My Mighty Remote

Tuesday, September 19, 2006

How I Met Your Mother: 8:30pm CBS

HIMYM returned last night, starting from exactly where it left off: Robin and Ted finally together and Marshall and Lily separating. Marshall is devastated over losing Lily and goes into a depression that the gang tries to help him get over. Barney, in all his glory, wants to bring Sunshine into his life. Note I wrote Sunshine. This is Barney we’re talking about here; of course he brings Marshall to a strip club. Ted tries to initially not tell Marshall about him and Robin getting together but Barney could tell they were together and is dismayed because he was so excited they’d all be single together. Nothing the gang does seem to help Marshall.

Then Marshall receives a credit card statement, Lily’s statement. Ted takes it away, rips it up and throws it immediately out, taking the garbage with him. But Marshall gets it back and assumes that Lily is dating George Clinton (a hilarious cameo). Barney accidentally tells Marshall that he needs to go online to access the latest credit card info. He finds out that she’s back in NYC and staying at a hotel. The gang can’t keep Marshall in control and he goes to the hotel to find her. He knocks on the door and some guy answers. Marshall’s response: PUNCH.

Ted returns from his almost weekend away with Robin to comfort Marshall and find him at the hotel bar. Marshall informs Ted that someone had stolen Lily’s credit card. We see a flashback on how that happened, with Lily in SF annoying a bunch of customers in line for coffee. After 67 days of moping around, drinking leftover dinner beer and hanging around the apartment in his boxers, Marshall finally gets over Lily and makes pancakes for Sunday Pancake Day.

At the end, we see Marshall, Ted, Robin and Barney, all joking around at the bar. Then the camera looks past the foursome to the window to a newly-brunette Lily who is attempting and backing out of going into the bar.
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Next week:

Episode 2.02 - The Scorpion and the Toad:
Barney teaches Marshall how to pick up women. When things start to go sour for an awkward Marshall, Barney steps in and wins the women over... for himself. Meanwhile, Lily is back from her art experience. While helping her look for a new apartment, Robin gets sick of hearing about Lily's amazing summer in San Francisco.