Monday November 28, 2005
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After being forced into knocking back five shots, so he will stop thinking, Ted goes on a partying rampage. The next morning he wakes up with a woman in his bed, but he does not know who it is. So he turns to his friends to try and piece the night together and work out who the woman is in his bed.
Write a Recap »Oh my gosh, HIMYM is getting better by the episode. This episode definitely did have a bit of a weak start, and I guess I got my wish: The writers aren't focusing so much on Ted's love life. SO they can focus on amazing plots like these. This reminded me of The Hangover, the situations are identical. Ted turns his brain off for a night and takes 5 shots, he ends up getting drunk. He wakes up the next episode with a pineapple, a sprained ankle, and a girl in his bed. Again, like I said before, this show has an amazing talent at tying there plots together like bows. We learn what happened to Ted, person by person, scene by scene. The journey there was hysterical, counting on the fact that this was probably one of the funniest episodes I have seen. Even with all the comedy and craziness, the writers managed to squeeze in a plot about Robin/Ted, and it looks like Ted is having problems moving on from robin, since he drunk dialed her many times, I liked how Robin felt the need to confront the situation for what it is, head on. I felt kind of bad for Trudy though, the girl Ted really slept with. An amazing hilarious episode.
After Ted overdoes it during a night out on the town, his friends help him to put together the pieces of his antics the next morning. With the encouragement of his friends, Ted decides to let his hair down for a change and ends up having a fun and adventure-filled evening. However, now the problem is that he can't quite recall everything that transpired over the course of the evening and now he must rely on his friends to fill him in on the night's misadventures. I love this show it's just too Awesome. I love the scene at the start, I love the way they think the bartender is a vampire. I love the way Barney is so forward, 'are you going to put out'. I love the way Barney and Ted, hilarious, there scenes are always the best. I love the way Barney, Lily and Marshall are saying 'drink, drink, drink', Hilarious. I love the whole storyline, the way they have to tell Ted what happened. Drunk Ted is hilarious! I love the phone conversation with Ted and Robin. Ted is hilarious, singing to Robin. Wow. Barney is hot in that tub. I love the way Ted comes back to Barney. I love the way everyone is shocked about somebody is in Ted's bed. I love the scene with the phone conversation with Carl, talking about what happened to him. Ted goes back to the bar again. I love the way Ted is the whole way through the episode. I love the way the girl in teh bed is Robin, and Barney wants a high five, hilarious. The fact that it's not even Robin. I love the way Marshall wants to know about the pineapple. I love the scene with Ted and Robin. I love the ending.
Best episode ever. Drunk Ted is so funny, not that regular Ted isn't funny but drunk Ted is hilarious. He has so many great lines. for example "I'm glad that someone appreciates the fact that I am doing and not thinking, now I don't think I won't not go to the bathroom." "How easy do you think it would be to sneak into the zoo? I need to see some penguins like right now." "hello Robin its Ted. Hi Ted. Hello Robin its Ted." so funny. I also love Marshall's obsession with the pineaple, "dammit Trudy what about the pineaple! My favorite episode of the series
I was laughing so hard, I was crying. hide show
This episode is so creative in the timing and writing. After seeing episode after episode of Ted over thinking every situation, it was awesome to see drunk Ted, and the repercussions. As usual Barnie, Lily, and Marshall was at the top of their game. Favorite Quotes:
Barney: "It's like what is he going to do next? I don't know but I want to find out"
Marshall: Ted you do tend to over think, maybe you should over drink"
Ted: "Robin, did I ever tell you that I am vomit free since '93?"
Robin: Well I am on a, wow did you say since '93. That is impressive"
Ted: "Robin you are a great woman, and a great reporter. You should be on 60 minutes. You should be one of the minutes!"
This is another of my favorate episodes ever, the show once again uses the mystery format, this one slightly similar toward the plot in Hichcock's Spellbound which was about a person remembering his lost time. Ted of course has one of those common drug trips and he can't remember what happened during that time he was drunk so his friends have to fill in the blanks. The Pineapple of course is pritty much the Maguffin device in the episode so it doesn't really matter where he got it, as usual it's what happens around it that counts the most.
The non liner style in the episode really made the episode all the more intreging, where we saw point B we just want to know about point A. I found myself asking how did he get that burn spot on his coat, what about that writing on his arm, but most of all who the heck that girl he slept with is. But most of all it was a little more about repressed desires that most of us keep inside but have trouble letting out we just need the key, for Ted alchol shots were that key. Ted as his friends state has always been rather tight and I'll admit it was a joy just seeing him in his drunken state, he was basically a wild and crazy guy. From those calls he made to Robin which were colorfully crazy but sort of also told us something about the fact he still has feelings for Robin. The funnest moment would have to be the Karaoke singing, which was hillarous and he did pritty well till he fell flat on his face. But we also see that Ted hasn't really moved on, in the final scene of the episode he is talking to Robin and stating that he's moved on and wants her to meet the girl he has hiding in his room only to discover that she ditched out on him out and of course Robin doesn't really believe him and is left alone in the end. So, in a metaphoric way despite going out with other girls Ted is still psycholigically and physically alone, because Ted hasn't truely left. Lost time doesn't just make you miss out on a portion of your life but it leave you alone.
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