It turned out, the whole episode took place in Ted's head as he sat in the bar alone and friendless. And it included several possible shorter- and longer-term future scenarios, all of which turned out to be imaginary.
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Jesse - Mar 26, 2013 7:00:14 am PDT #6543 of 8624
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
-t - Mar 26, 2013 10:23:18 am PDT #6544 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That was all disturbing, in the sense that it made me feel like Ted is much more fucked up than I had previously thought, but then his last time-travel scenario was "if I could go back to that night for real I'd go see your mother" which probably sounded sweet as a concept but, seeing it on screen, it played out as way creepy.
Jesse - Mar 26, 2013 10:24:17 am PDT #6545 of 8624
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
SUPER CREEPY.
-t - Mar 26, 2013 10:35:14 am PDT #6546 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I almost think they are setting us up for some kind of St. Elsewhere type twist.
sj - Mar 26, 2013 10:49:58 am PDT #6547 of 8624
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
I almost think they are setting us up for some kind of St. Elsewhere type twist.
My prediction is that when the show ends the mother will have died and Ted will marry Robin.
-t - Mar 26, 2013 12:08:50 pm PDT #6548 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I could see that being where they are going. Although, what about Barney?
askye - Mar 26, 2013 12:14:27 pm PDT #6549 of 8624
Thrive to spite them
I can't remember where it was but I read the theory the whole thing is Ted's lonely dream.
sj - Mar 26, 2013 12:42:20 pm PDT #6550 of 8624
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
-t, divorce? Barney dies too? I just get the sense that the writers regret that they wrote themselves into a corner with Ted and Robin and they'll try to fix it in the finale.
-t - Mar 26, 2013 2:37:48 pm PDT #6551 of 8624
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You could be right about that.
sj - Mar 26, 2013 2:38:24 pm PDT #6552 of 8624
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
And now that I have actually seen this week's episode, I think there are two things in it that support my theory. The idea that Barney will be on his fourth wife in 20 years and the fact that if Ted could go back in time, he would go back and meet their mother earlier to have more time with her, indicating that maybe he has already lost her.