Relatedly, I watched the HIMYM pilot last night. I'm excited to catch up on this show, although I'm sad about being spoiled for the latest squee. But I was spoiled for "Casino Night" too. It's hard to avoid MAJOR SQUEE.

I hope Toby isn't really going to Costa Rica. I hope it was just one of those things you say when you really mean, "Oh, God, I just screwed up bigger-than-big time and wish the ground would just open up and swallow me whole because otherwise I'll have to deal with the fallout on Monday and I'm embarrassed out of my skull already."

I'm not sure Jim is becoming Michael. Though Michael himself gave a hint of that a few episodes ago (before the writer's strike) when he told Jim that he'd once thought of DM as a place to stay for a couple of years, then move on (after Jim has said the same thing a number of times). While Jim didn't fight Ryan on the idea of transferring the data, he at least came up with a method that minimized inconvenience for the rest of the office. And when they found the gate locked, Jim tried to solve a problem instead of assign blame to everyone except himself. (On the other hand, I'll only really believe the argument I just made if Hank arrives on Monday morning to find, say, a gift certificate to one of the nicest restaurants in Scranton, in an amount sufficient to cover dinner for two.)

On "How I Met Your Mother" was the end part supposed to imply that Ted and Robin were living together a year later?

Something like that.

My thoughts were that they were teasing us that Ted and Robin are living together living together, but that really Lily and Marshall moved out and Robin moved in as a roommate.

lunda - that sounds like what it will turn out to be. What was the estimate for how long it would take for Marshall & Lily's apartment to be done?

I don't know... Robin and Ted didn't seem able to live together compatibly when they were a couple, so I don't see why they would give it a try as platonic roommates. Doesn't Robin strike everyone as a bit too independent to get into that sort of situation?

I thought Ted was unhealthily upset with Barney over the whole thing. While I can see some weirdness arising from that sort of situation, enough time (and intervening boyfriends and girlfriends) had passed that I don't think it constitutes a big betrayal. I also think Stella should take Ted's over-the-top territorial/jealous reaction as a major warning flag, since it implies he still thinks of Robin as "his."

I thought Ted was unhealthily upset with Barney over the whole thing. While I can see some weirdness arising from that sort of situation, enough time (and intervening boyfriends and girlfriends) had passed that I don't think it constitutes a big betrayal. I also think Stella should take Ted's over-the-top territorial/jealous reaction as a major warning flag, since it implies he still thinks of Robin as "his."

See, I didn't think Ted's reaction had anything or much of anything to do with whatever feelings he may have for Robin and they had everything to do with seeing Barney for what he is and realizing that's not the kind of person he wants in his life.

All I know is, I can't believe they went there with the X-Box line.

See, I didn't think Ted's reaction had anything or much of anything to do with whatever feelings he may have for Robin and they had everything to do with seeing Barney for what he is and realizing that's not the kind of person he wants in his life.

I think after what happened at St. Patrick's Day, Ted's gotten tired of Barney's antics. Also, Ted's probably pissed at what he sees as Barney reducing Robin to just another conquest, when she's supposed to be his friend. (I don't think that's what it was for Barney at all, but I think that's what Ted would see.)

As for the living together, didn't they say in an earlier episode that Robin ends up traveling the world? Maybe in the intervening year, she took an assignment out of the country and decided it would be easier to share a place with Ted than pay for a whole apartment she wouldn't be in.