Ted and Barney get sick of watching girls fawn all over Robin"s Argentinian boyfriend, then get the brilliant idea that they too should pose as out-of-towners (which actually is a brilliant idea when executed properly. I used a variant of such a story in Montreal once with a friend who we claimed could speak only Spanish. The girls we were talking to could speak Spanish and in reality neither of us could. Crash and burn. And there I go on a tangent again.) They wind up picking up two girls who happen to be from Jersey and wind taking them to the South Bronx late at night where they proceed to get mugged. I'm not sure which was worse. You decide for yourself. Robin began to grow tired of Gael's constant "paint with all the colors of the wind" mentality, especially after he invited a bunch of Australian backpackers to stay in her apartment. (By the way, did it bother anyone that Robin keeps a gun in her nightstand? She just doesn't seem like the kind of girl I would want to have a gun.) Lily and Marshall spent most of the episode arguing over what they had written in their letters to each other in their death folders. This resulted in a nice scene at the end where future Marshall reads Lily's death letter in 2029 (which the writers make seem like was the year she had died, but she didn't), and gets caught by her. Did it bother anyone else that future Marshall and Lily were dressed the exact same way as old people now? Where's the futuristic silver clothing, hmm?
Things I liked:
- Robin's book of pictures from Argentina. It's full of naked people with whom Lily plays Where's Waldo's Genitals. FYI, she won everytime.
- Robin almost making out with her dream self then telling Barney about hooking up with her dream self.
- Ted calling the Holland Tunnel a "sewer pipe."
- Barney using big words to talk to Robin while Gael was around so the latter wouldn't be able to understand. "This is all going to return to masticate you in the gluteals." Hehe.
Well that's it for this week. I'm still seriously loving this show. What do you think?
