By Dash
I think I'm missing something from this weeks episode as I really don't understand the title. I'm not sure where it fits in to this strange but hilarious tale of the gang. Maybe someone can enlighten me in the comments.
The episode starts with Marshall and Lily getting excited over the house that has been given to them and are considering different ideas to do with it (my personal favourite is Chimp Sanctuary), they then return home to find that "their big lovely apartment...shrank" of course it just seems smaller to them, but the set has actually been made tiny and allows for some funny moments as they try to squeeze past all the furniture.
It moves on to future Ted explaining how Barney and himself were going through some bad times due to girl problems and deciding that maybe girls were not for them. I wasn't too sure about this episode at this point, turning them both gay even for an episode would have been a terrible move, pretty much just making a joke out of homosexuality, something I'm sure Neil Patrick Harris would not be happy with. Though thank fully the two of them quickly realised they still liked girls as one walks by the booth and they check her out.
But the guys are still unhappy with waiting around for finding the right girl and want to start a family without all the hassle of a wife and decide to adopt a kid, because men should be able to have kids on their own...like sea horses. So in a 'lets buy a bar' moment Ted says those fateful words that all guys never say "maybe we should start a family together" and so Bro-Parents are born.
While this was going on Marshall and Lilly were waiting for a sign from the universe to let them know if they should move to Long Island. Robin was calling them crazy when Clive from upstairs knocked on the door and asked if a for sale sign he found was their sign. Of course Marshall and Lilly took this to mean they should move to the suburbs and go to tell Ted and Barney. This important decision Marshall and Lilly made just pushed Ted and Barney over the edge and in homage to the 'Wonder Twins' they bump fists proclaiming "Bro-Parents Activate".
In the morning once the two have sobered up..Ted and Barney still think its a good idea to adopt a kid and begin applying at an adoption agency. But then their first bro-parents fight breaks out when Barney thinks Ted should quit his job but this is quickly resolved when they decide to get a nanny which Barney of course dibs. Then Ted comes to his senses as he realises Barney is too much of a kid himself and would be a terrible father.
While this is going on Robin is trying to convince Marshall and Lilly that moving from New York is a terrible idea and uses an example of when Marshall was trying to decide between being an environmental lawyer and working for a bank. Future Ted says "That's a funny story" and indeed it is. It seems that following 'signs' from the universe Marshall nearly bought a fire house and became a Ghostbuster, even meeting Ernie Hudson in the street.
Now its thanksgiving and Ted calls Barney to apologise just before Barney turns up with a baby girl. At first Ted is worried about where she came from but is quickly won over by all the girl attention they attract with the baby. At Marshall and Lilly's house Robin locks herself in their bathroom in protest against them moving there and Ted and Barney turn up with their baby "Hurricane Mosby-Stinson". This is a nice reference to the earlier episode 'Disaster Averted' where Ted comes up with that name for Marshal'ls baby. Though I think Hurricane Eriksen is much better than Hurricane Mosby-Stinson, too bad lilly wont allow it.
While Ted is explaining to Lilly about the baby, Barney's brother James turns up and to Lilly's relief Hurricane is his new daughter and is called sadie. James then explains to Ted that he almost did the same thing with a friend a few years ago but it really glad he didn't because the real thing is much better. Ted explains to Barney that he doesn't want to adopt and Barney goes for a walk. But really goes to the bathroom window to see Robin. And in just two words Robin explains why the episode has been about Barney wanting a family and drops possibly the biggest bombshell of the entire show so far...she is pregnant!!
And it ends, I was left open mouthed and wide eyed not to mention speechless. This is one craziest twists the story has ever had. It is clearly going to turn out to be Barney's which means as it was always going to her relationship with Kevin will come to and end and it will all lead to Barney's wedding which we saw at the end of last season. And I don't like it. I don't like the whole Barney and Robin thing and putting a baby in there as well is just going to destroy the characters even more than they already are.
This show started off as a perfect brocom (like a sitcom but for guys) but as the characters have 'developed' the show seems to be tailoring itself for a more female audience. I suppose its working since the ratings are good but I see the show finding it difficult to survive much longer, what with Marshal and Lilly with a baby and Robin and Barney with a baby they will have little choice but to introduce the mother and tie the whole thing up with a pretty little neat ribbon and call it a day.
Maybe that is the plan, just one more season after this to tie up all the loose ends and send the characters off in nice happily ever after lives. I don't like it, but I knew it was always going to happen. when the premise of a show is explaining how you met the mother of your children there is only so long you can go on for. Especially considering the date of when future Ted is talking is revealed so for the kids to the age they are he has to get a girl pregnant soon.
Let me know what you think of this weeks episodes in the comments!
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