Ted: Ted tries to be a good person before Thanksgiving and calls out the 'good' food stealing volunteers. He then gives the greatest gift of all, a lap dance to a homeless guy.
Marshall: I will roll Marshall into the rest of his family including his gigantic brothers and father Dauber from coach. The way the family got excited for bask-ice-ball (ice-ketball? that just sounds weird) and his breathless describing of the rules seemed very much like a family of boys to me.
Lilly: Not to jump the lead but this episode was all about Lilly and she rocked. Physically getting buried by the Eriksen clan and being visually blocked by the 15 pound baby sized turkey highlighted Allison Hanigan in all her diminutive glory. (Oh your Marshall's fiance! You are taller then described) And her freak out at the dinner table had the line of the night because people in New York grow up just fine and then they reach the appropriate size and they stop. Probably because they need to fit into those apartments.... amiright amiright. Oh wait unless that apartment was big enough to open a Chinese restaurant in.
Robin: Robin and Ted looked like friends this whole episode, a balance they have held very well over the years as their relationship progressed, regressed and settled. This is also the first round of overt Canadian jokes as Robin is already done with the 'real' Thanksgiving.
Barney: Barney being a super sweet guy who takes volunteering as seriously as he takes getting women is a good change of pace. Ultimately it can lead to him getting more women as I can not to justice to how NPH yells 'Volunteer of the YEEEAAARRR' Although I don't think he would have had to do a whole year of community service and have 40 hours left when they get booted at the end of the episode, but I have never peed on a church so I wouldn't know.
MVP: Lilly.
Season count:
Ted - 1
Marshall- 2
Ranjeet- 1
Barney - 2
Lilly - 2
Guest (Ellen the matchmaker) - 1
Continuity:
- Lilly is uncomfortable around Marshall's mother, but I don't see the animosity that would progress as the seasons would go on. (Not forever honey, Marshall is going to Heaven.)
- Robin's Canadieness is brought to the forefront which upon review was only mentioned in passing in the first two episodes and hadn't been mentioned since
Wait for it: 0 (2)
Have you met....: 1 (7) Robin introduced Ted to the awful girl at the soup kitchen.
Barney: Once again no girls 9 episodes out of roughly 100 in and we are still at only, 1 confirmed, 1 possible
Up next: Ted gets to drunk to remember being with Winnie Cooper. A tragedy on all accounts.
