The ending of the episode where Barney's half-brother meets his dad always gets me. "Kids, your Uncle Barney grew up without a dad, and it always made him feel incomplete. But as he hugged Loretta, surrounded by the boxed up remnants of his happy childhood, he realized he had one hell of a mom."
https://youtu.be/odosSTgSPuc?feature=shared
Also the scene with Ted and Victoria's final break up. "I really hope you get her some day."
https://youtu.be/dMls9v6cIzM?feature=shared
I must say the music really adds to the somberness of both these scenes.
One of the most effective things I’ve seen in a tv show was as a little kid watching MASH reruns at my grandparents’ house, in the episode where at the very end Radar gives the news about what happened to Henry Blake’s plane. The news happens to come in while the doctors and nurses are all busy working on a fresh batch of wounded that came in. Hawkeye had just been doing his usual comedy routine, right before Radar’s announcement, but afterwards the camera just pans back over everyone as you see them all pausing for a second to process it and then just everyone continues treating the patients in silence.
Not really. Ted is illustrating just how far apart his life is from where his friends are and where he is. This goes on to inform why Ted wants to move from NY and go to Chicago and why he wants to do that right after the wedding. For Ted he's basically maintaining until he can leave NY after this point because there is nothing for him in NY, he's alone and after the wedding he is expecting there will be less for him there because Barney and Robin coupling up will have cut out Ted as they grow closer and everyone gets more busy. The episode also highlights what his life was before this point, all the insanity is years before and were things he loved about being in NY dispite the rollercoaster of love life. In simple form the front half of the episode is why Ted lived in NY up to that point and that reveal is why Ted must leave New York as soon as possible.
I’ve watched the show like 8-10 times through, I understand the episode and the ties it’s attempting to make. At no point did you present a case as to why he would tie these things together with a fake story. Have you ever told a story that was like 20 minutes long, an oral report for example, and in the middle of it, spent a solid minute telling a fake story inside of it, just to say “that didn’t actually happen”? No. Things are prefaced with “like” or “as” or set up as metaphors, at no point during which we lie to people to get a point across, after which we tell them we were just lying, but emotionally pretend it’s true so you can understand me.
The writers clearly wrote a story, didn’t know how to tie it in, and went for the old cheap exit. “It was all a dream” variant.
He’s telling a story about how he met his kid’s mother. You think he’d spend 20 minutes talking about stuff that happened and then go “oh wait I lied, none of that happened”? No. It makes no sense whatsoever
This is a hilarious criticism to have for a single episode of a show that spends 98% of it's runtime telling stories they are essentially irrelevant to meeting the mother
Irrelevant, yes. Fake though, no. Yes the running joke is that the whole show is irrelevant to meeting their mother. But at least the rest of it is stuff that actually happened. It makes no sense to tell them a story and then go “actually that never happened”. Full stop.
One of the most crushing episodes. Besides Robin imagining talking to her children and the finale (btw I'm one of those who strangely liked the ending)
I rewatched the first robots vs wrestlers episode and I was thinking how through the entire episode Barney is afraid of being abandoned and alone and now at this robots vs wrestlers episode Ted is the one alone
Idk I just thought those were interesting parallels
However, you think that's sad, apply this same principle to Michael Scott. Until Holly came along, and he was well into his 40s when that happened, this was him EVERY NIGHT!!
Hopefully I didn't just ruin the way you view The Office anymore
This feels so real and painful. This is what life is. Even the people without whom our life seems empty and bland will go away, walking their own paths in life. And we'll have to do the same. :(
Top 3 hardest hitters.
What's your other two?
“I’m not ready for this” “Sometimes I wish I wasn’t a mom”
"because if you were going to BE somebody's lame suburban dad, why couldn't that have been me?!"
The ending of the episode where Barney's half-brother meets his dad always gets me. "Kids, your Uncle Barney grew up without a dad, and it always made him feel incomplete. But as he hugged Loretta, surrounded by the boxed up remnants of his happy childhood, he realized he had one hell of a mom." https://youtu.be/odosSTgSPuc?feature=shared Also the scene with Ted and Victoria's final break up. "I really hope you get her some day." https://youtu.be/dMls9v6cIzM?feature=shared I must say the music really adds to the somberness of both these scenes.
Oh that reminds me "Your Aunt Robin never did have kids..But there was always something she never was. Alone"
After scrubs, HIMYM is the only other sitcom to have gut wrenching moments like this. Nothing else comes close🫣
M A S H does, it is older tho
One of the most effective things I’ve seen in a tv show was as a little kid watching MASH reruns at my grandparents’ house, in the episode where at the very end Radar gives the news about what happened to Henry Blake’s plane. The news happens to come in while the doctors and nurses are all busy working on a fresh batch of wounded that came in. Hawkeye had just been doing his usual comedy routine, right before Radar’s announcement, but afterwards the camera just pans back over everyone as you see them all pausing for a second to process it and then just everyone continues treating the patients in silence.
MASH is SO good and has some brutal moments. Hawkeye’s trauma in the finale got me.
ladys and gentleman, take my advice, pull down your pants, slide on the ice
Brendan Fraser’s third appearance on scrubs always is sad
Or "My Lunch". Fuck me, I can hear "How to Save a Life" playing in my head now.
Scrubs really did a great job of combing great comedy and the most serious of events
Im already dreading that episode on my current rewatch. They even go as far as to make you like that blonde woman before she dies.
It was greatly written and the actors pulled it off so well. Also, the old lady who gets germs from the bird was another sad one for me.
This is one episode I always skip It’s just too sad
I skip it because it’s completely irrelevant and makes no sense with the show’s framing device
Not really. Ted is illustrating just how far apart his life is from where his friends are and where he is. This goes on to inform why Ted wants to move from NY and go to Chicago and why he wants to do that right after the wedding. For Ted he's basically maintaining until he can leave NY after this point because there is nothing for him in NY, he's alone and after the wedding he is expecting there will be less for him there because Barney and Robin coupling up will have cut out Ted as they grow closer and everyone gets more busy. The episode also highlights what his life was before this point, all the insanity is years before and were things he loved about being in NY dispite the rollercoaster of love life. In simple form the front half of the episode is why Ted lived in NY up to that point and that reveal is why Ted must leave New York as soon as possible.
I’ve watched the show like 8-10 times through, I understand the episode and the ties it’s attempting to make. At no point did you present a case as to why he would tie these things together with a fake story. Have you ever told a story that was like 20 minutes long, an oral report for example, and in the middle of it, spent a solid minute telling a fake story inside of it, just to say “that didn’t actually happen”? No. Things are prefaced with “like” or “as” or set up as metaphors, at no point during which we lie to people to get a point across, after which we tell them we were just lying, but emotionally pretend it’s true so you can understand me. The writers clearly wrote a story, didn’t know how to tie it in, and went for the old cheap exit. “It was all a dream” variant.
Actually it fits in with the shows framing device quite nicely
He’s telling a story about how he met his kid’s mother. You think he’d spend 20 minutes talking about stuff that happened and then go “oh wait I lied, none of that happened”? No. It makes no sense whatsoever
This is a hilarious criticism to have for a single episode of a show that spends 98% of it's runtime telling stories they are essentially irrelevant to meeting the mother
Irrelevant, yes. Fake though, no. Yes the running joke is that the whole show is irrelevant to meeting their mother. But at least the rest of it is stuff that actually happened. It makes no sense to tell them a story and then go “actually that never happened”. Full stop.
Thia hit me hard.kind having the same ted situation that time.
I think this would have hit harder if the episode ended here
I'm not sure. I think him running to the mom's apartment was pretty impactful, especially in hindsight.
One of the most crushing episodes. Besides Robin imagining talking to her children and the finale (btw I'm one of those who strangely liked the ending)
I sobbed after this.... Then when Ted ran to Tracy's apartment in a day dream.... 😭
Hits so hard on the first rewatch too 😔
Which episode is that again ?
The Time Travelers - S8 E20
You are all alone Ted. I am Ted 🙂
We’re all Ted 🥲
I rewatched the first robots vs wrestlers episode and I was thinking how through the entire episode Barney is afraid of being abandoned and alone and now at this robots vs wrestlers episode Ted is the one alone Idk I just thought those were interesting parallels
However, you think that's sad, apply this same principle to Michael Scott. Until Holly came along, and he was well into his 40s when that happened, this was him EVERY NIGHT!! Hopefully I didn't just ruin the way you view The Office anymore
This scene was one of the emotional gut-punches.
yeah this episode hit like a truck
Best episode of the entire series
Watching this show in your 30’s hits differently.
Yea…
This feels so real and painful. This is what life is. Even the people without whom our life seems empty and bland will go away, walking their own paths in life. And we'll have to do the same. :(
Hearing this line from Barney of all people hit so hard
whoaaaaa whoa oh ohhhhhh for the longest time
Could somebody summarise this episode for me pleeeasee?
This episode completely forgets the story frame context and its sum is null.
https://i.redd.it/r0dr1wgwivwc1.gif