REVIEW: How I Met Your Mother: "Robin 101"
October 6th, 2009
I must say, the 5th season of How I Met Your Mother has started out smashingly. This week’s episode, titled “Robin 101,” centered around Barney taking a class taught by Ted, all about Robin. Ted teaches Barney everything from different facial expressions to how to distract her when she’s mad (hockey, emperor penguins), and that when Robin says “you’re an idiot,” she really means “I love you.” Anything where Barney gets to shine greatly amuses me. I loved his recurring ADD “Can we have class outside??” and when he fell asleep.
The subplot involves Marshall digging up “Mable” (a large barrel he used as a nightstand before Lily discovered her allergy to barrel resin). I especially enjoyed Lily’s line to Robin “damn girl be cool!” and when Marshall excitedly ran upstairs to look at the Bermuda Triangle (the area right outside Ted and Marshall’s apartment where they put stuff they want to get rid of) to see if anyone took Mable.
The subtleties of this show is where it really sets itself apart from other shows on television. For example, the Chinese guy auditing Ted’s class for unclear reasons. And the heartfelt advice from Ted “I’ve never seen Barney work this hard to hold onto a woman.” And of course, when Barney and Ted get caught during class. So HIMYM, you might want to think about teaching a class on great television shows.
How I Met Your Mother airs Monday nights at 8 pm on CBS.
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