Starring JOSH RADNOR, COBIE SMULDERS, JASON SEGEL, ALYSON HANNIGAN & NEIL PATRICK HARRIS.
Directed by PAMELA FRYMAN
How I Met Your Mother returned to fine form after a slippery start to Season Six with episode 13, Bad News. As we counted down to the dramatic ending that is set to change the course of the series, we followed Lily and Marshall once again as they worried about their fertility while friend Robyn was taunted by former coworker and rival Sandy Rivers at work in her new position at Worldwide News.
The episode really was thrilling as we were taken on emotional roller coaster that came to a dramatic climatic in the closing minute. We laughed and unexpectedly cried as Lily comforted Marshall with some heartbreaking news and it's something none of us saw coming.
Alyson Hannigan's other half Alexis Denisof was in fine form as Sandy Rivers, Robin's old cohost from Metro News One while Bill Fagerbakke and Suzie Plakson were delightful as ever as Marshall's parents. While Jennifer Morrison's character Zoey has seemingly been forgotten, you can almost let it slide as Ted's nemesis has weighed this season down like a dead weight, so hopefully it's a sign that she won't be rushing back to our screens anytime soon.
And finally Barney's doppelganger was finally revealed, even though Lily was convinced the man in the white lab jacket was still her womanizing friend. Only fitting that Barney's alter ego was a fertility doctor, something that even Barney tried to use to his advantage.
Of course, we can't forgotten the brilliant countdown that was used to keep us hooked until the very end. While easy to miss, for those that did notice it could of been rather distracting at first but the ultimate payoff at the end made the whole gimmick make sense and when the bad news was finally revealed, it made the countdown all the more meaningful.
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