How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother was able to take two of the most popular events in February and put both into one episode.

"Rabbit or Duck" had us laughing out loud throughout all of Barney's crazy antics. His quest to land the perfect ten was very ridiculous and totally a pre-relationship Stinson move.

Having Barney hold up a sign during the Superbowl was genius. My question is not what woman would call a guy she saw on TV - but, what woman wouldn't? Even if it's just to see if it was real.

We have to wonder if Barney is just trying to catch up on all the months he wasted away while dating Robin or if this is rebound gone wild? Either way, watching him literally go nuts after each call was hilarious.

It almost felt like we were tuning into an adult version of our beloved childhood cartoons - having Don's face morph into rabbit then a duck was hilarious.

We must agree with the group - Ducks rule. And Don is most definitely a duck. He doesn't wear pants and his name is Donald - CMon! What more needs to be said?

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In TV Fanatic's review of "The Perfect Week," we broke down Barney's pursuit of perfection, which he ultimately achieved with the help of his friends (and Jim Nantz).

Below, our staff further analyzes various topics from last night's episode of the CBS comedy in our weekly How I Met Your Mother Round Table discussion ...

1. What was your favorite How I Met Your Mother quote from last night?

L.J. Gibbs: Barney deserved self-congratulation after this one: "That woman nursing a White Russian is about to chase it with a White American. UP TOP!"

The Barnacle: I'm not convinced there was a bad quote during the exchange of Barney and his imaginary Jim Nantz, but I'm gonna have to give it up for guest star Nantz for his line regarding Barney scoring over 200 women and not a single fatty. Impressive indeed.

Mrs. Northman: Barney: "That woman nursing a White Russian is about to chase it with a White American!" Barney has the best one liners ever!

2. More disgusting: Sharing bodily fluids with seven people in as many days, or sharing the same toothbrush with four people over at least as many years?

L.J. Gibbs: Definitely the toothbrush. Ted was basically making out with Marshall for a few years, if you want to look at it that way. Sorry for the imagery.

The Barnacle: I'm going to make the bold assumption that Barney used a condom and therefore go with unprotected sharing of toothbrushes. That and beer pong are the main cause of herpes.

Mrs. Northman: That's a toughie! I think they are both equally disgusting. BUT, a toothbrush by far beats Barney's slutty week. Hopefully he just used a condom.

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Welcome back, How I Met Your Mother, oh how we missed you!

On "The Perfect Week," we once again realized why we love single Barney so much. I am not a huge sports fanatic, but it was pretty awesome to have a Yankee make a cameo on HIMYM. And not just any Yankee, but Nick Swisher. He is super delicious.

The play by play between Barney and Jim Nantz was fantastic. Especially when Nantz got up and kicked the chair due to Lily saying jinx multiple times.There is one thing I do know, when it comes to sports fans alike are all rather superstitious.

The interaction between Nantz and Barney really had me rooting for Barney to land the seven girls - and that is a feat because normally I would just be disgusted by that kind of whorish actions.

We got to give it up also for the gang's sub story-lines. Who on earth shares a toothbrush? I have to admit, in dire circumstances I have had to borrow one, but making in a routine thing? That is just gross. Good job adding humor to it by having the whole gang use just one.

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Jennifer Lopez is the latest in a long line of big-name guest stars (though not one of our favorites) to sign on for a role on the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother.

The actress/singer, in a rare TV appearance, will play Anita Appleby, a no-nonsense author of self-help books teaching women how to ""train" men in relationships.

Men are trained through the power of denial, of course.

J. Lo's author character is introduced after Robin (Cobie Smulders) tells Anita how Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) acts toward women. She then decides to "break" him.

Somehow we don't expect Lopez's contribution to go down in the annals of legen- (wait for it!) -dary How I Met Your Mother quotes, but we'll give her a chance.

In other news, the show, which aired its 100th episode last month, was also renewed on Tuesday for a sixth season. Now that's something we can all celebrate!

No, she won't be playing the mother.

With that out of the way, we can report that Brooke Nevin will guest star this spring on How I Met Your Mother.

According to Fancast.com, the actress will portray Amanda, a romantic interest for Ted. She'll be his date at Lily’s birthday party, thereby continuing his awkward tradition of dragging new gals to major group events.

Nevin's episode will air in March. Among other shows, she's appeared on Grey's Anatomy, Eli Stone and NCIS.

Breaking news. Carrie Underwood is “awesome.”

We hardly needed Neil Patrick Harris to let us in on that piece of news, but we do appreciate the reassurance - and the picture he posted of them both on Twitter!

Here's a behind-the-scenes shot of Neil in character, posing with the gorgeous, newly-engaged, Grammy-winning, upcoming How I Met Your Mother guest star ...

“This week’s awesome guest star,” he wrote on his Twitter page, linking to the photo of himself with the country superstar above. “HIMYM – You’ll Love The Way We Fly!”

In an episode scheduled to air in March, Underwood is set to play Tiffany, an enigmatic pharmaceutical sales rep and love interest for wife-seeking Ted (Josh Radnor).

Hmm, Carrie looks more like a flight attendant than a drug rep. Maybe someone is having a mile high club fantasy? We can only imagine the Barney Stinson quotes ...

In TV Fanatic's review of "Jenkins," we talked about the difference between the settler and the reacher, and how a co-worker's gender can change everything.

Below, our staff members break down Marshall's office dalliances, a hilarious Robin drinking game and more in our How I Met Your Mother Round Table ...

1. What was your favorite How I Met Your Mother quote from last night?

L.J. Gibbs: Barney: Rule #2, I get to sleep with Jenkins before you do. Rule #3: We're just gonna do Rule #2 first. [runs off]

The Barnacle: While not technically a quote, my favorite would be Marshall re-telling the stories with Amanda Peet as Jenkins.

Lily Pad: I liked how Marshall's skee-ball nickname was "The Fudge" and he referred to himself - quite proudly - in the third person.

Mrs. Northman: Barney: "With Jenkins, on Jenkins, near Jenkins - you name it. I wanna wear Jenkins like a sock."

2. Amanda Peet as Jenkins: Hit or miss?

L.J. Gibbs: She was good, but credit goes primarily to the writers. A token, non-famous hot girl would have also done well in the hilarious context of Jenkins.

Lily Pad: Eh, I say miss. She didn't really do it for me.

The Barnacle: While I don't think Peet did a fantastic job, I have such a crush on this actress I'm going to declare her a hit. A very attractive hit.

Mrs. Northman: Hit! Amanda Peet is not only funny, but she's a total babe!

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Last night was more about Marshall and Lily than ever before. Amanda Peet guessed stared as Jenkins in this week's episode, "Jenkins."

It is funny to see how something a man could do can be so disgusting yet funny... but have a hot woman do the exact same thing and presto chango! It becomes hot. Who would've guess eating two hundred maraschino cherries be hot? Not I!

We especially like the breakdown of the settler and the reacher. I for one, totally agree. In a relationship, it is always better to be the settler. This way, you know that you have the upper hand.

It can come down to percentages as well - 55%/45% - the settler giving slightly less at 45%. Why wouldn't each person give the same amount? Well, for one, it is in a man's nature to want to sow their seeds and they are less likely to leave something they feel that they are lucky to have.

This doesn't mean it can't happen, we are just saying it is less likely to happen. Why downgrade? But, like Tiger Woods and many men before him, it has been proven otherwise.

Back to the storyline, how great is the "but-um" game?! Only if Robin was non-fictional and we could all part take in this awesome new drinking game.

No new Mother news and we have a feeling we won't get any anytime soon, but last night did have some great How I Met Your Mother quotes:

Marshall: First of all, come on buddy, you can't handle the fudge. | permalink

Marshall: It happened! Do you have any...split pea left? | permalink

Barney: And there's about to be one more story - I'm gonna bang Jenkins.
Ted: Wait you want to have sex with Jenkins?
Barney: With Jenkins, on Jenkins, near Jenkins - you name it. I wanna wear Jenkins like a sock. | permalink

As our columnist expressed in TVF's review of "Girls vs. Suits," the 100th episode of How I Met Your Mother did not disappoint last night. In fact, it was terrific.

Below, our staff members break down the near run-in with The Mother, Barney's musical number and more in our How I Met Your Mother Round Table ...

1. What was your favorite How I Met Your Mother quote from last night?

Dr. Shepherd: The Lost-style whispering of the suits. Suuuuuit uppp ... Awesome.

The Barnacle: Let's go with the standard Barnyism of the week: his list of types of women he's slept with, in particular the rhyming section. Just one question, how was Barney not landed a hot bartender yet?

Lily Pad: "To score would be just fine, but I'd rather be dressed to the nines."

Mrs. Northman: Barney: I'm gonna stop you right there. It's the suits. Come on, Lily, get your head out of your ass. I am really going to be using that like on a daily basis - C'mon get your head out of your ass! I loveee it.

2. Are you sad Rachel Bilson is not the mother?

Dr. Shepherd: Someone please take away my belt and shoelaces until further notice.

Lily Pad: Eh, I'll get over it. Certain people I know have obvious crushes on Rachel Bilson, and that could get rather annoying to witness week after week.

The Barnacle: I may have to go on Prozac here. I've been in love with Summer, err Rachel Bilson from my O.C. days. Just the very notion she could have been the mother and become a series regular was just an evil tease. I could care less that we learned how cool the mother is or that we got to see her sexy foot (and it was sexy). I demand Rachel Bilson on my television every week, preferably in a wonder woman outfit.

Mrs. Northman: Not really - I think she's great and all, but the way the writers make the mother out to be the coolest chick on the planet - Bilson just wouldn't fit the bill for me.

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Being that this was the 100th episode of How I Met Your Mother, we were a little apprehensive of how great this would all turn out - especially how they would place a song and dance skit into a half hour programming slot.

But boy! We're we nervous for nothing! "Girls vs. Suits" brought us one step closer to finding out about the mysterious "mother" of Ted's future children.

It was nice of the writers not to keep us on our toes for more than just a brief moment about whether or not Cindy is the mother. We have to admit, we did hold our breath for a moment when they showed the same yellow bus sitting in the bookcase of the future.

Some ridiculously cool facts that we learned about Ted's future wife:

• Plays bass in a band
• Makes breakfast food sing!
• Paints robots playing sports

So far, everything we know about the mother is awesome - almost too awesome. But, will she be as hot as her roommate Cindy? Apparently, future Ted tells us she is even hotter! The casting of this fictitious woman sounds like a almost impossible feat. I guess only time and ratings will tell...

Besides learning more factoids about the "mother", Barney jumps into the 100th episode with pure comic gold. How great was it to see him in a picture water skiing in a suit? And to have Tim Gunn come in and play his personal tailor? Wonderful! Simply wonderful!

Like we stated earlier, we weren't too sure how a song and dance could fit into the episode seamlessly, but having the hot bartender open the closet door revealing Barney's true love was perfect - especially bringing it back to reality of how easy it is for Barney to get some for the night with a simple lie. We say, job well done! 

Our pick of the top three best How I Met Your Mother quotes from the 100th episode:

Lily: And her ass - I'd wear that thing for a hat. | permalink

Tim: Your suits death is another suits life.
Barney: Do it.
Tim: You're doing the right thing.
(Barney sobs)
Tim: Please don't cry on this - it's silk. | permalink

Barney: (about picking world peace over his suits) I'm gonna stop you right there. It's the suits. Come on, Lily, get your head out of your ass. | permalink