New Years 2012 was a big one on last night’s episode of How I Met Your Mother . As Marshall spent the day carrying on traditions by tailgating at his father’s grave in Minnesota, Lily called her father to share her big baby news and experienced her fir more

Maybe we’re speaking strictly from the perspective of recapper here, but did this episode need to exist? And, more important, did it need to air on what was technically a holiday, CBS? Looks like creators Bays and Thomas were just as lazy as we felt: “Tai more

HitFix's Alan Sepinwall reviews "Tailgate," the January 2 episode of CBS' "How I Met Your Mother," in which the gang ushers in the new year in different ways. http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/whats-alan-watching/posts/how-i-met-your-mother-tailgate-where-every more

Those  HIMYM  devotees who have worried this season has favored drama at the expense of belly-laughs are probably breathing much easier (and grinning wider) after last night’s episode. Following December’s Robin-narrated detour, 2030 Ted was bac more

While Marshall struck me as a guy who prefers his burgers cooked rare, this week's new episode, " Tailgate " was well done. Was it one of the season's best? I don't think so, but a good return from the holiday hiatus which did well to catch us up on each more

After some of the heavy emotional stories  that we got from  How I Met Your Mother  at the end of 2011, it was refreshing to open up 2012 with a mostly lighthearted New Year’s themed episode. Marshall  did most of the narrating in more