In
the last few episodes Barney has been dating the one person who
annoyed Robin the most, Patrice. Robin is told by Ted that Barney
plans to propose to Patrice and is devastated by the news but chooses
to stay by Ted for his big night. Being the good guy that Ted is, he
does not accept that Robin is allowing the man she loves to get away
from her and drops her off at the World Wide News Building (where
Barney is waiting). There she finds a trail of rose petals with the
final page of the PlayBook
and the truth is revealed: the whole thing was another one of
Barney’s tricks. Then he proposed to her! Although, Lily and
Marshall have not been crucial to the storyline they spent their
first night away from Marvin at Ted’s celebration but find it’s
hard to be leave their son. This was one of the best episodes of the
whole series and finally moves the story forward.
Robin
sends a text message to all her friends giving the good news that she
is engaged to Barney. Ted, who is still at his celebration (for being
the youngest architect to design a New York City skyline) is notably
still very much alone. When are we going to meet the mother already?
With
a wedding in view, Barney and Robin have to begin planning and Lily
is already on it as she pulls out her wedding folder. Little did she
know Ted also wants to help and has already chosen a date (May 25,
2013). However, Lily has other plans for Robin’s wedding she wants
the band that she and Marshall had wanted to play at their wedding.
Ted wants to hire a DJ and secure it, he books Lily’s band on the
day of the wedding. As Ted gives this whole protest speech about
bands at weddings, his real feelings about Robin’s engagement is
revealed.
During
this time, Robin discovers that Barney has not asked her father for
permission to marry her and insists they meet so he can ask. Scary as
imagined, her father says no and Barney tries everything until he
gets a yes out of him.
Concern
about her friend, Lily invites Ted on their roof to confront him
about his feelings. "Robin shouldn't be with Barney. She should
be with me," Ted said to Lily. Ted explains that all the pain he
has suffered over the years (this is shown in a hilarious montage of
scenes where Ted is punched, attacked etc) does not add up to what
he felt the moment he found out about the engagement. Considering Ted
always assumed they would end up together after Robin warmed to the
idea of kids and settling down. Lily explained also that sometimes
she found being a mother difficult and wished she could just pack her
bags, and leave.
Later
Ted runs into Cindy (Rachel Bilson) whom he use to date/roommate of
his future wife and she tells him her ex-roomate is in a wedding band
(one of best in the area). Fastforward to the future and you see Ted
at the wedding watching the band on stage.
It
was nice to see that even all the group has been through, they are
friends who are loyal and even though the writers are dragging the
show on. How
I Met Your Mother
has kept the comedy going and charm in the process.
Review by Jessica Tisdell
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