One of the worst episodes in a great show... The ending of this episode was nicely done, and sweet, and I love how the writers intersperse different time periods... But that was only about two percent of the episode, and couldn't make up for the horrendous rest of the episode... Except for the funny exchange between Barney and Marshall on the phone. A hug chunk of time was wasted on the incredibly annoying Marshall trip across half the country story. I don't know if the actor playing Marshall was filming a movie or something and couldn't make it to set, so they worked around him remotely or something? I've heard him say he lost interest in playing that character in later seasons, and it shows. The whole trip was nothing but him being annoying, interacting with over-the-top obnoxious and annoying characters. In much of season 9, I fast-forward through Marshall scenes. The Barney gypsy curse mini-story in this episode was nearly equally dumb.
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