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HIMYM Season 7 Music
- Rivers and Roads by the Head and the Heart (end of the episode as Robin cries & Ted says something stupid)
…notably this is also the song from the final episode of a great TV show called Chuck. True Story
Secondly, Tonight we got not only a funny episode, but one that moves us down the path. What we still are guess at is where that path is going… and why in the literal hell we need to visit the Ted & Robin thing… again! If there is one that annoys me about HIMYM is when people compare it to Friends*… but if there is another it’s how many times we bring up Ted & Robin even though we know from day one that she isn’t the mother. However, this is the first time in a while I haven’t cursed at the tele when it happened. Honestly, it’s annoying, but I do get it. At least I think I do. You see to me this is a stepping stone in what Victoia and Old Ted foreshadowed in Ducky Tie. Otherwise I have no explanation for why HIMYM writers would drag us back down the Ted and Robin road… well, or they could be sadist. The question is…how long will we roll down this road?
*quick note on my Friends comment. yea, I get the comparison & I’m sure we can more more from before Friends & more after. That’s great, bla bla, hooray. Who cares.I’ll explain more some other day but let’s just cut this short by saying it annoys me.
I’ll take the end of this episode as well as a farewell Kevin (Kal Penn)… I suppose we could see him again. Goodbyes aren’t always final considering Trudy, Victoria & even Marshall’s dad who consistently makes returns from beyond the grave. Kevin’s proposal, though… this is why you don’t release too much info about the new episode…Thanks to wikipedia the shock was gone for me. This is one time that SOPA would have helped… joking. SOPA would never help…though I do suggest using SOAP.
The new face tonight is Quinn played by Becky Newton who you may know from Ugly Betty. I feel like she is a nice (and attractive) addition to HIMYM for now, and I feel like it’s for a while since Neil Patrick Harris just tweeted this is the first of many episodes. Loved the moment at the end of the episode…and that does make it even more surprising that Barney didn’t recognize her considering her place of employment.
Marshall & Lily had a very small part tonight…at least that’s how much I noticed them. Though the future shot of keeping score with a kid was funny and scary. this left Barney with the bulk of the funny lines. And it also brings to question… what do we really know about Barney?
I digress, what did you think about tonight? 
Legendary Lines
Marshall: It’s important to never keep score…
Barney: The little engine with wood.
Barney: I think I can get laid, I think I can get laid.
Barney: Epic…wait for it… Dairy. no, Wait that’s not right…how do I usually say it.
Ted: Last week I went on a date with a girl whose favorite band is Glee.
Barney: Ted, when I was at MIT my favorite einstein quote was, God does not play dice with the universe.
Ted: Too skanky?? It’s the Drunk Train. You crossed out all the stops and wrote Vaginaville
Moments of Awesomeness
- top thing things on Marshall and Lily’s wedding night. Epic.
- Enormous Penis Syndrome… who knew the former Surgeon General had that?
- 16 years together for Marshall & Lilly… nice
- Experimental Drama reminded me of Lily’s off off off Broadway show.
- Legendary! Who wouldn’t say that…Well…Epicdary is nice too.
- Did Barney really go to M.I.T.?
The Re-Return
Quinn is complaining about Barney just as much as she did about him… PLUS! turns out he should recognize her since she “works” at the Lusty Leopard. And her stripper name is…. wait for it… Karma.
Lingering Questions
- Am I the only one who hates it when they toy with Robin & Ted still? where do you think this is going?
- Does the drunk train exist?
- What do we really know about Barney?
- What did you think about Quinn? What part will she play long term? Karma?
Anyone know that last song when Ted and Robin were on the roof?
The ending was hilarious. The rest of the episode was good. I’m pretty glad Kevin is gone, he was bringing down the show. Interested in where they go with the whole Ted+Robin thing. Obviously there won’t be anything long term happening, but a quick marriage and then bitter divorce could be fun (even if a bit too Ross+Rachel).
I missed that ending part what were they saying about Barney?
Great episode – but I am also curious as to the song at the end. Someone please post some song info!!!
This episode was intense. All the individual stories were great but with that ending, I feel like it’s setting the show back again.
*possible spoiler alert*We can all agree that while we’d love to see Ted and Robin get back together, how does this affect the future of all other relationships? Nevermind Ted and his future wife, but what about Barney?
Quinn was introduced and I admit, she fit in quite well with Barney, especially with the end reveal of her profession. What’s always confusing to me is whether the writers are just using misdirection or is it actually going to be a promising future for Barney. The most interesting part of the whole episode is the fact that Barney does not know about Robin’s breakup or the fact she can’t have kids which could be used as a big reveal for Barney’s feelings in the next coming episodes.
I guess the way I see it Barney is still going to end up marrying Robin, but then again this show has always kept us guessing.
What happens next? I think it’s all going to come down to Barney’s decision whether to go for Quinn or Robin and the conflict it would present with Ted given his new/old feelings for Robin.
Enough theories. This episode was great. That’s all that really matters at the moment.
btw: NPH just tweeted that this is the first of many episodes for Becki Newton aka “Quinn” so let’s go crazy with theories for her.
With this new Ted+Robin thing I really don’t think the wedding is Barney and Robin’s anymore. If it was, how is Ted the best man (ie. never invite an ex to a wedding). But at the same time, Robin asks Ted to be her best man whenever the time comes when she gets married. Ahh! Not cool Ted+Robin, not cool.
song was Rivers and Roads by the Head and the Heart.
The ending actually did make me laugh out loud… I’m so glad all the waiting for plot development has paid off! You kind of know though that after a few dud episodes there’s going to be a major payoff, and I LOVE Becki Newton!
I think this episode was very important to the series as it defines another huge turning point for “the gang”. As we seen throughout this series pretty much starting when Ted was left at the alter, his belief in “the one” and settling down has been increasingly become more and more a source of frustration and pain. Not only that but he is starting to feel his age. He sees his two best friends get married, move out to a house and getting ready to welcome a baby, moving them further away from the group. While Barney is also becoming more capable of pursuing a real relationship. Ted feels lost.
In episode of “The Ducky Tie” we find the reason why Ted will never be able to truly be with someone else in the answer of Robin. Robin was Ted’s first potential candidate to be the mother of his children. Despite breaking up, they remain “friends” and always hang out. But as Robin pointed in the “Shelter Island” there will always be something between them. The Ted+Robin relationship is overall confusing for both character because not only do they live together, they hang out all the time thus, never really getting the chance to get over each other. They also find comfort in knowing that if Robin ever changed her mind about marriage Ted will be one of the top choices or is the top choice.
As Ted wrote in the “Twin Bed” episode, “until she’s ready “. So now that Robin is ready, that’s why Ted confessed his feelings again. Of course, its possible that Ted is simply feeling lonely.
*possible spoiler* As Carter Bays has said in the interview for the next episode it explores the Ted+Robin relationship so they can re-evaluate themselves because it has been almost five years since they broke up, and neither have really gotten the things they really wanted. Ted hoped to be married in five years and Robin wanted her life to be an adventure where she’ll go and travel around the world.
Despite being a hardcore Ted+Robin fan, I love how realistic this series is. I believe Ted and Robin do not get back together, but Robin leaves and Ted just figures something else out.
If Barney goes after Quinn perhaps it will help him see the benefits of committing to a relationship. Having a girlfriend who’s job is taking off her close for other people’s entertainment might shock something inside Barney that pushes him back into wanting a monogomous relationship. Perhaps it will be timed with Robin and Ted working through their issues and once that crumbles Robin and Barney will be ready to go after each other again. Who knows but overall I did not like Ted professing his love for Robin at this stage in the story line but a stripper playing Barney was hilarious and well deserved.
Pretty great episode and a return to form as HIMYM usually does after a particularly awful episode. This one felt very season 1 and 2 and made me think of the very early season 1 episode “Sweet Taste of Liberty” where Barney and Ted fly to Philly just to meet women on the plane.
I’m glad to see that most people aren’t complaining about Ted pulling a Mosby on Robin at the of this one. Like Kevin’s proposal, it’s meant to feel a little out of place, a little awkward. Ted’s lost and doesn’t know what else to do. He wants love. It’s sweet, but misguided in this case. I can only imagine this will likely split the gang up somehow or force Robin to move out of the apartment at the very least. It’s a big episode in the grand scheme of things.
I liked the episode and it was much better than the previous 2. Granted, the Ted admission to Robin is a bit over the top and we know that Robin really doesn’t love Kevin… at least not like she loves Barney. Both she and Barney are doing things way out of character and maybe this is a sign of how messed up they really are right now. Once she and Ted figure out it is really over between them, you’ll see her attention start to turn toward Barney. Barney will continue to go nuts over Quinn (who I think was very good) and that story line will continue for a while. I am still confident that Barney and Robin will end up together.
The drunk train does exist… as a former Long Islander/NYCer, I’ve heard many a story (of course never with as much harshness as HIMYM gave it). There are most certainly an extreme number of drunk individuals on the 2am train from Penn Station though.
Rivers and Roads by the Head and the Heart
It’s Robin. It’s always been Robin. The show is called How I Met Your Mother, not How I Met My Wife. Ted’s loved Robin since day 1. Robin can’t have kids. Ted is telling his adopted children how he met their birth mother.
The show is not going to end with Ted meeting a new character and simply saying and that’s how we met. With this much intrigue there’s a twist. Why is it the craziest thing in the world that the kids call Robin Aunt Robin? She’s not the mother. That doesn’t mean her and Ted don’t end up together.
Ted says that Cindys room mate is their mother. If she is the surrogate for Robin, why would she enact musicals with their breakfast food and paint robot pictures that are hanging in Teds house? Im sure Robin and Ted will not end up together.
fingers crossed!!!
I am from LI. The drunk train most certainly exists
It’s impressive to me that you are Ted & Robin fan but still see the clear signs and messages that Robin will not be the mother/person who Ted marries.
And also, love your thoughts on this. I said something similar to a friend before you posted this. Good job on beating me to the punch on posting!
I honestly don’t mean this question in a mean way but do people actually read the top of the episode posts or the Season 7 HIMYM Music Page? I also post it on facebook and twitter.
If you just missed it (like people do EVERY WEEK!) what can I do to make it more clear?
On a nicer note…what a great song, right?
good to know… are the people actually as attractive overall as HIMYM portrays? Or is that just beer goggles at work?
I could let it go with just what @c38f6c33e3ecaa2787a9b3ea7929fcbd:disqus said but there are so many more things that prove this. It hasn’t been Robin since the first episode and they have shown it over and over again, despite die hard Robin/Ted fans not wanting to believe it.
I honestly admire your commitment to the cause, but the fact remains that Robin is not who you want her to be… but she is EXTREMELY important to the story… otherwise it wouldn’t have started there.
Please see my comment above
ur dumb. That can’t happen, everyone would be pissed off and the writers would get shot by angry people.
hold on a sec. No need for name calling. While I don’t agree, I love the fact that she (I’m assuming that @30b08fe450459d1a8ed5179ad5d9c746:disqus is a chick btw) stands by her opinion… even if it is on the internet with a certain degree of anonymity. 😉
In the “Keeping Scores” flashforward, it looks to me that Marshal and Lily are back in their appartment. Does anyone felt the same?
I was shocked when Ted told Robin that he loved her, I dont like them being together…i see no chemistry there…they are like brother and sister :/…but this step may be really important for this serie and for the finale episode I think…
As a long islander, The Drunk Train does exist. It’s usually the 2 something out of Penn Station going to babylon.
on another note, Am I the only one who feels that the proposal from Kevin came too quick. I was honestly thinking if that were going to happen that it would happen towards the end of this season.
Also I feel the same for the Ted and Robin relationship that It just came out of nowhere. I know it’s been hinted at, and I know Ted has a tendency to blurt out the I love you, especially with Robin, but still I feel as if it came out of nowhere. Am I the only one?