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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
‘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 [...]
‘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 [...]
‘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. [...]
‘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 [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’: Executive producer Craig Thomas reflects on Ted’s many loves
Posted: March 28, 2011 in articles, how i met your mother, interviews, l.a. times show trackerHow many women does it take to get to the mother on “How I Met Your Mother”? That’s the question on the mind of some eager-to-know fans of the CBS sitcom. By our count, it’s a lot and counting. Although a romantic at heart, Ted (Josh Radnor) has had a bevy of love interests. Some, [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’: Robin’s got a crush on Michael Trucco
Posted: March 25, 2011 in articles, how i met your mother, interviews, l.a. times show trackerThings are getting a little more romantically complicated on “How I Met Your Mother,” but it has nothing to do with the mother. Michael Trucco will appear as a potential love interest for Robin (Cobie Smulders) in an upcoming episode, CBS confirms. Trucco will play Robin’s often discussed but never before seen crush from years [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’ recap: ‘The mother of all fathers’
Posted: March 22, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, how i met your mother, l.a. times show trackerBarney (Neil Patrick Harris) finally met his father, Jerry (John Lithgow), on tonight’s “How I Met Your Mother,” but it didn’t go as Barney expected. In Barney’s imagination, his dad left him because he was living an awesome, legendary life of excess. That’s the only way Barney can justify his absence. But the person who [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’: Executive producer Craig Thomas previews Barney’s father
Posted: March 21, 2011 in articles, how i met your mother, interviews, l.a. times show trackerWho’s your daddy? For Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) on “How I Met Your Mother,” it turns out to be John Lithgow! After years of thinking Bob Barker was his father and even refusing to believe Ben Vereen wasn’t his father, Barney will finally meet his dad in Monday night’s episode, appropriately titled “Legendaddy.” But papa [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’ recap: On matters of the heart
Posted: March 1, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, how i met your mother, l.a. times show trackerHow do you add depth to a ladies’ man like Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) on “How I Met Your Mother”? In this week’s episode, “A Change of Heart,” we saw a different, confused side of Barney, who’s struggling with his feelings for Nora (Nazanin Boniadi). In a lovely show of friendship, the gang all [...]
