HIMYM 3.18 "Rebound Bro" [2008-05-05]

[hermionesviolin]

The 5-month/-year drought made me facepalm because hi, even sexy awesome amazing people aren't always getting laid all the time, even if they want to.

I think Stella's onto something with the "Guys regret the women they didn't sleep with; women regret the guys the did sleep with."

Also, I totally validate her reaction to Ted having told Marshall and Lily, but we know that I would totally be Ted in that scenario.  I have literally had friends disclaimer in conversation that I'm not allowed to blog what they're saying.  I sometimes fail at discretion, what can I say?

Part of me feels like Stella doing it with Ted after all undermines all the legitimate things she said and made her just a woman with trust issues, but mostly I was glad that the show didn't do the flat out "comical misunderstanding followed by inevitable breakup, and end scene."  I liked the fake-out that the "ready" was meeting Lucy -- and again I'm conflicted between feeling like the power of that intimacy was undermined by the sex and feeling like, "She is a human being with a libido and she did really wanna do it with him, so why not?"  And I enjoyed that she didn't take him seriously and freak out (as I might have honestly, as I am gullible) when he said "This is kind of awkward; I have a girl over" or when he picked up the phone to call Marshall and Lily (okay that one even I would have known was a joke).

Oh, and I loved the bit about the door (which, btw, hot).
Ted: "It'll be like a threeway: you, me, and the door."
Stella: "Then it'll be awkward between me and the door tomorrow."

Comments

[hedy.livejournal.com]

I'm really surprised you didn't pick up on Barney's wingman's use of the word blogosphere.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

It probably says a lot about me that it didn't even occur to me to think that was especially notable (though now that you mention it, it really isn't a word that gets used in mainstream culture like prime-time tv much).

[offbalance.livejournal.com]

Actually, I kind of got (and really liked) the fact that they did it anyway after he met her daughter. Clearly, the fact that Ted got along so well with Lucy made Stella feel like she could trust him. And, we didn't get to see the entire day - and it's possible that over the course of the many hours (it was daytime when Ted and Stella left New York, and very late by episode's end) she felt foolish for overreacting, was warmed by the sight of Ted bonding with her daughter, and really wanted to jump his bones. That made perfect sense to me.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, no, that makes a lot of sense.