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Oh, “How I Met Your Mother,” you tease. Although the outcome of the Lily-and-Marshall (Alyson Hannigan and Jason Segel) story line was pretty obvious and I felt confident that Ted (Josh Radnor) would not get back together with Zoey (Jennifer Morrison), the show really did keep me guessing about Robin (Cobie Smulders) and Barney (Neil [...]
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‘How I Met Your Mother’ recap: Out with the old, in with the new
Posted: May 17, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, how i met your mother, l.a. times show tracker0
‘The Vampire Diaries’ recap: Ghosts of the past
Posted: May 13, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, l.a. times show tracker, the vampire diariesAfter last week’s “The Vampire Diaries,” which very much felt like a season ender, I thought this week’s episode might feel more like a coda. In some ways it did. Like Rose’s death in “The Descent,” the consequences of Damon’s (Ian Somerhalder) werewolf bite played out in drawn-out, cerebral fashion. It was more about emotion [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’ recap: Breaking up is hard to do
Posted: May 10, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, how i met your mother, l.a. times show tracker“We’re done here.” I think the word that was missing there as Zoey (Jennifer Morrison) and Ted (Josh Radnor) broke up on this week’s “How I Met Your Mother” was, “finally!” Like Robin (Cobie Smulders), we knew the relationship was doomed, but getting there has been a long, often frustrating journey. Zoey and Ted’s differences [...]
‘The Vampire Diaries’ recap: The death count grows
Posted: May 6, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, l.a. times show tracker, the vampire diaries“The Vampire Diaries” is not kidding around. For most of this season, we’ve been hearing about a sacrifice and that Klaus (Joseph Morgan) and Elena (Nina Dobrev) would die. So what happened Thursday night? Klaus went through with the sacrifice and Elena died. So did a lot of other people. But unlike them, Elena came [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’ recap: The cockamouse returns
Posted: May 3, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, how i met your mother, l.a. times show trackerThere’s a random B-plot from the first season of “How I Met Your Mother” that makes me laugh like no other: The half cockroach, half mouse creature known as the cockamouse. A while back, CBS tweeted that a beloved character from Season 1 was returning. I’m pretty sure they were referring to the cockamouse’s appearance [...]
‘The Vampire Diaries’ recap: Why Elena is greater than all you other girls
Posted: April 29, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, l.a. times show tracker, the vampire diariesDuring this week’s “The Vampire Diaries,” my main thought was, “Thank goodness for Elena.” It’s not very often that you get a heroine like Elena (Nina Dobrev) in the vampire genre. (“Buffy” is a very special exception since she also killed the creatures she sometimes loved.) From the beginning of the show, Elena has been [...]
‘The Vampire Diaries’ recap: How Katherine meet Klaus
Posted: April 22, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, l.a. times show tracker, the vampire diariesWith only a handful of episodes left to go this season, “The Vampire Diaries” has a lot of answers to dole out and a lot of mythology to get through. In this week’s episode, simply titled “Klaus” — what else needs to be said, really? — the show managed to do a big info dump [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’ recap: How Barney learned to stop partying and settle down
Posted: April 19, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, how i met your mother, l.a. times show trackerDespite the title of this week’s “How I Met Your Mother” – “Hopeless” – it seems things are not hopeless for Barney (Neil Patrick Harris), who has a real epiphany about his life. Barney decides to bust Jerry (John Lithgow) out of the suburbs and take him on a wild night out on the town. [...]
‘The Vampire Diaries’ recap: Let’s dance, says the big, bad vampire
Posted: April 15, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, l.a. times show tracker, the vampire diaries“I think I convinced myself he’s not real, but he is.” That’s how Elena (Nina Dobrev) described Klaus (currently a very clearly gleeful Matt Davis) on the latest episode of “The Vampire Diaries.” And boy, did the threat of Klaus become real in “The Last Dance” as Klaus took over Alaric’s body and began to [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’ recap: Screaming matches and meatball subs
Posted: April 12, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, how i met your mother, l.a. times show trackerAs “How I Met Your Mother” nears the end of its season — there are just four episodes left!— the issues that have been lying dormant in Ted (Josh Radnor) and Zoey’s (Jennifer Morrison) relationship are starting to surface. Since becoming friends and then something more, the two have been getting along pretty well even [...]
