I don't want to give any spoilers, but it's nearly impossible to write a review that is spoiler free if your opinion on what a spoiler is mirrors that of Frank Costanza's.
With that being said, this episode does what HIMYM did best, and that is connecting seemingly unrelated things from past and present episodes in a skillful, emotionally moving way. This episode was the first or second that truly felt like a product cut from the same silk of HIMYM, rather than a sitcom just holding on to the namesake. Fans of the original will not be disappointed, I think.
I rated this episode a 10/10. While I know that's a perfect score, I do think that there are a few jokes that weren't hilarious or didn't land quite well, but I think that as this is a laugh-track sitcom, it is assumed that not every joke will land and therefore the 10/10 is relative to other episodes in this series and other laugh-track sitcoms, and not just a general 10/10.
With that being said, this episode does what HIMYM did best, and that is connecting seemingly unrelated things from past and present episodes in a skillful, emotionally moving way. This episode was the first or second that truly felt like a product cut from the same silk of HIMYM, rather than a sitcom just holding on to the namesake. Fans of the original will not be disappointed, I think.
I rated this episode a 10/10. While I know that's a perfect score, I do think that there are a few jokes that weren't hilarious or didn't land quite well, but I think that as this is a laugh-track sitcom, it is assumed that not every joke will land and therefore the 10/10 is relative to other episodes in this series and other laugh-track sitcoms, and not just a general 10/10.
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