat all along?   Did I?  And what about Quinn becoming baby Huck and Huck’s reaction to it.

How I Met Your Mother: FINALLY!!!   We got to meet her.   Now we just need Ted to meet her.   But when Carter Bays says this will be the longest wedding in the history of TV, does her really mean that next season will cover the span of only 56 hours?  I don’t know how I feel about that…or maybe I do!

Elementary: haven’t watched it yet but I will by Sunday, so don’t spoil me!

Have a good weekend peeps!

 

SEASON FINALE RECAP AND REVIEW: How I Met Your Mother “The Magician’s Code” S7 E23 & 24

We got one big question answered.   But did we just get THE big question answered?

The answer to the second question is no.  Victoria is not the mother.  At least, that’s how it appears today.  We have learned that Ted will meet the mother at Barney’s wedding.  We also know that the mother was in one of his architecture classes.  Victoria doesn’t fit any of those descriptions.  It’s a shame because I think of all the people Ted has dated over the seasons, Victoria is most people’s favorite.  I know she was always mine.  I was always hoping she would end up being the mother because they were good together.  But I can’t see how that can happen.   Since Barney’s wedding appears to be happening at the end of next season, it looks like Victoria will just be filling the gap until that happens.  And maybe that’s what Ted needs to finally be ready to meet the mother.  He had his closure with Robin and since Victoria was “the one that got away” maybe he needs to really close the door on that relationship as well.

I’ve said this before and I’ll repeat it now.  It’s time to meet the mother.  We are going on Season 8 and we haven’t met her yet.  I think it’s gone on too long.  It’s very rare for comedies to last this long in this day of TV. They just start to run their course.  And while I still love HIMYM and still think it’s one of the best comedies on TV right now, it’s getting a little droopy.   It’s starting to sag.  I think there is so much storytelling to be had once we meet the mother but my fear is that waiting so long, you are going to start to lose people and then the ratings will be so bad, CBS will pull the plug instead of you going out on your own terms.  And now Victoria has been reintroduced when we know she isn’t the mother and since we know Ted meets her at the wedding and the wedding won’t be until the season finale of next year, we know it’s another entire season without meeting her.  It’s ridiculous.

People will argue (and I’ve said this too) that this show has gone way beyond the mother at this point.  This show has become about these 5 friends and their lives together.  I’m thrilled that’s what the show has become. And the storyline vehicle for telling their stories being Ted’s retelling his children about how he met their mother.  At first it was, who is she, when will we meet her, how will she fit it?  Now it’s become, oh just tell us already.  And that sucks.  But it is what it is.  I just wish it would have happened a season or two ago because I worry this show will get canceled before we have a chance to she how the mother interacts with everyone and those stories that need to be told.

As for the other big question that was answered with no doubts what so ever, who was Barney’s bride.  And to no one’s surprise, the bride turned out to be Robin.    YEAH!!!!   I’ve always thought, since the moment they shared their first bro date together smoking cigars and playing laser tag, that Robin and Barney were meant to be.  The two people who insisted that they didn’t want to get married and have the regular family life, were going to find a way to be together.  I just knew it.  Although I had my doubts earlier in the season.

I think had Barney stuck with Nora all season, it would have been a bigger surprise with the Robin reveal.  We would have invested all season in Nora and I think it would have been more believable.  While I liked Quinn, I thought their relationship happened very fast and came out of nowhere.  For someone who is anti-relationship Barney went from Nora to try to get back with Robin to Quinn.  It seems out of character for him.  I never really bought into him and Quinn because it always felt like a smoke screen to me.  Even when he proposed to her last night, I never thought she was the bride.  In fact, as soon as he proposed to her, I knew it wouldn’t be her. But I can forgive all of that because in the end, Barney and Robin will be together.  And this isn’t a ruse.   In an interview with Craig Thomas on EW.com, Thomas confirms that Barney and Robin will be together and they will get married.  It was always meant to be them.  And I have to say, Robin looked stunning!!!

This was a tough year for Robin.  She ended up choosing Kevin over Barney only to realize that she and Kevin wanted very different things and broke up with him.  Ted confessed his love (again) and she gently tried to let him down and as a result needed to part from the group for a while so Ted could heal.   That really bugged me but I’ve already vented about that on my podcast.   Robin also found out that she couldn’t have children and while Robin said that was always her choice, it’s very different when the choice is taken away from you.  Then she had to watch the man she truly loves get engaged to another woman while she tearfully gave him her support.  Other than her job going well, this was a VERY tough year for her personally.  Robin really hasn’t been happy in quite a while.  So to see her beaming from ear to ear on her wedding way, made this HIMYM fan very happy.   Robin will get her happy ending.   And so will Barney.

Finally, the moment arrived….baby Erikson is here.  Marvin Waitforit Erikson was born to a very happy Marshmellow and Lily Pad.  Marshall almost didn’t make it and even though Lily has always had a tough relationship with her father, it was so sweet that he showed up for her and gave a pep talk to be able to have the baby.  Then he went into true form by telling her how vaginal tearing could happen and Lily kicked him out.  But Marshall did make it and the gang was there for Marvin’s birth.  As soon as they said his name and that he was named after Marshall’s dad, woosh came the tears.  I could stop them.  It was so sweet and touching.  As for the middle name…..LOVE IT!!!  And I love the fact that Marshall and Lily both thought it was the coolest middle name ever!!!!  I agree.  I can’t wait to see how they are able to juggle new parenthood while still hanging with gang at McClaren’s.

What are you thoughts on the season finale?  Did you like seeing the reveal of Robin as Barney’s bride?   What do you think of the whole Victoria and Ted riding off into the sunset together?   And would you be happy if next season was the last season of HIMYM or do you want more now that we know we will meet the mother in next year’s season finale?

 

REVIEW: How I Met Your Mother “No Pressure” S7 E16

Are we seriously going down this road again?  This is 100% my FAVORITE comedy on TV but I am so mad at it right now.  Why are we going down the Ted and Robin road again?  This is such a “been there, done that, bought the T-Shirt, stared in the movie” storyline that I really don’t know the point.  Not to mention it feels as though this is coming out of left field.   Seriously, when did Ted all of a sudden start loving Robin again?  We know they don’t end up together, so why are we wasting episodes on this “love affair” that has no chance of surviving?????!!!!!!!

That’s how I felt after last week’s episode “The Drunk Train” which I didn’t get a chance to comment on.  I was seriously pissed off people, let me tell you.  But after last night’s episode, I think I finally get why that happened last week.   This has nothing to do with Ted and Robin, but will set up something (not sure what) even bigger that’s to come.

Remember back to the episode “Ducky Tie”?   This was the episode where Victoria the cupcake maker (played by Ashley Williams) returns and we learn some very interesting details.  Turns out, while they were trying to see if there were still feelings between them, (there weren’t because Victoria’s getting married) Victoria pointed out the one thing that is keeping Ted from true happiness…Robin.  First Victoria tells him that it’s weird that she dated both him and Barney.  Second, she tells him it’s even more strange that they are all still best friends and hang out all the time.  Finally she tells him that she always felt in competition with Robin and that Robin is the reason she, and other girls most likely, didn’t work out with Ted.  At the end of that episode, Future Ted admits that Victoria was right.  The three of them hanging out wasn’t going to work out.  Now if you have read some of my other HIMYM posts, you know I have been very concerned about this.   Looking at this comment in the “glass half full” realm, I would say, it isn’t going to work out because Robin and Barney eventually get together.  (Also that’s what I REAAAAAALY want to have happen.)  ”Glass half empty” view, I think it means either Robin or Barney eventually split from the group.  I can’t imagine Carter Bays or anyone else from this show going with the later.  So let’s just say I’m panicking and need about 24 Sam Adams to calm me down.

“No Pressure” was the episode that I think finally and firmly shuts the door on Ted and Robin.  After last week, I was so worried this going down a completely different path….and one I wasn’t thrilled about AT ALL.  But I really need to learn to trust these writers more.  They’ve done it to me several times now where I take something at face value and make a judgement and don’t give it time to develop.  I am going to stop doing that now.   Well, maybe not but I’m going to try really really hard.  I thought this whole Ted and Robin this was coming out of nowhere because I thought Ted had already moved past Robin.  But if you look at the history (and the show did I nice job of going down memory lane over the last 6 seasons) Robin was always Ted’s constant (Lost reference!!!)   She was The One for Ted.  And I think, even though they were very different people who wanted very different things, they still loved each other.  Unfortunately, it’s more the way you love a BFF and not a soul mate.  Deep down, I think Ted knew that all along but he needed one more chance to make sure.  I think Robin needed to hit him over the head with an “I don’t love you” like she did last night, for Ted to finally move on.  Once she did, Ted was making a clean break when Robin suggested that they still keep their “if you’re 40 and still single, we’ll get married” deal going and he said no.  If it’s nothing, then it’s nothing.  He won’t settle and she shouldn’t either.  Ted annoys the crap out of me most of the time, but when it comes to episodes like this, he’s fantastically great.  Both Josh Radnor and Cobie Smulders had amazing scenes together and they were spot on heartbreaking in their performances.    Ultimately, I think Robin is going to be the cause of Ted’s true happiness.   Because even thought Robin isn’t Ted’s “The One,” I think she will be the bridge to Ted meeting The True One.  Look at it this way.  Robin brought Ted to a stream with a broken down bridge over it.  On one side is Ted and other, Robin.  The bridge to Robin is unstable and dangerous.  Basically if Ted tries to cross this bridge, he’s a dead man.  But Robin is on the side of love and happiness.  And while Ted always thought it was Robin he was crossing the bridge to get to, it wasn’t.  She’s there to help him cross to get to the person he is truly meant to be with.  First she had to destroy the bridge (Ted: “Do you love me Robin?”  Robin: “No.”)   BAM!   Bridge destroyed.  Then she is going to help build a stronger bridge which she will help him cross to reach little miss yellow umbrella (like her wedding to Barney perhaps?)   Time will tell on how Robin will build that bridge and help Ted get there.  But I know she will.

I need to touch on Marshall and Lily.  First, Marshall was fantastic in this episode.  He truly showed what it means to be a best friend by going to Robin and asking her to move out so she doesn’t keep breaking Ted’s heart day after day.  Also being the good friend she is, Robin says she understands and starts packing.  Very cool Marshall, having Ted’s back like that!   But you know who’s been really disappointing?   Lily.   What the hell has happened to her character?    Lily was always the core, the foundation of the group.  When someone was about to do something insane, it was always Lily who brought them back down to Earth.  Lily was always people’s champion.  She was always in everyone’s corner.  While the long-term bets on the friends was great, I couldn’t stand how she was trying to sabotage Ted and Robin so she could win a bet.  Who does that?   And I never in a million years, thought Lily would do something like that.  Maybe it’s the pregnancy thing, but Lily has really gotten annoying lately.  From the party she was throwing a few weeks ago to trying to destroy her friend’s happiness for the sake of a bet, Lily isn’t the Lily I have grown to love over the years.   The Lily I know would have sat Ted down and then sat Robin down and talked them through what they were feeling.  She would have been there to support both of them.   She wouldn’t have done things to wreck a potential relationship.  It also makes wonder if the “where do you guys see yourselves in 5 years” talk was really set up to help them or to win her bet.  I’m not going to lie, it knocked her down a few pegs in my eyes.

While I’m 99.9% certain Ted and Robin are done, those dame writers had to leave a slight crack in the vault door open.  During the episode when the bet was that Ted and Stella wouldn’t get married, Marshall kept asking Lily to pay up and she would say, “not yet” at different stages of their relationship.  When Stella finally bailed on Ted, Lilly finally paid up.  In the final scene, when Lily told Marshall to pay up on Ted and Robin, he says to her “not yet.”   Oh Lord.   WHHHHHHHY?  They’re done, over, finished, caput, kaplooee, bridge destroyed!!!  In all seriousness, I wonder what that statement means.

I liked this episode a lot more than I thought I would after last week.  But there are a few things I would like more substantiation from…Ted and Robin being officially done (which I think is the case even thought Marshall made that comment), Robin and Barney…are they going to get together or not, and Ted’s wife.   It’s 7 seasons.  It’s time to meet her.

 

RECAP & REVIEW: How I Met Your Mother “Symphony of Illumination” S7 E10

This is what I have always loved about this show.  The big sentimental moments always strike the perfect cord because I have fallen in love with these characters. And the actors knock it out of the park every time.   There are so many comedies that can’t pull off the serious episodes.   HIMYM has never been one of them because the cast is so terrific.  If you haven’t watched the episode yet, then stop reading now because you don’t want to be spoiled for this episode. But you better come back and finish reading the post!!!!!!

Just to quickly touch on the Marshall/Scott thing…it was funny and fine but since the other story in the show was so much bigger, I really don’t want to spend much time on this.  Marshall was looking to really decorate the new house (Clark Griswold style) and a kid in the neighbor came by to “help” him.  He trapped Marshall on the roof and used his house as his own personal party palace.  Nice little asshole.  It also led to a funny back and forth with Robin and Marshall about Manheim Steamroller vs. AC/DC for Christmas music!  But let’s get to what we really want to talk about, shall we?

Last week, we were left with a pretty big cliffhanger…Robin told Barney she was pregnant.  At first, I wasn’t’ thrilled about this turn of events.  But this will teach me to never doubt the writers of the show again.   Because this storyline is sooooo much better than I could have expected, even if it is much sadder.   There were many bombs dropped in the episode.  The first being that if Robin is pregnant (she hadn’t taken a test or seen the doctor…she was just late and she’s never late, which is a point of pride for her) the baby is Barney’s because she and Kevin hadn’t slept together yet.  Barney was pretty happy about this and pretty supportive.  But they agreed to keep it quiet until they knew for sure.

They go to the doctor and they get the news they were hoping for….Robin is not pregnant and a hugely funny dance ensues.  Later we see Robin celebrating with scotch and a cigar when the doctor calls and asks her to come back in.  At this point, I thought they were going to tell her they made a mistake and she really was pregnant, but a bigger twist happened….Robin was told she could never have children.  What was an even BIGGER twist, was Robin’s reaction.  She was devastated.  She decided not to tell anyone because of how they would treat her and react to the situation (and it was hilarious and so true at the same time!)  So Robin instead told them that she couldn’t be a pole vaulter and that’s why she is so upset.

When going with Lily to the baby store, Lily knows there is really something wrong with Robin and asks her again what has her so upset.  Robin proceeds to tell her about how she never wanted to be a pole vaulter, ever.  But now being told you don’t have the choice, you can’t be a pole vaulter vs. making the conscious choice to not be a pole vaulter is very different.  At least when it’s your choice, you can always change it should you want to.  When it’s not an option, the choice is taken away.  It was very emotional to watch because I’ve had so many friends either have issues with getting pregnant or told they can never have children.  It’s brutal.

Back at her apartment, Ted can also tell that something real is upsetting Robin and it has nothing to do with pole vaulting, but Robin refuses to tell him.  Ted tries to offer to have her go back to Cleveland with him for Christmas but she wants to be in New York.  He keeps pushing and she wants to know why and he tells her because it’s his job to make her feel better.  It’s moments like this I remember why I liked Ted after all (even if he has been a royal douche the last few seasons.)  It’s because that guy is a really good friend when it counts.  He is always there when one of them really needs him and I really respect that about his character.  When Robin thinks she’s all by herself for Christmas and comes back to the apartment, she can’t turn on the lights.  That’s because all the lights are tied into Christmas lights all over the apartment and all over a big tree with AC/DC blasting to the pattern of the blinking lights!  Ted comes out from the kitchen and tells Robin, he doesn’t need to know what’s wrong.  He just knows she needs to feel better and that will always be his job no matter what.  He will always take care of her.  She bursts into tears (as do I) and hugs him.

While all this was going on, Robin was talking to her future children (like future Ted does every episode.)  And she refers to Barney as their father the entire time she is talking to them…..interesting!!!   But what was even more telling (and sad) was that in the end, they were just a mirage.  They don’t exist.  Now I don’t know if that is foreshadowing on both fronts but it broke my heart.  You see Robin sitting by herself in a park staring off at a picture of a family that she will never have. On a side note, where the hell was Kevin?  In her voice over, you hear her talking about being alone at Christmas in NYC.  Why?   Shouldn’t Kevin have been with her?  It didn’t make any sense.

So what do you make of all this?  I still think that it means that Robin and Barney end up together.  But now I’m starting to think that is more my wishful thinking.   It’s also very possible that Robin doesn’t end up with anyone.  At the end of episode when future Ted is telling his kids about Robin, he talks about her professional accomplishments and how she travelled the world and even became a bull fighter (can’t wait to hear that story.)  But he never mentions a husband or family.  Does that mean Robin lives up to what she has always said?   That she doesn’t want to be married or have kids?  It’s very possible.   The writers have always made a point to make sure that we as an audience are reminded of that fact.  You can take it one of two ways….that it’s true and that’s what happens for Robin or she has never wanted it but she changes her mind and it happens anyway.  I’m not sure.  Now just because Ted didn’t mention a husband or family doesn’t mean that’s not how Robin’s life turns out.   I just found it interesting that it was not mentioned in his description of how her life is in the future.   I could be reading WAAAAY too much into it.  But this episode really gave us a lot to think about.  And I would like to give kudos to Josh Radnor and Colbie Smulders for amazing performances in this episode.

I really want to hear from you about this episode, so please inundate my comments section with your thoughts!

 

QUICK REVIEW: How I Met Your Mother “The Rebound Girl” S7 E11

I’m not sure how I feel about this.  But I will say, I soooooooooooooo did not see that coming.  Usually I can see it coming from a mile away.   But not this time.  And there were so many clues that I feel like a real idiot that I didn’t think of it before she said it….”I’m Pregnant.”   My husband, who’s usually better than I am at seeing this stuff, was as surprised as I was!   But am I happy with this storyline?   I don’t know.

On one hand, I think it’s great because here is the girl who never wanted to get married, never wanted to have children, now pregnant.  And it’s the classic, who’s the daddy (which we all know, it’s going to Barney’s.)   On the other hand, what a clichéd storyline…who’s the daddy and the unexpected pregnancy.  Not to mention, our resident couple Marshmellow and Lily Pad have been trying to have a baby for a while, I wish they could just have the pregnancy and birth without something like this hanging over it.  So I’m a little disappointed the writers went down this path.

I think most HIMYM fans want this to be Barney’s kid (at least from most of the comment sections I am reading on other sites seem to indicate that) and I would have to be in agreement.  I’ve said this before that I really like Kevin and Kal Penn on the show.  But ultimately, I think Robin and Barney are soul mates.  I thought it since their first bro night together.  So that’s where I’m hoping they’re headed.

There was a comment Carter Bays made that made me raise an eyebrow especially when in conjunction with an episode earlier in the season.  In an interview with EW.com, he said:

“I would say the wheels of fate are not done turning for these characters, and it’s definitely a big surprise, but there’s more to come,” Bays teases. “This little story isn’t over yet. I almost feel weird commenting on anything just yet because there are more revelations in store.” For one, says Bays, the question of the baby’s paternity will be “settled pretty quickly,” but there will also be developments that give way to “a bigger story.”

“New questions will arise and I feel like, this story, we are using this device a little bit to set the stage for a bigger story that is setting up the events of the rest of the series which, I guess we do a lot,” he says. “It’s a pretty tumultuous show. This in particular is going to lead to kind of a reshuffling of the group. Not necessarily in this next episode, but this episode will set things in motion for that.”

A reshuffling of the group?  What does that mean?  And remember when Ted and Victoria had their last hurrah and Victoria talked about his connection with Robin and how Ted, Robin, and Barney all hanging out together just isn’t healthy in a lot of ways?   Finally, there was the Bob Saget voice over saying how that would come to be true?   I’m not going to lie, I’m a little concerned.   What does all that mean?  Is the gang breaking up?  Is this season a set up for next (which could be the final season) and Marshall and Lily and Ted and his wife remain friends but Robin and Barney (whether together or apart) go their separate ways?   Because I can’t imagine a world where he gang isn’t together from now until the end of time!!!  I seriously don’t know what to think about all this and where this is going.   So I really want to hear from you and what you think this means.

 

How I Met Your Mother Season Premiere Promo

The HIMYM crew is back on Monday September 19th!!! Here’s a sneak peek into the premiere. When last we saw, we learned Barney was the one getting married in last year’s season premiere but we have no idea to whom he is getting married. Also, Robin is still in love with Barney but he wanted to give his relationship with Nora another try. After seeing the clip, I wonder if his time with Nora is already over.

Either way, I am so glad my favorite five some is back!!!!

 

CASTING NEWS: CSI (AGAIN), HIMYM, House, Glee, and Castle

CSI

CSI has made another significant casing announcement this off-season.    Sam Malone, otherwise known as, Ted Danson, is going to be a series regular on the hit TV show.  On CSI’s 12th season (wow!) Danson will be the new supervisor in charge and his experience comes from a lab in Portland.

Castle

Castle and Beckett and the boys are going to have a new captain in the fall and she is much different from Captain Montgomery (I still haven’t gotten over his death.)  Captain Victoria Gates will be played by Penny Johnson Jerald of 24 fame.   Captain Gates is said to be tough but she is more concerned about climbing the NYPD corporate ranks than the grunt “police work.”   Doesn’t sound like she and Beckett will be getting along initially.   I’m really anxious to see how Jerald’s chemistry works with this very solid cast.

How I Met Your Mother

Remember the guy that left House/acting altogether for a job at the White House?   Well he’s back!    Kal Penn is joining HIMYM in a recurring role as a love interest for Robin.   Not sure how long he’ll be sticking around since he is hitting the campaign trail with Obama in 2012.   But this will bring and interesting dynamic for all of us who are hoping the bride Barney is marrying at the end of the season is Robin.  Barney looks to be starting things again with Nora (who I love) which left Robin slightly perturbed.  But now Robin seems to be moving on herself.   How will this impact a potential Barney/Robin romance?   Time will tell!

House

Jesse Spencer has renewed his contract with House and will be back as a Dr. Robert Chase for  House’s eighth season.   I know a lot of House fans were sweating that one because it REALLY was down to the wire to sign him.  And after Lisa Edlestein’s Cuddy suddenly parted ways with the show, I don’t think House fans could take another major departure!

Glee

In what really isn’t that surprising (but some people are reportedly shocked by this news) Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, and Chris Colfer will NOT return to Glee for Season Four.   Season Three of Glee, which kicks off Tuesday Sept 20th 2011, will be their final season.  I don’t know why people were surprised by this.  Ryan Murphy had already said that as characters graduate from McKinley, they won’t return to the show.  This is a show about a high school Glee club, not this particular group of people and we follow them through life (like we do in shows like 90210 and Gossip Girl.)  So these people will move on, new people will come in, and the McKinely High School Glee Club, has been and always will be, the focus.  Sounds reasonable to me.  So it shouldn’t be surprising to anyone that Rachel, Finn, and Kurt will all graduate this year and move on with their lives apart from McKinley.  The question will be, who else is graduating?   I would have to think Quinn and possibly Santana.  Puck should but he could easily be left back.   Brittany may never graduate.   So we have to see.

 

 

SEASON FINALE REVIEW: How I Met Your Mother “Challenge Accepted” S6 E24

This show is my favorite comedy since Scrubs.  Although if Happy Endings keeps getting funnier the way it has progressed, it will start to jump up there.  I know there are many people out there that have a problem with this show and have given up on it.  I never will.  This show is awesome.  I’ve heard people mention how they could care less about Marshall and Lily’s relationship and what happened with Marshall’s father this season and Robin and Barney and their “relationship” and that at this point they just want to know who the mother is so they can move on.  To that I say, you really can’t be a true fan of the show if that’s your opinion.  I hate to be that blunt about it but I really believe that’s true.  If you have watched this show from Season 1 “Pilot” through Season 6 “Challenge Accepted”, how can you not care about Marshall, Lily, Robin, and Barney?  I don’t get it.  In my opinion, those 4 characters make the show.  Without them, more specifically without those actors playing those characters, this show wouldn’t have lasted this long.  Those 4 and their relationships with Ted and each other, make the show the standout that it is.  I actually heard on one podcast that they thought this whole season was terrible especially the part with Marshall’s dad dying because no one cared about some character that wasn’t really on the show.  Are you serious?????  Anyone who watches HIMYM knows how close Marshall is to his family, especially his dad.  Who cares if he wasn’t on the show every week.  He was a steady part of the series so I couldn’t disagree more with the comment about him being character that wasn’t really on the show.  And that whole storyline highlighted two wonderful aspects about the show and what makes it so great…adding real world situations into the mix to see how the gang reacts and being able to interject a serious tone and subject into a comedy and it being pulled off perfectly.

The one thing I do agree with, it’s time to meet the mother.  It’s been 6 full seasons.  It’s time to meet her.  I want to see Ted date her and her interaction with the group and how their lives build and begin with her in it.  I don’t think you can drag it out much longer if at all.   It’s time to see who she is.   Every relationship Ted gets in at this point, especially if the show tries to lean it towards the serious nature, fails because this person isn’t the mother.  There was much debate out there about Zoey being the mother but we knew it wasn’t true.  Ted, in his story to his children, even said it himself several episodes ago when he said that this relationship ends badly.   Well if we know in episode 17 that they break up by episode 24, why not just break them up in episode 17 and not waste our time with Zoey in episodes 18-24?   I never liked Zoey and I never understood why Ted would stay with her and want to be with her.  It just didn’t make sense to me.  So the sooner that relationship ended the better.  But instead of giving Ted a love interest that is going no where, let’s just introduce him to the mother and have that relationship develop.

The one thing the Zoey/Ted debacle, I mean relationship, did was set up a potential rekindling of Robin and Barney as a couple.  In a move that didn’t surprise many people, Barney was the groom in the wedding we saw in the season premiere “Big Days.”  What was surprising is that we didn’t see who the bride was.  Those same people (myself included) suspected it would be Robin.  And I still think that will be the case.  But at the end of the season finale, Barney meets back up with Nora and asks her out for coffee with Robin looking on not too pleased.  So the show is setting up a “who is the bride” scenario pitting Robin against Nora…for now.   How did this all come about?  When Ted gets depressed, he has a tendency to get back together with ex-girlfriends he really didn’t like.  Ted was in one of those modes and was trying to get back together with Zoey.  Robin and Barney were trying to stop him.  While doing so, they started talking, cryptically, about their former relationship and we learn that they really did love each other.  You could argue they still do.   They find Ted and stop him from meeting up with Zoey and they start telling him how you can’t go backwards to former relationships, it just doesn’t work.  Of course Robin and Barney are looking at each other while saying this.  But we all know they don’t really believe that!!!  Enter a chance meeting with Nora and Robin pushing Barney to go talk to her.  He does, they set up a coffee date, and Robin is disappointed.  While I love Robin and Barney together and think they should be together, I love Nora.  Do you think it’s wrong to hope she’s the mother?  Too far-fetched?  I don’t care.  I’m going to hope for it anyway.

Finally in the finale, Lily has food poisoning from a soup shop where she also bought Marshall soup.   She is rushing to get home to stop him from eating it and while she does succeed, she is only stopping him from eating his 3rd bowl.   Oops!!!  So Marshall is counting down until he gets as sick as Lily.  The problem is, he has an interview with the environmental law firm he has been dying to work for and he’s worried the timing will be right when his interview is wrapping up that he should be getting sick.  I hope Marshall gets this job because I would love to see Dave Foley as a recurring guest star as his boss!!!  Marshall is doing well in the interview but ends up running out when Mr Bloom starts showing him pictures of whale carcases and pigeon fecal matter!!  He gets home and tells Lily how upset he is that he blew the interview and that he just wants to get some sleep before all the puking begins.  Marshall falls asleep but wakes up the next morning and he’s surprised that he slept the night and feels ok.  Lily comes running in and explains that it wasn’t food poisoning after all.  She’s preggers!!!!!   I should have seen this coming better.   When Lily first got sick, I thought she was pregnant.  But then when Marshall was in his interview and he was sweating profusely and looking as though he were completely nauseous, I assumed that it was food poisoning.  Maybe Marshall got himself so worked up that he started exhibiting signs of sickness, but if he really wasn’t sick, why did he look so awful?   Oh well.  I’m just very happy for the Eriksons!!!

Going into Season 7, we have already established that it’s time to meet the mother.  Well, I established it but I assume you are all with me on that one.  I am looking forward to seeing how Marshall and Lily’s baby news and subsequent pregnancy will impact the group.  Should be some hilarious material.  And I’m anxious to see what happens on the Robin/Barney/Nora front.  So if season 7 turns out to be the season of the mother, any guesses on who she is?  Is it someone we have already met or will it be someone completely new.   We do have some hints but if I have some of these wrong, please correct me:

1. The Yellow Umbrella (she was on Ted’s roof one night at a party and left her yellow umbrella behind)
2. Cindy’s Roommate (we were led to believe that the girl Cindy..Rachel Bilson…was living with was Ted’s future wife)
3. Student of Ted’s (Ted mentioned in one of his monologues to his children that his future wife was in the classroom where he became a professor)
4. Barney’s Wedding (it was mentioned in the season premiere that Ted meets the mother at Barney’s wedding)

Having all those clues, I think it’s safe to say it’s someone we haven’t met.   So it’s not Victoria the cupcake maker (Ashley Williams..who I loved by the way), Stella (Sarah Chalke), Zoey (Jennifer Morrison), Trudy (Danica McKellar), Abby (Brittany Spears), or Cindy (Rachel Bilson.)  Although Cindy and Stella were already out anyway since Cindy is a lesbian and Stella is already married.  She could get divorced from Tony but I doubt it.   The logical conclusion is someone we haven’t met.   Having said that, who would you like CAST as Ted’s future wife?  She has to be funny, smart, adorable, and lovable.  What about someone like Andrea Anders, JoAnna Garcia, or Judy Greer?  I love all those ladies and think they would be a great fit to the cast.  But let me know your thoughts below!!!

 

How I Met Your Mother renewed for TWO more seasons?

Please tell me this isn’t a joke.  Vulture is reporting that a deal with CBS and 20th Century Fox TV has been struck to not only renew HIMYM for the 2011-2012 season but for the 2012-2013 season as well!!    44 more guaranteed episodes!!!!

If this is real, this is awesome.  I remember when the first 4 seasons of HIMYM was always on the “bubble” for renewal.  Now it’s at the point that it is getting a double season renewal.  I am so happy for the cast and crew because this is one of the best comedies on TV right now.

Congrats HIMYM team!!!  You can now breathe a sigh of relief for the next 2 seasons….so can the fans!!

 

QUICK REVIEW: How I Met Your Mother “Garbage Island” S6 E17

One big revelation was revealed in this episode and one huge question was raised, again.  Zoey is not the mother…thank God.  My husband was emphatic that she was and I wasn’t sure but I leaned towards no.  Either way, I’m glad she’s not.  Not because I don’t like Zoey, I just don’t see any chemistry with her and Ted.  It feels very forced to me.  I thought there was more chemistry with Ashley Williams’ character from Season 1 or 2.  I forget her name but she was the cupcake maker.  I liked her.  Anyhoo, now that we know Zoey isn’t the mother, what do they do with her?  I certainly don’t want to waste anymore time exploring their relationship since we know it won’t go anywhere.  So my assumption is that within the next few episodes, we will see how they end badly (like future Ted told the couple he bumped into at the airport) and Ted and Zoey will break up.  We also know Ted will meet her at the mysterious wedding later this year.  Which leads us to our big question again….whose wedding is this?

There has been so much debate on the web, in my house, at my friend’s house, about whose wedding this is at the end of the year.  My first gut reaction in the beginning of the season was Barney and Robin.  And most people thought the same thing.   Then we had the funniest episode of the season, “Glitter,” that introduced us to Ted’s friend Punchy.  Punchy’s getting married and asks Ted to be his best man.  I really think this is an anomaly though.  First off, it looks like Marshall is in the wedding and Punchy and Marshall aren’t friends.  And when Lily comes out to get Marshall and Ted, she appears to be in a bridesmaid dress and I’m sure Punchy’s bride isn’t friends with Lily.  So the natural assumption is Barney and Robin’s wedding (since we didn’t see either of them) and not Punchy and Mrs. Punchy’s wedding.  Now we have scenario #3…Barney and Nora.   (Deep exhaling sigh.)  I don’t know what to think about this.  I like Nora.  She’s smart, she’s gorgeous, and she loves Laser Tag!!!  I could see Barney being with someone like her.  But can you see Barney progressing through this relationship fast enough to get married in a few months?  I don’t think so.  I almost wish Nora could be the mother because I really like the actress!  I am still holding out for Barney and Robin.  Robin doing all these things to help Barney get Nora, I think will open both their eyes to how much they really care about each other.  Unfortunately, Nora may be collateral damage here.  I think it was so obvious that it was Barney and Robin’s wedding in the beginning of the season, that the writers are throwing up all these red herrings so it would take attention away from B&R.  But I refuse to do it!  I am still holding my ground that it will be B&R getting married at the end of the season.