I also loved Marshall and Ted together making their little comments and jokes about Robin’s new “I’m focusing on my career” philosophy. I enjoyed this Marshall/Ted pairing much more than the road trip ep from earlier in the season. I forgot how familiar and funny those two can be together! It will be interesting to see if they are right about Don, although since futureTed didn’t put “Uncle” before Don’s name, I’m skeptical about him actually being with Robin long term.

Finally, I gotta say that while I enjoyed this episode a lot, I’m still left reeling from the Barney/Robin breakup. I have been rooting for them since the first season, and the writers invested so much time (an entire season!) building up to it with all kinds of adorable Barney pining moments….only to break them up after 7 episodes? And, for me, only the premiere actually felt like the Barney and Robin I know. With the exception of a few other moments, they felt like different characters all season. The way it was handled made me happy they broke up, they weren’t all that fun to watch. But a week later, watching this episode which only lightly touched on the aftermath of their relationship, I keep thinking “That was it? That was their shot?” Whew! That was a bit of a rant

Oh! One more thing! Shelly was played by Susan Sarandon’s daughter, who is also currently on Californication. I previously had no idea who she was, now bam! All over my tv.