The Helm returns, and Barney feels left out.

Remember last week, in "Bad Crazy," when Robin kept flashing back to the same plot over and over again, with just one new detail each fourth dimension? Remember how annoying that got? This calendar week made amend utilize of the multi-perspective flashback that the prove often employs.

What made this week work is the crazy changes in the story that came with each change in perspective. It all begins when Ted gets an answering machine message from the Captain, and Ted is convinced that the Captain finally wants to exact his revenge for stealing Zoey from him. (As well as, Ted thinks, the subsequent love of the Captain's life, Betty, as well known as the "Boats Boats Boats" girl.) To quote Ted: "Well I become why he's mad, I did stick it to his wife… Repeatedly!"

To explain his fright, Ted begins to tell the story of how he went with Lily to an art gallery opening, and ran into the Helm, who was incredibly rude, merely invited Lily, Robin and Ted upstairs to look at the painting he'd recently acquired. Ted believes it's a ploy for the Captain to get him lone and kill him, and it turns out he might be correct, as the Captain brandishes a harpoon gun and promises not to kill him as long equally he doesn't steal the newest love of his life, gesturing to a picture show. Ted looks at the motion-picture show and realizes it'due south Betty.

However, Robin tells the story a trivial differently. Turns out Ted had "eaten some sandwiches" pre-art show and therefore had misremembered the night, hallucinating the Betty picture and thoroughly embarrassing himself at the art show (Ted'southward mal-timed "manners!" comeback replete with the "high five" that knocked the full tray of food out of the waiter's arms was absolutely hysterical.) The Captain wasn't rude at all, he was hit on Robin the whole time, luring the gang upstairs in club to seduce her in a ruddy satin robe.

Only Lily is the just ane truly able to tell the story equally it happened. Robin had gotten plastered before the testify and had vainly imagined that all of the Captain's actions were advances toward her. (Besides, the harpoon gun was really a remote, which made the scene in which Ted charily removes it from the Captains hands all the more than funny.) Instead, the Captain's focus in this flashback was on Lily, whom he criticizes by saying her opinion on art means zippo as she is "just" a kindergarten teacher. Lily has struggled with the fact that she never did anything with her art degree for a long time, and then the comment hit her difficult, so hard that she stole an expensive crystal ashtray to punish him (like they practise in kindergarten, apparently.) In the terminate, information technology was Lily's number the Helm was calling for, to give thanks her for suggesting that he purchase the painting which concluded up earning him $4 million dollars, and to offer her a job as an fine art consultant. Renewed and excited, Lily accepts.

Information technology seems that the reality of Lily's life — marriage, homeownership, maternity — has defenseless up with her, and she'south realizing that she needs to actually exist serious well-nigh post-obit her dreams before it'southward too late. Though this feels a niggling sudden – ane minute she's realizing feelings she apparently has non brought upward for some time, the next minute her dreams have come truthful in this new job – it's good for Lily to finally find her place and her passion.

Conversely, Barney clearly still has a lot of growing upwardly to practice. His insistence to be a part of the storyline even though he wasn't at that place stems from his demand to remain the crazy ane in the group, even every bit his life is settling downward. No thing how many strides Barney has made from his playboy past, he still has a stretch alee of him before he tin be fully happy in his marriage to Robin.

Tidbits:

-"Lily… had invited us.. to an Fine art GARFUNKEL gallery opening concert"

-"I had this weird sinking feeling" ("We both did!")

-I just beloved everything about high Ted – his piercing scream every fourth dimension he saw the Captain, his poor timing and delivery, his clumsiness – all vivid.

-Barney isn't that upset about the Captain'southward supposed involvement in Robin because it could mean a "super enlightened forrad thinking human relationship" where they allow others into their matrimony "but just girls not dudes except possibly one time just to see what that's like."

-"Could you please hold a infinitesimal?" "Dropping anchor!"

-Marshall and Lily had already worked out that Lily could sleep with other men simply but for $4 million dollars. "If you tell me y'all slept with the Captain for anything under $2.8…."

-"You lot have architecture, Marshall has the police, Lily has fine art, robin has pleasing me sexually"

-"I know that nosotros role play bridal visits but I tin't do that for real!"

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