So its been a loooong time since my last post. Every time I sat down to write another update something would come up and I would put it off. I wasn't even planning on writing an update tonight, but then something magical happened. what was that magical thing, you ask? Slapsgiving.
This was, by far, the best HIMYM episode of the season, in my humble opinion. It had all of the required elements: generic life event (first Thanksgiving with friends), funny catchphrases (relapse five--that's a high five, then an awkward pause, then another high five), inside joke (the title of the episode pretty much sums it all up), and that moment that makes you say "Aww, I wish these were my friends" (I'm looking at you Robin and Ted).
The quick rundown: Lily's is cooking Thanksgiving dinner for the group as its her and Marshall's first holiday together. She wants everything to go perfectly, but the others, lord bless them, make sure that that doesn't happen. Marshall chose Thanksgiving as the day when he would deliver his third slap to Barney (you remember slap bet, don't you?) and as such has rechristened the holiday as Slapsgiving. Robin, who thinks of Canadian Thanksgiving as the real Thanksgiving, invites her current beau, Bob, to spend the holiday with the group. Bob happens to be 41, which means Ted can make lots of jokes about him being old as dirt, which Ted of course does. Coincidentally, Ted does so when making pies alone with Robin. This leads to an argument, which then leads to sex. The next day at Thanksgiving, Robin and Ted gossip with Lily and Marshall and Barney, respectively. Robin, like a normal, healthy adult would like to talk about what happened. Ted, like a man, would rather pretend that nothing happened. If I had a dollar for every awkward hookup that I pretended didn't happen the next day, I would have a lot of dollars. Well not a lot, but several. Well, actually a lot. But enough about that. After Lily locks the two of them in Ted's bedroom, they decide that they're not really friends and haven't been since they broke up, so they decide that after dinner, they'll stop pretending to be and go there separate ways. Sniffle, sniffle. That is until Marshall's speech at dinner which leads the two of them to do that thing that really good friends do: say something at the same and look at each other and giggle. That leads to the best voiceover ever: "Friendship is like a reflex. It just happens." Do you hear that sound? It's my heart inflating by three sizes. Sigh.
What, I'm forgetting something? Oh yeah Barney get SLAPPED as the slap countdown clock runs out. Afterwards, Marshall sings a very Manilow-esque ditty about getting slapped and all is right with the world. Happy Slapsgiving everybody.
