The Goat (How I Met Your Mother)
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"The Goat" | |
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How I Met Your Mother episode | |
Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 17 |
Directed by | Pamela Fryman |
Written by | Stephen Lloyd |
Production code | 3ALH17 |
Original air date | April 28, 2008 |
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"The Goat" is the 17th episode in the third season of the television series How I Met Your Mother and 61st overall. It originally aired on April 28, 2008.
Plot
The episode begins with the
When Marshall's nervous behavior reveals to Robin that Barney told him, she warns him never to let Ted find out. That night, when Barney picks up Ted in a
Meanwhile, Lily rescues a goat named Missy when Farmer Frank (Alan Fudge) brings the goat to her kindergarten class and horrifies her students by going into great detail about what will happen to Missy when she visits the butcher. Lily plans to give the goat away to animal control, but becomes attached to her while waiting for Ted to arrive at his birthday party. Future Ted hints at the destruction the goat would do, only to later realize that he had the story wrong: everything involving the goat actually takes place during his 31st birthday, at which point – Future Ted also reveals – Robin is living in the apartment.
Critical response
Donna Bowman of the A.V. Club graded the episode at A−. She says that the previous episode has potential for more Barney-Robin material, even if the fallout from the episode can affect all the characters.[1]
Michelle Zoromski of IGN gave the episode a 7.7/10 score.[2][why?]
TV Critic gave it 27/100 saying that "the attempts at humour and the entire goat sub-plot are pathetic".[3]
References
- ^ Donna Bowman (April 28, 2008). ""The Goat" · How I Met Your Mother · TV Review How I Met Your Mother: "The Goat"". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- News Corporation. Archived from the originalon August 13, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
- ^ "Episode 17 - The Goat". TV Critic. June 10, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
External links
- "The Goat" at IMDb