How I Met Your Mother - Season 6 (US) [**Spoilers**]

Also Starring LeVar Burton

Clareman wrote: »

I was too busy spotting bing and the windows logo, actually I've noticed that in a lot of shows recently, they seem to be putting it on the back on all monitors in a lot of shows now

really? I honestly didn't notice any of that. I'm not very perceptive at the best of times, but I really don't see all the product placement in US shows, that people complain about, with the exception of Subway in Chuck, but I think that's done really well and I think it can add to the show.

iguana

That was dreadful.:(

Morgans

Clareman wrote: »

I was too busy spotting bing and the windows logo, actually I've noticed that in a lot of shows recently, they seem to be putting it on the back on all monitors in a lot of shows now

Xbox also.

opr

Dying with the Flu and thought a few laughs might cheer me up. Feel even worse now, one of the worst episodes ever!

Opr

S.M.B.

I've no problem with the use of product placement in US shows as long as it's somewhat natural. It's a perfectly acceptable revenue stream for shows in this modern day of illegal downloading and Tivo imo. I can't really complain that all I have to put up with is an apple logo on the back of a laptop or a glimpse of Bing within in a show compared to those who have to sit through the endless advertisements which fund the shows production.

What I cannot forgive is the shows downturn. Not a single smirk throughout the entire episode. I think I'm done with it at this stage.

FreudianSlippers

S.M.B. wrote: »

I've no problem with the use of product placement in US shows as long as it's somewhat natural. It's a perfectly acceptable revenue stream for shows in this modern day of illegal downloading and Tivo imo. I can't really complain that all I have to put up with is an apple logo on the back of a laptop or a glimpse of Bing within in a show compared to those who have to sit through the endless advertisements which fund the shows production.

What I cannot forgive is the shows downturn. Not a single smirk throughout the entire episode. I think I'm done with it at this stage.

Yeah, product placement is fine once it's either subtle or hilariously obvious (a la Chuck and 30 Rock).

If they can make enough money of PP (which they can) to not worry about online viewing and illegal downloading then I'm happy.

Not that I illegally download anything... I just have amazing magic pigeons.

Redisle

Yeah, wasn't great really. Seems to have gotten quite stale. Earlier seasons were far better. Will probably keep watching regardless in hope of improvement, especially since it is just 20mins.

opr

First episode I really enjoyed and laughed out loud at in ages.

Opr

FreudianSlippers

Yeah pretty good episode. Thought at first that blonde girl was the mother. May still end up being her tbh.

Basq

The blonde girl was Cameron from 'House'

FreudianSlippers

basquille wrote: »

The blonde girl was Cameron from 'House'

never got into House myself

Frisbee

Ok episode, enjoyed the restaurant scene with Marshall's interior monologue and the locker room scene at the end.

"Dude, seriously, this is a locker room."

Otacon

Otacon wrote: »

I think they are trying to imply that it is Robin's wedding and throughout the season you will wonder who the groom is. Obviously they are hinting at either Barney or Don, but I thought that the friend they were racing to could also be a possibility now.

So, my hunch was... wrong. Oh well.

Good episode, some funny scenes throughout. Loved the bedroom bit with Robin and Lily criticising Marshall. For some reason, Barney is getting less funny, can't quite put my finger on it.

don ramo

Otacon wrote: »

So, my hunch was... wrong. Oh well.

Good episode, some funny scenes throughout. Loved the bedroom bit with Robin and Lily criticising Marshall. For some reason, Barney is getting less funny, can't quite put my finger on it.

we need more of barney in the mornings, getting girls out, and him mocking canada,

im liking this season but we need the mother, just to have ted date someone for a year and after the year him telling the kids thats when i knew that she was your mother, and boom we find out who the mother is and we actually know her, you know the final line of the show will be and thats how i met you mother,

Clareman

I think it's time for Barney to get a girlfriend so we can see him adjust to that type of life

Otacon

Clareman wrote: »

I think it's time for Barney to get a girlfriend so we can see him adjust to that type of life

He's done that already with Robin... and it was not that funny.

He is at his best when he is single and loving it TBH.

pickarooney

Barney needs some chick to pop up pregnant or a rampaging STD.

Clareman

I know he was with Robin, I meant with someone outside the group so he could pretent to be normal

pickarooney

This week's was really funny.

Old Barney

had me in knots.

Otacon

"Let's play telephone. I have the string and you have the cans!" Classic Barney.

Very good episode overall.

pickarooney

This is going to sound horrible, but I'll say it anway - Cobie Smulders is back to being as gorgeous as ever this season.

She's smuldering hot, in fact.

allanb49

Is no one watching this now,

Thought last nights was quite good with The Captain and Barney and Robin touching stuff. And nice to have a Ted centric episode.

FreudianSlippers

Pretty funny episode tbh. I quite enjoyed Barney & Robin touching things.

Cobie is a fox.

don ramo

allanb49 wrote: »

Is no one watching this now,

Thought last nights was quite good with The Captain and Barney and Robin touching stuff. And nice to have a Ted centric episode.

i think the half hour comedies arent really talk about to much here, you constantly have to scroll through pages and pages of threads to find some of them,

only the top top shows that are cool to follow or hated are discussed, unless they have dedicated sub-forums, or an extremely chatty fanbase

HIMYM is good for a few laughs each week, but the actors in the show aren't locking whores in closets, or rolling cars off cliffs in real life, so you wouldnt get much discussion about the show,

is it me or has jennifer morrison gone down hill since leaving house, and she didnt look as hot as usual in here evening gown, didnt really seem like the same actress in any way at all,

jubella

I thought this week's episode was very funny!
All the innuendos in Robin's show had me in stitches :pac:
And now we know who's wedding it is

pickarooney

jubella wrote: »

And now we know who's wedding it is

Punchy? Seems like a total cop-out.

jubella

pickarooney wrote: »

Punchy? Seems like a total cop-out.

But we know Ted is the best man at the wedding and it'd be a bit of a coincidence if there was another wedding this season that he was best man at! So it has to be Punchy's. The wedding at the start was obviously just trying to get us to speculate about who's it was. We already know that the show loves red herrings!

Otacon

pickarooney wrote: »

Punchy? Seems like a total cop-out.

jubella wrote: »

...red herrings!

...hence, cop-out.

After the producers said that the season opener was a 'game-changer' as well. It feels more like a middle-finger to the fans, moreso than it has in the past.

The episode was OK, but the actual 'Beaver Song' just wasn't funny.

allanb49

Don't think it will be his, misdirection me thinks

Bacchus

allanb49 wrote: »

Don't think it will be his, misdirection me thinks

I agree. The show loves to mess with your head like that and is constantly misdirecting. It could well be Punchy's wedding we see at the start of the season but it's not set in stone yet and there's a lot more of the season to go.

pickarooney

It could be a game-changer in that he invites the blonde activist wan to the wedding after she gets divorced and they hook up and live happily ever after.

don ramo

pickarooney wrote: »

It could be a game-changer in that he invites the blonde activist wan to the wedding after she gets divorced and they hook up and live happily ever after.

somhow i cant see the blonde activist also being in that class he accidentally thought,

maybe his future daughter will be the mother, now that would be very surprising, think, shes in her mid twenties now, and sure shed look a lot like the mother seeing as the mother is her mother, i dunno how many eps she could be in though seeing as shes now in nikita,

amacachi

don ramo wrote: »

somhow i cant see the blonde activist also being in that class he accidentally thought,

maybe his future daughter will be the mother, now that would be very surprising, think, shes in her mid twenties now, and sure shed look a lot like the mother seeing as the mother is her mother, i dunno how many eps she could be in though seeing as shes now in nikita,

Lindsay Fonseca? MMMMMMMMM.

don ramo

amacachi wrote: »

Lindsay Fonseca? MMMMMMMMM.

yeah thats her couldnt think of the name,



mmmmmmmm

Daysha

Otacon wrote: »

After the producers said that the season opener was a 'game-changer' as well. It feels more like a middle-finger to the fans, moreso than it has in the past.

How is it not a game-changer? After 6 seasons, we learned WHERE he met the mother. Not at McLarens or at school, but at a wedding. That's pretty big tbh.

On that point, I assumed going on that episode that that's the day he met the mother for the first time. Hence anybody he meets in the meantime, Zoey included, can't be the mother. That said though they are spending a lot of time on this Zoey arc, so she must be linked to it all in some way.

don ramo

Daysha wrote: »

How is it not a game-changer? After 6 seasons, we learned WHERE he met the mother. Not at McLarens or at school, but at a wedding. That's pretty big tbh.

On that point, I assumed going on that episode that that's the day he met the mother for the first time. Hence anybody he meets in the meantime, Zoey included, can't be the mother. That said though they are spending a lot of time on this Zoey arc, so she must be linked to it all in some way.

yeah but whos to say we havent already met the mother, but she was a friend at first, then he fell in love with her, and then married her, and thats when he knew she would be the kids mother,

madrab

I wish they would just drop the whole mother meeting thingey and rename the show "How i met Barney"

iguana

madrab wrote: »

I wish they would just drop the whole mother meeting thingey and rename the show "How i met Barney"

We already know how they met Barney.

Agent Smith

don ramo wrote: »

yeah but whos to say we havent already met the mother, but she was a friend at first, then he fell in love with her, and then married her, and thats when he knew she would be the kids mother,

I swear, if he ends up married to robyn, i'll be so so pissed

allanb49

Agent Smith wrote: »

I swear, if he ends up married to robyn, i'll be so so pissed

Won't be cause it's said in a few episodes aunt robyn has kids now, but she wasn't always like that.

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Could the activist one be his future sister in law?

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Hannah is his wife, Zoe's daughter in law.

jubella

allanb49 wrote: »

Hannah is his wife, Zoe's daughter in law.

But Zoe had a toy turkey to give to Hannah? I'm inclined to think that would make her a bit too young for Ted. It's possible though I guess since Zoe's husband is a lot older.

Loved this week's episode probably because I loved Lost! Laughed so much when "blitz" shouted out 4 8 15 16 23 42!!

don ramo

jubella wrote: »

Loved this week's episode probably because I loved Lost! Laughed so much when "blitz" shouted out 4 8 15 16 23 42!!

yeah that and the "i was on that island for long":D everyone loves hugo

was also harlarious when they went to barneys apartment and his cooker was made of cardboard,

must say that episode really made me like zoe, i can see ted ending up with her, sure her husband must be in his 60s if not 70s, he might drown while out on his boat,

this show has really gone up a few levels this year, it was getting a bit stale the last season or two,

pickarooney

don ramo wrote:

sure her husband must be in his 60s if not 70s

Not quite...

Ted wrote:

I was distracted by the four-carat diamond your 53-year-old husband bought you.

allanb49

I've heard the captains real surname somewhere in the series before, I'm still going with my original assumption

FreudianSlippers

I liked the Thanksgiving episode!

Jorge Garcia was good and the random number: 4815162342

FreudianSlippers

This weeks episode was weird. Some good parts, but overall a bit boring. Thought the thing about not remembering the fight properly was totally stupid.

Basq

Terrible episode..

.. shame after the excellent Thanksgiving episode!

anonwondering

what channel is this on please???

pickarooney

The Mermaid Theory made absolutely no sense. In what parallel universe is Robin not gorgeous?

The misremembered fight was just stupid and unfunny.

hynesie08

pickarooney wrote: »

The Mermaid Theory made absolutely no sense. In what parallel universe is Robin not gorgeous?

It's not that she's not hot, the theory is that eventually if you spend enough time alone with a girl you will want to bang her. Plus there was already the episode where marshall couldn't admit any girl was hotter than lily so it made sense for him.

The misremembered fight was just stupid and unfunny.

I agree it wasn't the best, but this show has a knack of taking insignificant scenes out of context and bringing them up later (the goat fight, the wedding bride)