Kevin Olsta
Kevin Olsta is a grauduate of the University of Illinois. Although not a writer by trade, Kevin has always been a bit of a renaissance man. A love for television and comedy has led Kevin to do a lot of amateur journalism and writing in his spare time. He is currently a regular in the Chicago comedy scene and is working on a sitcom pilot.
May 22nd, 2013 9:19am EDT
The Goodwin Games premiered Monday night on FOX. It is the brain child of How I Met Your Mother co-creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas and long time episodes such as “Okay Awesome,” “Game Night,” and “Mary the Paralegal,” as well as more recently “The Bro-Mitzvah,” the tale of Barney’s bachelor party.
The show is the story of the three Goodwin siblings, who are suddenly pit against each other in a battle for their eccentric father’s inheritance. HIMYM fans will immediately recognize Becki Newton as Chloe Goodwin from her role as Quinn, the stripper Barney almost married. Chloe is an...
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Becki Newton, Jake Lacy, Scott Foley, T.J. Miller, The Goodwin Games
May 14th, 2013 8:40am EDT
HIMYM wrapped up their eighth season Monday night. A year ago we thought this would be the series finale, and we would finally meet the mother of Ted’s future children. A few months ago it was revealed that HIMYM would be coming back for a ninth and final season. The moment of Ted meeting his soulmate would have to wait, but the season finale was chock full of big moments that did not disappoint.
The episode began with Marshall and Lily packing for Italy. Lily picks up the phone and it is Judy, Marshall’s mom. It turns out that Marshall had still not told his mother about the move, an...
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Cristin Milioti, How I Met Your Mother
May 8th, 2013 9:14am EDT
HIMYM returned last night with “Something Old,” the tale of Robin searching for something she supposedly buried in Central Park when she was a kid. While on vacation with her father, she decided to leave an old bracelet in a box and told herself that if she ever got married she would come back and find it to use it as her something old at the wedding.
Robin tries to subtly tell Barney that she wants him to help her, but he doesn’t pick up on it. Instead he goes to have some bonding time with Mr. Scherbatsky. It turns out they are actually getting along quite well, and Barney decides to...
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Cobie Smulders, How I Met Your Mother
April 30th, 2013 8:40am EDT
HIMYM returned to tell the legendary story of Barney’s bachelor party. The day began with Robin asking Barney to drop off a payment with the wedding planner while she goes to have dinner with Barney’s mother. Robin had been apprehensive about the dinner, and makes Barney promise not to leave her alone with her for too long. However, when Barney goes off to make the payment, he is kidnapped.
Barney shouts out, “I swear I never talked to the North Koreans!” Ted and Marshall laugh, for it is they who have kidnapped Barney to take him to his surprise bachelor party. Barney calls Robin to ...
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How I Met Your Mother
April 16th, 2013 2:43pm EDT
'How I Met Your Mother' returned last night after a short hiatus due to the NCAA tournament. It came back with a quick shocker. The Captain calls Lily and tells her that he is moving to Rome for a year and that he wants her to come with him. Lily took the job as the Captain’s art consultant a few weeks ago. She is immediately torn. When she calls Marshall to talk about it, he talks about how he is swamped at work. She decides that she can’t rip Marshall away from his dream job and turns down the Captain’s offer.
Meanwhile, Ted and Barney are at the bar. Barney was just about to leav...
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Alyson Hannigan, How I Met Your Mother, Jason Segel
March 26th, 2013 9:50am EDT
I wish every episode of HIMYM was written by the show co-creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas. Whenever they are the lead writers, it shows in the script. They gave us another gem last night with, “The Time Travelers.” It was the 52nd episode that the pair have been credited with since it all started with a fledgling pilot of a show with a strange name and a cast of nobodies and aging child stars. Back then, Ted was searching for the one. Nearly eight years later, he was getting close, but still felt so far from finding her.
Instead of being out on a date, Ted is down at the bar argui...
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How I Met Your Mother
March 19th, 2013 3:01pm EDT
HIMYM returned from a short hiatus last night with “The Fortress,” referring to Barney’s swinging bachelor pad. With season nine now a done deal, all storylines are now fast forwarded to a year from now, spring 2014. In this one, Robin pressures Barney to finally let go of the Fortress of Barnitude. Barney is hesitant.
With Lily now working as the Captain’s art consultant, Marshall has been stuck with more than his fair share of Marvin duties. Marshall says that they haven’t been intimate in weeks, and that she hasn’t even had time to sit down and watch their favorite show, Woodworthy Man...
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Cobie Smulders, How I Met Your Mother, Neil Patrick Harris
February 19th, 2013 7:13pm EST
HIMYM returned with an all new episode Monday night. Earlier this month, CBS finally confirmed what we had all suspected that the show had been picked up for a ninth and final season. Over the last couple of weeks, it has become clear that we will in fact not be meeting the mother this spring, as was originally expected. I am excited for more episodes, but have to admit that I am a bit disappointed that we have to wait even longer for the big moment.
The episode began with the Captain leaving a message for Ted. The Captain (Kyle MacLachlan) was Ted’s ex-girlfriend Zoey’s ex-husband, an...
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How I Met Your Mother
February 13th, 2013 10:11am EST
HIMYM returned last night with another new episode. They won the time slot for the second straight week, along with a big win in among 18-49 year olds, the demographic most sought after by advertisers. However, ratings came up a little short of my prediction of having the most viewed episode of the series last week.
The episode started off as many HIMYMs do with us seeing what happens at the end of the story. Ted and the gang are sitting on the curb and there are flames raining down from the building above them. This is no doubt the result of something Ted’s new girlfriend, Jeanette, ...
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How I Met Your Mother
February 5th, 2013 9:49am EST
HIMYM returned last night, a day after a wild Super Bowl on CBS. This also kicked off sweeps month for America’s #1 network. Two weeks ago I predicted that this would be the most watched episode in the history of the series, and I will be very interested to see the Neilsen ratings get tallied.
The story began with Ted on another Mosbian quest after having a run in with a girl on the subway. Lily and Marshall urge Ted to not go into stalker mode. However, the tables get turned when Jeanette tracks down Ted. It turns out that she was the one who was stalking Ted, and caused a fire at ...
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How I Met Your Mother