How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother

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Ain't Nothin' Goin' On But The Green Card

(Raise your hand if you were hoping that was going to bring out her inner Robin Sparkles.) The Suit looks at the Hipster Doofus as if to say, "No bloody way." They both shake their heads, and the Hipster Doofus turns to Robin and LIES: "That was great." And we jump to...

MacLaren's: Where Ted is still riding Marshall about his Dancer's Hip. Marshall pouts that it's not funny, and if it worsens he'll need surgery. Ted says, "Vaginal rejuvenation surgery?" Marshall shoots back, "You know who didn't do a lot of operating on vaginas in college? Dr. X." Ted shouts back, "He did just fine." Lily cuts them short, telling them they both need to cut the "weak-ass crap" from their résumés, and let go of the past. Ted calls Lily out on the "weak-ass crap" on her résumé. She pretends she doesn't have any, but her own husband sells her out and we flash back to...

The Coney Island Eatfest of 1995: A black-haired Lily is competing in a hotdog eating contest. The judge calls time and announces the results. "And the new champion, with 29 hot dogs -- Lily "The Belly" Aldrin!" Lily stands up. Now, you all know, Alyson Hannigan is expecting, and for once, the show isn't trying to hide it, so we get a good long profile shot, as she holds her belly with one hand while the other rests on her tush, and Lily says, "Whoa." Whoa, indeed (but not woe). Look at that baby bump. CUTE! We flash forward to...

MacLaren's: Ted's giving Lily a hard time, because being hotdog eating champion doesn't seem relevant to teaching kindergarten. Lily contends that it teaches kids she can...eat a lot of hot dogs, quickly. Marshall argues that she can't do that anymore. Lily slams her beer down on the table and says, "You can't dunk anymore, 'Lady Hips'." Them's fighting words, but Robin walks before the argument really takes off, and Ted settles them down once he sees Robin's woebegone expression. She didn't even get the Lotto Girl gig, and says she has to move back to Canada. We jump to...

The apartment: Ted, Lily and Marshall listen as Robin reminisces about moving to the City. "I remember the night before I moved down here. They threw a going-away party for me. They gave me a camera so I could take pictures and send them home. And everyone was so sure I was gonna be such a big success." From either side of her, Ted and Lily pat her back. Robin says, "I'm really gonna miss you guys," and she and Lily hug. Barney walks in and wonders what's going on. They tell him Robin's going to have to move back to Canada. Barney says that's awful, "I mean, for one thing it's gonna be a really long commute." He finished Robin's video résumé, messengered it to every station in the City, got her a couple of offers (okay, and lost the first from Channel 8, when he refused to allow her to audition), and brokered a job for her as host of Channel 12's new morning talk show. [Check out poster phineastbarnum's meta-fun fact about Channels 8 and 12 in Manhattan.] Barney pops open a beer, and raises it in Robin's direction. "Congratulations, Miss Scherbatsky. It looks like you're going to have to stay." Robin runs and hugs Barney, and then Ted, while Lily turns to Marshall and says, "You're not about to dance, are you?" Marshall says, "Oh, no. I'm good." A beat, and then, "I'll do it later." CUTE!

How I Met Your Mother

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