How I Met Your Mother“Sandcastles in the Sand”
Original Air Date - April 21, 2008
Rachel – TwoCents Staff Writer
So, Revertigo. It’s a phenomenon that occurs when a person (we’ll call her Robin) sees someone from her past (we’ll call him Simon) and starts acting how she did at the age she knew him. It is pretty ugly, but not half as ugly as James VanDerBeek’s hair.
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So, Revertigo. It’s a phenomenon that occurs when a person (we’ll call her Robin) sees someone from her past (we’ll call him Simon) and starts acting how she did at the age she knew him. It is pretty ugly, but not half as ugly as James VanDerBeek’s hair.
ReplyDeleteThe Beek plays Simon, Robin’s boyfriend during her “Let’s Go to the Mall” phase: He was the star of her power ballad video (“There’s a second video!?!?!”). He is coming to NYC for a visit and Robin is all freaked out. After some very highly crafted Canadian jokes (my favorite being Barney’s reference to Degrassi), we learn the story of The Breakup.
Seems Simon was some form of a pop star himself and Robin acted as a sort of over-eager roadie. After a gig and in front of one of the most horribly-painted tour vans in the universe, he dumped her for Louise Marsh. That bitch. He then expected Robin to continue loading the band equipment. Whatever. Wait… she did. Ouch.
Back to the present, Simon shows up and much to the pleasure of the gang, looks absolutely horrible. Beek is messed up. AND he has a freaky Canadian accent. Yet, strangely enough, Robin is still head-over-heels (and, apparently, blindly) in love with him.
This is where Revertigo comes in. Marshall explains the concept and they all agree that this is what has happened to Robin. Simon lives with his parents, he works at a water park, he’s a jerk, his band (the Fourskins – because there are four of them and they play without shirts – what were you thinking?) never went anywhere, not to mention his freaky appearance (now I see why Joey didn’t pick him)... still, Robin thinks the world of the slob. This is gonna get ugly.
On a second date (you’re kidding me, Robin), Robin sits and listens to a rehearsal of The Fourskins like she is 16 again. It ain’t pretty. Robin and Simon are back together and the gang couldn’t be more disgusted and disappointed. In the bar, there is a scene reminiscent of my own childhood. Robin plays me, Lily and Marshall play my parents, and Ted plays my brother. I’m sure most people can relate to this train wreck as it plays out: there is a forbidding of seeing “that boy” again, a reference to Lily and Marshal being young and in love once “Yeah, about a million years ago,” and a storming out of Robin. Yep, that takes me back.
Cut to Robin acting as a sort of over-eager roadie, loading equipment into, you guessed it, the horribly-painted van. And guess what? Simon breaks up with her. Again. For the same girl. Again!
It is Barney, oddly enough, who puts things into perspective for a heartbroken Robin. He tells her that she was totally lame back when she was Robin Sparkles. He knows… he has watched her video over 1,000 times. But then, he tells her that nowadays, she is wonderful: she is the second most awesome person he knows… she is more awesome than Simon will ever be. As a reward for cheering her up, Robin invites Barney back to her place (What?!?!) to see the second video. Yeah, baby! They watch it over and over and over again (is that Alan Thicke?).
I have no words for the video. You must watch it to understand. Go. Watch it.
Then, the clincher: Robin and Barney stop watching the video and start making-out. (Or is that “making-oot?”)! This episode is full of all kinds of ugly!
Next week: “The Goat”
I'm glad that, even though this episode caused you to have a flashback, you were still able to recap it with precision!
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