I agree.  When in doubt, I base my thoughts on a comedic sitcom based on how much I laugh. And I laughed aloud several times, the biggest one for "Snap being jealous of Crackle all day".  I enjoyed this episode, despite the silly Barney plot. Barney's always been a caricature.

I grew up in the suburbs. I took a bus to school, but sometimes I walked home with a friend of mine. Nothing was right next to the school, but there was a shopping center with a supermarket & a McDonalds walking distance from the middle school/library, and on my walk home, I'd pass by this little corner market store…

I don't think that's a fair comparison, Sarah was engaged to Mark — Mark knew Drew longer, better, and they cohabited. Hank hasn't had a chance to show if he can be a father figure to Drew.  I agree that Sarah should have acknowledged his intuition that something was wrong with Drew, but that's not necessarily a point…

I'm usually not a fan of Crosby's immaturity, but I was totally on his side with Jasmine's mother.  There's nothing worse than a passive-aggressive (or just plain aggressive) family member, with everyone else just catering to their needs to avoid "setting them off" or "getting in an argument". There's a particular…

@avclub-b9a25e422ba96f7572089a00b838c3f8:disqus Thanks! Enjoy being single and free ;-)

Yeah, maybe "judge" was the wrong word; I don't feel like anyone I care about would judge me on having PPD, but most of them didn't "get" what I was going through anyways, so I didn't ever feel like it was the right medium to express myself. Strangely enough, the right forums on the internet turned out to be the…

I didn't mean it in a defeatist way, but for a lot of people, a realistic one. Nobody is saying that a character like Lily couldn't paint from time to time, or do things for herself (especially since she has a nanny, a luxury I don't have!) but it's not going to be a big part of her life, especially in the first few…

Flawed, but not nearly as painful….

Your mom might have had it together better than most of the rest of us, and hopefully my kids will think I had it together better than I did ;)

Ugh, I disagree, it was just PAINFUL from end-to-end.  Although I still partially blame ASP because she pretty much F'ed up most of the characters at the end of season 6.  But the writers just were trying too hard to emulate the writing style, and they never got close.

And the difference here is that Robin not only didn't move across the country, she lived with Ted for a while, and is now going to marry one of his best friends.  I'm with you, I don't blame him for not being over her.  I said in another comment, I think the idea here is that until he meets his true "one", he'll…

@InterplanetJanet:disqus  with the one exception of Robin saying she didn't love Ted. So, I think they were trying to point out that, however painful the altar thing was, being rejected by Robin was the one that REALLY felt like a punch to the gut.

I feel like the writers made a comment that the wedding DOES Happen, but they aren't clear on if it lasts (for example, Barney's hand is in his pocket in the flash-forward with Ted holding his daughter)

I think the idea is, he THINKS he wants Robin, and it takes the TRUE love of his life to make him realize that it gets a LOT better than that. At least that is the less "Ted is a douche" way to look at it :P

Reminds me of a comment from Joss Whedon way back. He said, when in doubt, put Alyson Hannigan in danger.  Since they can't really put Lily in much "danger" in a comedy, they can just keep making her cry ;-)

Easier said than done. It's exhausting. Especially when I was working, as soon as the kid was asleep, I would collapse in a heap on the couch, watch a little tv, and try to get sleep, precious sleep

it'll be like Gilmore Girls: If the last season sucks, I can pretend it doesn't exist :P

@avclub-2d670fb2174bd9c75eaec331515ad401:disqus - I think we can probably get both this way! It's unlikely that her parents would never make an appearance…

That's why I go a kick out of the episode where they were playing "Settlers of Catan". And yes, my friends and I made plenty of juvenile "wood" jokes, so I can't even fault the show for that ;)

I think it's more of an anomaly that a character like Sheldon, so focused on intellect and rationality (and rejecting things like religion, which have no basis in facts) is so engaged in the fantasy world.  I don't have a problem accepting it, but I always thought it was a bit odd that he'd be so pedantic about…