False Positive (How I Met Your Mother)
"False Positive" | |
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How I Met Your Mother episode | |
Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 12 |
Directed by | Pamela Fryman |
Written by |
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Production code | 6ALH12 |
Original air date | December 13, 2010 |
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"False Positive" is the 12th episode of the sixth season of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, and the 124th episode overall. It aired on December 13, 2010. It features guest star Alex Trebek.
Plot
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Prior to the test, Ted and Punchy begin talking about Punchy's wedding. After hanging up, Ted argues with Robin about his ability to be an effective
When Marshall and Lily break the news of the pregnancy, Robin becomes aware of how her own life is stalling, and resolves to take the research position, but when they reveal the false positive, she changes her mind once more, deciding that she is content to be a "coin-flip bimbo".
Barney, meanwhile, has received an end-of-year
Immediately after they discover and announce the pregnancy test's results, Marshall and Lily secretly begin to panic about how unprepared they are to raise a child, and scramble to complete pre-delivery remodelling of their apartment in one night. After an argument about playing music for the child, the couple see the doctor, who tells them Lily is not pregnant.
Marshall and Lily meet up with the rest of the gang outside the theater and admit that they are relieved about the false positive. Since they are not ready for kids, they are considering getting a dog for now. When Robin and Barney agree with them, Ted angrily smashes the gingerbread house and orders everybody to reconsider their decisions, forcing Marshall and Lily to go straight back home to try to conceive, yelling to the "criminals of New York" about Barney's suit, effectively making him a walking target for theft, and ordering Robin to take the research job. When Punchy calls him, suffering the predicted cold feet, Ted angrily orders him to get married, solving that problem as well. After everyone leaves, he decides to watch It's a Wonderful Life alone.
In the end, Marshall and Lily continue trying to conceive, Barney returns the diamond suit, makes his intended cash donation to the ministry and also donates suits for jobless people to wear to interviews, and Robin begins her first day at World Wide News. Back at the apartment, Robin thanks Ted for his fit of rage and he accepts her offer to be the best man if she ever marries anyone else.
Critical response
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Donna Bowman of The A.V. Club gave the episode an A− rating.[1]
Robert Canning of IGN gave the episode a rating of 9.5 out of 10.[2]
DeAnn Welker of Television Without Pity graded the episode an A.[3]
References
- ^ Donna Bowman (2010-12-13). "How I Met Your Mother "False Positive"". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
- News Corporation. Retrieved 2010-12-14.
- NBC Universal. Archived from the originalon 2010-12-16.
External links
- "False Positive" at IMDb