Note: Recapper Phoebe Reilly could not be with us this week. Lauren Hoffman, Vulture's Glee recapper, graciously stepped in. When I found out that How I Met Your Mother was bringing back Gary Blauman as the focus of its third-to-last episode, I was concerned that we were in for another gimmicky half-hour. Gary’s been in a few past episodes, but his most memorable mention was in “The Chain of Screaming.” It wasn’t out of hand to imagine that we were headed for thirty minutes of, say, “The Ball and Chain of Screaming: Wedding Yells are Ringing!” But I’m pleased to say that my fears were unfounded. Last night’s episode flashes between Gary Blauman’s story (we’ll get to that) and Ted’s first date with the Mother, a few days after Robin and Barney’s wedding. The Scottish/Mexican fusion restaurant he’d planned to...
- 3/18/2014
- by Lauren Hoffman
- Vulture
Last night, How I Met Your Mother brought back the Slap Bet. In full force. "I get the feeling that they want to serenade their best work, and who can blame them?" wrote Vulture recapper Phoebe Reilly. And that's quite literally what they did, bringing on crooners Boyz II Men to harmonize on the Slap Song — which has really never sounded better.
- 1/14/2014
- by Lindsey Weber
- Vulture
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