Episode Discussion S09E14 - "Slapsgiving 3: Slappointment in Slapmarra" (Here be spoilers!)

Wow Nora looked great.

Nora, Shannon, Crazy Meg and Stacy Keibler all back for cameos? No way!

I think my husband called it. I commented how weird it was that they built up the fourth slap like it was the last one. My husband said they're giving the fourth slap the fanfare, because the fifth slap won't have an episode built around it. Rather, it will come out of nowhere. He said it will be when Barney panics and says he can't go through with the wedding. Marshall will slap Barney to bring him back to his senses.

Edit: We're split on the way it will play out. Will Marshall slap Barney without thinking and only realize later he "wasted" his last slap? Or will Marshall realize that Barney and Robin's future happiness is more important than the slap bet and dole out a "selfless" slap?

"I have much gold."

Carl shakes bag

"That is much."

"Yeah, yeah, fake jukebox."

I like the candor post-slap.

A Red Bird = A Robin

A White Flower = A Lily

The Calligrapher = one of Ted's hobbies, along with the nit-picking note

Now none of you karmawhores can post the Sudden Clarity Clarence tomorrow

Ted did quite a bit of backpacking in college

The Gang's responses to Marshall is the greatest part of this whole story.

"I backpacked there in college"

That slap was coming from like 5 different angles.

So future Ted is completely hammered by the time he gets to the end of the story, right? That's why these episodes are all completely off the wall. His poor kids are stuck there on the couch, listening to him mumble into his scotch about slap mountain.

IF WE FIND OUT WHAT BARNEYS ACTUAL JOB IS NEXT WEEK I WILL LOSE MY MIND

Damn Nora is angry.

Gets the heart slapped out of him Classic Schmosby

Adagio for strings.Good lord.

THE SLAPPING TREE BY PAI MEI!!!!

Nora!

I never reach for the remote faster than when I hear the guy say "A new episode of Two Broke Girls is next!".

BOYZ TO MEN

WHAT THE FUCK

The slap in slow motion with epic music is all I've ever wanted.

a good filler, but not for the second part of the last season.

Someone needs to tell Barney that the "Away Gamer" is actually called "The Stranger."

Awww I miss Nora :/

I love the technology dedicated to getting that slo-mo shot of the slap.

I don't want to know what Barney's job is. Sometimes mystery & imagination is better. Same goes for the pineapple.

I'm not sure what I think of that episode. Boys II Men showing up was cool and Marshall kinda broke up the fourth wall but there was no plot development. Basically a fanfare episode, all fanfare haha. Not my favourite episode that's for sure.

WAS THAT SHANNON*????

IT'S A KILL BILL TRIBUTE

HOLY SHIT GUYS. HIMYM IS DOING A KILL BILL TRIBUTE.

i wonder who they rag on more... Cleveland or Canada?

A SWING AND A MISS!

can I slap this episode in the face? I can't believe they're wasting time with this.

Well that sucked. The whole Asian martial arts thing was funny at the start but it just got a bit excessive as it went on. They could have easily condensed it into five or ten minutes.

The slap montage just made me feel super nostalgic. I'm not ready for the show to be over, guys. :(

Can someone get Darren back to get the plot moving again?

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Robin's body looks absolutely banging in that dress.

Well that was anticlimatic lol. I expected a bit more but I do like the slow motion.

Who all slapped Marshall? I only caught Nora and Shannon,i think.

What a waste of an episode! I'm not normally in the 'hater' camp by any means but they might as well have just not even made this episode

It has been a long 27 days since the last new episode. I hope it is worth the wait.

All that...and he just kinda...eh?

That left a lot to be desired...

Boys II Men- You Just Got Slapped better be on iTunes tomorrow!

Halfway through the first slap teacher segment with robin I was already tired of the gimmick and then they drug it out for 20 more minutes

Worst episode of the season for me. In fact, probably the worst episode for me since the burning beekeeper. Worse than the rhyming episode and anything in season 8. I wanted to turn it off a few times. I was really excited about HIMYM returning, but this episode's really lowered my hopes for the next few episodes. Not once did I laugh and maybe cracked a smile a couple of times.

I don't even care about plot development to make a good episode. Previous seasons had really good fillers that didn't feel like fillers because of how good and funny they were. This one wasn't. This season almost every filler is a chore to get through, especially since we're so close to the end.

I have no doubt that the finale will be spectacular, but if this continues (1 good episode nestled between 3-4 fillers), I will be extremely dissapointed.

How do we get "That's four"? By no count is that four slaps:

• Slap Bet
• Stuff
• Slapsgiving
• Slapsgiving 2
• Disaster Averted (2 slaps)
• Slapsgiving 3

Edit to avoid more comments about the second agreement: Even if you start counting at the second agreement, that's 3 - there was one slap remaining with 3 tacked on giving Marshall a total of 4 before he dished 2 out in Disaster Averted. So if the count rebooted with the second agreement, tonight was three.