Max in full bear mode nearly killed me. I wish there were some way to get Peter to do the same thing. I need to see it again.

I thought the problem with the phone was that the memory was full.

Yup. After the crowd reaction he said something like, "Good, she can't hear us."

Apparently she was going to be the mother if the show hadn't gotten picked up.

When I read the list of other couples, my mind immediately jumped to Brad and Jane too. There was all this stuff between them that in a lesser show would have resulted in them fighting; in HE, they loved that crazy stuff about each other.

I'm the same as your wife; I find I just don't want to watch the old episodes anymore, which sucks. Ted's feelings for Robin came off as a creepy obsession to me and were my least favorite part of the later seasons, so I was not happy that in the end, we looped back around to that.

Liebkartoffel, yes to everything you just said.

I love Valerie, but it's taking everything I have not to call her Victoria because she looks like the actress who played Victoria on How I Met Your Mother.

Ballet dancer Fabrice Calmels has commented on the ballet dancers having to perform on those floors (not sure if it was in this episode or during auditions). All things considered, I think the dancers did great even if they weren't in the best situation.