First Time In New York
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| First aired: January 8, 2007 | ||
| Director: Pamela Fryman | ||
| Writer: Gloria Calderon Kellet | ||
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Robin tries to talk her younger sister, who is visiting NYC, not to lose her virginity. The gang all recount tales of their own first times.
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Robin's sister, Katie is coming to visit New York for the first time, and Ted suggests that he and Robin take her to the Empire State Building. When Katie arrives, Robin is surprised to see that she is with her boyfriend Kyle who is in town visiting his cousin. Kyle acts very immature and goes around pointing out how hot he thinks other women are. Katie tells Robin she's planning on having sex with Kyle and Robin recruits everyone else to help her convince Katie not to.
The gang takes Katie to the Empire State Building, which they use as a thinly-veiled metaphor for waiting for sex. Katie gets annoyed and accuses Robin of being a hypocrite. She says that she read Robin's diary and knows Robin lost her virginity when she was 16. Besides, she's been with Kyle for two months and they've already done everything else. Frustrated, Katie stalks off to smoke.
Everyone reflects on the first time they had sex. Barney tells them a story that turns out to be the story to "Dirty Dancing." Lily and Marshall did it in college; they wanted to wait and make it special, but did it in his dorm room with Ted in the top bunk. In the middle of sex, Robin's boyfriend admitted that he was gay. Robin says that they only "barely" had sex, and when Lily says it doesn't count, Marshall realizes that she went halfway with her high school boyfriend, Scooter. Lily doesn't understand why Marshall is mad at her, because she didn't really have sex with Scooter. She compares it to being in the Empire State building; they're in the lobby right now, and nobody buys tickets to get to the lobby. It doesn't count if you don't get to the top.
Katie comes back and says she doesn't want to see the Empire State Building anymore and she's going to see Kyle. Robin says that Katie only has one chance to lose her virginity and that she should do it with someone special, not Kyle. Katie points out that Robin has done it with "a hundred" guys and she couldn't have been in love with them all. Robin insists that she had some kind of feeling for all of them, and Katie puts her on the spot by asking her if she loves Ted. Ted pulls Robin aside and tells her that it's no big deal. Robin says that she just doesn't want to do it too soon. Ted asks, "Like I did?" Robin calls him an "I love you slut" and he calls her an "I love you prude". Ted then takes his "I love you" back.
Future Ted tries to convince his kids that when Katie slept with Kyle, she got pregnant with quintuplets, moved into a trailer park, and died an alcoholic. But in reality, Katie doesn't sleep with Kyle. Robin says that Katie admits it was because Ted told Katie about his first time, in which he told a girl he loved her when he didn't and he never saw her again. He told her that all 17 year old boys just want sex and will say anything to get it, even the nice ones. Katie tells Kyle she wants to wait and he dumps her. Robin tells Ted that the story doesn't sound like him, and he admits that it happened the other way around (the girl didn't mean it when she said she loved him). Robin then tells Ted that she loves him and they kiss.
At the end of the episode, the group takes Katie back to the Empire State Building, and Marshall says that the last trip didn't count because they didn't get out of the lobby. Lily points out that, by that logic, he is the only one she's had sex with. Later that day, after Katie has left, they go to the bar and egg Barney to tell them the real story of his first time. He tries unsuccessfully to describe sex scenes from various movies before admitting that he was 23 and it was with his mother's 45 year old friend Rhonda. Realizing how much this embarrasses Barney, the group decides to pretend they never heard the real story.
ContinuityEdit
- The story about Ted being awake while Marshall and Lily lost their virginity is revealed after being mentioned in the Pilot as one of their "firsts" in which Ted was present.
- The story about Barney losing his virginity to Rhonda comes up again in The Yips.
- Barney talks about hooking up with a girl and leaving while she is in the shower. He actually did that in the episode Ted Mosby: Architect.
GalleryEdit
- For a listing of all images on the wiki tagged as being from this episode, see Category:First Time In New York images.
Memorable QuotesEdit
| Robin: | Okay but, if relationships are like a freeway, then saying "mm hmm hmm" is like, getting into the carpool lane. And, I don't want to take an exit but at the same time I'm not ready to get into the carpool lane. Because what's in the carpool lane? Oh, it's a big diamond! |
Notes and TriviaEdit
Goofs and ErrorsEdit
- As Molly climbs out of bed, she is wearing pants. However in the next scene, when talking to Ted about her cousin's fireworks, she is putting on pants.
- When Barney tells the group about his true first time, he states that his comforter smelt like menthol cigarettes, when in fact his first time was at her house.
- Robin's little sister, played by Lucy Hale, is named Katie Scherbatsky. However, Katie is seen throughout the episode wearing a gold necklace that says 'Emily'.
- It is possible that Emily is the name of someone important to Katie, possibly her mother's, whose name has never been revealed.
- Robin states that Katie should be "Watching The Little Mermaid and drinking Yoo-hoo." Being that they grew up in Canada, they would have no idea what Yoo-hoo is, as it is an exclusively American beverage.
Allusions and Outside ReferencesEdit
- Barney's story of when he lost his virginity is a parody of Patrick Swayze's role in Dirty Dancing. Marshall also has had the Patrick Swayze hit single She's Like the Wind stuck in his head since he saw the movie on TV.
- Later, Barney tries to use stories from Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Risky Business and WarGames as his "first time" stories, but his friends call him on it.
MusicEdit
- Gotta Have You - The Weepies
- Love Is Strange - Mickey & Sylvia
- Always Love - Nada Surf
- (I've Had) The Time of My Life - Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
Other NotesEdit
- The image of Dave Matthews Band's album Before These Crowded Streets is hanging on the wall of the Empire State Building.
GuestsEdit
- Ryan Pinkston - Kyle
- Misti Traya - Molly
- Lucy Hale - Katie Scherbatsky
- Brian Kubach - Brian
- Stu Smith - Stranger
- James McMann - Tourist Man (uncredited)
ReceptionEdit
Staci Krause of IGN gave the episode 8.7 out of 10. [1]
ReferencesEdit
See alsoEdit
External LinksEdit
- First Time In New York at the Internet Movie Database
- First Time In New York at TV.com
- First Time In New York at the English Wikipedia
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