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TV Recap: How I Met Your Mother-- GCWOKs
By Katey Rich: 2008-05-12 22:23:07
A few episodes ago, when women mysteriously started rejecting Barney for no reason (well, other than the obvious), Ted ended the episode by explaining that we'd find out who was doing that “later.” Some of us naturally assumed her identity would have something to do with the mother, but even more important than the mother on the show these days is... Britney Spears! Yup, she's back tonight, and it turns out she was the one ruining Barney's chances to love 'em and leave 'em again. But her reasons for it are only the beginnings of yet another silly How I Met Your Mother. And it was one with a ton of good quotes, so let's get started!1. “As far as I'm concerned if I leave you safe on dry land with adequate transportation home, you have nothing to complain about.” Yeah, Abby (you know, the fake name for Britney) wasn't too happy when Barney slept with her and never called again, but what she's even more miserable about is the fact that Ted, “the love of my life,” is dating Stella instead. Barney, of course, is upset with Ted too, so after a whole lot of “Ted is a jerk!” complaining, the two wind up in the only place Barney can ever wind up with a woman... in bed. And how is Britney in this episode? Eh.... if you didn't know she was Britney, you definitely wouldn't be impressed. But aren't we proud of her at this point for just putting on pants in the morning? And anyway, she's really only a peripheral part of this episode, so let's get to the important part. 2. “The Good, The Bad and the Fabulous.” “The Magnificent Kevin.” “No Country for Straight Men.” Most women have an item in their closet they've never worn, but Ted doesn't... except for the red cowboy boots. Ted is convinced he “makes them work,” but pretty much everyone else, including Marshall with his jeans and T-shirt fashion sense, knows better. Ted sees them as classic Western wear; everyone else thinks they belong in the kind of Western that would have the titles you saw above. You've got to wonder how Ted and Barney have been friends this long without Barney teaching Ted a thing or two about footwear. And yes, these boots will be important later on-- come on, this is How I Met Your Mother you're watching! 3. LilyAndMarshallSellTheirStuff.com The real point of Ted busting out the cowboy boots is in solidarity with Lily, who is selling all her fancy clothes on the Internet because fixing the floors on the apartment in Dowisetrepla is going to cost even more than they figured. But wait! Lily has a better idea. She's a real artist, right? If she can sell three of her paintings for $500 each, they'll be in the clear! Marshall doesn't think Lily is a real artist, though, and he's pretty much right-- no one at an art gallery, a coffee shop, or even on the street is interested in her art. Well, except for one certain couple. 4. GCWOKs You know who's the heart and soul of the art community? GCWOKs, a.k.a. gay couples without kids! They're the guys who bought Lily's painting, and she's convinced this means she can sell her paintings, until she realizes the gays only bought her painting for the very rare frame surrounding it. After they throw the painting out, though, it turns out a veterinarian finds it and hangs it in his examination room. And, as it turns out, dogs are mesmerized by Lily's art! Soon she and Marshall have a website set up for Lily's direct-to-dogs art, which, it turns out, inspires birds to commit suicide. Oh, and the GCWOKs think that Ted is making the boots work. They are the only people, but hey, what the GCWOKs say goes! 5. “I was going to say Fourth of July, but I didn't want to steal any attention away from America.” Oh, and back to Britney! Her and Barney's revenge plan against Ted include the never-fail plan of making him jealous by pretending to date-- yeah, that's the promotional photo you saw of them wearing matching sweaters. Of course, Abby has proven before that she's a bit unhinged, so when Barney fakes a proposal to her to make Ted realize even more that being in a relationship is totally lame, Abby thinks it's for real. To be fair, Barney does go along with it to the extent that he orders champagne for the whole bar (though then he leans over to bartender Carl and corrects himself: “Ginger ale, it's a bit.”) Finally Barney comes up with a way to ditch Abby, but it's in a way that won't make Ted any happier with him: he tells Abby that Ted demanded he couldn't marry Abby, and suggests she go to his house in the middle of the night and declare her love. Since we know Britney isn't coming back for the rest of the season, we know we won't see that pan out, but I have a feeling that won't help fix the Ted-Barney rift. And that's the second-to-last episode of the season! It's weird that they're still talking about Marshall and Lily's move to Dowisetrepla, since the two of them have shown no signs of actually moving there. Next week's episode seems like it will be one of those reflective, serious episodes, so hopefully we can count on a Barney-Ted reunion. And now that the show is almost guaranteed for a renewal (hooray!), we can expect lots of exploits next season. Honestly, despite the genuinely funny moments in this episode, that news was the best part of my day.
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