Say Cheese

In this episode, Ted angers Lily when he brings a random date to her birthday party, so she is forced to remind him of all the other random women he has brought along to important functions, only to discover that they weren't "the Besides that, the group discovers that there aren't any bad photographs of Barney and Robin tries hard to take one.

This is one of the very few episodes of this season in which I could totally emphasize with Marshall and Lily - especially when Marhsall was outraged by Ted's date. On the other hand, Ted was being a jerk in this episode - I didn't like him in most of this season's episodes. Robin and Barney were fine, the storypart with ridiculously photogenic Barney was pretty funny.

The screenplay of this episode was written not very well and some parts in it were dumb, but most of the time this is one of the funnier episodes of season #5. Most actors were good, but I hated to see Laura Prepon again - I hate her role, but I also think she is a poor actress.

So, all in all, this is quite a nice episode while being below the standards of HIMYM season 1 and 3.

I like the bit where Barney said that he thought lily seemed really nice

Lily having a whinge about Ted when everyone hates the group photos. Making Ted out to be the bad guy when Lily is horribly self-serving. Calling her birthday Lily-day says enough.

Barney is still the remaining comic relief that this show needs during these episodes.

Ted is an idiot. This show is carried by everyone else outside of Ted. Even voiceover Ted is better than actual Ted.

What HIMYM is. Light and funny and easy to watch. Funny, real, emotional, etc. Not great...and almost an 8, but not quite. But really enjoyable.