How I Met Your Mother: Life Among The Gorillas
I told you I was going to hate Robin; how dare she make a move
on Ted when he's so vulnerable! That harpy! What I meant to say was, good episode. Not great, but good. Once again
How I Met Your Mother demonstrated why it is the perfect sitcom for the generation it's characters hail from,
Marshall had to make some tough decisions about what he wanted to do with his life, who he wanted to be and why. Not
only did they show cover both sides of the coin, but it also did so with its normal flair of humor, respect and
understanding. On with the show!The show started out with Marshall preparing for his new internship that Barney helped him lock down last episode. As soon as he gets there though, Marshall realizes that it's just a repeat of high school with the cool kids versus him the nerds. At Barney's nudging, Marshall changes his personality to "become" one of the tribe, but he quickly loses himself in the change. Marshall's unwilling to get "out of character" even at home with just Lily, something she takes great offense to. I really liked this because I thought, once again, that this was a very real world approach to this situation. You always hope that you'll grow out of the "wanting to hang with the cool kids" phase from high school, but the truth is, for most people, you never do. I like how it took not only Lily's pain but also Ted's (completely opposite) advice to get Marshall to snap out of it.
My problems with the episode lie with Ted. In the past I've said that it's been great how they've built up his supporting cast, and I continue to stand by that, but enough is enough. I'm ready to hear more about him. The last episode that was devoted mainly to Ted was the wedding episode where he met Victoria! For the past four or five episodes he's been the side-story and the castaway, and you do need that every now and then. But being a side-story causes episodes like this to lose some of the emotional punch because although Victoria was around for 4 episodes, we really didn't learn too much about her. All that we know is that they felt a "connection"-- I want to know more. It does look like this is going to be remedied shortly with Ted and Robin moving to the front burner again. This could lead to a decent amount of drama on the show, and even some split along the lines of the friends, so I'm looking forward to this. Let me know what you think.
Barneyisms of the Week:
"Excuse me, rockupied"
"I'm the best there is really, but it's the true samurai that lets his sword rest in its scabbard."
Marshall: "There's a motivational poster for 'Awesomeness'"
Barney: "Yea, I had it made"
Featured Songs:
"Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap" by AC/DC
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart" by Elton John and Kiki Dee

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