I Liked Mrs. Buckminster

How I Met Your Mother, S08E03

Marshall and Lily had a hard time finding a nanny before Lily went back to work.  Robin and Ted tried to best each other in whose relationship was going better.  Barney tried to return to his own tricks as a single man, but was bored with his old shtick.

Well, I knew from the beginning that Lily and Marshall would eventually pick Lily's dad to look after Marvin, but I had hoped that I'd be wrong and they would keep Jane Carr who played Mrs. Buckminster.  I've liked her ever since she did voices on Fairly Oddparents.  She just has such a comforting voice--I love it.  And it was kind of weird but funny how she was looking after Barney and then screwing him at the end.  Not that surprising because I anticipated it when I saw her helping him out, but still.  Weird.

Robin and Ted's fight was just so stupid.  Especially since we all know that they're arguing for no good reason because their relationships are both doomed.  I'm annoyed that they didn't even break up one of them in the episode.  The torture goes on...  But I did like seeing Victoria being so slovenly in Ted's apartment.  She was just throwing things left and right as soon as she entered the door like a tornado of filth.  That was amazing.

Barney's story was even sadder and more boring.  It was a little twisted that he was interviewing nannies just so that he could get sympathy as a single dad and sleep with one of them, but it wasn't enough for me to think I was glad he had a little story of his own.  I also knew that he would be the one to pay for Mrs. Buckminster from the moment I heard that her salary was too high for Marshall and Lily (still hoping that she'd be on the show more).  I can't say that I'm happy to see the old Barney back.  In fact, he just seemed like an annoying fly buzzing around talking about "Bangtoberfest."  Geez.

I guess I didn't hate this episode because I did like seeing Lily's father show he did do more for her than abandon her and take her to race tracks, but it wasn't enough for me to be glad I had watched it in general.  I feel like I was just waiting for it to be over so I could enjoy 2 Broke Girls.  Even though they don't really have the same sentiment as this show, I find that its brand of comedy is less taxing than HIMYM right now.

Russel Needs To Do Better Or Be Gone

New Girl, S01E20

Things were going great with Jess and Russel until she invited him over so that he could experience her world for a change.  Needless to say, it didn't go as well as she wanted, and she just got mad at Russel instead.  Winston got a dream job that was less dream than it was a bit of a nightmare.  Nick and Schmidt tried to pitch a phone app to Russel that was just sharp and dangerous.

I understand that Russel and Jess come from different worlds (and different decades), but I still didn't imagine he would be so uptight.  True, he did play True American (the rules of which seem impossible to understand quickly) like a champion and bond with the guys after having several drinks, but he was a little too freaked out by the shabby conditions she lived in and the injuries her roommates could randomly inflict upon him.  I mean, at least her friends are interesting and fun.  I think he was just generally being a stubborn dick and the fact that Jess didn't yell at him until he had to get stitches was amazing.  I actually don't like him that much.  Even if he is trying his best to fit into Jess' world, it's so obvious that he doesn't belong there.  The guys may be enamored with him, but that's not enough to say he's a good match for Jess.  Like it or not, she's one of them now.  And only someone who can meet their level of crazy should be by Jess' side.  Russel needs to go.

Poor Winston and that stupid new boss of his.  Finally, he got a job that made him look like a bit respectful (though his relationship with Elvin was priceless), and he was more of a joke than he was before.  I'm disappointed that he couldn't take the crap Napoli was throwing at him and basically Elvin had to kick him in the ass before he could go back to work.  Granted, it was Russel's prank that won Napoli's respect and made his job a little easier, but Winston would have surely quit and went back to nannying if it wasn't for Elvin.  I thought Winston was a tougher guy than that, but I guess not.

One good thing about Winston in this story was when he called out Russel's name and scared him.  Then upon seeing that he had indeed startled Russel he asked him if he was afraid of black people.  It was hilarious.  Anyone would be frightened hearing their name said like that with their back turned.  Winston is so randomly funny.

Nick and Schmidt are morons.  Their idea of "real apps" is one of the stupidest things I've seen.  But then again, Schmidt only contributed the name, while Nick was the one who made the prototype that could stab someone.  That's not too shocking considering Nick's plumbing and home improvement skills all around.  I'm just surprised that Schmidt agreed to present that monstrosity with Nick in the first place.  I guess he just wanted to be sure that he got a piece of that pie on the off chance that Russel liked it (even if it was for Jess' sake).  I shudder to think what else is in Nick's idea notebook (certainly not getting real bandages in the house).

Not feeling Russel at all for Jess.  I'm more of a fan for Schmidt and Cece (as much as him bragging about doing her makes me want to gag) than those mismatched two.  Nick keeps taking his stupidity to a scary new level each episode, but I still think that he would be better suited for Jess by far.  Hopefully now that Winston's boss has accepted him, we might get to see him enjoying his job and enjoying a little less ridicule from those who were hating on his former job (Schmidt).  As much as I love Schmidt, I'm gonna need less of him using "clever" metaphors to explain how he has screwed Cece.  He's really making me both want to vomit and punch him at the same time.