Episode 9 - Glitter
Another episode of How I Met Your Mother ... another twenty minutes of my life flushed down the drain. How this show has gotten to a sixth season is beyond me.
This week's episode centers around friendship and BFF's. Robin is annoyed by Lilly "reading what to expect, when you're expecting to expect". Barney finds a video of 'Space Teens' ("Solving crimes in space using math") - i.e. teenage Robin, or shall we call her Robin Sparkles?
Ted hooks up with an old BFF - Punchy, and Robin gets closure with her BFF - Jessica Glitter.
What I liked:
- Bringing back poetic Ted ("When Glitter's womb a fruit did bear ... to hell with this, I'm outta hare"). Reminiscent of the shows better days (The Sexless Inkeeper, anyone?).
- Pretty much everything else. Especially story-lines like this. Super lame.
Ideas for the show to rebound:
- Perhaps an increased role for Bob Saget? Voice-overs alone are far from enough ...
- Some kind of major plot twist (and actually going through with it) - Lilly and Marshall separating; Ted actually finding a serious girlfriend; Barney getting a new job. Anything. But something!
- Getting rid of Lilly - never was a fan of that character. Super annoying and rarely funny.
Episode Rating:
3 (Bad TV) - Seriously, why do I still watch this show? For the occasional chuckle?
Episode's Best Line:
"Two Dudes watching a kids show might be worse." - Barney (on how Space Teens must be porn)
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