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How I Met Your Mother: Woooo!

by Joel Keller, posted Nov 17th 2008 11:54PM
HIMYM: Woooo!
(S04E08)
Man, I hate Woooo! Girls. And I'm pretty sure Bays and Thomas hate them too.

I mean, why would they devote an entire episode to them, then use them as a vehicle to demonstrate how both Robin and Ted (a WG by proxy) are currently single and rudderless in their lives? It was a nice little switcheroo, though; you go from being merely violently disgusted by the WGs at the start of the episode to really feeling sorry for them by the end. Oh, and rooting for that girl with the crush on Lily's friend Jillian to get her wish. But that's just me talking...

This wasn't a particularly memorable episode, but like most HIMYM episodes, even the average ones have their moments. And, no, none of them had anything to do with Sad Ted and the route he took to getting the job designing the new GNB tower. Sad Ted's not a fun Ted to watch, and Happy Ted ain't all that much better. No, the moments revolve around the other folks in the Scooby gang this week:

-- The Woo rhymes between Lily and Robin when Lily discovers her friend's Wooish tendencies. It was like watching an Abbott and Costello routine written by Dr. Seuss:

L: I heard you woo.
R: Saw who woo?
L: Saw you woo.
R: I didn't woo!
L: You did too!
R: That's not true!
L: Your nose just grew.

-- Robin on being Jillian being Wooish: "Maybe she just observes the High Holidays, like Mardi Gras and Spring Break. Maybe she's just a cultural Woo."
-- Barney's sprint out of Ted's apartment when Marshall tells him that there are Woo Girls around.
-- Marshall leaving Barney out to face the wrath of the pigeons. Heck, just throwing empty beer cans at them would be enough, but then he betrays Ted just to sit in that T. Rex building built by SVEN?
-- The SVEN collective really looked like NPH in triplicate, didn't it?
-- Marshall talkblocking Robin, even though he knows exactly what she was talking about before he showed up. That yeast infection must have been rough on Sherbatsky.
-- Jamie-Lynn Sigler as the head Woo Girl.
-- Lily in a tiny fire hat instead of a tiny cowboy hat.
-- And, of course, the Best Barneyism of the week: his treatise on the impact of Woo Girls on the economy: without them, the body glitter, souvenir shot glass, and stretch-Hummer rental industries would go out of business. Maybe not the same impact as GM going bankrupt, but at least the WGs wear those cute little cowboy hats. And who wants to hear just "Brown-Eyed Girl," anyway?

It just seemed like Bays/Thomas could have done better with the Woo Girls, didn't it? Given the disdain they had for them ("I've never had a second date!" "I cry in my shower!") and the near-universal hatred most men have for them, it could have been pretty fertile ground. Oh, well. Swing and a miss, I guess.

How I Met Your Mother' Photos

    Actor Neil Patrick Harris arrives in an Audi to the Entertainment Tonight Emmy Party at the Disney Concert Hall on September 21, 2008 in Los Angeles.

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    Presenters Kristin Chenoweth and Neil Patrick Harris on stage at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the NOKIA Theatre on September 21, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

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    Presenters Kristin Chenoweth and Neil Patrick Harris on stage at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards held at the NOKIA Theatre on September 21, 2008 in Los Angeles, California.

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    LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 21: Presenters Kristin Chenoweth and Neil Patrick Harris speak onstage during the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre on September 21, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Kristin Chenoweth;Neil Patrick Harris

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    LOS ANGELES, CA - SEPTEMBER 21: Actor Neil Patrick Harris (R) and David Burtka arrive at the 60th Primetime Emmy Awards held at Nokia Theatre on September 21, 2008 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** David Burtka;Neil Patrick Harris

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    Actor Jason Segel attends CBS Comedies

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    Actress Cobie Smulders attends CBS Comedies

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    Actress Cobie Smulders attends CBS Comedies

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    Actor Neil Patrick Harris attends CBS Comedies

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    Actress Alyson Hannigan (R) and her husband, actor Alexis Denisof attend CBS Comedies

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kadir

please tell me.. what was the song name and singer name about episode wooo... like a r&b style ?

November 27 2008 at 7:46 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
borgetas

I really liked this episode, but it wasn't my favourite though, I still prefere 'Intervention'.
I loved the parts when Robin is talking to Lily and then Marshall shows up and figures out what they're talking about....that was awesome!
I also loved the part when Ted draws something (and we think it's the building) and then Barney describes it like: 'Ted, this is amazing! The detail, the shadind, the playfulness of the lines...this is exactly the way Princess Lea would look like topeless'
I LOVE this show, keep on the great work!

November 19 2008 at 7:42 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Leigh

I done see why everyone loves this episode... I liked it but I think the best episode was intervention...

Robin- Dear Marshall,

I do not like that stupid hat,
I want to beat it with a bat.
Or maybe stab it with a fork,
It makes you look like such a dork.

HaHaHa

November 18 2008 at 7:37 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Tim Miller

I agree with JOE that maybe we saw the mother in last night's episode. I don't particularly remember the girl JOE's talking about, but I think maybe Jillian, the head woo girl might turn out to be the mother. I think Jillian might be the girl JOE's talking about and it's obvious there's something there because she wanted to have a 3some with him and her friend who is secretly in love with her.

November 18 2008 at 5:49 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joe Lewnau

I think we might have seen the "mother" last night. The girl who was looking for Ted was also the one who mentioned "I dont think I will ever be a mom." in her woo. She has dark hair and looks alot like the girl whom Ted bumped into last season at the club where he found the umbrella. I dont think Old ted said anything because he hasnt "met" her yet he has just been near her and dosnt know it.

November 18 2008 at 2:55 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Suetu

Let me add my voice to those caling this the best ep of the season. This was one of my favorite episodes ever. It just made me laugh.

November 18 2008 at 2:23 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Nino

By far the best episode of the season. I feel that this episode is the first one of the fourth season that compares with the first three seasons.

Also, like Joel said, loved when Barney checked out Robin's ass, although I percieved it as a move every guy who's trails a group would do when he sees a hot girl.

November 18 2008 at 10:58 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
G.R.

did anybody else notice that we finally found out what Barney was doing for work? At least somehow.

However, I kinda liked this episode. It really had some very great moments (like the "Fire Marshall" worde play ;)) or the discussion at the beginning:

Barney: "This is the last moment of Marshall and me in competition for the title of Ted's best friend."
Ted: "Marshall is my best friend."
Barney: "Exactly - it's a tie!"

And it was good to see something about Ted's architectual work, we didn't see that in a while. Also funny to see Bilson again. And the SVEN group was really weird.

Anyone else missing Robin on Metro News One?

November 18 2008 at 10:46 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Joel Keller

Oh, crap. I meant to say "collective." That's what late night typing gets you. Fixed it.

November 18 2008 at 10:02 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Sigma982

I liked the fact that the SVEN Collective was bored with the conference call and decided to break into push-ups.

A few good moments and entertaining in general, but a bit stale. Not the best (by far), but not really the worst either....

(by the way, the push-ups scene was just OK...just wanted to correct Joel on the Collected/Collective thing!) :)

November 18 2008 at 9:57 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply

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