How I Met Your Mother S03E08 – Spoiler Alert
An annoying habit in Ted's new girlfriend causes the gang to point out
various bad habits unnoticed by other members of the group. Marshall
forgets his password and can't check the results of the Bar exam; he
turns to Barney for help.
Ted thinks that he has found the perfect girl, Cathy, but the group disagrees. At first they refuse to give a reason so as not to "spoil" her for him, but eventually Marshall
tells him that she talks too much. Now that Ted knows, he cannot stand
her garrulousness. The five friends then let slip each other's flaws
until all are "spoiled", and thus are more annoying to those who had
previously not noticed the flaws:
- Lily: chewing loudly (pointed out by Ted);
- Marshall: singing about whatever he is doing at the moment, or nonsense (pointed out by Robin);
- Ted: correcting people (pointed out by Lily);
- Robin: overusing and misusing the word "literally" (pointed out by Ted);
- Barney: speaking in a falsetto, overusing catch phrases, and spacing out when his friends are talking to him (pointed out by Marshall, Robin and Ted).
Whenever one or more of the group has these quirks pointed out to
them, the sound of glass shattering is heard. This represents the
shattering of their illusions about one another.
Meanwhile, Marshall's bar exam
results have been released, but he cannot remember the password he
needs to retrieve the results online (thus saving him from waiting three
months for a notification by mail). Barney offers to help but this is
only a ruse, and, with Marshall angry at Barney and the whole gang
annoyed with one another, the arguments reach a climax. The argument is
halted when the group mockingly sings one of Marshall's 'nonsense'
songs; the song was actually a mnemonic device
to help Marshall remember his password for the bar exam results
website. He enters it and proudly announces "I'm a lawyer". The group
then celebrates with champagne at MacLaren's
with each sliding back into their bad habits (Lily crunching loudly on
bar snacks, Ted making a correction on a comment, Robin using
'literally' incorrectly, Barney saying 'Law-suit up!' in a high-pitched
voice, and Marshall singing his own praises) which they all let go.
At the end, in a time leap forward, Ted runs into his overly loquacious ex-girlfriend with her deaf fiancé, and uses sign language
to announce how Cathy talks too much. Even though the man is deaf and
it does not affect him that much, Ted has 'spoiled' Cathy, and a
subtitle displays "(Glass shattering)" as Ted walks away and Cathy's
fiancé looks on in despair.
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