Awesome: As usual, most of the episode was really funny.
• There’s a documentary entitled “True and Real Ghost Stories of the Supernatural”.
• Barney arranged for doves to be flying overhead as they leave the wedding. But Robin’s family members planned to shoot guns at this time. And everyone knows shooting blanks is super un-romantic.
• All the favors the friends have done for each other with “no questions asked”. Most notably the time when Marshall had to save Barney from Macy’s when he…had an accident, tied with the time when Marshall had to pick Barney up from the hospital after he swallowed real versions of the lucky charms.
• On the topic of pooping, one of Barney’s doves does just that in Ted’s glass of expensive brandy.
• Lily’s hotel room is horrible (that’s weird, haven’t they already been there one night?) but what’s even worse is the concierge staff. On the bright side, this whole part is funny for us!
• Ted writes a really deep letter to a girl he just met at the drug store and signs it “forever yours”. Now, that’s true love.
Ehh: A few parts that are basically the ideal time to hit the bathroom. Even more ehh are the parts not even listed.
• Barney and Robin have a dmc (deep, meaningful conversation) about the fact that they don’t work together. I’m not their couples therapist for a reason (hint: it’s because I don’t care about any of their actual problems). And, if they were real people instead of characters, man, they would have a lot of problems.
• It was funny that Ted was the ninth person Marshall called to ask for help. Even so, it’s kind of hard to believe that they have that many friends—ehh.
Scary bad: Some parts of the episode were so bad, that it was actually scary that the usually awesome writers of this show put that stuff in.
• Room 13 is supposedly haunted, who could’ve guessed? Actually, this might have been funny if it wasn’t so clearly a forced Halloween thing.
• Marshall confesses to Lily that he accepted the judgeship. She responds by saying that although she doesn’t believe anyone ever died in room 13 (neither do we) soon enough someone will. Then, there are some flashes and thunder noises. It was so horrible, no snarky comment does it justice.
• As a general rule, unless it’s Halloween for the characters, nothing needs to be Halloween themed. It’s not scary; it’s just bad.
Next Week: Apparently, The Mother returns! And Halloween will be over. Thank God.
