How I Met Your Mother "Tick, Tick, Tick" Review

Clocks were thematically important in tonight's episode. Future Ted agreed with Einstein's theory of time in the theory--how it doesn't move at the same speed at all times (or something). The issue of time was important to the gang in "Tick, Tick, Tick" because time isn't going to stop for any of them. The older they get, the less time they have with one another. Marshall and Lily will be parents soon. Ted won't have his best friend to hang out with when he wants to. Barney and Robin have only so much time to decide whether or not they want to spend the rest of their lives together. For Barney, he's absolutely committed to a life with Robin. Robin, however, continues to hide behind wasteful relationships.

"Tick, Tick, Tick" successfully balanced the comedy and the drama. I enjoyed the entirety of Ted and Marshall's adventures in the stadium as they pursued nachos for Lily. The ever-aging males were anxious for one night when they could return to their younger, college selves who attended a great many paloozas, smoked marijuana, and rocked out all day without a care in a world. The palooza the best friends attend has more significance because Ted and Marshall feel it is their last palooza before everything changes (which it is). I don't have a novella of thoughts on the subplot because its meaning was as clear as the stars on a St. Petersburg night. I'm at least a decade younger than the characters, so I didn't relate to their sense of momentous change because of marriage and a baby. I found their reaction to the marijuana curious, though. The drug had an alcohol type effect on the gentlemen. Sure they were paranoid, and stupid, but they were awfully sappy and emotional. I'm the last individual to comment on the difference between marijuana and alcohol because I've experienced the effects of neither. Take my thoughts on the matter with a grain of salt.

The best part of the odyssey in the stadium, which wasn't actually an odyssey, was the security camera footage of the two friends acting like idiots for two minutes. Jason Segal's always good when tasked with the duties of a funny-man, but Josh Radnor's someone who always surprises me when he succeeds in intentionally funny scenes. 'Twas great physical comedy from both actors. I also liked how the friends thought time moved so fast when high because their sober selves fear the very same thing. Lily relayed the good news that they're paranoid drug trip only lasted two minutes. Elated, Ted and Marshall resolved to cherish the time they had until their night ended. Instead of staying for the concert, though, they went to McClaren's, where the rest of their friends were.

Barney and Robin's makeout session in the back of a taxi cab concluded with intercourse in Barney's apartment. The impulsive intercourse session led to a surprising amount of honest between the characters. Both admitted their feelings for one another; that the night meant alot; that their relationships need to end so that they don't waste any more time apart. Normally, I'd rant about the writers' decision to keep Robin in her relationship with Kevin. However, I enjoy the Kevin character no matter how lame his speech to Robin about relationships and truth was. I understand television enough to know that November sweeps is too early to reunite Barney and Robin. As I predicted last week, the destined lovers will reunite during May sweeps.

Again, I find myself with barely any thoughts about the dynamic beyond the paragraph I've just finished. Neil Patrick Harris acted the heck out of the scene in McClaren's, when Robin enters the bar with Kevin behind her. Barney grew more in a single episode than he has in the previous six seasons, and they didn't even need John Lithgow. I have very little to write about "Tick, Tick, Tick" as a whole. It was another episode I enjoyed in a surprisingly enjoyable season of the series.

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