Come On (How I Met Your Mother)

"Come On"
How I Met Your Mother episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 22
Directed by	Pamela Fryman
Written by	Carter Bays and Craig Thomas
Production code	1ALH21
Original air date	May 15, 2006
Guest stars
Amy Acker (Penelope) Suzanne Ford (Vet) Alexis Denisof (Sandy Rivers)
Season 1 episodes
Pilot Purple Giraffe Sweet Taste of Liberty Return of the Shirt Okay Awesome Slutty Pumpkin Matchmaker The Duel Belly Full of Turkey The Pineapple Incident The Limo The Wedding Drumroll, Please Zip, Zip, Zip Game Night Cupcake Life Among the Gorillas Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M. Mary the Paralegal Best Prom Ever Milk Come On

"Come On" is the 22nd and final episode in the first season of the television series How I Met Your Mother. It originally aired on May 15, 2006.

Plot

Ted, having given up his previous date with his supposedly perfect match, has decided to pursue Robin yet again. Barney (acting on behalf of the Universe) slaps Ted, telling him it's a bad idea. Ted tells them that he will try only one more time, and if it does not work out, he will accept that it is not meant to be. He then surprises her in her apartment with candy, flowers, and a group of musicians with blue instruments (in reference to the Blue French horn he stole for her on their first date).^[1] Robin, while surprised, cannot give Ted a definite answer, especially after he learned that Robin's company camping trip is back on and Sandy Rivers is trying to date her now that he is moving on to CNN. Ted finally accuses Robin of ignoring her true feelings and urges her to "touch the ground", but it fails to win her over. Ted walks out frustrated, but breaks his promise by trying to get Robin again by doing a rain dance. After he convinces a girl Barney hooked up with twice to help him (as she has a Ph.D. in Native American studies), Ted tries to do a rain dance, which ultimately proves successful, and he then goes over to Robin's. Ted yells up to her from the street, telling her to come down (alluding to his previous demands for her to "touch the ground"), and the two finally become a couple.

While Ted is finally finding success, Marshall is encountering the opposite. After having learned about Lily's acceptance into an art fellowship in San Francisco, he begins to worry that their relationship is in danger. Marshall and Lily argue almost non-stop as to what will happen and Lily reveals that, despite having promised herself she would not go, she actually wants to, even though the wedding is only weeks away. Due to the length of their arguments, Marshall and Lily have developed a "pause function", allowing them to temporarily drop the argument to do something else. As the argument reaches a head, Lily tries to pause the argument but Marshall refuses, which leads to the two having sex.

As Ted heads back in a cab from Robin's apartment, Future Ted tells his kids that although New York looked the same, in one night everything had changed. Ted's high spirits quickly dampen when he finds Marshall sitting on the steps of the apartment complex in the rain, with Lily having gone to San Francisco and called off the engagement. Ted comforts him, knowing that Marshall has lost the only girl he had ever loved.

Music

• Bloc Party - "This Modern Love"
• Johann Sebastian Bach - "Air on the G String"

Cultural references

• Robin says she wanted to watch Jeopardy when she came home.
• Marshall and Lily eat at Red Lobster.
• Ted jokes to Penelope that he is going to get brain surgery from a guy who's seen some episodes of ER (TV Series).

Production

• This episode was originally titled "Rainy Dance".
• Guest stars Alexis Denisof and Amy Acker previously worked together (and with Alyson Hannigan) on Angel.^[2][3]
• Alexis Denisof is also Alyson Hannigan's husband.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Pilot". How I Met Your Mother. CBS. 2005-09-19. No. 1, season 1. Retrieved on 2009-10-31.
2. ^ William S. Paley (2006-03-26). "Alyson Hannigan - "How I Met Your Mother" Sitcom". TV Fest. http://www.whedon.info/Alyson-Hannigan-How-I-Met-Your,14745.html. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Maureen Ryan (April 27, 2006). "A cool new show: 'How I Met Your Buffy'". Chicago Tribune. http://featuresblogs.chicagotribune.com/entertainment_tv/2006/04/the_may_15_fina.html. ""we’re also huge fans of ‘Angel.’ So when I showed up to the table read of the finale, with Alexis and Alyson and Amy, the ‘Buffy’/‘Angel’ nerd in me just freaked out. I had to try to contain it so I didn’t seem to dorky in front of the entire room. I had to excuse myself and do a little dance."" 

External links

• Come On at TV.com
• Come On at the Internet Movie Database