HIMYM premiere – open thread

21 Sep

HIMYM premiere

Since it seems a decent amount of us who traverse this corner of the interebays are fans of “How I Met Your Mother,” I thought I’d throw up a post to ask your thoughts on the year’s first show, “Definitions.” My two pennies: I’ll begrudgingly admit the premiere opened me up a bit more to the idea of Barn-man and Robin, probably since Ted’s hypothetical unease could have faded by now. Most of the rest of the episode was typical premiere-y setup and reminders of the sitchyation at hand, so it wasn’t a series fave or anything, but Ted’s douchey “Good Morning. ‘Sup? SILENCE!” line absolutely made the episode.

Also, I can’t quite put my finger on it, but the show came off more…well, confident than I remember. Like it didn’t necessarily have to go for the biggest gag, or turn the laugh track up to 11 after jokes. Just seemed a bit more assured than in the past.

Was that a figment of my imagination? Will it last? Who the hell knows. I’m just glad it’s back. Mondays are awe-a-whole-darn-lot again.

Agree? Disagree? Holla.

7 Responses to “HIMYM premiere – open thread”

  1. RandBall's Stu September 22, 2009 at 7:45 am #

    “Oh yeah, I’ve got a whip guy.”

  2. RandBall's Stu September 22, 2009 at 7:47 am #

    Also, as my wife noted, Alyson Hannigan’s post-pregnancy cleavage is quite…prominent.

  3. Clarence September 22, 2009 at 8:30 am #

    Exploding knucks to post-pregnancy cleavage.

    When it became obvious that Chikage Windler had stopped breast-feeding, a little part of me died inside. And by “little part of me”, I mean boner.

  4. lattewarrior September 22, 2009 at 11:18 am #

    Sorry guys, but aside from Marshall’s “Not good enough!” whip bit, the episode was a huge disappointment. Oh, and Lily’s boobs. Those were nice. Plus, didn’t Robin look a little “ridden hard, put away wet”?

  5. Patty September 23, 2009 at 1:03 pm #

    Let me get this straight, am I to believe that there are men out there that watch “How I Met Your Mother”?

  6. B. September 23, 2009 at 1:24 pm #

    /Four guys slowly set down their teacups and slink quietly to the garage.

  7. RandBall's Stu September 24, 2009 at 7:47 am #

    We’re not supposed to? I’m going to finish reading this month’s Redbook and think on this some more.

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