I do indeed appreciate it!

I love the floating Robin. It was beautiful.

Thanks, bunksteve.

Dammit, Gabriel Cheese, why'd you have to go and mention that? Now I've got to hunt for tissues.

Yeah, I didn't express it nearly as well or at such length, but I agree entirely.

I thought so at first, but when Lily got in the back seat, I reconsidered.

I don't think they agree with Marshall at least in terms of how he's phrasing his argument; that hobby comment was too cold to sympathize with.

Thanks, peng. Good point about the editing — the cuts from Marshall being slapped at the noodle house back to the master calmly eating or writing were especially sublime.

I meant to mention it in the Strays. It was a beeeyootiful thing.

"Her C's are my C+'s." I love that.

I don't think so, but I'd be interested in seeing an infographic making the case. Here I really think that Darrin as a contrivance drove my reaction. When Barney rejects Ted for keeping Chicago a secret and says that Ted must never have cared about him at all, it just felt like a sitcom moment, a big reaction that…

You know, as a knitter, I really wanted a better look at that hat. She was holding it down so low that I couldn't even tell if she was knitting or crocheting (let alone whether Miloti was actually doing it or just pretending).

Yeah, I think that's part of the problem I had; those storylines are not wrapped up at all. (Robin and Marshall don't know about Chicago, and Marshall and Lily haven't figured out what they're going to do.) I don't mind that the conflicts are destined to continue, but I do mind the way that Darrin is used to quickly…

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Yeah, it's probably the most blinkered, timebound perspective you can bring to bear, and yet because of the way this season is planned and parceled out, it's kinda unavoidable. Recapping has to strike a balance between these ephemeral aspects of the work being assessed and more lasting considerations, I think. I…

I was confused by that too — still am. But then the direction had Marshall walking first left to right then right to left later in the song, and so (perhaps deliberately), it was impossible to tell what counts as "to the inn" and "from the inn."

Very well said, Willo. I share so many of those sentiments.

I do love the show, but it's not blind. Every week I try to explain what it is about this particular episode that triggers the love response, if it got triggered. Sometimes it can be a matter of the show's aesthetic syncing up with my personal taste in a way that I don't expect everyone to share. I think this last…

I oversimplified. You're right, that's another layer!

Check the last paragraph.