How I Met Your Mother – The Sexless Innkeeper
Well, that was a fun episode. Sure there wasn’t much of plot, and I can’t explain how Robin avoided the Marshall/Lily need for another couple to date while she was with Ted, but that didn’t dampen my love of the episode. The return of historic!Barney made me chuckle and I absolutely loved all of the RomCom clichés that they were playing with…especially the ending with the couples standing in the rain.
If you haven’t already visited It Was the Best Night Ever, you should visit ASAP. I love it when Jason Segal is allowed to be zany and I’ve loved Alyson Hannigan for over 12 years now. All around, it was a fun episode.
Big Bang Theory – The Pirate Solution
Boy do I feel bad for Raj. However, I think this is going to be a great direction for the show. Plus, the possible deportation (“So that’s it. That was 
my last hope. I’m going to be deported. Sent home in disgrace. Exposed to the sardonic barbs of my cousin Sanjay, or as you might know him, Dave from AT&T customer service.”) led to some great comedic moment including Raj getting drunk at his interview in order to talk to a woman.
Other highlights of the episode included the guy’s tradition of watching Christopher Columbus movies. That has to be one of the best – and funniest – Columbus Day jokes I’ve seen on a television show. I wonder if they’ll ever get to Rent. I also loved Raj consulting with Howard over whether or not he could talk if Penny was listening outside the door. Oh and how could I leave our Sheldon trying to talk Raj into becoming a pirate.
Castle – Fool Me Once…
Now this is the kind of episode I love to watch. I really had no idea who had murdered the fake Arctic explorer until the end, but I didn’t feel like I was getting the run around. Castle’s enthusiasm over the constant twists of the case coupled with Beckett’s annoyance, made my night. I also have to say I love the fact that Castle has a guy in every agency and nefarious group. I never knew writers had such great connections.
I also loved the secondary plot involving Alexis and her new violin teacher. I think Castle was totally in the right to check the guy’s credentials and ask that they conduct lessons in a public place. It just seems like good parenting. However, I think the way he handled it wasn’t the best and I was happy to see Alexis confronting him about it. They really are the best father/daughter on television.
Psych
Man I’m going to miss this show until it comes back next year. This episode was firing on all cylinders. Of course I didn’t think anything truly bad would happen to Shawn, but it was still a great plot device that led to one of the things I have been waiting for since the show premiered: the teaming of Henry and Lassiter on a case. As a viewer I’ve long thought that Shawn and Henry were very much alike, but it was fun to hear Lassiter make the same observation.
I think my favorite scene, though, was Shawn attempting to jump out of the truck onto one of the cars. One of my good friends in grad school was in love with Vin Diesel and so I have seen all of his movies up to 2006. I absolutely got a kick out of the reference to The Fast and the Furious. I don’t blame Shawn for not wanting to be Paul Walker…although, he was kind of fun in the last movie.
Overall, it was a fantastic mid-season finale. I’ve watched the episode 3 times now and it is fun everytime. How could you now enjoy watching Lassiter’s face after he realized he not only complimented Shaw, but called him deputy. Comedy gold!
