Ted gets drunk and blacks out. When he wakes up the next morning he finds a woman sleeping next to him and a pineapple on his night stand. He also discovers that he twisted his ankle, and his coat is burned up. He proceeds to work out what happened during the night.
After getting drunk, Ted began drunk dialing and calling Robin. He even performed a song for her, standing on top of a table which he then fell off of, and injured his ankle. Marshall and Lily then put him to bed and thought the night was over.
Ted reawok and marched back to the bar. He decided to call Robin again, which caused Barney to punish him by lighting his coat on fire. Barney then puts Ted to bed, and he had thought the night was over.
However Ted learns that Carl that he returned one last time and called someone to hook up with.
Ted thinks this was Robin, but it was actually a girl he met in the bathroom named Trudy.
Robin shows up and feels awkward about Ted calling her, even though Ted claims he has moved on.
In the end Trudy disappears, and the gang eats the pineapple.
Notes
Ted claims Trudy never returned his call, however he will end up meeting her again, but because this meeting didn't involve calls I guess it remains in continuity. This episode introduces us to Drunk Ted who is quite hilarious, and proves that Ted is quite capable of hooking up with random women if he chooses to. It also is the first part of the Phase Three I mentioned in my last post. Ted's feelings for Robin re-emerge, and he's going to try yet again to get together with her. We never get to know where the Pineapple came from, but it's actually much funnier that way.
Review
This was an amazing episode of HIMYM, definitely one of the classics. What I particularily like about it is the non-linear story telling. There's really two stories being told here, the story of Ted hooking up with Trudy, interwoven with Ted trying to figure out what happened the night before. It works very well, and it's nice to see that the people working on the show aren't afraid to really push themselves. I also like that Ted is back onto his interest in Robin. Although I'm not a Ted/Robin guy, I understand that their relationship is important, and Ted won't be able to have another succesful relationship until he's resolved his relationship with her. Besides, Ted is at his best when there's a girl for him to chase.
Ranking
9.5 out of 10.
List of 10: Rankings of the First 10 Episodes
Although I give each a numerical score, I'd just like to quickly rank these first ten episodes for easy convenience.
- Episode 10: The Pineapple Incident
- Episode 3: Liberty Bell
- Episode 2: Purple Giraffe
- Episode 6: Slutty Pumpkin
- Episode 5: Okay Awesome
- Episode 1: Pilot
- Episode 8: The Duel
- Episode 7: Matchmaker
- Episode 9: Belly Full of Turkey
- Episode 4: Return of the Shirt
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