DA- Oh why wasn’t this episode called Bangtoberfest? What’s
Bangtoberfest you ask? Instead of not being the name for this episode it is an
event Barney decides to throw for himself where he will learn to get over Quinn
by of course banging some girls in the month of October. Even though the gang tells
him he is not ready for any new relationships, with $7000 spent in
merchandising and a T-shirt cannon Bangtoberfest and this episode is happening!
Besides Barney’s bangs there are two main stories this
episode. The first involves Ted and Robin competing to show which couple is
clicking between Robin and Nick vs. Ted and Victoria. Despite already signing
for Nick’s package, Victoria keeps tampons at Ted’s apartment, so advantage
Mosby! As for Marshall and Lily they need a nanny and will not choose their dad
who recently came to live with them after his house burned down. Where is Mrs. Featherbottom
when you need her? After interviewing many weirdos they finally find one that
works and is in their price range. The only thing standing in their way is of
course…bangtoberfest!
Barney, who was running low on creative pickup lines,
decided to start holding nanny interviews to help raise Edgar as his new move.
I would introduce you to him but he is currently asleep and he also doesn’t
exist. Marshall and Lily’s perfect nanny decided to go work with Barney before
she ran away from him disgusted by this ruse. Despite Marshall jumping for joy
by having Hot Wheels in Barney’s apartment, this angers Marshall and Lily who
just need someone to watch little Marvin on Lily’s first day back to work.
Even though Barney is a womanizing con, he is no monster. He
pays the large salary required for their top nanny choice but perhaps money was
never the issue. Lily has a hard time letting little Marvin go. However Marshall
does not care because the transaction included his Hot Wheels so all is well in
the world of Mr. Erikson.
Unfortunately for Barney all the nannies come together to
attack him in the street and put a pacifier up a hole he cares not to mention.
As for Robin and Ted, both agree that their relationships are not perfect (Nick
is a sensitive guy that cries over football and Victoria is just a plain slob).
They both agree to make them work but as we all know (and as Mr. Saget reminds
us) neither will last.
In the end Lily cannot let Marvin go and decides just to stay
and nap with him. The only problem is that she wakes up to find a stuffed
monkey in her hands! After a brief moment of panic and a break in the fourth
wall, Lily’s dad, as it turns out, decided to take care of little Marvin for
the day. (After first replacing him in Lily’s arm by a sub and later the monkey
once he got hungry).
Lily is then reminded that he was once a stay at home dad
before his gambling addiction and that he is capable of raising a child. He
will even run into a burning house for a child photo album (and for potato
salad of course). While he may have been missing in the past he is here now and
that is what counts.
One person that I am surprised to still see around at the
end is the nanny Barney bought for Lily and Marshall. To perhaps get every bang for his buck, Barney after first
hiring her to help coach him in his creative pickup lines, sleeps with her. Not
just once but five times! Talk about a deal!
While we all know this will not be Barney’s wife, could this
new character be the woman we all have been waiting for? Is she perhaps Ted’s
wife and thus the mother?! Only time will tell…but I’m seventy-five percent
sure she isn’t.
Episode Grade: B+
Episode MVP: Mickey Aldrin (Chris Elliot) who always delivers in every performance.
Original Airdate: 10/8/12
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