I don't understand how this was better than last week's episode (and I agreed with that week's grade). It took the same approach of being a fan-service episode (just throw logic to the wind and let the shippers rejoice) at the expense of developing any sort of organic story or emotion.

And people were mad about How I Met Your Mother getting As?

True, but NBC did one for The Office, and while HIMYM was never as big or as influential as The Office was at its peak, it reigned as somewhat of a big deal for far longer.

So - am I missing something or is this show not getting a retrospective on finale night? Seems crazy - love it or hate it, it has reliably been the number two or three sitcom ratings-wise on TV depending on the year, it has been running for nine years and has probably made as much of a pop culture impact as any…

Oh, I heard "cab." I guess cat makes sense though.

I'm not saying you had to find the Chris/Carter twist amusing, but it was very clearly a twist.

You don't really encounter Family Guy hate in the "real world," but as others have said, you don't really encounter episode-by-episode dissections in the real world either.

Yeah, I guess that storyline isn't necessarily great, but the episode has so many classic bits that I still remember it fondly.

Oh I know, was just referencing another episode from the glory days that ends with Chris and Peter bonding.

In fairness, if you broke down the solid "And the Wiener is…" as 'Peter finds out his (13-year-old?) son Chris has a bigger penis and is forced to overcome his jealousy.' it would sound pretty creepy too.

But he also apparently takes baths with his female sister…

"Christian, my wife said you weren't a very good actor. And I agreeeeeed with her. Now…why…why, Christian? Why would we both say that?"

When did this get good?

You hit on a great point regarding the baby. However, I'm not sure Reign has done a good job exploring that as the source of her resentment.

But he wasn't engaged to or married to Mary at that point. He was just a dude she found attractive. She had no way of knowing the scenario in the French court would change.

"Quite unconvincingly, I might add."

Wasn't that kind of the point of that scene though? I completely saw it as comic relief in an otherwise emotionally draining episode.

Joe Morton has become the king of monologues. His "Hand of God" speech was the most riveting thing you'll find on TV this week (even if his delivery is so obscenely over the top).

Wait was that definitely not part of the play? I assumed it was an act. She was trying to simultaneously give him a "taste" while also lending credence to the idea that she was raped by the target.

He was very good playing a nervous virgin in those scenes, but at the same time, very bad at convincing me he had any sort of role in the military. He was like a dorkier version of The Sherminator with Lorde's "too-far-apart" eyes.