"Mom and Dad" does have some entertaining moments amidst a rather weightless episode. Usually, the main sin a sitcom can commit is to make an unfunny episode, but when the show is so close to the end, each episode needs some weight. "Mom and Dad" fails in this specific area.
Barney attempts to hook up his parents when he sees they have established a good rapport. Ted attempts to discover who framed him for a calligraphy incident.
Ted's storyline is the weaker aspect of this episode, not enticing many laughs. It isn't unwatchable by any stretch of the word, but it really isn't important.
This episode does manage to show that Barney is still attached to his past. Deep down, he's still a child, and here he is forced to grow up when he sees James's father is now in love with Loretta. Whilst the idea confuses him, he must come to terms with it.
It was an entertaining and important aspect of the episode, but "Mum and Dad" does further stretch realism. There is a horrendous moment in a montage between Daphne and Marshall (singing a familiar song) where Baby Marvin is driving the car! Yes, a baby drives a car! Whilst something like this is appropriate in a cartoon like "The Simpsons", it has no right been in a 'realistic' sitcom like HIMYM. This moment is utterly terrible, completely unbelievable in every sense of the word, that I must remove a star from my rating.
"Mom and Dad" is not a great episode, but it has some solid material to work with. Part of it works rather well, but the episode comes off as a bit of a misfire. That moment with Marvin driving the car is arguably the worst moment of the show.
Barney attempts to hook up his parents when he sees they have established a good rapport. Ted attempts to discover who framed him for a calligraphy incident.
Ted's storyline is the weaker aspect of this episode, not enticing many laughs. It isn't unwatchable by any stretch of the word, but it really isn't important.
This episode does manage to show that Barney is still attached to his past. Deep down, he's still a child, and here he is forced to grow up when he sees James's father is now in love with Loretta. Whilst the idea confuses him, he must come to terms with it.
It was an entertaining and important aspect of the episode, but "Mum and Dad" does further stretch realism. There is a horrendous moment in a montage between Daphne and Marshall (singing a familiar song) where Baby Marvin is driving the car! Yes, a baby drives a car! Whilst something like this is appropriate in a cartoon like "The Simpsons", it has no right been in a 'realistic' sitcom like HIMYM. This moment is utterly terrible, completely unbelievable in every sense of the word, that I must remove a star from my rating.
"Mom and Dad" is not a great episode, but it has some solid material to work with. Part of it works rather well, but the episode comes off as a bit of a misfire. That moment with Marvin driving the car is arguably the worst moment of the show.