It's Thanksgiving and Marshall and Lily head to Minnesota to celebrate with Marshall's family. Lily is intimidated, as all of the Erikson's are large, and Marshall who is over six feet tall is considered the runt of the family. She doesn't really fit in well with the Minnesota residents, and she feels increasingly uncomfortable espescially as she thinks that she may be pregnant. She ends up leaving and gets arrested when she takes a pee in an alley as part of a pregnancy test. Marshall bails her out and the two find out that Lily isn't pregnant, however they agree that they want to be different from either of their two families.
Meanwhile Ted and Robin spend the holiday volunteering at a soup kitchen, only to find to their horror that Barney is there and he is the "volunteer of the year." They are relieved to discover he is only doing this because of a court order, however they still end up screwing up when they expose that a group of volunteers have been stealing, only to find that this is the norm. Ted gets himself, Robin, and Barney fired. In order to make it up to Barney, Ted and Robin accompany him to a strip club for dinner.
Notes
Lily shows that everything might not be okay with her current engagement. She isn't too excited to join the Erikson family, and is also scared at the concept of having kids. She doesn't really seem to be ready for marriage. Robin and Ted are quite comfortable as friends in this episode. I like to divide Season 1 into phases based on where Ted is romantically. Episode 1 and 2 were his initial attempts to win over Robin, while episodes 3-9 mark a second phase of Robin being integrated into the group and becoming good friends with Ted. But we are now ready to enter Phase Three! Also a common theory is that while the stripper Ted meets at the end of the episode isn't the mother, she might have the same name, since the kids seemed to believe that the stripper might actually be their mother: Tracy. So pay attention for any possible mother candidates named Tracy!
Review
This episode had its moments but was ultimately kind of lackluster especially when compared to the Duel or the upcoming Pineapple Incident. Barney is funny as always, and the Minnesota bit was amusing at times, but this episode overall seemed to be nothing special.
Ranking
5 out of 10.
List of 10: Ranking of Top 10 Holidays
- Christmas
- Thanksgiving
- Halloween
- My Birthday (May 3rd)
- St Patrick's Day
- April 20
- Easter
- Fourth of July
- Cinco De Mayo
- New Years
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