Ted and Barney get an opportunity to run their own bar during a historic blizzard, while Marshall and Lily try to defy the odds and continue one of their cherished traditions.Ted and Barney get an opportunity to run their own bar during a historic blizzard, while Marshall and Lily try to defy the odds and continue one of their cherished traditions.Ted and Barney get an opportunity to run their own bar during a historic blizzard, while Marshall and Lily try to defy the odds and continue one of their cherished traditions.
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Did you know
- TriviaAlyson Hannigan (Lily) was pregnant with her first child, and wears baggy clothes or is shot from the chest up throughout the episode.
- GoofsNear the beginning of the episode, there is a shot from outer space showing the storm. The storm shown is rotating clockwise. That would be a high-pressure system and is associated with fair weather. A system that would produce a storm would rotate counter-clockwise around low pressure.
- Quotes
Ted Mosby: So, how many people are in on this Party School Bingo thing?
Barney Stinson: Oh, it's just me.
Ted Mosby: So what's the point, then?
Barney Stinson: The point is to get five in a row.
Ted Mosby: And what do you get when you get five in a row?
Barney Stinson: I get Bingo.
- ConnectionsReferences Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
It's still a very good one. The interaction of Barney and Ted is great. Ranjit has an appearance, so does Carl. There are telepathic conversations. Marshall does an amazing robot impression. We get flash forwards to scenes from later episodes ("I can jump that far", "I'm gonna win her back"). The "bingo" conversation between Barney and Ted might be one of the funniest dialogs in the entire series. It's just the Marshall and Lily storyline that, albeit being sweet, doesn't get me excited. It makes the episode a bit uneven, because the Barney and Ted storyline is awesome and way superior.
We also get to see more Marshall and Robin interaction. This has been a common feature in the last few episodes. They always appeared to be people that happen to have mutual close friends rather than actually being close friends with each other. Earlier in the season, this has been further established. Robin insulted Marshall in 'Not a father's day', Marshall insulted Robin in 'The Naked Man', and in 'Woooo!' Robin expressed the desire to spend more time with Lily without Marshall being around. And then, with 'Little Minnesota' we got an episode dedicated to the things they have in common. And they finally spend some time together outside of the group. This episode continues on that path, although the dichotomy of their respective characters becomes once again apparent. Maybe Robin respects Marshall more since she found out that he can be a bad-ass fighter...
A final thought on Ted. He seems to have become more cynical and Barney-like lately. Since he got left at the altar, he had meaningless sex with the elevator girl, Robin, and now possibly a college chick, but no new love interest. In 'The Fight', he explicitly said: "I remember that nice guy being left at the altar for a taekwondo instructor." This shattering event might have had a bigger impact on his character than he was ready to admit directly afterwards.
Remember what old Ted said in the first episode of season 3: "This is the story of how I became who I had to become before I could meet your mother."
Details
- Runtime30 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
- 16:9 HD