How I Met Your Mother - The Ashtray - 2-18-13

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02-19-13, 05:58 PM

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How I Met Your Mother - The Ashtray - 2-18-13

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Ted gets a weird and surprising call from the Captain, which launches the gang into a series of recollections about the last perplexing encounter they had with him.

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02-19-13, 06:12 PM

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I loved it when Marshall said they'd already discussed it, it's $4million cash

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02-19-13, 06:35 PM

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As I mentioned in the other thread, I really enjoyed this one. This type of episode of HIMYM reminds me why I still tune in. Very clever and well done

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02-20-13, 08:09 AM

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Yeah, this 'Rashomon-style' episodes are always great in HIMYM.

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02-20-13, 08:34 AM

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I actually thought that was absolutely horrible. I just feel like every episode they've done this year they've done in the past.....and better.

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02-20-13, 09:48 AM

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I actually thought that was absolutely horrible. I just feel like every episode they've done this year they've done in the past.....and better.

Agreed. I think I only liked the Robin Sparkle ep and maybe 1 or 2 others this year.

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02-20-13, 10:05 AM

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I enjoyed it plenty. Funny how these folks still engage in the occasional sandwich. You'd think they'd be getting too old for that.

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02-20-13, 10:31 AM

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Re: How I Met Your Mother - The Ashtray - 2-18-13

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I loved it when Marshall said they'd already discussed it, it's $4million cash

That was the lone joke/exchange that worked for me.

It's funny, if they took the single joke that worked in each episode this season and put them together they might have a full episode worth of jokes.

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02-20-13, 05:56 PM

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Seemed pretty random to have Lily quit as a kindergarten teacher and now be an art consultant. Sounds like they were looking for a new way to generate new stories.

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02-20-13, 06:44 PM

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Who said she was quitting being a teacher?

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02-21-13, 02:26 AM

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Is it wrong I really wanted to punch Barney this episode? His whole "I'm the one who's passionate about crazy stories" bit just made me go "Dude you've got a great job and a hot fiancé. Without this, your life has no meaning?"

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02-21-13, 06:53 AM

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As I mentioned in the other thread, I really enjoyed this one. This type of episode of HIMYM reminds me why I still tune in. Very clever and well done

I agree. Still I'm ready for the show to finish.

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02-21-13, 02:13 PM

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I agree. Still I'm ready for the show to finish.

I don't want to sound dramatic, but I will literally die when the show ends.

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02-21-13, 02:40 PM

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Nope. I got tired of Barney pretty quickly in this episode.

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02-21-13, 03:44 PM

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Yeah, this 'Rashomon-style' episodes are always great in HIMYM.

Disagree. The entire episode I felt as if I was watching a piss-poor attempt at remaking a Coupling episode.

But to be fair, this season of HIMYM has made the NBC-produced Coupling look like a work of art.

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Man... I loved Coupling.

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Man... I loved Coupling.

I still say if they had aired their last episode (the first episode that didn't directly horribly adapt the original scripts) sooner, the show might have stayed on the air.