80’s montages kill me.
After the drunken night following the last episode, Barney
finds his way down the highway, accosts two losers—I mean, young men—and finds
a strip club sooner than it takes Ted
and Robin to find him again. He takes them on one last go-round the night
before his wedding, ensuring protégé might exist in his place.
But I wanted to be that bro in training.
Also, it says so much when you realize he passed on the
Playbook in sticky-note form. He had it memorized—although, perhaps, that in and
of itself isn’t such a surprise. The most important takeaway? "It's not
legendary unless your friends are there to see it."
While Ted and Robin trail the beach to find him (far, far off their mark), we finally witness
Ted’s failed journey to find Robin’s locket. In essence, he must relive his
three most influential girlfriends on the locket’s trail, only to watch it
chucked off a bridge by the crazy Jeanette in the same manner he lost his
childhood balloon.
I’m still not clear on WHEN he had the time to fly to Los
Angeles and back from the east coast. Perhaps I’m missing something. All the
same, he learns to let go of Robin, finally, on the morning of the big day. And
in grand John Hughes style, no less.
We never learn who was
in the car with Lily. But, we see Lily and Marshall break up, though not
before choice warnings on Ghost Lily’s part: marriage isn’t a competition. And
if you make it one, the only one that will lose, is you. Don’t make your spouse
the opposite team; make them a team player.
Analogies aside, even Marshall and Lily bury their seven-year
hatchet on the ceremony’s dawn. Now it’s a countdown to see just how long they
can stave off the season—and series—finale.
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