That doesn't mean I can't appreciate the intermittent courage that seeps through. If anything it's obvious that, for some reason, TPTB are have decided this is the year to throw crazy shit at the wall and see what sticks. Perhaps not coincidentally, it seems this is also The Season of Robin, for better and worse (that is to say, better for us, worse for her). Almost every major emotional high and low point (mostly low) is her, and this ep is no exception.
Not unlike this, but replace the hot girl with a homeless guy and the cup was filled with -- you know what, never mind. |
Pictured: Shakespeare and Crack's research lab after watching this episode. |
Who? Already? Another girl? What? See, a few nights before the Drunk Train, Ted spent three hours pretending everything this girl he just met said was fascinating (a hilarious gag, albeit uncomfortably familiar, ahem), and Barney got stuck babysitting her friend Quinn, getting insulted and shot down the entire time.
To be fair, this is a completely different shade of pink lighting than at The Lusty Leopard |
I don't know, I think I'd probably find this all sweet and cute, but after the whole Nora-Robin-Baby Fever roller coaster, I think I'm just Stinson-Emotional-Epiphany-ied out. I can't invest in this anymore, man. It just seems way too soon after Nora/Robin. It makes sense on a certain level. You can probably draw a straight line between his first relationship with Robin to Nora and back to Robin, and curve it into a character arc charting his emotional maturity, but it still rings false.
I think a big part of it is that it feels like too little too late. I remember being pissed that Barney did not at all mourn the end of his first relationship with Robin. The fact that he went straight to sociopathic bullshit like The Playbook, while Robin visibly suffered made me lose all faith in the ability of Barney to be redeemed as a human being. Now that they're arguably doing a Barney Emotional Arc right, I just can't bring myself to care.
Also, while I'm sure there's a great Barney joke about him never looking a stripper in the face, I can't help but be skeeved by the fact that he apparently literally never looked a stripper in the face and can't recognize her after spending the night with her. Ugh.
I wonder what percentage of proposals are met with that panicked, deer-in-headlights stare. |
She cries into Ted's arms, and he takes the opportunity to tell his emotionally vulnerable, ex-girlfriend, and current roomate that he loves her. He'll marry her. He doesn't care about kids. He wants to be with her.
Seriously Ted, has anything good for you ever happened on that roof? |
Yeah, that happened.
I'm glad they're trying stuff. I love that they keep trying to shake out of their comfort zone. But god damn it, if you're going to do it, commit. No more fake outs, no more quarantining lifetime milestones into very special episodes. Really go for it. You have a straight line from here to the season finale. SPRINT, you fuckers. Just sprint. I'm begging you.
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