Three Days of Snow
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| First aired: January 19, 2009 | ||
| Director: Pamela Fryman | ||
| Writer: Matt Kuhn | ||
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Three stories unfold during a snowstorm in NYC: Ted and Barney take over MacLaren's, Marshall and Robin talk about romantic rituals while picking up Lily from the airport while she races to buy Marshall a souvenir of her trip.
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Lily and Marshall reflect on a tradition of Lily bringing a six-pack of beer with her every time she returns from a trip, meeting Marshall at the airport. The couple had decided to end the tradition, but both soon change their minds. First, Marshall gets Robin to drive him to the airport in the midst of a huge snowstorm, arguing with her about the importance of traditions in relationships. They get trapped on the side of the road after a snow plow covers them in snow, but they eventually get to the airport terminal. When they arrive, Lily is not there. Marshall realizes that that day's lunchtime phonecall ritual between himself and Lily had been in a voicemail Lily had left to inform Marshall that her flight was cancelled. Marshall had ignored the call because he felt that all of their traditions were slipping away and that it was a natural progression of their relationship to let their rituals die. Lily's plane has been grounded and will arrive in New York in 2 days (the episode runs Marshall and Lily's stories parallel to imply that they are on the same day).
Meanwhile, after realizing she wants to continue the tradition, Lily panics and tries to find some microbrew beer to give to Marshall. Arriving at the airport an hour early, she encounters Ranjit, and they drive to a local liquor store, only to find that the store only has a keg, 'Supersonic Tonic', instead of a playfully named six-pack. She treks back to the airport, only to find no Marshall. Suddenly, airport residents start playing marching band instruments to the tune of Auld Lang Syne, and Marshall emerges to greet Lily. The players are the marching band from earlier in the episode, following up on their promise to return the favor.
ContinuityEdit
- In the scene where Ted is talking about the five words every man eventually says in his life, one of them is Marshall saying "I can jump that far" from The Leap. Another is "I'm gonna win her back", which Ted says in Weekend at Barney's.
- A "telepathic" conversation is attempted in this episode, between Ted and Barney. These conversations were introduced in Mary the Paralegal.
- Ted and Barney open a bar called Puzzles in Tailgate.
GalleryEdit
- For a listing of all images on the wiki tagged as being from this episode, see Category:Three Days of Snow images.
Memorable QuotesEdit
| Lily: | Aspen Yards Ale, get it? |
| Marshall: | Actually, no. |
| Lily: | Me, neither. I was hoping you would. |
| Lily: | Hey, baby. It's lunchtime, and I love you. |
| Marshall: | I reciprocate in principle, although with the caveat that there seems to be a bit of a surplus here on my end. |
| Lily: | No, I love you more. |
| Marshall: | Do we need to get in a room together and bang this thing out? *pause* Those sound like agreeable terms, although I may need to adjust my briefs. |
- —Lily calls Marshall while he is with clients
| Ranjit: | Oh, Lily, TMI—too many informations. |
| Robin: | I still say this is stupid. What happened to, "As we mature, the relationship matures with us?" |
| Marshall: | That's just something Lily read in Psychology Today. Alright, she read it in Cosmo. Alright, I read it in Cosmo. Alright, it was CosmoGirl! |
| Brunette: | I don't know if you guys have ever seen Star Wars, but it's like Hoth out there. |
| Ted: | Dibs. |
| Blonde: | It reminds me of when I used to go sledding with my dad —before he left. |
| Barney: | And dibs |
| Ted: | So, how many people are in on this Party School Bingo thing? |
| Barney: | Oh, it's just me. |
| Ted: | So what's the point, then? |
| Barney: | The point is to get five in a row. |
| Ted: | And what do you get when you get five in a row? |
| Barney: | I get Bingo. |
| Ted: | We should buy a bar |
| Barney: | Of course, we should buy a bar! |
| Ted: | We should totally buy a bar. |
| Barney: | We should totally buy a bar. Our bar would be awesome. And dude, dude, dude, dude... the name of our bar... Puzzles. (Ted is astonished by the proposition) People will be, like, "Why is it called Puzzles?". That's the puzzle! |
| Ted: | Can't you just leave the place open a little while longer? We'll keep an eye on things. |
| Carl: | You two? No way, you wouldn't know the first thing about running a bar. |
| Barney: | Serve the hotties first? |
| Carl: | Here's the keys. |
| Robin: | Thanks for coming by. I monkeyed around with the thermostat for about an hour before I realized it was the intercom. |
| Marshall: | Yeah, I heard you swearing downstairs. |
| Barney: | (mockingly) Totally, Awesome! *laughs* Man, these college girls are lame. |
| Ted: | Totally. |
| Barney: | Awesome. So here's the plan... |
Notes and TriviaEdit
Goofs and ErrorsEdit
- When the shop-owner tells Lily that he only has a Seattle microbrew in a keg, there are Redhook ESB six packs on the shelf behind them. Redhook is a Seattle brewery.
Allusions and Outside ReferencesEdit
- The image of the storms shown in the cold opening imitate the exact weather conditions of The Perfect Storm of 1991.
- Barney quotes Closing Time by Semisonic after last call at MacLaren's.
- When coming to the bar during the snow storm, one of the girls makes a Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back reference, saying it's snowing like Hoth outside.
- The marching band on the show is actually a small portion of The Spirit of Troy, also known as the University of Southern California Trojan Marching Band.
- The bar montage and accompanying Kokomo allude to similar scenes from Roger Donaldson's 1988 film, Cocktail.
- The flashback where Barney gets the idea to buy a bar, Ted and Barney are playing Monopoly.
MusicEdit
- Kokomo - The Beach Boys
- Auld Lang Syne - Traditional
Other NotesEdit
- The German episode title is "Drei Tage Schnee", an exact translation.
- International Airdates: Australia: March 30, 2009 on Channel 7; Germany: January 16, 2010 on ProSieben; United Kingdom: March 4, 2010 on E4
- Carl has longer hair in this episode.
GuestsEdit
- Marshall Manesh - Ranjit
- Amy Gumenick - Amanda
- Eileen Boylan - Melissa
- Joe Nieves - Carl MacLaren
- Cal Gibson - Ryan
- Jordan Masterson - Colin
- Yves Bright - Patrice
- Gita Isak - Rachel Sondheimer
- Ute Werner - Viveka
- Pat Crawford Brown - Thelma
ReceptionEdit
Donna Bowman of The A.V. Club gave the episode an A grade. [1]
Michelle Zoromski of IGN gave the episode 8.3 out of 10. [2]
Cindy McLennan of Television Without Pity gave the episode an A- grade. [3]
References Edit
See alsoEdit
External LinksEdit
- Three Days of Snow at the Internet Movie Database
- Three Days of Snow at TV.com
- Three Days of Snow at the English Wikipedia
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