Doppelgangers: Season 5 Finale Episode 24
May 24, 2010
Do you ever read my blog!?! It’s gotten a lot better! ~Barney
I get really excite when I actually see the Awesomeness Poster on HIMYM. Past that, I liked the Season 5 finale, more on that soon.
Music
- Lifesize by A Fine Frenzy
(Closing Song…sometimes you see what you want to see)
Moments of Awesomeness
- Barney. While has has seemed to take a backseat in recent episodes there was no shortage of humor from him tonight. Doppelganger,
- Loved that there were no shortage of jokes at the expense of Blonde Ted… check out my favorites below. Which leads me to…
- Blonde Ted. Love the way they played Ted into getting it done. Sure he looked ridiculous at first but like Marshall, Barney & Lily…I started to like it too. Maybe he was in fact, pulling this off.
- Don… well, the fact that he is gone. The fact that he took the job confirmed his jerkness for me.
- The Ted/Robin fake out… at one point you might have almost seen a nasty tweet from bawesomeinstead. I though they were going to go down that road AGAIN! I mean, come on, why keep teasing that when you’ve told us she is obviously not the mother…k I digress, because there were just having a bit of fun with us. Those crafty devils.
- The Awesomeness Poster. Not just that, finally a view of Barney’s office this season! If you haven’t noticed I’ve got a thing for Barney’s office posters. I’ve made conformity, perfection, awesomeness, a suit-up poster… And I’ve got some more in the works. It’s an obsession I know. Sorry for the plug, it’s what pays for the site.
- Monty and Moo-Moo’s commentary on drug use. Fun Fact…highest rated episode of Monty & Moo-Moo ever.
- I wonder if that was Ranjit’s cab. Where is Ranjit anyhow…or Carl, or Wendy? Come on.
Legendary Lines
Barney: Hey, I’m planning a white wedding. Tell me Billy Idol, is it a nice day for that?
Barney: Stay out of this, Brigette Nielsen and Dolph Lundgren from Rocky IV
Marshall: Why is Ellen DeGeneres in our bedroom?
Marshall: Chicks don’t wanna bang cab drivers?
Barney: Chicks DO NOT wanna bang cab drivers!
Robin: This just in… is what Marshall Eriksen is about to say to his wife as he attempts to impregnate her.
Ted: Let’s just say there were a few senior citizens who pretended to drown on my watch…and sadly one who did.
Don: Before I met you I had given up on everything. Relationships, career…pants.
The Wrap-Up
So I’m not wild that Robin story line seemed familiar. Then again, maybe it’s just foreshadowing that eventually, things will change. While I’m happy to see Don go, I hated it that Robin put here self out there and committed to Don and then it just ended up biting her in the ass. And OMG, I’m so glad they didn’t take the other rode that was worn out and send us down yet another Ted & Robin road but instead chose to screw with us. Nice.
I love Lily & Marshall. Not so wild about the possibility of a baby, but I’m sure there are some funny stories associated with that. I mean the scenes we already got were excellent. For the record, “put a baby in my belly” seems like a horrible thing to say. Who’s with me?
While we are no closer to the mother, not even in a toying way this episode, I feel that Ted’s reminder of how everyone has changed is important. Sure some people just want the secrets, but ask yourself this…do you really care about these characters? I do, so the season finale for me was excellent. Sure it’s not the same people as in Season 1 or 2, but everything changes and I’m sticking around to see what develops.
Don’t run off, I’ve got lots of great summer plans until we get a new episode. So have you ever seen you doppelganger? Vote in our poll. But what I really want to know is what did YOU think of the HIMYM season 5 finale?
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May 24th, 2010 at 9:50 pm
I have two doppelgangers!
One is a friend’s tennis teacher in Aranjuez (Madrid, SPA). So I don’t know him. But I have another, and is a soccer player in my city team: Athletic. I have some photos with him and people think that we are brothers
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aaron Reply:
May 27th, 2010 at 9:38 pm
I’d Love to see your doppelganger photos.
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Corey Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 11:02 am
Me too! Which player on Athletic is it? Im going to guess Javi Martinez?
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May 25th, 2010 at 1:09 am
Agree with the “put a baby in my belly thing”. Made me cringe both times.
Barney!!! <3 Was so awesome! NPH juggling knives? WOW.
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aaron Reply:
May 25th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
Barney as a street preformer…now that was a funny scene!
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Aud Reply:
June 5th, 2010 at 3:51 am
I think the line “put a baby in my belly” was funny. It reminded me of when Lily got drunk and she was at Marshall’s office. She said the exact same thing there and then
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May 25th, 2010 at 12:13 pm
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May 25th, 2010 at 2:33 pm
did anybody else though that don leaving robin could a possible opening for robin to get together with barney again?
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Gustav Reply:
May 25th, 2010 at 2:34 pm
thought*
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aaron Reply:
May 25th, 2010 at 3:15 pm
I was thinking (hoping) for that at moments… instead we got the Ted/Robin tease..sheesh. I still hope it will come full circle to them again.
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Liz Reply:
May 27th, 2010 at 11:52 am
I wish. They were the best thing for each other. If they could learn to take care of themselves together. My least favorite episode ever was when they broke up.
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Jessica Reply:
May 28th, 2010 at 8:44 pm
Yeah, that episode was the worst.
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May 26th, 2010 at 10:24 am
am i the only one who roots for robin and don? i thought their chemistry is great and i’m a little sad they separated… i almost hoped he didn’t take the job… he was a jerk at first, but he kind of getting better over time… anyway, this final episode is better than i expected but this season as a whole is a disappointment… seeing how the season started where ted met his feature wife at the faculty, and lead to almost nothing throughout the season…
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Gustav Reply:
May 26th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
i think his character was a bit boring. I never could a seen him becoming a member of “the gang”. and since it is at least one more season to go, robin beeing only with him the next (the last..?) season would kind of ruin it a little bit… thats what i think, but hey
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May 26th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
When did barney learn to drive ????
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Gustav Reply:
May 27th, 2010 at 3:00 pm
Somewhere between the story that Ted tells about him trying to teach Barney how to drive (told in the “Arrivederci, Fiero”-episode) and story Barney tells in the “The Bracket”-episode when he describes how i run of with a girls car. That is if we take for granted that Barney is telling the truth in that story. If not, the next time we see Barney driving a car is in the “As Fast As She Can”-episode where he tries to get away with speeding by seducing a cop.
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aaron Reply:
May 27th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Great explanation Gustav… I should have you do some writing here. Your attention to detail rocks!
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Gustav Reply:
May 30th, 2010 at 4:34 am
thanks! id be glad! i like your texts about the episodes
May 29th, 2010 at 2:03 am
I have a doppelganger. His names justin freaking beiber. Its not fun.
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Sarahhh Reply:
June 25th, 2010 at 12:44 am
I know a guy who looks exactly like JB and he hates it. ;D
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June 4th, 2010 at 12:21 am
I had how i met ur mother in my pc for alomst months when my frn had given it to me….one day i was bored n decided to open it and check it out and now i am totally addicted to it…the first thing i do on tuesday mornings is download the latest episode…:D cant wait for season 6
I didnt like blonde ted so much here…i like his original look better…
and i love the fact that marshall and lily are gonna b parents…they wont exactly be the ideal parents(spending every waking min at the bar and all) but marshall will make an adorable father and barney a tough-outside-mellow-inside uncle:)
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June 12th, 2010 at 9:25 am
i just loved this episode…intially i thought season 5 was goin down hill..but boy, what a way to round it offf!!! good that ‘DON’ is out…just didnt seem to be a part of the gang..am sure he wouldnt have passed Lillys “front porch test”! Barney Robin gettin together is a real chance now…
just cant wait for the upcoming season 6!!!
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July 21st, 2010 at 1:23 am
what is the name of the song that is just played when Marshall and Lily decided they are ready to have a baby.(at the end)
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August 18th, 2010 at 6:08 pm
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