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Robin is about ready to say "I love you" to Ted - the first time she would have said it to any man - but it just won't come out. These feeling coincide with a visit to New York by Robin's seventeen year old baby sister, Katie Scherbatsky. Katie doesn't arrive alone, but with her two month boyfriend, Kyle, who is also visiting family in New York. Katie plans on losing her virginity to Kyle on this trip, something that Robin tries her hardest to talk her out of. Robin requests her friends' help in convincing Katie not to lose it to Kyle, but to wait for someone special. This request makes everyone discuss their first time, which brings up some controversy between Marshall and Lily based on Robin's first time. And Barney's first time comes straight out of a movie... or several movies.

The 'Dirty Dancing' scene is actually the second time Neil Patrick Harris has recreated a scene on television from a Patrick Swayze movie. The first was in Doogie Howser (1989) Season 3, Episode 1, where he recreated a scene from Ghost - Nachricht von Sam (1990).

Barney's prediction about the time of Ted and Robin's breakup (7 months) would only be correct if the Season 2 premiere, and not the Season 1 finale, is considered as the begging of the relationship.

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    • Author: Nikobar
    Robin's sister Katie is visiting New York, where instead of staying with Robin, she wants to spend a very special night with her boyfriend. Robin is less than thrilled about the idea of her younger sister losing her virginity and convinces everyone to help her talk Katie out of it - well, everyone except Barney. Ted gets through to Katie by telling her the story of his first time - a story that comes with a plot twist. In the end, it's Ted and Robin's relationship that takes an important next step.

    Cobie Smulders doesn't get too many opportunities to shine in the early seasons of How I Met Your Mother. Ted is the main character. In late season 1 and early season 2, the story focuses a lot on Marshall and Lily. And Neil Patrick Harris as Barney steals every scene he's in. In this episode however, Smulders gets to play a bigger role as new layers are added to the character she portrays, Robin. Robin is highly uncomfortable throughout the episode, about her sister's plans as well as about getting more serious with Ted. Which is interesting to see, since she's usually portrayed as a very tough person. We see a subversion of the old rom-com cliché that only the guy has to work on his flaws to make a relationship work. Here it's Robin who has to get out of her comfort zone. This is done well by the actress and also once again by the writers.

    Apart from the main storyline, this episode is rather strong on the continuity front. We see a flashback to Marshall and Lily having sex for the first time with Ted in the top bunk, which was referenced in the pilot. Lily's high school boyfriend Scooter is mentioned for the first time since his introduction in "Best Prom Ever". And Barney's true story about his first time hearkens back to his not-so-awesome years we were introduced to in "Game Night". Later in the series, the story lines of Barney getting his heart broken by Shannon and him losing his virginity to his mother's divorced friend Rhonda even get connected.

    Still only a 7 out of 10 in my (br)opinion, because it's overall not quite as funny as what we're used to from the series. Especially the gag with "random suicidal guy" fell a bit flat to me, partly due to his overacting. I also don't particularly like it when Ted is portrayed as an insufferable pathetic architecture nerd. This gets worse as the series progresses, to the point where his character is sometimes reduced to this trait. Here it's still tolerable, as it is probably the first time in the series and you can forgive him for getting too excited about spreading his knowledge about the Empire State Building. Besides, for the second episode in a row, there's an uncensored mention of pot smoking, which old Ted would avoid in front of his kids in later episodes. Again justifiable, since old Ted could have come up with the sandwich metaphor halfway through his story.

    All in all, it's nice to see the relationship of Ted and Robin move forward. The highlights of the episode however are certainly Barney's fake stories.
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    • Author: Cordantrius
    Robin's sister comes to lose her virginity in NYC. And she tries with all her friends to convince her not to do it. The episode is less fun than the show usually is. Especially when one thinks how patronizing they are towards this girl, doubt it would happen if this was a brother. Didn't expect it from Robin.

    It is fun though to see how others lost their virginity. The controversy of Lily and Marshall is very fun and interesting. I would say she is right, it doesn't count, just like Marshall noticed it later. And Ted's was also well done, great to see them switch gender role instead of making it typical. And wow, Barney's virginity loss was not all that glamorous, also reminds us he was very different in his younger 20's
  • Episode cast overview:
    Josh Radnor Josh Radnor - Ted Mosby
    Jason Segel Jason Segel - Marshall Eriksen
    Cobie Smulders Cobie Smulders - Robin Scherbatsky
    Neil Patrick Harris Neil Patrick Harris - Barney Stinson
    Alyson Hannigan Alyson Hannigan - Lily Aldrin
    Lucy Hale Lucy Hale - Katie
    Ryan Pinkston Ryan Pinkston - Kyle
    Misti Traya Misti Traya - Molly
    Brian Kubach Brian Kubach - Brian
    Stu Smith Stu Smith - Stranger (as Stuart Randy Smith)
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