I'm torn... I loved that the show finally addressed what an utter fucking asshole Barney is (as a fictional character, I adore him, but the few real-world variations on him I've encountered--fortunately, very few--have been extremely nauseous individuals) and I loved Lily's dogged insistence that he make some attempt at reparation, but I'm still kind of squeamish over how the women he nails and forgets are portrayed, and the way Ted, Robin and Marshall talk about them makes me like them a bit less.
I think what my daughter's trying to say is: nyah nyah nyah nyah.
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
Comedy 1: A Little Song, a Little Dance, a Little Seltzer Down Your Pants
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JZ - Apr 01, 2008 8:02:26 am PDT #600 of 8624
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Vortex - Apr 01, 2008 8:04:56 am PDT #601 of 8624
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
The episode did mention his blog at least once.
He's mentioned his blog in other episodes.
the way Ted, Robin and Marshall talk about them makes me like them a bit less.
I think that they tried to address that with the beer and the brackets. First, they totally refused to be involved, then the beer got them.
-t - Apr 01, 2008 8:06:59 am PDT #602 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I especially loved the Doogie Howser reference at the end.
That's what that was! I got that it was a reference, but I didn't know to what.
-t - Apr 01, 2008 8:11:19 am PDT #603 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
First, they totally refused to be involved, then the beer got them.
And then they were all depressed by the horribleness by the time they got to the Final Four.
Vortex - Apr 01, 2008 8:12:19 am PDT #604 of 8624
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
lisah - Apr 01, 2008 8:28:34 am PDT #605 of 8624
Punishingly Intricate
I watched the first part of the new Sense and Sensibility last night after HIMYM and realized Willoughby is Regency Barney!
sumi - Apr 01, 2008 9:07:38 am PDT #606 of 8624
Art Crawl!!!
Bwah!
Kate P. - Apr 02, 2008 2:13:44 pm PDT #607 of 8624
That's the pain / That cuts a straight line down through the heart / We call it love
I'm still kind of squeamish over how the women he nails and forgets are portrayed,
You know, I'm generally okay with the portrayals of the women he sleeps with, and the way he talks about them, as a totally over-the-top joke, but when he said "I think I actually sold a woman once," that crossed way over the line for me.
DavidS - Apr 02, 2008 4:34:18 pm PDT #608 of 8624
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
but when he said "I think I actually sold a woman once," that crossed way over the line for me.
Yeah, me too. That was close to the jump-the-shark moment in Seinfeld when they were so cold about the death of George's fiancee.
Kevin - Apr 03, 2008 8:24:22 am PDT #609 of 8624
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
Did anybody else completely miss the announcement that NBC are putting together an Office spin off?