so long, Stella

And Stella leaves again.  I'm not sorry to see her go.  Again, I love Sarah Chalke, but I do not love the evil alter-leaver who killed the romantic in Ted.  Now she is gone and there is rejoicing throughout the land.

Tony is such a goon that I love it whenever he's on screen.  Of COURSE he came over to Ted's house in his karate outfit.  Of COURSE he has a friend who wants to build a murder house.  Of COURSE he's such a douche that he would listen to what Ted says and then go break up with Stella.  Yet another example of how Stella was never good for Ted - the fact that she's in love with THAT guy.  How desperate and sad do you have to be to show up at your ex-fiance's house and ask him to talk to your ex-boyfriend/baby daddy who wears his karate outfit everywhere and has friends who build murder houses so he will get back together with you.  She and Britney's character were a better fit and more alike than I originally imagined.

The Barney speeding ticket thing wasn't really that funny for the most part, and here's my big question.  Remember when they were all saying goodbye to Marshall's car and Barney hated that car because Ted tried to teach him how to drive and he was completely freaked out the whole time and never wanted to do it again?  How did he go from that to owning a car and speeding down the NJ turnpike?  Was there a story I missed somewhere along the way?  I don't think there is, and that kind of makes me feel like the writers said to themselves, 'what should we do with Barney this week?' and that was the best they came up with and that makes me sad.  There was really no purpose aside from giving Ted a reason to drive to NJ with Stella and talk it out.  Which is fine, but it still didn't really flow for me.  There are so many other, funnier reasons that Barney could be locked up in New Jersey.


Robin trying to high five Ted when Stella came to say that Tony broke up with her was probably my favorite part of the show, made better by the fact that she told him the high five would be waiting for him to come back in from the hall.

And then George Costanza's mom kept trying to tell Stella to forgive Ted and kiss him which was kind of funny, but also weird.

I'm glad Ted gave Stella the business and got it out that she ruined him and he didn't want to help her, and I'm also glad that he ended up helping her.  That's our Ted.

I guess there is one more episode of the season?  I hope?  Let's advance the Barney Loves Robin plotline.  Please?