Lily has returned from San Francisco and she struggles to find her dream job. In the meantime she works as a waitress at a hawaiian restaurant, but quits from how embarrasing it is. Ted offers her a job as office secretary at his firm in the meantime.
Meanwhile Barney tries to seduce Marshall's Law Professor, a "cougar" in order to help Marshall get better grades. He sleeps with her, but his performance is graded "C-" He tries again, but to no avail, so he prepares himself for a final sexual showdown.
Meanwhile Lily decides to punish Ted's Boss Hammond Druthers, by stealing his boss' ball, similar to taking away children's toys back at her kindergarten class. Ted fires her in order to avoid Druthers retaliating and firing the rest of their co-workers.
Ted, however is inspired by Lily to stand up for himself, and when Druthers pitches his idea for the building in Spokane, Ted steps in with an alternative to the penis building. His building is chosen, and the gang celebrates his success. He offers Lily her job back, but she instead chooses to go back to teaching kindergarten.
The gang visits the hospital to find that Barney has thrown out his hip, but he's earned a "B+".
Notes
We get Barney's definition of a "cougar" one of many phrases Barney uses as part of his Single's Slang. Lily finally decides that being a kindergarten teacher is what she actually wants to do with her life. Ted is made project manager.
Review
A Lily Centered episode. Although I do like mixing it up with Lily episodes, I didn't love this episode. It was okay, but the Barney plot seemed kind of cliche' and wasn't up to Barney's usual standard of awesomeness. The Lily plot itself was actually funnier, but I just didn't love the formula of this episode.
Ranking
5.5 out of 10.
Season Comparison: Season 1 vs. Season 2: "Slutty Pumpkin" vs. "Aldrin Justice"
I just did not love Aldrin Justice very much. I liked Lily's story, and I liked that they mixed up the show by having a Lily story, but the Barney side seemed cliche and crass. This is a side effect of having a character whose plot is often cliche and crass, but usually Barney makes his plot good regardless. Here he does not. On the other hand Slutty Pumpkin was a great episode that had Barney stealing the show while still allowing Ted and Robin to have their nice moments, and letting Marshall and Lily have some funny bits. Slutty Pumpkin was well rounded and hilarious, while Aldrin Justice was just a changeup episode. Plus, Slutty Pumpkin had the Top Gun entrance. It wins right there.
Winner
Season 1 Episode 6: Slutty Pumpkin
Scoreboard
Season 1: 3
Season 2: 3
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