We're really on a roll this year, huh?
A lot of people, myself included, have been comparing this season to the weaker ones, like four and five. I don't think this comparison is fair any more, as the show is quite clearly doing so well this year that it makes more sense to start ranking it with the big guns - aka, seasons 1 & 2. Sure, as Ted pointed out in last year's 'Doppelgangers', the characters and the show have changed a fair bit, as people and their shows do, but in a season where one particular long running comedy has become so dry and stale, it's a comfort to find new life in another one. I gotta say though - compared to last year's 'Slapsgiving 2', this was miles better.
I laughed a whole bunch of times during 'Blitzgiving', from the Tur-Turkey-Key - a word which got more ridiculous but also more funny as things went on - to the non-subtle Lost references from Jorge Garcia, who was so much fun as 'The Blitz', riding off the back of what I thought were one of his strongest seasons of 'LOST'. The idea of the blitz itself was really well executed, with lots of little 'Pineapple-incident'-esque things for the gang to remember (I particularly loved the payoff to 'The Gentlemen!'), and when what appeared to be Ted literally opening his mouth to pass the Blitz on to Barney I laughed a lot.
Obviously one of the focuses of this episode was to shift Ted's and our opinion on Zoey. She obviously warmed to him back in 'Natural History'(*), but I guess Ted just needed a little more time to warm to her. I think the 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles' way in which Ted realised she had a heart all along was a little bit contrived - had Lily not stolen the Turkey toy they'd have all gone back to MacLarens and drank a bunch, and Barney would have probably ended up having sex with Zoey, knowing Barney. But you know what? It still worked - I could happily overlook that because the rest of the episode was so strong.
*I'm not saying they need to get to the Barney's Dad story right away, but it always confuses me on sitcoms when a big thing happens in a character's life and they put it to one side. Sure, it only happened two episodes ago, but in sitcom time, that's like a month. Surely he'd at least have opened the phone book by now?
Can I also make a fair assumption that Zoey is off the 'Mother' candidate list? With Ted and Zoey being 'friends', it seems a little weird that future Ted would later say, 'Oh no, that was your mom. Sorry, I completely spaced on that one.' I'm kinda glad - I much preferred the idea of Jennifer Morrison blending into the group for a while than Ted and Zoey being at each other's throats until her guest spot is up.
I watched the episode live last night - tut tut - so I'm quite tired still, and I'm up at silly o' clock in the morning so I could get this out on the blogosphere before having to get ready for college, so I'm going to leave it there before I make myself late. But for now..
What did everyone else think?
