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“Garbage Island” was quite a funny episode that moved along the character and relationship arcs in a very interesting way. I found myself laughing a lot while also being intrigued at some of the stories the episode was obviously setting up for the remainder of this season. Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) catches feelings. Barney can’t [...]
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How I Met Your Mother’ recap: ‘That did not end well’
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‘How I Met Your Mother’ recap: Happy Desperation Day
Posted: February 15, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, how i met your mother, l.a. times show trackerThis week’s Valentine’s Day episode found the show’s couples in less than blissful states, but — spoiler alert! — it all worked out. Ted (Jason Segel) and Zoey (Jennifer Morrison): So baking cookies = booty call, apparently. At least that’s what the gang thought when Ted told them Zoey had invited him over for a [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’ recap: Love and Honey
Posted: February 8, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, how i met your mother, l.a. times show trackerWith Marshall (Jason Segel) still in Minnesota, the gang was forced to tell him about recent events over the phone. Robin (Cobie Smulders) called first – guess the writers heard my plea for more Marshall/Robin friendship scenes – and started recounting the latest development in Ted (Josh Radnor) and Zoey’s (Jennifer Morrison) relationship. Zoey had [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’ recap: Laughs at a funeral
Posted: January 18, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, how i met your mother, l.a. times show trackerAs Marshall’s (Jason Segel) friends attended his dad’s funeral in Minnesota, it reminded me how much we turn to laughs during hard time. As guys, Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Ted (Josh Radnor) attempted to make Marshall laugh by showing him videos of guys being hit in the groin. It didn’t work, but there were [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’ recap: ‘I’m not ready for this’
Posted: January 4, 2011 in articles, episode recaps, how i met your mother, l.a. times show trackerWell, that was a harsh way to start off the new year. Monday’ s episode title -– “Bad News” -– was a major giveaway, but I still didn’t expect it to be quite so bad. Bad news for Robin (Cobie Smulders): The host at her new job is Sandy Rivers (Alexis Denisof), her old coworker [...]
My 2011 TV Wish List
Posted: December 29, 2010 in being erica, bones, castle, community, friday night lights, fringe, glee, how i met your mother, lie to me, medium, project runway, smallville, the good wife, the vampire diaries, tv wishlistThis holiday season, I wish… For shows to just go there already with their will-they-or-won’t-they couples. Please stop using the Moonlighting curse as an excuse. There’s no reason why a couple together can’t be interesting and sexy and wonderful and full of conflict. See Tami and Eric on Friday Night Lights, Joe and Allison Dubois [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’: ‘Buffy’s’ Danny Strong, Alexis Denisof to guest
Posted: December 16, 2010 in articles, buffy the vampire slayer, how i met your mother, l.a. times show trackerDanny Strong is the latest “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” alum to guest star on “How I Met Your Mother,” a CBS spokesperson confirmed. On Wednesday, Alyson Hannigan, who plays Lily on “HIMYM” and was Buffy’s witchy best friend Willow, tweeted that she was working with an old “Buffy” friend. Eventually, one of Hannigan’s followers guessed [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’ recap: A few of my favorite things
Posted: December 14, 2010 in articles, episode recaps, how i met your mother, l.a. times show trackerMonday night’s episode of “How I Met Your Mother” felt like a real turning point for many of the characters. When Lily (Alyson Hannigan) and Marshall (Jason Segel) announced that she was pregnant, it caused the gang to reexamine their lives. For Robin (Cobie Smulders), it meant rethinking her decision to become a hot coin-flip [...]
‘How I Met Your Mother’ recap: The Little Mermaid was a manatee
Posted: December 7, 2010 in articles, episode recaps, how i met your mother, l.a. times show trackerThe group warned Ted (Josh Radnor) that hanging out alone with Zoey (Jennifer Morrison) is dangerous because she’s married. But it’s OK if you’re old friends, Marshall (Jason Segel) pointed out, using himself and Robin (Cobie Smulders) as an example. Lily (Alyson Hannigan) responded that he and Robin never hang out alone, so they made [...]
‘The Vampire Diaries’ recap: Self-sacrifices and spells
Posted: December 3, 2010 in articles, episode recaps, how i met your mother, l.a. times show trackerElena (Nina Dobrev), Stefan (Paul Wesley) and Damon (Ian Somerhalder) took radically different approaches to their not-so-little Klaus problem tonight. Stefan and Damon wanted to get the moonstone from Katherine so they could de-spell it, but Elena wasn’t so sure doing that would prevent Klaus from killing “everyone that I care about, including the two [...]
