Marshall starts his new job at Barney's company. He finds his co-workers to be idiots, and dislikes the job because he always wanted to be an environmental lawyer since he read Life Among the Gorillas, and learned that the environment was in trouble. He considers quitting, but Barney convinces him not to quit, so he can make money for his family with Lily. He decides to simply blend in with his co-workers which pisses off Lily, who yells at him. He tries to defend his actions, and invites Lily out to a karaoke bar to meet his co-workers. She is unimpressed with them, and continues to be mad at Marshall.
Meanwhile Ted is having trouble with his long distance relationship, and seeks advice from Robin. She helps him out, but he still gets an E-Mail from Victoria telling him that she thinks they need to talk. He believes this is a break up call, and waits for Victoria to call him. Realizing that he's actually waiting for the phone to ring, he leaves to go karaoke with his friends. He tells Marshall how he feels like his relationship with Victoria is over, which somehow inspires Marshall to go make up with Lily by sing "Don't Go Breaking My Heart".
Ted returns home, where at 2:00 am Robin calls wanting him to come over. The episode ends on a cliff hanger.
Notes
This is the first part of a two parter that ends with Nothing Good Happens After 2 AM. I've called this part of Season 1 Phase Four, marked by Ted's relationship with Victoria and Robin secretly liking Ted. Well that is coming to an end, as Robin and Ted are about to collide again. The writers never let the Ted/Robin relationship go for more then a few episodes without coming back into the spotlight into this season, and this is apparent here. On a different note, I have no idea how Ted talking about his relationship with Victoria ending inspires Marshall to make up with Lily. It's rather random. Lily and Marshall's different opinions on his job is another issue brought up but not really dealt with in this episode. It's a part of the overall story of Marshall selling out, but I think it may also be one of the more subtle signs that the Lily/Marshall relationship is in some trouble.
Review
This episode is really a Marshall episode, as it deals with his career storyline, and provides some insight into his backstory. I like the opening scene where Marshall rails against coffee and what it's doing to the environment, but then ends up drinking a cup anyways. That's really an apt example of Marshall's overall struggle with his career. On the one hand he's an idealist, and really wants to be an environmental lawyer trying to save the world. On the other hand he just wants to drink some coffee, or have some money to start a family with, or have fun with Barney. The legal guys at Barney's company remind me of a friend I had in high school who was always using words like "dope". It's funny, but could easily get old fast so I hope they don't show up again too much, or if they do they act differently. And Barney at work with his "motivational" posters is hilarious. I had his "awesomeness" poster as my desktop for quite a while. It's kind of hard to judge this episode, which doesn't have a lot of Robin, without considering the next episode where she reappears. I almost feel like I should combine the two episodes for one ranking, but I already started writing this one...
Ranking
7 out of 10.
List of 10: Ten Careers I've Considered Pursuing
I'm in college, and honestly have no idea what I'm going to do with my life. These are the top ten careers I've considered pursuing, though I'm unsure of any of them, and not even positive how to pursue some of them. How does one become a Film Critic?
- Lawyer
- Novelist
- Screenwriter
- Politician
- History Teacher
- Historian
- CIA Agent
- Shepherd
- Cult Leader
- Film Critic
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