Sandcastles in the Sand (21 Apr. 2008)

Robin gives romance a second try with an old boyfriend, only to have him break her heart...again.

Director:

Pamela Fryman

Writers:

Carter Bays (creator), Craig Thomas (creator),

Stars:

Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Josh Radnor	...	Ted Mosby
Jason Segel	...	Marshall Eriksen
Cobie Smulders	...	Robin Scherbatsky
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Barney Stinson
Alyson Hannigan	...	Lily Aldrin
James Van Der Beek	...	Simon
Ryan Michelle Bathe	...	Michelle
Alan Thicke	...	Mr. Scherbatsky
Tiffany	...	Catholic School Girl
Chris Romano	...	Punchy
Lyndsy Fonseca	...	Daughter
David Henrie	...	Son
Veronica Estrada	...	Catholic School Girl
Cara-Lee Knodel	...	Catholic School Girl

Storyline

Robin is excited about seeing her first boyfriend, Simon, again, he who is coming into town for a visit. In reality, Robin wants to prove that she's done better than him since he dumped her ten years earlier. On paper, she knows she's done better, and even in person it is obvious to Robin's friends that she's done better, as he is just an older, balding version of his immature teen-aged self. But Robin comes down with a case of what Marshall calls revertigo: turning back into one's old self in the presence of friends from that era. Robin, not seeing what the others do, falls head over heels for Simon all over again. Beyond wanting to date Simon again, Robin gets another case of ten year old déjà vu. Meanwhile, the gang discuss and don't discuss Ted and Lily's cases of revertigo, Ted's in relation to his friend Punchy and Lily's in relation to her friend Michelle. And Barney makes it his mission to find Robin Sparkles' second music video which Robin had never mentioned previously even ...

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 April 2008 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Bays Thomas Productions

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the dubbed version for German TV of this episode, Barney doesn't identify the man in the armchair in Robin's video as Alan Thicke, but as Jason Segel, the actor playing Marshall. The writers probably assumed that Alan Thicke was not known enough in Germany, even though in the 1990s Thicke's show Growing Pains was a hit on the same German station that broadcasts "How I Met Your Mother".

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Goofs

Lily meets her old friend Michelle in the bar and we see them walk out the door. Barney then announces that he intends to seduce Michelle. The camera cuts briefly across the table to Marshall and he is sitting next to Lily, who left the bar seconds earlier. When the camera cuts back again moments later, Ted is sitting next to Marshall.

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Quotes

Barney Stinson: I'm sorry, I've seen "Let's Go To The Mall" about a thousand times, and you sir, were not in it.
Simon: I was in the other one.
Barney Stinson: There's another video?
[Runs out]

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Connections

Referenced in Forget About It: Batman: Part II (2012)

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Soundtracks

"Sandcastles in the Sand"
Written by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays (?)
Performed by Cobie Smulders as Robin Sparkles and Darci Monet

User Reviews

A pants episode

Any show with heavily features Robyn is asking for trouble. Cobie Smulders is beautiful but her character is so painfully unfunny it is unreal.

Probably the worst episode that this show has done. The show is uneven in quality, but this is a new low.

I just felt that the writers are struggling to come up with ideas for character, as we know she will not end up with Ted, but importantly do we care who she does end up with.

I think they need to Marissa her, to save the show.

Robyn is the weakest link, Goodbye.