Episode Discussion S09E17 - "Sunrise" (Here be spoilers!)

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dvars

Robin has to go now, her planet needs her.

Jedmac90

She needs to get back to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters.

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Couldn't have just shown their hands slip apart and cut to the balloon...

It was such a great episode and such an important moment in the entire series...

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Highly important moment and it looked so stupid. What you said would be perfect. Show hands slipping apart and then cut to kid ted staring at the sky

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Nafarious

What the actual fuck.

chiwiener

That was so lame. :(

My_hairy_pussy

I say why even stop there? Why not having her blow up into a huge red balloon, while a dog snatches the locket away, because I'm not sure they got their point across.

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fightinIrish92

lol. I thought he was going to wake up after that

EthanWins

I looked down at my cat for like 6 seconds, looked back up and thought I was high.

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demafrost

I thought for sure Robin was going to put herself #1

slop_machine

I thought she might put herself as #1 on the bad list! And then she'd go on a spiel about how they're great as friends and he needs to get over it.

dpierrot

robin knows shes #1 but she's too awkward to put herself there...

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Raktoner

Ted just got really fucking high

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I'm pretty sure it's Robin that got high.

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Raktoner

Ted drops bomb.

Commercial break.

Show comes back.

Ted drops bomb.

Commercial break.

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Sotriuj

"One scotch, on the rocks"

"Jesus Barney, they're minerals"

patman9

I fucked Ted -Every woman on HIMYM and BB

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Jedmac90

Ted drops another bomb.

End of episode

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Calikola

Why the hell is Victoria wearing the locket?!

ComebackShane

Ted is Victoria's Robin.

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Oh, fuck. That's mind blowing.

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csl512

Right? When did she take it?

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golden-tongue

Whatever you do in this life, it's not legendary unless your friends are there to see it. Keep the game going.

Words to live by

berrosc

I thought he'd say "Whatever you do in this life, it's not legendary unless you...wait for it."

NotMittRomney

Anyone think that those two guys will end up in HIMYD?

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I sure as dicks hope so! They have a hilarious youtube channel.

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Marshall's dad has some great words of wisdom throughout the series.

Edit: Corrected name

sabeea

bro code: don't watch the sun come up with your bro's fiance.

keithgrisham88

The night before their wedding....on the beach no less

Jedmac90

Sooo... was that the signal that I should have kissed you?

sabeea

Yeah, I'm not totally psyched about the timing of "Ted gets over Robin, Ted immediately meets Mother." It kind of seems like she's a rebound.

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Bslo18

"Would you be a peach and bump this" oh Tim Gunn.

adamtaylor4815

Best part of the episode

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SchroedingersSphere

This episode was about moving on.

Ted finally put it all on the table and let Robin know that his feelings are holding him back and by the end, was ready to let go of her.

Marshall let go of the anger he felt towards Lily when they broke up and realized that nothing is more important than being honest and fair.

Lily let go of her anger as well by returning.

Barney snuck out to pass on his skills with women to someone else, now that he won't be needing them anymore.

Robin moved on to the moon.

Classic_Wingers

I would like to believe Robin stopped by to British Columbia in Canada and got a Tim Hortons while she was flying straight into the sun.

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azizinator25

Slutty Pumpkin is not top 5. Fake gay Marshall definitely is.

Raktoner

Robin's "are you fucking serious Ted" face.

azizinator25

Gettin real tired of your shit Ted

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Collins923

How I Met Your Green Screen

mistahscott

Next week the episode takes place on the moon!

themartypartyyy

seriously, that first scene pissed me off. Like really, you can't just take a few cameras OUTSIDE? You're in CA, that's what outside looks like!

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TheNebulizer

"I asked her about it years later, and yeah, that was the signal."

Jedmac90

The callbacks were everywhere in this episode!!

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StickyCords

New HIMYM theory: Robin is Jesus

charizard77

"Haaave you met Kyle?"

"... ... Are you Jesus?"

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arielmeme

Stella would move THREE TIME ZONES AWAY but not to New York.

Driscon

Tony is Lebenslanger Schicksalsschatz.

tobbleflower

She did move to New York at one point. When she moved in with Tony.

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Okay the robin floating away is a no no

Jaspers47

IT'S SYMBOLISM! DO YOU GET IT? ROBIN REPRESENTS THE BALLOON! IT'S TOTALLY SUBTLE!

Snapdragon86

Why couldn't they have just had a longer focus on the hands parting? Like a slo-mo release as the music hits the crescendo. Why the hell did they use a cheesy, stank ass looking fly away Robin effect?

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xLKN

Holy shit. All that frustration from Ted's speech at the park is heartbreaking. A lot of people have gotten sick of Ted and Robin being a thing over and over again but this episode has hopefully brought closure to their relationship.

csl512

That's a Ted speech, all right.

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Jedmac90

The Crab Shed

lol

azizinator25

Can you imagine the day shift at the Crab Shed?

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zaniko

I like Barney symbolically shedding his player persona by passing on his teachings to someone else. It's like the old Barney will always live on in the guys who wear suits, pick up girls together, and are great friends :)

pizzamike64

Throw jeanette over the bridge!

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I think this episode is interesting in contrast to The Mother's episode. It was kind of a spark notes version of Ted's love life since the beginning of the show, just like they went over The Mother's history last episode. Both episodes even dedicated the end to the character in focus getting over "that one person" before their marriage.

But, ya know, one was incredibly sweet and sincere, the other involved someone flying away like a balloon.

Idr2013

THEY BROUGHT BACK HAVE YOU MET, YES

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shinzo123

Wow Josh killed it in that monologue.

benmiesner

That monologue was perfect. The only thing that killed it was the stupid green screen.

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Calikola

I'm a little disappointed by the episode. Where were all the zany Robin Williams hijinks I was promised?

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Calikola

Can't wait to see what guest star Mark Harmon does!

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Raktoner

I really like this ending actually.

Marshall and Lily both win!

They realize their marriage is more important!

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BUT WHO PICKED HER UP!

NotBrandon

It was Ranjit, I mean what other reason was there for Lily to sit on the backseat instead of the front.

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demafrost

"The penis building guy"

Love all the callbacks in the last few episodes.

kaynotsee

I do miss her sticky buns.

StickyCords

I would really REALLY love to hear an explanation of Bro Hell and what goes on there

Calikola

Pretty sure Bro Hell is where Daniel from the Karate Kid and John McClane from Die Hard are.

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Well, we know where Ted was when the acid hit.

golden-tongue

Dude, Sarah Chalke's still got it

OccamsChainsaw15

Marshall's Dad??? I don't even care that this episode is nowhere near as good as the last one, it made me smile to see him again

pannx

I'm going to say odds on finding Barney while strolling at the beach are low.

KCH55

That's what I thought! After 9 seasons they should both know the first place to check is the strip club

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Why is Ted talking to Stella even after the wedding bride what

Collier1505

Anything for Robin

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NotEmmaStone

2006 Lily! Nice!

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charizard77

Monday March 31st Series Finale sheds tear

Jedmac90

Haha, myspace references.

untitledthegreat

omg robin flew away to show ted getting over her. what symbolism. so deep. not cheesy at all.

untitledthegreat

But seriously, that was fucking weird.

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xLKN

Whoa. Barney passed on his plays to others so the game will continue. Fucking legendary.

PM_ME_YOUR_LIFESTORY

He's giving his mojo away. Those guys were much more awesome than Ted. Barney tried to give Ted his mojo for 9 years, and these guys got it in a few hours.

Jedmac90

It's because Ted rarely suited up! That was Barney's second lesson to him.

The_Pudge

It was BriTANick, what do you expect?

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golden-tongue

Curtis: "There's no such thing as ghosts."

Oh, you dun fucked up now

azizinator25

"There's always a strip club"

Immortal words of wisdom from Barney Stinson

LittleMissIrony

I'm sorry but... I kind of wanted to see Ted give her the locket.

sabeea

Huh. I like sarcastic Victoria.

golden-tongue

Ted and his Balloon: the saddest story since The Fox and the Hound.

kaynotsee

"WIIIILSON IM SORRY!" begs to differ, my friend. haha.

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