How I Met Your Mother Recap: Architect Mosby

So are you all watching How I Met Your Mother?  If not, why?!  It may have a laugh track, but trust me it’s more for them than you…you’ll know where to laugh.  This is my 2nd favorite comedy on TV today, and definitely Must See TV.

Our resident HIMYM recapper is man who goes by the name Jim Mosby. Yes, one part Jim Halpert, plus one part Ted Mosby equals GMMR’s ideal man.  Show Jim Mosby the love and let him know what you think of How I Met Your Mother and the recaps.

Title: Architect Mosby
Original Airdate: 10/9/2006

Awwww, Ted and Robin had their first fight as a couple.  Holy crap was it hilarious!

It all started when Robin had enough of Ted whining about work.

Ted:  How was your day?
Robin:  Good.
Ted:  Wow, you are a great interviewer. Aren’t you going to ask how my day was?
Robin:  Oh, I know how it was, it was awful. Ohh, you want to rent a movie tonight?

Insert knife into Ted.

Ted:  You know, I listen to your work stories all the time.
Robin:  Yea, but I don’t want to be rude here but my work stories are interesting, I’m a television news reporter.

Twist knife.

Poor Ted.  Thus, Ted sets out to show that he and his job are not boring and Robin spills her guts to Lily about what she just did to Ted.  Robin realized that she’s never been in a relationship that serious before and that she needs to try harder to listen and maybe go apologize to Ted.  Barney tells Ted that his job isn’t boring and that girls find Architects hot.

Barney:  You create something out of nothing.  You are like God.  There is nothing hotter than God.
Ted:  I love it when you quote scripture.

Marshall heads off to a party with his fellow law students; Barney takes off going wherever Barney goes, leaving Ted in McClaren’s. On his way out, Ted stops and starts talking to a beautiful girl and asks her what she thinks about architects.

Random Hot Girl:  Are you kidding?  Architects are hot.  How do you think Mr. Brady scored a babe like Carol?
Ted:  Solid point. She did have hair of gold.

Confusion among the gang ensues when Robin and Lily show up at McClaren’s looking for Ted so that she can apologize.  Another girl in the bar overhears Robin asking the bartender where Ted went and said you mean Ted Mosby, the Architect?

The girl tells Lily and Robin about their conversations and what all they did together, including Marshall’s law school party.  At this point, one could safely assume the worst that Ted is cheating on Robin.  Apparently though, Robin is not so worried.

Lily:  Are you okay?
Robin: Okay?  It’s awesome.  I’m in a win-win here.  Ted got to vent, and I don’t have to hear it.  Maybe after he’s done with the talky talk he’ll come over and I’ll get the fun part.

This is where the problems start for Robin:

Lily:  What is wrong with you?  I feel like I’m teaching love as a second language.  Ok you know how when he tells you boring work stories you are supposed to listen?  When he picks up some random girl in a bar you’re supposed to freak out.
Robin: I’m not freaking out, because in my mind, she’s fat.
Girl in bar:  she’s a kickboxing instructor.  Her ass looks better than my face.
Robin:  (Worried look) Alright, we’ll swing by the party.

The girls get to the party and everyone there knows “Ted Mosby, Architect.”  The host of the party tells them that Ted is a “visionary” and tells them how Marshall is still hung up on Lily breaking up with him.

Lily:  See, Marshall is still hung up on our breakup. Why?  Because I listened to him and it was a strong nurturing relationship that I threw away like old gum.

The “girl with the smackable ass” left with “Ted” and Marshall to go dancing at a club.

Robin:  Dancing, he went dancing with that girl?  Maybe this is a little bad.  Dancing is bad, dancing leads to sex.
Lily:  Did you grow up in that Footloose town?

In Robin’s freak out, she calls Ted to find him so she can go apologize. Ted doesn’t answer, panic level rises.

Robin calls Marshall who is in the Club.  Marshall says Ted is not with him, that he’s working.  Robin thinks that Marshall just lied and that is clearly a sign that Ted is cheating on her. Panic level rises again. The girls get to the club and ask the bouncer if they’ve seen the guys.

Robin:  Excuse me, uhh, I’m looking for a couple of guys that came in here earlier.  One is about 6’4, 210, sandy blonde hair and the other is a cheating bastard.

After refreshing the bouncer’s memory with a $20 and some details, the bouncer tells the girls about “Ted Mosby, the Architect” being there with the hot girl.   The girl tells “Ted Mosby, Architect” that she lives right across the street and invites him over.  “Ted” offers her “a ride” and gives her a piggy back ride next door.

Marshall:  Dude what are you doing?
Ted: (Girl on his back treating him like a horse) Galloping.
Marshall:  You proved it, alright.  The whole “Ted Mosby, Architect” thing works.  Aren’t you a little worried that a certain somebody may find out that you are doing this?  This isn’t you Ted.
Ted:  It is tonight!

Robin and Lily finally get it out of the bouncer where (as Robin called her) “The Rodeo Slut” lives after Robin gave up her purse as a bribe to the bouncer and the girls head to the apartment to find Ted.

The girls get up to the apartment and find out that her door is still unlocked.

Lily:  Get in there and kick some spankable ass.
Robin: I’m the problem. You were right, I don’t know how to be a girlfriend.  I took the nicest guy in the world and made him a cheater.
Lily: Don’t stand out here and beat yourself up, get in there and beat Ted up. I’ll handle the slutty kick boxer.  Actually, I’ll take Ted.

Robin and Lily get into the apartment undetected and hear the shower running with a girl inside of it.   As they approach the bedroom they see male feet, flick the light on and scream “what do you think you are doing?”

Behold, Barney was tied to the bed.

Barney:  Thank god you are here, can you help with this? I need nails.
Robin:  I’m totally lost here, where is Ted?
Barney:  Ted?  He’s at work.
Robin:  How did you get here?
Barney: Awesome story, as per usual.

The truth now comes out.  Ted met the kick boxer at the bar, impressed her with the whole architect thing and passed her off to Barney.  Barney then started calling himself “Ted Mosby, Architect” and used it to bed the kick boxer.

Robin:  Why would you use Ted’s name?
Barney:  I’ve had some recent bad press on the World Wide Web.  I’m taking a T.O. on the whole using my real name thing.

Lily helps Robin realize that things are okay but she still needs to apologize to Ted and value him and the relationship that she is in.  Robin goes to Ted’s office to apologize and makes things right with Ted.

The episode ends classically with the kick boxer/Barney’s one night stand reading Barney’s form letter he left to her, and since he could not remember her name, it began, “Dear Resident…