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Something Blue

Season 2, Episode 22, Aired May 14, 2007

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It's still Marshall and Lily's big wedding day but now we're at the reception. Robin tries to tell a story but keeps getting interrupted. Barney tries his hardest to figure out Ted and Robin's secret.

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Mark Cirillo

Waiter
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Gary Kraus

Wedding Videographer
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K Callan

Grandma Lois

Neil Patrick Harris

Barney Stinson
Josh Radnor

Ted Mosby
Jason Segel

Marshall Eriksen
Cobie Smulders

Robin Scherbatsky
Alyson Hannigan

Lily Aldrin

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Ted and Robin share a secret to Barney at the wedding reception.

8.0

"Great"

By pudgebyrd722, May 09, 2012

Marshall and Lily are now husband and wife but as they try to dodge family members in order to get some food, the main storyline shifts to Ted and Robin who try their best to keep a secret but you know Barney. We all know Barney. They have no other option but to share without Marshall and Lily finding out. Before I start, I really liked the continuity in this episode as it showed and explained scenes from the past. It turns out they've been broken up for a couple of weeks and Robin has expressed her interest in going to Argentina for the summer. So she goes. And Barney shows his good side by comforting Ted at the end, which I really loved with the last line being Barney saying, "This summer is going to be Legen... wait for it..." And while I'm not the biggest Ted and Robin fan and I still wish Victoria would somehow turn out to be the mother, I found the breakup very sad, but still making for a good season finale. Marshall and Lily after their reception at the restaurant was great, and Ranjit driving them to the airport was the icing on the cake.moreless
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We see part two of Lily's and Marshall's Weding Day. Barney finds out that Robin and Ted are hiding a secret and does everything to find out what it is. And yes it's a huge one.moreless

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By wonderwoman87, Sep 07, 2011

This episode was legen (wait for it) dary 

The main plot was Robin and Ted's secret. And throughout the episode we were led to false conclusions. And this is what's "How I met your mother about". There were great jokes about Marshall and Lily and a fantastic finale for Ted and Robin. For me as a Robin and Ted Fan it wasn't the end I wanted to see, and I was really really unhappy about the outgoing of the whole secret. But this is how it's got to be.
We see a parallelism to the season finale of season 1. We saw a united Marshall and Lily and separated Robin and Ted. In some kind it was great that they stood through without any big scenes without someone of the both trying to kill themselves because of the break up. They were at the point where they started. Trying to be friends but hardly able to be it. I'm interested someone new will be introduced in season 3 and if we will met Ted's future wife. I hope they won't kick out Robin but I doubt it especially because I see something coming up. The old Ted always talks about Uncle Barney and Aunt Robin so I'm excited if this is what it's going to be.

All in all a great episode which makes the time till season three even longer.moreless
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Lily and Marshall have their wedding reception.

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"Perfect"

By Jon_MW_14, Aug 17, 2011

"Something Blue" is an awesome How I Met Your Mother episode and wonderful season finale. This episode is about Lily and Marshall's reception. I love how Lily and Marshall haven't eaten anything and they are starving. It's funny how every time they think they have the chance to eat, someone is already coming up to them and starting a conversation and saying congratulations. In this episode, I love how it reveals that Robin and Ted have some news but they can't tell anyone because it's Lily and Marshall's day. I love how Barney is obsessed with trying to get them so to tell their secret. I love how they reveal they broke up with a flashback with Robin thinking Ted was proposing to him and Robin giving a nasty reaction. I give this episode a 10/10.moreless
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A fantastic finale to a fantastic season, featuring everything I love about HIMYM.

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By AntiPolly666, Jun 19, 2011

Something that never fails to amaze and impress me in a television show is respect for continuity. Referring to previous episodes or referencing past events or continuing threads that broke off earlier make for excellent prizes for the consistent fan and How I Met Your Mother, particularly in this latest season of number 2, does it and does it right.

What with the last few episodes of the season featuring various points throughout the wedding of Lily and Marshall all sewn together to create a seamless tapestry of awesome, I found myself looking forward to each new episode to fill in the holes left open previously. Like the sauce all over Ted and Robin.

As for Ted and Robin's story, not only did it have some great twists and turns leading up to the final revelation, it, like the show consistently does amazingly, maintains hilarity amidst the real drama and pain. And for that, I love love love this show.

And that ending, with Barney's key line?

Brilliant.

Can't can't can't wait for season 3.moreless
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Throw away the paper, throw away the mail. This is by far one of the most touching episodes of How I Met Your Mother to date. Everyone who watches knows an episode is either heart-based or humor-based. This one was definitely a heart-based episode.moreless

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"Perfect"

By Demophoon, May 08, 2011

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From the beginning, we all knew Ted and Robin weren't going to make it, didn't we? Quite literally, in fact. In the pilot episode, Ted is recapping all of the episode and he tells his kids that he was simply, "Too close to see the puzzle." He finishes by saying, "And that, kids, is the story of how I met your Aunt Robin."

Whether that was a marketing ploy or fantastic writing isn't the topic. The fact of the matter is that we were rooting for Robin and Ted from the beginning. We hoped against what we knew was reality, we hoped for the impossible; a continuity error, a head-fake from future-Ted, something that would maybe ruin the plot but keep Robin and Ted together. That's just the allure of Ted and Robin; they're the manifestation of the "Impossible Love."

Ted and Robin relate to Barney at the reception what had happened in the past couple of weeks behind the scenes of the other episodes. Ted and Robin are having dinner at the in which they had their first date (in the pilot). At first, Robin mistakenly gets a glass of champagne with an engagement ring it. She immediately responds with, "No, no no no no no, Ted you cannot do this to me. No no no." Ted explains it was not his and a man behind Robin takes the ring, proposing to his girlfriend. Robin, relieved, tries to laugh it off, but Ted is not so cavalier. He is wounded by the fact that Robin reacted so heatedly. He says that it sounded like he was trying to set her on fire rather than propose. He asks Robin where she wants to be in five years and she reflects the question back at him, to which he replies he wants to have a family. Robin says he wants to be in Argentina and wants to live adventurously. Ted says solemnly, "We have an expiration date, don't we?" Barney interrupts by stating his disbelief that they broke up, but Ted says the story isn't over. They return to the past and Ted is asking the waiter for a check when the waiter recognizes him from the time he stole the Blue French Horn. They try to escape, but trip over a bus boy. The employee holds Ted's credit card and driver's license until they bring back the horn.

They return to Robin's apartment and Robin takes down the Blue French Horn as they speak about Argentina and their future. Ted says they should move to Argentina in a fool-hardy attempt to save the relationship, blinded by his desire to be with Robin. Robin agrees and Barney interrupts again with another shot of disbelief.

Ted says the story isn't over. Robin stops them and says that she doesn't want to do "this" to Ted, that kids were never a part of her plan. She says that if she was going to have children, she would want to with Ted. Barney sees Robin not drinking alcohol and believes that she's pregnant. Marshall and Lily cut their cake and leave the reception. Ted tells Barney that the story isn't over.

Ted says they should probably return the horn and Robin goes to change, but Ted says she isn't allowed, that they both have to go with the spilled food over them. Robin says she has a change of clothes and Ted doesn't, telling him jokingly to suck it up. Ted remarks jokingly that if they had moved in together, his stuff would be there. The reality hits them again and their levity breaks.

Ted asks, "We're not doing this, are we?" And Robin says she does not want to have KIDS in Argentina. Ted says he doesn't want to have kids in ARGENTINA. Robin asks, "So where does that leave us?"
Ted replies, "Well, we could stay together and pretend this stuff together. Or, we could give back the blue french horn." The blue french horn takes upon the symbol of their relationship.

Robin smiles sadly as she reminisces.
"You stole the blue french horn for me," she says wistfully.
Ted's body relaxes and he smiles faintly, looking into the eyes of his lover's breaking heart. He leans close and tells her, "I would have stolen you a whole orchestra." Robin breaks down and lays her head on his chest as he holds her, The 88's Acoustic song, "No One Here" plays softly in the background. After two seasons of Ted being in love with Robin, their love story finally comes to a close. Finally, the hopes and logical fallacies we all had for Robin and Ted overcoming the powers of writers and foreshadowing, of being together against all odds are laid to rest as well. For, as life will show us time and time again, some people are just not meant to be together, no matter how strong their love for each other is. This is called "The Impossible Love."

Barney, flabbergasted, confirms with Ted that they did break up and then that Robin isn't pregnant. Barney asks if they're okay and Ted says, while it hasn't been the easiest two weeks of their lives, they're okay. Future Ted says that, while they were broken up, they both got what they wanted. He said that, for the most part, if you're completely honest about what you want in life, life gives it to you. He walks out to the balcony with Barney, who candidly says that he's sorry about Ted and Robin. That, while he joked around about wanting them to break up, they were really good together. Ted says she just wasn't the one and Barney groans, telling Ted not to start talking about the one again. Ted shakes his head and says he needs a break from that and wants to have fun for awhile, to which Barney's ears perk up. He says Ted will need a wing man and asks if he could be it. Ted says he does and Barney grins, saying, "Yes! Ted, my friend, it's going to be legen- wait for it!"

The show ends. In the midst of a heartbreaking separation, the writers manage to pull off an ending with enough hope to leave us satisfied. This was one of the bestmoreless
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- Robin doesn't like kids, and that even was the reason she and Ted broke up. Yet she walks off to dance with the little boy at the end of the episode.
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- When the proposal takes place, the bride-to-be has her left hand over her mouth the whole time, therefore the groom-to-be must have placed the ring on her right finger.
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- The proposal in the restaurant was authentic. Tim Russo asked one of the writer's assistants if he could visit and propose to Jana Rugan on the HIMYM set, who then asked Carter Bays and Craig Thomas. They accepted. To keep Jana unaware, the first few takes had a different person announcing it was his ring; after a code phrase, Tim stood up and announced it was his, and then proposed to Jana. Jana's acceptance had to be dubbed in post-production due to her being overcome with emotion at being asked.
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- In Single Stamina, Ted and Robin are shown dancing together, despite the fact that the scene takes place after this episode (as indicated by Marshall referring to Lily as his wife) and therefore are broken up. The scene from Single Stamina was written to be vague enough that they could either be together (as judged from the dancing) or broken up (as the point behind the episode is that couples don't stay out late, and Ted and Robin stayed out post-Marshall and Lily).
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- Robin: Wait, I can't do this to you. I want to go to Argentina, but you want to have kids. Ted: Oh, right, because there's no kids in Argentina. On Santa's map there's a big X over Argentina.
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- Robin: I'm a journalist. My career could take me anywhere, and I hope it does. Ted: I'm an architect. I could go anywhere, too. They have buildings in Argentina and Paris. And even Tokyo; I don't know if you ever saw Godzilla, but he wasn't knocking down a bunch of tents.
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- Lily: Oh... does it make you kind of sad that we don't share the same last name? Marshall: You know, in a totally evolved 21st century kind of way, a little. Lily: Oh... you know what we should do? We should come up with a whole new last name. Marshall: Oh, that's easy. Lily and Marshall Skywalker. Lily: Lily and Marshall Hasselhoff. Marshall: I got it! You ready? You ready? Lily: Yeah? Marshall: Lily and Marshall Awesome. Have you met the Awesomes? Marshall, Lily, their son Totally and their daughter Frickin? (Both giggle) Lily: I love you, Mr. Awesome. Marshall: I love you, Mrs. Awesome.
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- Ted: Alright, have fun in Scotland. See the Loch Ness monster, tell him Ted Mosby says, 'What's up?' Marshall: Nessie is a she, Ted, come on.
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- Barney: You'll be at home with the kid, while I am out awesome-ing. All over the place. (turns to Robin) And you gonna be fat.
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- Robin: You stole the blue French horn for me. Ted: I would have stolen you a whole orchestra.
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- Ted: Okay, time to get the horn back to the bistro. Robin: Oh, Ted, I don't know if I can go again; that tuckered me out. Ted: Not a euphemism.
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- Barney: Getting married, having kids, it's all a mistake, a horrible horrible mistake. Videographer: Gawd this guy's giving me nothing.
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- Barney: This is going to be legen- wait for it... To be continued
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- Videographer: Anything you want to say to the bride and groom? Barney: Don't get married. Videographer: I'll come back.
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- Lily: (giddy) I just had four strawberries. Ted: Was there a side of champagne with each of them? Lily: (burping) Yes.
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- The German episode title is "Kinder oder Argentinien", meaning "Kids or Argentina". The French title is "Les Poupées Russes", meaning "The Russian Dolls". The Italian title is "Fine di una storia", meaning "The End of a Story".
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- International Airdates: Czech Republic: February 10, 2010 on Prima COOL
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- Awards and Nominations: This episode won the 2007 Emmy Award for Outstanding Art Direction for a Multi-Camera Series. This episode was nominated for the 2008 Excellence in Production Design Award for Television - Multi-Camera Television Series.
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- Music: "No One Here" by The 88; "Sea Green See Blue" by Jaymay
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- Ted and Barney's end dialogue is reminiscent of the ending of nearly every Boston Legal episode. Both times two main characters are drinking whiskey while smoking cigars on a balcony summarizing the events past.
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