This episode I liked. It gets back to the story of how Ted and Stella are getting married and that Stella lives in New Jersey. Ted's constantly travelling to and fro and finds it hard to keep up appearences with the rest of the Scooby Gang, so he invites them all over to Stella's. Everyone seems to hate it, including Ted who has a rant about how much he hates New Jersey and thinks NY is way better. Meanwhile Robin quits her job at Metro News 1 to take what she thinks to be a great new anchor job, but turns out she only got an audition.

What I liked was that it got back to the actual story. Last weeks episode was sitcom hell based around one annoying little thing with no continuity from previous episodes or anything that future episodes can build on. I especially loved Barney's whole "fist-bump" trauma and the look he gave Robin at the end of the episode when she told everyone that she didnt get the job she was after but instead is taking a foreign correspondence job in Japan. And the episode opener was a classic Stinson moment as he tries to snag a lesbian.

It was also awesome that Stella played a big part in this episode and had good chemistry with everyone, even when her and Lily were arguing about NJ/NY. And Marshall bursting out into a huge rant about how much he hates New York because of his gigantism.

But seriously, Jason. Get a HAIRCUT! Or a new hairstylist.

Still courtesy of Go Fugg Yourself

Otherwise a nicely played out episode.

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