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"Just last week I was bemoaning the fact that my beloved How I Met Your Mother was renewed for a ninth and final season. I didn&amp;#x27;t see how they could possibly keep the show (and Ted&amp;#x27;s never-ending story) fresh, funny, and interesting enough for another year. But now I&amp;#x27;m a little more convinced after last night&amp;#x27;s stellar &amp;quot;P.S. I Love You&amp;quot; (the best ep I&amp;#x27;ve seen in the past few seasons). So, to help Bays and Thomas keep the show strong for its final lap, I&amp;#x27;ve put together a list of what worked... College flashbacks: I love when the gang flashes back to memories of their Wesleyan days. This time it was how Marshall asked Lily out&amp;amp;#8212;with an adorbs song and ukulele, of course&amp;amp;#8212;and how Lily actually met Marshall. Speaking of ukuleles... Jason Segel singing! Make him sing his adorable, nonsense songs, always. &amp;quot;Best Night Ever,&amp;quot; anyone? Robin Sparkles is back! I particularly loved Underneath the Tunes (aka Canada&amp;#x27;s Behind the Music). Barney using a &amp;quot;Property of Ted Mosby&amp;quot; drill. Inside jokes from earlier in the season work best when subtle. I have the same West Elm pillow that&amp;#x27;s on Barney&amp;#x27;s (and Robin&amp;#x27;s?) bed! That&amp;#x27;s not what makes it a strong episode, I was just excited. Ted&amp;#x27;s Dobbler/Dahmer Theory. Kind of like Barney&amp;#x27;s Crazy/Hot Scale, HIMYM is talented at taking real-life phenoms (the fine line between love and insanity, for instance) and packaging them into easily digestible, hilarious nougats. JAMES VAN DER BEEK. &amp;#x27;nough said. The Canada jokes: Tim Horton&amp;#x27;s, jelly donuts, Alan Thicke When future Ted, narrated by Bob Saget, says he always liked Dave Coulier&amp;#x27;s jokes&amp;amp;#8212;a Full House reference! The BIG Reveal: Jeannette, Abby Elliot (who, if you didn&amp;#x27;t know, is the daughter of Chris Elliot aka Lily&amp;#x27;s dad) will be the &amp;quot;last mistake&amp;quot; Ted makes before he meets the Mother. So, will this be the last woman he dates before the mother? For once, I think this love interest is finally a character that drives the plot forward without feeling like a waste of time. (Ahem, Zoey...) What did you think of the episode? What worked for you? Photos: CBS"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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