“If you fall for that one, my heart breaks for you, but I’m sorry, you’re a Smoron.” – Robin about Barney’s SNASA playbook entry
Last weeks episode of How I met Your Mother ended with a simple, two-word promise: “Daddy’s home.” And home he is, because tonight, Barney’s back. I won’t say he’s better than ever, because I don’t actually have any quotable lines from this episode, but he’s ripe with the Barneyisms we all love and Barney’s in full form — no pesky Robin scars to make him a changed man.
I couldn’t have been happier with the way this episode unfolded. We had the Bays-Thomas non-linear storytelling, a Barney-centric episode and more catch-phrases than you could fit into, well … a playbook.
Instead of mooning over Robin for several episodes — which we didn’t need since we saw Barney castrated for most of this season already — Barney jumps right back into the game, a game which he’s been recording for posterity’s sake … and for this post, because how could I not list them all?
Do I need to mention that it looks like Robin will get a new boyfriend? Not sure if she’ll be married in six months, but she certainly took to Don right away.
Are you psyched that Barney’s back?
You can see the original Lorenzo von Matterhorn Wiki here, in Google Cache: Lorenzo von Matterhorn
I really love the way this show goes the extra mile to back up its story lines. The VonMatterhorn websites are awe- wait for it – some!
I didn’t even know that the “play” Barney mentioned could actually work by looking up his fake guy’s name. I’m with you Sharon! This show is becoming legend…wait for it…ary in my mind!!!
Here’s more on von Matterhorn:
https://balloonexplorersclub.com/
And the latest entry on Barney’s blog:
https://www.cbs.com/primetime/how_i_met_your_mother/community/barney_blog/index.php
I was just wondering if anyone cracked up at Marshall’s “frozen waffles” bit. I think the delivery of the last sentence did it for me, but my family didn’t find it as funny. Hmm.