How I Met Your Mother 6×15 – “Oh Honey”

I haven’t written about the last few episodes of How I Met Your Mother because I thought my comments would be redundant.  I was happy to see that Robin finally, finally getting some job satisfaction and upward mobility in her career, and felt sad for Marshall because he lost his father so suddenly, but didn’t have much else to say.  I have a few brief thoughts on last night’s “Oh Honey.”

The Feminist in Me Thinks… I am so beyond tired of the “Barney hits on dumb girls, manipulates them in their dumb dumb dumbness, and the hot dumb girls sleep with him in all their dumbosity” plots on this show.  The writers are enamored with womanizing Barney to the point where they ruined a very promising Barney/Robin romance last season.  I much prefer the Barney who concocts ridiculous schemes that have nothing to do with seducing dumb women, and are just ridiculous for absurdity’s sake.  So I was pleased to see him break down in front of “Honey” and cry about his daddy issues rather than actually sleep with her.  There are two reasons why Barney’s womanizing can still be funny on occasion: NPH’s talent as an actor, and the fact that Barney only succeeds about half of the time.  I’m enjoying the character much more than I did last season because they’re finding a decent balance.

The Comedian in Me Thinks… By far, the most amusing part of the episode was Marshall’s older brother Marcus recounting the Ted/Zoey story with overly flowery narration ripped out of the pages of a fairy tale romance, and then capping it off by tricking Marshall with the oh-so-old “Hertz Donuts” joke.  I also giggled when Robin wound up ruining the dinner party because she was thinking of the oven settings in Celsius – even though that would result in her UNDERcooking the meat, no?

My Verdict: Go away, Katy Perry.