The Leap

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As his 31st birthday nears, an all-nighter to try to get business has Ted realizing he may need to pursue another career than architecture. Meanwhile, Marshall tries to get him up to a rooftop surprise party.
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  • Ted versus The Goat.

    9.0
    "Superb"
    By Jon_MW_14, Aug 27, 2011
    "The Leap" is an awesome season finale for season 4 of How I met Your Mother. I love how it's Ted's 31st birthday and he finally comes up against the goat. I love how the goat beat him up. I love how he decides to take the job at the university. I love how Barney and Robin keep trying to reveal their feelings for each other, but when one does, the other feels the complete opposite. I love how all the characters take that leap at the end of the episode. I love the ending of this episode with finding out that Ted's future wife is the students in the class he teaches. I give this episode a 9/10.moreless

  • Ted's 31st birthday is finally here.

    9.2
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    By Canogaparkcindy, Jul 07, 2011
    Well this season definitely had its ups and downs, and in this case the season finale was an up. Robin & Barney finally confront their feelings for each other after a whole season of what it seemed like endless waiting. It is mentioned that Marshall has wanted to make "the leap" of jumping over to the other building since it had a hot tub. So when Ted's 31st birthday comes around, Marshall is ready to make the leap. And we finally get to see what happens with the goat! After last year's tease, we finally get to see the goat beating up Ted, and Ted getting in a fight with it. It was unrealistic, but I'll let it slide counting on the fact on how funny it was. Robin doesn't feel the same way Barney does, so she tries to "Mosby" him, by saying she loves him. He rejects her, than she rejects him, and it goes back & forth for awhile until they finally share a kiss. I'm glad Barney went to Ted first for approval, which was really great of him. I finally understand why bumping in to Stella and Tony lead to Ted meeting the mother. Tony suggested teaching architecture. When Lilly helps Ted come in to realization that teaching is what Ted needs to do since he was compared with the goat and the washcloth. The goat wanted the washcloth, and Ted kept taking it away. Just like Ted wants to be an architect, but the world keeps taking it away. Turns out the world was trying to take it away for a reason. The mother was in his class, which ends his plot this season. It all makes sense now though. By the end Ted makes the metaphorical leap, and Marshal and everybody else makes the literal leap to the other building. A nice season finale that didn't need a big cliffhanger for it to be good, it was good on its own. It still got me excited for next season. It was a long year, and I can't wait for the next regardless if this season was a roller coaster ride in my liking.moreless

  • Bad bad bad bad bad

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    By Prieure, Feb 10, 2011
    Was anyone else hoping they would fall during the leap? As someone who is around one year younger than Ted is supposed to be, there is now very little on this show that rings true. Why would four 30 year olds want to risk death just to trepass on a neighbours roof? It doesn't mean anything, it's just stupid and far too immature for characters of this age. The goat, what was that about? It was meant to be far more important than that surely. Now Ted's future wife is going to be one of his students, give me a break. Aren't there laws against that sort of thing?
    I watched this one straight after the episode before and my rating should count as the combined total. Yet again we had a 30 year old man whining about meeting the one, I don't know any men of that age that are so self obsessed and neurotic. Go through life like that and you will end up ruining every relationship that does not come up to some crazy ideal. Oh hang on this is sitcom land we know he meets the one, I think this is me done with HIMYM, after 4 years, maybe I'll watch the episode where the mother is revealed just to see how much of a let down it will inevitably be. What is really sad, a funny show like Arrested Development can get only 3 series and get treated like s*** by it's network, and pap like this seems to go on for ever.moreless

  • We finally found out what the goat does only to be left with a very average end to a very average season.

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    By huntercal, Feb 10, 2011
    This season essentially ends with Ted proclaiming that it was the best year of his life. All I can say to that is that at least someone felt that way because as a whole this season has been a real let down. Last season was aguably the funniest thing on TV that year but as this season has progressed any potential from last season is truely gone and I am worried about the future of this series.

    This week Ted struggles to get his hat shaped rib house design in on time as he has no inspiration for the job at hand. Meanwhile the rest of the gang are trying to throw him a surprise birthday party for his 31st birthday. For that night Lilly has brought the goat along to stay in the apartment as they party on the roof. But when Ted refuses to go on the roof he has a long running tussle with the goat that culminates in the goat kicking Ted's butt! Meanwhile Robin over hears Ted and Barney talkng about how Barney is in love with her, she is freaking out as she doesn'tknow how to handle it. Marshall suggests that she should "Mosby" it profess a love for Barney that will force him to back away which works until Lilly "spills the beans" on that plan and Barney's feelings come back. This leads to Robin and Barney confronting one another for some predictable results.

    The final arc in this ep was Marshall and his dream to jump from Ted's roof to next door's roof as he has been planning to do for years. All the time he is too scared to do it and he is just begging for someone to tell him to get down from the ledge. Eventually Marshall sucks it up and takes the jump to much jubilation and the rest of the gang join him on the other roof.

    This ep gives Ted's encounter with Tony two eps ago a little more gravitas but at the same time leaves you with very little to go on for next season. Ted becomes a professor at Columbia University and you now know that Ted's future wife is in the class but with over 200 people in it that's not saying much. Most shows this season stated poorly but recovered as the season continued but sadly HIMYM didn't do the same. The 5th season has to hit the grou running come September if it wants to have the viewership it currently has to continue.moreless

  • Just AWESOME !

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    By Yasser-24, Jan 19, 2011
    what i can say about this show !! and this Great Great Touching ending ! . i really loved it . it had everything I had been hoping it would .
    - Barney is just so damn FUNNY !! - Roben was a FUNNY and HOT ! - Mrashell oh God i just love evrey time ! - Ted we Fianlly ganna see the Mother ! Note : why all the ppl wanna see the mother so fast ! tred this show like Frineds , Senifeld and any other show ! jsut let it GO ! it's running too GOOD ! . and i really can wait for the next season ! .moreless
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    • In the scene of "the leap" we can see that both Barney and Ted wear nice black shoes with their suits. However, when they actually jump we clearly see them wearing sneakers, and as soon as they land on the other roof they're wearing nice shoes again.

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    • Lily: Screw the plan. I thought I'd be a famous painter. Marshall thought he'd be an environmental lawyer. Robin thought she'd be a TV reporter. Robin: I am a TV reporter. My show airs every morning at 4:00 AM. Lily: Is that still on? Good for you. Robin: Someone, watch my show! Lily: Barney thought he'd be a violinist. Barney: Lily! Lily: Don't tell me things!

    • Future Ted: That was the year I got left at the altar. It was the year I got knocked out by a crazed bartender, the year I got fired, the year I got beat up by a goat—a girl goat at that—and damn it if it wasn't the best year of my life. Because if any one of those things hadn't happened, I never would've ended up in what turned out to be the best job I ever had. But more importantly, I wouldn't have met your mother. Because, as you know, she was in that class. Of course, that story is just beginning.

    • Marshall: (after making the leap) I did it! Lily: Baby you did it! Marshall: I can do anything! Lily: Yes, you can! Marshall: I'm getting a motorcycle! Lily: You absolutely are not!

    • Lily: (to Ted) Listen to what the world is telling you to do, and take the leap. Marshall: You're right. You're absolutely right. I love you Lily. (runs off to take the roof leap) Lily: Oh, no, a metaphorical leap, not a phorical leap!

    • Barney: So, what do you think of Robin? Ted: I really need to get to work, so... Barney: Great. Say you and I went suit-shopping, and you happened upon a beautiful suit—a beautiful Canadian suit, double-breasted. You try it on, but it's not exactly the right fit for you. So, you put it back. Then I try it on. I don't really want to take the same suit that you had your eye on, but at the same time, I really like that suit. Ted: Buy the suit, Barney. You clearly care about it. Tell the suit how you feel.

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    • The German episode title is "Der Absprung", and the Italian title is "Il salto", both exact translations. The French title is "Le grand saut", meaning "The Big Leap".

    • International Airdates: Australia: July 13th, 2009 on Channel 7; Germany: February 20, 2010 on ProSieben; United Kingdom: May 20, 2010 on E4; India: September 27, 2010 on Star World; Czech Republic: December 1, 2010 on Prima COOL

    • Music: "Prophets" by A.C. Newman; "Murder Train" by the Foreskins

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    • The scene where Ted calls Lily about the goat is similiar to the scene in Ivan Reitman's 1984 film, Ghostbusters, where Venkman first sees Slimer in the hotel and calls Ray about it.

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