46 Minutes

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Recently, I got up to date with the show and I wanted to start to give overviews of the more current episodes of the series.  The episode I chose for this week is from season seven, episode fourteen, "46 Minutes".  The episode starts with Ted, Robin, and Barney receiving the news that Lilly and Marshall are moving permanently to Long Island.  Each member of the gang falls into their own version of how they cope with not having the whole "gang" around.  Barney convinces Ted, Robin, and her boyfriend, Kevin (guest star, Kal Penn) into going to a Strip Club.  Robin and her boyfriend are in the stage of saying yes to everything to make them feel open to everything.  As they try to cope with Marshall and Lilly being gone, they go to the strip club and find Lilly's doppelganger, who is a Russian stripper.  Barney convinces the gang to hang out with Lilly's doppelganger and her boyfriend.  Ted gets really drunk and leads the gang into danger.  Meanwhile, Lilly and Marshall have to put up with Lilly's Dad in Long Island.  However, Lilly's dad, Mickey (guest star, Chris Elliot) tries to make their home his because it was the same house he grew up in.  Lilly and Marshall can't stand him anymore and come into conflict with him, but eventually make up and he becomes helpful in trying to get the power back on after the light goes out.  The lesson that comes from this story is that close friends or in this case people that are close in our lives are not replaceable.  Those that are close or important in our lives are never far no matter how far they may live.  This is the lesson that Ted comes to conclude with to his kids at the end of the episode.

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