HIMYM - "Sandcastles In The Sand"

From my TVFan blog...


Oh snap!

If you watched this week's episode, you know what happened at the end, so I'll try not to ruin it but you know what I'm talking about...

You saw the ending and you were shocked, I was shocked. We were all shocked. But were you really surprised?

If you followed the show closely there were signs leading to this.

The first sign was in Season One, in the episode, "Zip, Zip, Zip" Barney and Robin shared some special moments when they became bros for the night. And when they both went to Robin's house late at night to play Battleship, Barney took that as a sign that they were going to play with his Battleship.

Robin: "Okay. You and me? That's insane. If you even thought about for one second . . .

Barney: "But I have thought about it for three seconds, and it makes a lot of sense. We both think the marriage-commitment thing's a drag. We both want something casual and fun. And we clearly get along really well."

Robin: "Wow, that actually did make a lot of sense."

But nothing happened because Robin had feelings for Ted, who was dating Victoria.

Another sign that this was to yet to come was in this season, in the episode "The Bracket" we learn there was some chemistry between the two when Robin asked Barney what does he do to get all these women to sleep with him. He leans in her ear and whispers somethings, which obviously had an affect on her.

And note this: Future Ted calls Robin and Barney, Aunt Robin and Uncle Barney. This doesn't necessary mean they end up together but it could hint that it does.

I mean honestly, we had to see this coming. And we had to expect Barney to grow and mature a little. Every other character has - Marshall and Lily got married, Robin and Ted got serious. We really can't expect Ted to remain a lothario forever.

As far as the rest of the episode, it was rather disappointing. Revisiting the Robin Sparks story was stale and I felt it was pandering to the audience who got a kick out of "Let's Go to The Mall" (I was part of that crowd) and the show seems to be going in the direction of "Will & Grace" with all the guest stars. Did we really need to see James Van Der Beek as Robin's old flame? Seems the writers phoned this one in.

The introduction of "Revertigo" was slightly amusing, at least it gave the other characters something to talk about during the episode when all the attention was on Robin and Barney.

I'm interested to see what the writers do with this new coupling. And let's get to finding out about the who is the girl under the yellow umbrella after teasing us this season....

-Cheers

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