HIMYM 110: The Pineapple Incident

Ted is stuck dealing with his crush on Robin while she has started seeing a hundred millionaire. Ted gets drunk quickly and the whole episode is a flashback reconstructing a night where 'Drunk Ted' makes friends and meets a lady. Not just any lady a math majoring lady that brought Kevin Arnold through his formative years. Oh and there was a pineapple.

Ted: Drunk ted showed off the best of Josh Radnor. He got to be friendly and fun while being a little bit of a jerk, but one with an excuse. Right from the start when he drank all of Carlos' shots "I drank them alll, bitch" to he his second return to the bar and declaring that he has to see some penguins, Ted was all over this episode in a situation that could have made him very unlikeable.

Marshall: Marshall just got to cheer lead the fun that is 'Drunk Ted' and wonder aloud about why there was a pineapple in Ted's room. He also invoked one of the best SNL parody commercials ever when he said that Ted drunk dialing Robin would be 'Bad Idea Jeans'.

Lilly: Lilly along with Marshall got to enjoy the story as it unfolded. She also got to wonder aloud if the girl that Ted brought home was in fact alive. Lilly being the perfect guy's girl comes through yet again when for the moment that they thought the mystery girl was Robin she relented and gave Ted a high five. Awesome girl.

Robin: She had a nice run in the opening about why people always round up, but for the most part she was just the target for Ted's drunken passive aggressive advances.

Barney: A very good episode for the dichotomy of Ted's friends. Barney isn't wrong to help Ted drop his inhibitions and go after any girl including Robin, it's just reckless, but the kind of reckless Ted will never get from his essentially engaged friends of 9 years. They never had to risk themselves all that much to be with another, while Barney is a master of the trench warfare of dating.

MVP: All Ted

Season count:

Ted - 2
Marshall- 2
Ranjeet- 1
Barney - 2
Lilly - 2
Guest (Ellen the matchmaker) - 1

Continuity:

• When Ted meets Winnie again in the tricycle no one remembers to ask about the Pineapple again.
  
• Ted said he was vomit free since 93 which we would learn is not true in episode 115 when he threw up on Robin's door during the re-return. Now that is all fine, but Barney didn't bust him on it this time and Ted sure didn't flinch telling this fib while he was drunk.
  

Suit Ups: 0 (6)
Wait for it: 0 (2)
Have you met....: 1 (8)
Barney: Ted got Winnie Cooper, Barney didn't even get a number and slept in a tub, 1 confirmed, 1 possible


Up next: The gang is shot through the heart over and over on New Year's Eve