tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post3899588526989929203..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: How I Met Your Mother 9x20: DaisyAustin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-45052252110548274862014-03-18T18:35:32.236-05:002014-03-18T18:35:32.236-05:00@Blam: . Lily wouldn't just leave it there in ...@Blam: <i>. Lily wouldn't just leave it there in the daisy pot in the Captain's house with him newly married; not having a whole ride back to the inn to dispose of it.</i><br /><br />Good point. <br /><br /><i>I missed the point there. Just to keep her occupied/distracted? </i><br /><br />And, I think, to throw people off the scent of the real mystery - should anyone suspect her of being pregnant, they'd immediately think "nah, she couldn't be; she's been drinking non-stop all weekend". <br /><br />But of course, that returns to the question of why it even needs to be such a secret. Not telling Barney and Robin outright, sure; but she probably didn't need to go to such extreme lengths to create a red herring in an investigation both the bridge and groom would assuredly be too preoccupied to launch in the first place. And should Ted have found out sooner, she could have always blackmailed him into silence with his whole "moving to Chicago" secret. <br /><br /><i>Someone should tell the writers that all suspense is lost when you've already shown flash forwards of Barney and Robin happily married. It makes another misguided spin on the Ted/Robin merry-go-round all the more pointless.</i><br /><br />Yeah. This is where their time-jumping becomes a hurdle - they've already established that Robin gets cold feet on her wedding day, so they need to set that up here, except that when they first introduced the idea of her having cold feet, it was before we knew who she was going to marry and before we knew she ends up happy with Barney in the future. <br /><br />So they're forced to spend time on a storyline they've already resolved and written all the tension/surprise/what have you out of, even moreso than usual on this show. <br /><br /><i>Ahem...I believe it's a play on the Hardy Boys.</i><br /><br />Who were just watered down Three Investigators knock offs, and I'll hear no arguments otherwise! <br /><br />(Which isn't actually true as the Hardy Boys predate the Three Investigators, but the later are far superior to the former, so they're my preferred "Boy Detectives" of choice, even if "The Mosby Boys" is obvious a specific reference to "The Hardy Boys".)<br /><br /><i>OK, I get the Lily/Daisy part. And the pregnancy test was in the daisy pot. Anything else I'm missing?</i><br /><br />No. <br /><br />Two is "multiple"... Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-12590704482689658442014-03-13T18:44:25.045-05:002014-03-13T18:44:25.045-05:00@DrBitz: // I'm using the term "interesti...<br>@DrBitz: <i>// I'm using the term "interesting" very liberally. //</i><br /><br />It might mean that we'll keep disagreeing on <i>SNL</i>, but I say keep your misaligned humor sensor right where it is, 'cause otherwise you've been on fire this week.<br /><br />Also, I was suspicious about the reference to cigarettes being biodegradable too, but frankly I know very little about cigarettes.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-46827304339464529552014-03-13T00:09:24.063-05:002014-03-13T00:09:24.063-05:00"but all the "I'm marrying a man jus..."but all the "I'm marrying a man just like my father" panic was not only cliche, but incredibly forced and not at all funny (one line aside)."<br /><br />Especially since we've met her father and he's pretty much nothing like Barney.<br /><br />"And, of course, the ending ominously sets up yet another ride on the Ted/Robin merry-go-round (this time begun by Robin)"<br /><br />No comment....OK one comment. Someone should tell the writers that all suspense is lost when you've already shown flash forwards of Barney and Robin happily married. It makes another misguided spin on the Ted/Robin merry-go-round all the more pointless.<br /><br />"I'm a complete sucker for any gags built around The Mosby Boys. Blame my love of The Three Investigators"<br /><br />Ahem...I believe it's a play on the Hardy Boys.<br /><br />"I also love that Billy Zabka is still hanging around, and is always referred to as "Billy Zabka"."<br /><br />Agreed.<br /><br />"why didn't Lily tell Marshall as soon as she came back?"<br /><br />Especially since, at some point, I assume Marshall would try to get her a drink? Actually, I wonder if he already did in a previous episode? It would be interesting to look for. (I'm using the term "interesting" very liberally.)<br /><br />""Daisy" is a pretty great name for Marshall and Lily's daughter. Works on multiple levels."<br /><br />OK, I get the Lily/Daisy part. And the pregnancy test was in the daisy pot. Anything else I'm missing?<br /><br />@Blam: "Lily wouldn't just leave it there in the daisy pot in the Captain's house with him newly married"<br /><br />Actually, the logic for putting a cigarette in the daisy pot seems suspicious. They said she wouldn't throw it out the window for environmental reasons but that she'd put it in the pot because it would biodegrade...<br /><br />"Plus if the constant drink in her hand wasn't to make sure she could keep peeing on a stick, as that turned out to be a last-minute decision, I missed the point there."<br /><br />I asked the same thing. What the hell was the point?Dr. Bitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13568570859981368717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-39318321433440020342014-03-12T21:58:45.646-05:002014-03-12T21:58:45.646-05:00It's funny — curious funny, not funny ha-ha — ...<br>It's funny — curious funny, not funny ha-ha — the way I realize watching episodes this season that I kind-of hate what's going on even though I would be fine with it all if this were just another middling season in the late-middle of the series rather than an increasingly short march to the finale.<br /><br />The logic used by Ted to suss out where the cigarette butt would be discovered made sense until it turned out to be a pregnancy test. Lily wouldn't just leave it there in the daisy pot in the Captain's house with him newly married; not having a whole ride back to the inn to dispose of it. And like you I don't get why she'd keep the news from Marshall to begin with. Plus if the constant drink in her hand wasn't to make sure she could keep peeing on a stick, as that turned out to be a last-minute decision, I missed the point there. Just to keep her occupied/distracted? <br /><br />Some good dialogue, especially the dinghy line you quoted and the kicker/tag's misdirect on the Funyons callback — I get happy when a reference actually registers with me. 8^)<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.com