How I Met Your Mother - Episode Discussion: 1.07 - Matchmaker

Ellipsis · 09-17-2010, 04:39 PM

Season 1 - Episode 07: Matchmaker

Aired: November 7, 2005
Written by: Chris Marcil and Sam Johnson

Robin does a story on a matchmaking service with a 100% track record called Love Solutions. Robin and Barney recommend Ted try out the service but he is not interested so Barney tricks Ted into going by telling him that his boat is sinking. Ellen Pierce, the woman in charge of the matchmaking service sees straight through Barney, knowing full well that he was not looking for a soul mate but was only seeking a one-night stand with a desperate woman (the alias he wrote on the registration form, "Jack Package," gave him away). On the other hand she states that she "can work with" a skeptical Ted and convinces him that she can truly help him find a soul mate in 3 days. After 5 days Ted wants to go back to Love Solutions and find out what the problem is. Everyone tells him not to "Ted out" about it (explaining that Ted's name is also a verb, which means to over-think). He returns to Love Solutions, only to find that his chances for finding a soul mate are zero. The closest match compatible with Ted has already been matched up. Ted sneaks back in and finds out she is a dermatologist and makes an appointment to see her. He learns that she is engaged and will be getting married in a few days. He tells her that if things change, he'll be available. She calls him up, and while he thinks things have changed, she merely informs him of something she spotted after his appointment. He reveals why he's been coming there, and she tells him to not believe in matchmaking services. He then returns to Love Solutions, and finds that because he has no soul mate (according to the computer), the company is ruined, as the 100% success rate no longer exists. Ted, however, has hope that he will find his soul mate.

Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily have spotted an unusual creature in the apartment. When they first see it, they run away, with Lily believing it to be a cockroach, while Marshall believes that it is a mouse. They spot it again, and try to kill it with bug spray and a phone book. They run away again when the phone book starts moving (meaning that the creature isn't dead), but got a good glimpse of the creature. The creature is described as having six legs, antennae, and an exoskeleton, but also has tufts of fur, whiskers, and a tail, and is roughly the size of a potato. Marshall and Lily call it the "cockamouse." Robin is skeptical of them, but eventually they catch it, and Marshall takes it to the Columbia University Biology department. When Marshall arrives, he finds the "cockamouse" has escaped, and must still be in the apartment. Robin finally sees the creature, and throws a drink at it when the only way she can think of subduing it is by trying to get it drunk. Marshall arrives and grabs it and throws it out the window and to their surprise the "cockamouse" flies away. They then shut the window before it flies back inside, and the "cockamouse" is never seen again.

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We only got the board during season three, so there are a lot of episodes without threads! So thus begins our Great Rewatch! Watch along with us, or just post about the old episodes from memory, whatever's easiest for you! And while you're watching, if there are any terms or phrases from these early episodes that we've forgotten to add before now, be sure to add them to our Lexicon thread!

breathe you in · 09-18-2010, 02:17 AM

Thanks hun!

Going to watch and post my review tonight!

s e r e n i t y · 09-18-2010, 08:28 AM

New episode to rewatch, thanks for the thread, Ill watch it tonight

Ellipsis · 09-18-2010, 05:40 PM

This'll be the last thread I put up for season 1, for the record. What with the new season starting, we don't need to continue it. Maybe if the show is on hiatus one week or more I'll put the next one up.

. If not, then we'll continue in the summer!

s e r e n i t y · 09-23-2010, 12:29 AM

Thats a good idea

weve got season 6 episodes to watch now

but since this is already up Im watching it now

Hoooow could Ted fall for the boat is sinking thing and how could Barney even think of it to begin with?

8 women, ...? has anyone attempted to verify what shes saying?

Marshall was so hot in season one... hes let himself go just a little bit now

Ted finding random similarities, shes a dermatologist,... I have skin ... huh, Ted?

Architect Mosby

I loved that, I can use that too

Wait ... I thought Ellen found a perfect match for Ted but he didnt pursue it, ... does this happen later or am I imagining things?

Ellipsis · 09-24-2010, 04:54 PM

He has! I thought I was the only one who felt that way, but Jason was sooo cute in the early seasons. He looks off now

And yes, this happens later, when the company gets taken over by someone else. But Ted decides to go for Robin instead.

Mysteria · 01-07-2011, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by s e r e n i t y (View Post)

Hoooow could Ted fall for the boat is sinking thing and how could Barney even think of it to begin with?

You would think he would learn.

This ep amused me from Barney's whole attempt to sign up and getting kicked out to Ted trying to get with the girl. His logic of their similiarities was interesting.