Judging by the fact that no one ever replied to the original post by IP, it may be safe to say that not many people on this site watch HIMYM. That being said, for anyone that does, I wanted to get your feelings on the most recent episode. It seems to have gotten a very strong reaction, both good and bad, by fans.
Great episode IMO. I was laughing the whole way through it. Untill the end. What are people saying about it being bad?
I've read where people are saying that the whole countdown was in poor taste because of what it lead to, or that the death of Marshall's father from a heart attack shouldn't have been so abrupt at the very end of the episode.
In my opinion, I thought it was a great episode. I didn't know the title was "Bad News" beforehand, so I was even more stunned by the end, although I definitely had a bad feeling when the phone wasn't answered. Also, I noticed numbers randomly throughout the episode, but didn't pick up on it that it was a countdown to something.
For the people that complained that the announcement of Marshall's father's death was to abrupt, that unfortunately is how life works sometimes. My father suffered a heart attack years ago out of the blue and I came very close to losing him. My family was lucky, because he pulled through. Many other families aren't as lucky.
I think the episode was put together very well, and I'm looking forward to see how the show goes from here.
