Knight Vision
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| "Knight Vision" | |
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| How I Met Your Mother episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 9 Episode 6 |
| Directed by | Pamela Fryman |
| Written by | Chris Harris |
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| Cinematography by | Christian La Fountaine |
| Editing by | Sue Federman |
| Original air date | October 21, 2013 |
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"Knight Vision" is the sixth episode of the
The episode received mixed reviews from online critics.
Plot
On Friday at 9:00 PM, 45 hours before the wedding, the gang (minus Marshall) begin the wedding weekend officially with drinks as Barney and Robin remind Ted that he has the chance to hook up with one of the single women who'll be attending that evening. Barney compares the choice with the Holy Grail scene from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Barney and Robin present Ted with three choices: Sophia, Cassie, and Grace (who won't arrive until later). Although Barney suggests Sophia, Ted goes for Cassie when she arrives and mentions the two will probably have 'fun' that weekend.
When
Though Ted and Cassie seem to hit it off well, Ted's weekend plans quickly begin to derail with each choice he makes. Cassie becomes despondent and dependent on Ted when she learns that she has lost her job, where she was hated by everyone, her ex-boyfriend is also a guest at the wedding and has hooked up with Sophia, and her parents unsympathetically leave Ted to comfort Cassie after he meets them. When their attempts to become intimate become increasingly unlikely, Cassie graciously allows Ted to leave her so he can still enjoy his weekend. However, everyone already believes that he and Cassie are a couple; when Grace finally arrives, Ted's last attempt to find another date is ruined when he proposes a toast in memory of Reverend Lowell, only to discover that he was Cassie's uncle. Ted excuses himself and says goodbye to Grace as he is forced to spend the rest of the night comforting Cassie.
During their long drive to Farhampton, Marshall tells Daphne of how he needs to be tough and convince Lily to give up her dream job in
Critical reception
Max Nicholson of IGN gave the episode a 6.4/10 rating saying it "found a few funny moments in a sea of predictable narrative."[1] The A.V. Club's Donna Bowman graded the episode an A−, stating that the Indiana Jones elements and Ted's reaction to the Knight's appearances were enough for the episode, but the Barney–Robin story is another good example of the actors' chemistry.[2]
Jessica Goodman of The Huffington Post stated that the episode "solidified" the waiting game the season would largely be, though she noted that it was "a step up from last week's debacle."[3] HitFix's Alan Sepinwall expressed that after despairing over the poor quality of the previous two episodes ("every idea, joke and person made me cringe"), this episode was "fairly painless", and stated that "at least this particular Robin/Barney story did not try to pretend they were anything less than awful".[4]
References
- ^ Max Nicholson (October 21, 2013). "How I Met Your Mother: "Knight Vision" Review". IGN. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ^ Donna Bowman (October 21, 2013). "Knight Vision". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ^ Jessica Goodman (October 22, 2013). "'How I Met Your Mother' Recap: 'Knight Vision' Has Cute Out The Wazoo". HuffPost. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
- ^ Alan Sepinwall (October 21, 2013). "Review: 'How I Met Your Mother' - 'Knight Vision': He chose... poorly". HitFix. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
External links
- "Knight Vision" at IMDb
