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Fresh off a stint at the White House, Kal Penn popped up on How I Met Your Mother as Robin’s court-mandated therapist.  Also, is this the first episode with no voice over by Future Ted (aka Bob Saget)?

Technically, we hear Future Ted refer to the birth of Lily and Marshall’s child (where is Marshall??) but really, there is no narration at all during the episode.  So, instead of Future Ted guiding us through scenes, we are instead left with generic sitcom music and stock backgrounds of New York.  It’s strange not to have the story told from Ted’s perspective.

The idea that Robin was arrested for stopping the girl that she sent to mess up Barney’s date with Nora was sweet.  And, hopefully the first step in Robin backing down and letting Barney and Nora have a happy life.  Barney and Nora would be a great couple, despite the fact that their conversation over dinner had the opposite of chemistry.  Of course, the focus was on Robin and the blonde girl fighting outside, but it was still awful.

Barney did shine in the quest to unarm his Bimbo Delivery Systems (BDS.)  Not only did we get to see two TV commercials, and a guest appearance by Survivor’s Jeff Probst advertising Barney Stinson, but we also got two new websites to enjoy:

Stinson Breast Reduction stinsonbreastreduction.com doct...@gmail.com

The site has testimonials, links to old gags from Barney’s past identities posing as Google Ads, and a banner on top pointing to Arnie Linson.

Linson Breast Lawsuit linsonbreastlawsuit.com arnielinsonattorneyatlaw@gmail.com

 

This site is just as thorough, and the highlight is the ticker across both sites, presnting many jokes if you’re patient enough to watch it all go by.

Who knows, maybe an email sent here will actually get read by someone at the show.  At the very least, I can confirm you do get an automated response from Barney, so go ahead and email away.

Ted’s role this week was a little annoying, playing the tag-along to Marshall and Lily.  The requisite birthing class with just the guys was hard to watch.  But, Ted’s sock-on-the-door gesture at the end was sweet enough to make up for it.

In case you missed the screengrabs from the halloween costumes, here are all of them.

Spoonfuls (Thoughts in Smaller Portions):

1. You’d think Batman & Robin & Alfred would include Robin

Maybe that’s why they didn’t show a picture of that Halloween costume.  It just wouldn’t make sense.

2. We’ll Be Seeing Dr. Sonia Again, For Sure

She’s in the scene with Lily when she gives birth, so Vicki Lewis (from NewsRadio fame) will be back, “just a little bit.”

3. The Ducky Tie Was Back

After last week’s Ducky Tie bet, how could it not be?  I wonder how he gets out of this, because Barney can’t keep it up all season.