All I can say is that this episode was an equal mix of awesome and torture. I predicted the end, that Barney would be the one getting married, and Ted is the best man. I also predicted that Lily was pregnant, to which I got teary eyed. I’m so happy that’s where the storyline went! Especially after the heartfelt speech Marshal gives about how life has been so terrible this past year.

So now that it’s been revealed that Barney is getting married, I wonder what the writers will do next season. Will he marry Nora or Robin? I have to say I would probably be happier with either, but Robin makes the most sense. There are also some theories that Nora is the mother, and that Ted meets her at Barney’s wedding. I find this one  a little far fetched since I would definitely think that her taking courses at the college would have come up with Barney. But she is Robin’s friend so it would make sense that she would be at the wedding. But why wouldn’t Ted meet her prior to that?

I am so relieved that Ted didn’t end up back with Zoey. Bleck! She was just plain terrible and I’m glad that Robin and Barney stopped it. I can’t wait until next season, and it’s going to be absolute torture to wait until fall for the next season.

Oh.My.God. The cuteness of this episode was enough to cripple me. D and I have a thing about pigs. It’s this inside joke, and I will just say, it has to do with his (and my soon to be) last name. We always joke around about pigs. So this week’s episode of How I Met Your Mother quickly went down as my absolute favorite, at least my favorite storyline involving Barney.

The basic theme of the episode was how everyone at some point has either left someone on the hook, or been left on it. The hook meaning the person thinks eventually they’re going to have a change to date the other person, and they’re just hanging out on the hook waiting. I know I’ve personally done it and had it done to me. It sucks! You become this miserable little puppy following the other person around.

HIMYM does this great montage of Ted giving this girl foot rubs, feeding her chocolate cake, cuddling. Then it flashes to him and a girl he’s got on the hook, and she’s doing all of those things for him. It’s hilarious! So then Marshal points out to Lily how her ex Scooter is still on the hook, and how she has to tell him once and for all that he doesn’t have a chance with her.

That’s when Barney’s storyline comes in. He says that in order to entice a girl back to your place, you need bait. For Ted, it’s his antique art collection or borrowing a book. For Barney, he found the perfect bait-a teacup pig. I squealed along with Robin, Lily and Marshal as they all said, “You have a teacup pig ohmygosh a teacup pig!” I so want one. So freaking cuddly and adorable!! Ted borrows the teacup pig to try to bait Tiffany, played by Carrie Underwood. That whole storyline doesn’t really work out. It just shows Ted being a jerk to the girl he’s got on the hook, while Tiffany is a jerk to Ted, and then her boyfriend is a jerk to her. It’s a vicious jerk cycle.

My favorite part of the episode is when Marshal borrows the teacup pig, and uses it as practice for Lily to learn how to let Scooter off her hook once and for all. See, Scooter has these adorable puppy dog eyes and when she tries to tell let him off the hook, she can’t because he’s got that adorable sad face. He makes her look the little teacup pig in the eye and tell him off. I wish there were clips of that scene to share with you because it’s hysterical. The dramatic music as they zoom in on the cuteness that is the teacup pig. Lily crumbles and always ends with, “We can’t be together…right now.”

Have you ever hooked someone or been the hookee? How adorable are teacup pigs? Where can I get one???

Last night’s HIMYM was funny, but I was frustrated. Ted gives Marshall and Lily the green light to set him up for an “arranged marriage”. He says he’ll let them pick someone for him, and if he likes her, he will MARRY her. But instead of getting excited, which they totally should have, they forget about it, and then find him a random hottie cast off by Barney at the last minute. WTH?

The Marshal and Lily I know would have jumped at the chance to set up Ted, to control who will be with them on The Porch. But instead they just shrugged it off. Weak sauce.

And what happened to the student that Ted met? I thought they were going out on dates? I’m so confused! Did I miss an episode where they explained that? I think I need to go back and re-watch a few.

I did like Robin’s story and the whole rabbit versus duck theory. Personally I’m with Robin and Ted, Duck is the best. Maybe that’s because I always tell D I like his duck butt (because it’s cute). Either way, I like the theory behind it. You may see someone at first and you look at them one way, but then eventually, they look like something else, and you realize you’re into them. And Marshal is right, she’s going to marry her coworker’s butt off.

I liked Barney’s little side story with being obsessed with his phone and the calls. I was so excited to see his little promo at the superbowl, and I loved how they tied it into the show. Freaking brilliant!