Young Adult

I wonder why I sat through the whole of it! Simply put, not a movie I enjoyed. The story was so predictable from the very beginning. The script was dull and lacked spontaneity or any hint of imagination.

How I Met Your Mother (Season 7-Episode 20)

Well, the creators of the show had assured the fans that Ted will meet the mother of his children finally in the eighth season. The 20^th episode has ruled out all possibilities of a backtrack on the creators’ parts as we see Ted holding his baby girl in 2015. So, the wait really is going to be over next season.

The episode centered on the guys, Ted, Marshall and Barney, who have got together to watch the Star Wars Trilogy every three years since 2000. Well, it had only been Ted and Marshall at the start as they were still in college and hadn’t met Barney yet. Anyway, from 2000 onwards, they got together every three years to watch the trilogy and imagine how their lives would be changed till the next trilogy viewing. Needless to say, they were always disappointed by what really transpired during that time.

It was funny to see what went on inside the heads of the three, all the dreams they had for themselves but which never materialized. But the present Star Wars Trilogy gathering in 2012 turned to be quite a change from the usual. Barney, for once, no longer imagines himself as going out with a new girl every time. Rather, he imagines himself with Quinn for a long time into the future. And Ted has lost all hopes of finding his true soul mate and imagines himself alone and depressed after three years. We, of course, know otherwise.

Touch (Season 1-Episode 4)

Sunday is a family day at the boarding facility and Jake gets to go out with his dad. Martin brought a red kite for Jake. He had plans to go to his wife’s grave but was having second thoughts. The case worker, Clea, convinces him that Jake deserves to know that his dad is missing his mom. So, they head off to the cemetery.

Martin finds a stranger at his wife’s grave. Just as he is about to question the man, Jake runs off after his kite and Martin has no choice but to follow him.

Jake leads Martin a good way and ends up at a door. Turns out, it’s the man’s apartment who was in the cemetery. Martin finds out that he was a friend of Sarah in her last summer. She tutored him in math and helped him pass his GED and get a promotion. Now, Bobby had been feeling guilty all these years because he felt that he had to repay Sarah’s debt. He ends up saving Jake’s life, thus relieving himself of his guilt.

The lottery winner, Randall, is another guilty one. He has to live with the knowledge that he may have left behind Sarah Bohm alive, only because he couldn’t carry her any further. He ends up landing at a church, seeking answers. As fate would have it, the Father leaves the church to him and heads off to live his own life.

In Iraq, we see Abdul once again. He is trying to give an audition in front of the American soldiers there. The friendly one of the troops has her own problems as she and another are ambushed and run for their lives. They get saved in the end, and she turns out to be the girl that the Father leaves his church for.

Earlier, Bobby had told Martin that Sarah had not been wearing her wedding ring. Martin is crushed to say the least. He had already been told officially that he would not be receiving any remains of his dead wife. When he comes back home in the evening, he finds Sarah’s datebook and sees that she had an appointment on September, 5^th with a jewelry store. He goes there to find out that she had given her wedding ring for engraving. The store had kept it all these years. Martin looks to see that the ring is engraved with “1+1=3”. Sarah had told Martin this when their son had been born, because they had become a family. Martin takes the ring home, finally holding onto a piece of his wife.

Community (Season 3-Episode 14)

We had a civil war ensuing on the campus of Greendale Community College. The episode was documentary-style, and hilarious to say the least. The narration, sound effects, stills capturing the scene of the battle, everything amounted to an excellent episode.

We had Troy and Abed leading their respective armies. There was Annie, playing the nurse on the battlefield. The role of war photographer fell to Britta, with dire consequences. Jeff was giving motivational addresses in both camps. Anything to get out of classes, right? Then there was Pierce who turned himself into a human pillow. Quite literally! And Shirley wasn’t to be left behind. Her shot, swinging pillows in both hands, was epic.

It all ended well enough. Troy and Abed making up, Jeff being the moderator of all people. Yet it was the style in which the episode was presented that stood out. Loved every second of it!