I hate to say I told you so. But it turned out to be impossible to ameliorate the Britney factor the second time around. This clunky episode had few laughs and... Read Comments: 0

Britney's coming back next week, and all of us who care about the show are already dreading it. (What are the chances that the team can minimize her collateral damage for a full hour?) But as if... Read Comments: 0

It's fallout time. Duck and cover, everybody.

So we had several theories espoused by faithful commenters about how the Barney-Robin thing would work out. Here's the rundown:... Read Comments: 0

When I was a tweener, I fancied myself a bit of a contrarian. It seemed like all the good ones were taken -- so I decided to devote myself to the... Read Comments: 0

There's been plenty of weight to this season, in retrospect. Marshall and Lily's life together has... Read Comments: 0

WARNING!!! CBS isn't done with the tie-ins yet. This week: a March Madness themed episode focused on Barney's search for the girl who's warning potential... Read Comments: 0

The CBS promotion machine has been all over the special guest star on this episode, and you regulars are probably primed to mock her. But I don't care what anybody says -- I think Sarah Chalke is... Read Comments: 0

The writers' strike was tough on all of us. So it was nice of the HIMYM crew to give us a mythology episode right off the bat. That yellow umbrella really... Read Comments: 0

For all you Ted hair fans, this episode features several extended scenes of him tousling it in front of a mirror. I finally get it: He's single! That's why the hair... Read Comments: 0

Good evening, Mr. Stinson. Your assignment this week: Synergize with fellow CBS property Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. This blog will self-destruct in five ... four ...... Read Comments: 0

I suffered through Pacific Time, with its unnatural three-hour delay of prime-time television, to bring you... Read Comments: 0

Consider "Spoiler Alert" a palate cleanser -- moving along a tiny bit of plot (will Marshall pass the bar and become a real lawyer?) while engaging in another... Read Comments: 0

If one scene in tonight's episode sums up the whole HIMYM aesthetic, it's the one where the gang toasts Lily and Marshall's purchase of an apartment by clinking champagne... Read Comments: 0

We've had tantalizing hints of the future this season, but here's an episode that really moves the plot along. Why does Marshall have... Read Comments: 0

Next week I'm going to do an experiment. I'm going to give the episode a grade based on the cold open before the titles. Because sixty seconds into "How I Met Everyone Else," after the open that featured... Read Comments: 0