Barney and Robin's wedding is only a few weeks away, which means it's time for Barney's surprise bachelor party! Ted and Marshall throw a bag over his head, toss him in the back of a van and take him to a crappy hotel just outside Atlantic City. At first, Barney's a little concerned by how the evening his going, but the guys remind him that he has a gambling problem, and that back when he was engaged to Quinn, he told them exactly what he wanted for his bachelor party
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| As outlined in the ancient wisdom of the Brorah. |
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| A lap dance is always better when the stripper is crying. |
After all that, Barney calls it and they start the long drive home. However, on the way, Ralph Macchio talks some smack about how Barney's a loser for having a bachelor party a stone's throw away from AC and not gambling. Naturally, Barney can't let the villain from The Karate Kid get the better of him, so he pulls a U-turn on the highway and it's time to gamble. He quickly loses $85,000... and Marshall to some Chinese gangsters.
When they get back to New York so Barney can raise the cash to buy back Marshall, Robin's pissed because running off with the guys meant that she had to spend the night alone with Barney's mother. She's even more pissed when she finds out that Quinn was the stripper. She chucks her engagement ring on the ground and storms off... only to reveal that it was all a ruse.
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| Pulling a ruse while in uniform disgraces the naughty police force. |
Future Ted then tells us what really happened. Since every night of Barney's life is awesome, instead of giving him the best time of his life, Robin planned the worst night of his life. Everyone was in on it: the guys, Quinn, Ralph Macchio, the Chinese gangsters, even Barney's mother.
For the finale, the gangsters chop Marshall's hand off and drag Barney up to his apartment where everyone is waiting to surprise him. They've checked off everything on the list in the most twisted way possible, and he loved it. Except, they got the wrong Karate Kid. Or did they? The clown removes his make-up to reveal that he was William Zabka all along!
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| The real Karate Kid. |
What I Liked
-Various Jewish-themed bro puns. I wasn't offended at all, and that's what really matters.
-"Shut it, Ralph Macchio!" I think we've all wanted to say that at one time or another.
-They stuck in one clean shot of the Brorah so we could all read it.
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| Thanks, HIMYM producers! |
What I Hated
-Lily's weird, creepy obsession with Ralph Macchio. That was just unnecessary and gross.
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| Although, with a little make-up and the right lighting, I'd still buy him as a teenager. |
Final Thoughts
I'm getting reeeeeeeeeeeeeealy tired of TV shows doing episodes where people run some horrible scam to fool their loved ones and get away with it. I'm fairly willing to suspend disbelief, but they just strain credulity. Aside from a 'The Game' situation, no one, anywhere likes to have a horrible time. People like good times with booze, games, strippers, and William Zabka. Even if it's not the best night ever, that's still better than having your friends lie to you and taking a four-hour round trip to Atlantic City.
They didn't even actually check off everything on Barney's list. Robin mentioned that Barney's mother was telling crazy sex stories, but that didn't really happen, and there was no Broment, since everything was a ruse. You can't say 'oh my, look how clever we are' when a cursory examination shows that you weren't actually all that clever. I mean, you can, but it's kinda dumb.
That being said, this was still a better episode than the last ten or so. It was funnier, it had Ralph Macchio, and it didn't make me want to punch Ted in the face. That's worthy of some faint praise.
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