"Sorry, Bro" is an episode that can be considered disposable in entertainment. It sure is fun, ultimately inconsequential to the overall season arc, and is worth the watch.
Ted's story-line was the dominant plot in this episode, and to be fair, it is the weaker story-line. The line 'Sorry, bro' makes for a nice recurring gag during the episode but the story itself is perhaps a little dry, especially when we flashback to 1998.
I mostly enjoyed Marshall's no pants story, which just goes to show how sick (and awesome!) Barney can be. It was an entertaining part of the episode, and I also enjoyed how Lily at no point was amused with Barney's shenanigans. The general sitcom trope would be all the characters laughing at the victim's misfortune, but Lily stays true to Marshall. Good little piece of character work.
After Ted mans up to Karen after he finds out that she already has a boyfriend, he chastises her insecurity and her lack of commitment to the one she is with (in this case, the other boyfriend) and storms out. Ted has grown, and he explicitly states this to Karen, and the group. However, the episode has to end with a joke and it turns out that he has been in contact with Karen since she dumped the other guy.
Sitcoms are notorious for doing this. Dismissing character development to generate some cheap humour. Utterly irritating, weakens a fairly good episode.
Ted's story-line was the dominant plot in this episode, and to be fair, it is the weaker story-line. The line 'Sorry, bro' makes for a nice recurring gag during the episode but the story itself is perhaps a little dry, especially when we flashback to 1998.
I mostly enjoyed Marshall's no pants story, which just goes to show how sick (and awesome!) Barney can be. It was an entertaining part of the episode, and I also enjoyed how Lily at no point was amused with Barney's shenanigans. The general sitcom trope would be all the characters laughing at the victim's misfortune, but Lily stays true to Marshall. Good little piece of character work.
After Ted mans up to Karen after he finds out that she already has a boyfriend, he chastises her insecurity and her lack of commitment to the one she is with (in this case, the other boyfriend) and storms out. Ted has grown, and he explicitly states this to Karen, and the group. However, the episode has to end with a joke and it turns out that he has been in contact with Karen since she dumped the other guy.
Sitcoms are notorious for doing this. Dismissing character development to generate some cheap humour. Utterly irritating, weakens a fairly good episode.