Technology has advanced a lot in several years. Seriously. Social Networking, and smart phones and the rise of texting. Even the internet in general. None of this stuff was around/popular in the early 00's. It's crazy. That's why I'm glad that tonight's HIMYM started with a flashback to a similar time: 2005. It also used the information era for one of it's big stories this week, as Ted tried to go on a date with a girl without researching any info about her ahead of time, but Barney and Robin had other ideas. We also saw Marshall and Lily try not to find out the sex of their baby, while Kevin (Robin's therapist boyfriend) couldn't stop himself from looking at the group's serious mental issues. This all led to a solid episode, that was a step up from last weeks.
So Ted meets a girl and decides he wants to go on a date with her, except he doesn't want them to google anything on each other before hand. The girl quickly agrees to this, which concerns Barney and Robin who always do background checks on Ted's dates, ever since accidentally finding out that one used to be morbidly obese. So Ted dates this girl, but can't think of anything to talk about, except menu fonts. Luckily the girl also can't think of anything to talk about. Meanwhile Barney and Robin research the girl anyways and find out something surprising, that they feel Ted should know. Ted attempts to resist, but gives in and finds out that this girl is incredibly smart, wealthy, heroic, and accomplished. The girl realizes Ted looked her up, when he becomes obviously intimidated by her and slowly loses coherent speech. Ted regrets looking and decides from now on, he'd rather have mystery over history.
Meanwhile Marshall and Lily have an envelope with the gender of the baby, but they refuse to open it. So they paint the nursery a gender-neutral yellow (which Lily hates), while Barney pesters them to let him find out the gender of the baby. They eventually cave and let Barney and Robin find out, before deciding they want to know for themselves. But Marshall changes his mind last second and throws the card with the gender on it out the window. That should be the end of that (assuming Barney and Robin never slip up), when the paper gets stuck to Ted's shoe later and the gender is displayed for all to see: Boy.
Between these two plots, we see more of Kevin (Robin's therapist boyfriend), as he gets alarmed with and later points out all of the gang's disturbing mental behaviour (among other things, they're co-dependent, and meddle in each others lives far too much.). He takes on the role of the "Real Person reacting to TV characters", that pops up from time to time in television (Like Frank Grimes on Simpsons. Or Todd on Community a couple weeks back.). The pointing out of the gangs various mental issues is pretty funny, and Kevin is put to good use this week, eventually just muttering some funny asides as Lily says she hates the yellow colour they're using, while he's painting (That's what you want to hear", he deadpans, though he's never told to stop). All in all, this was another solid week of How I Met Your Mother. We didn't get much progress in any of the main storylines (other than the baby's gender of course.), but we had a good time, and that's what matters.
Grade: Awesome! (Good)
Memorable Moments
-We get another flashback to Robin's traumatic childhood, as her father drops her in the Canadian wilderness and makes her fight her way back to civilization for 3 days.
-Barney: “They’re six minutes into the date. Ted’s probably already told her that he loves her!”
-One of the gangs issues: Survivor Guilt (Lily watched Survivor without Marshall.)
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