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"Blitzgiving" is the tenth episode of the sixth season of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, and the 122nd episode overall. It aired on November 22, 2010.

Plot

It's the day before Thanksgiving, and Ted is hosting his first Thanksgiving for the group, and tries his best to make it memorable. He makes a special turkey by stuffing it with a smaller turkey, calling it a "turturkeykey". Just as he is about to call it an early night, the group tells him not to leave the bar, or he will get the curse of "The Blitz". Future Ted explains how an old college friend, Steve Henry (Jorge Garcia), had the curse of The Blitz; whenever he would leave the room with a group, something amazing would happen, leaving Steve saddened that he had missed out on it. The curse of The Blitz originally began with Matt Blitz in the 1960s and was passed on through other people over the years to Steve. Ted scoffs at the curse and leaves.

The next morning, Ted awakens to find his apartment a wreck. The gang are all present (even Steve Henry) and Ted discovers Zoey sleeping in the bathtub, who leaves soon afterward. Ted is furious that the group spent time with his mortal enemy. Lily explains that Zoey entered MacLaren's after Ted left. The group originally schemed to get back at her for everything she did to Ted, but end up having a great night with her and Steve. Ted realizes he truly has been cursed with The Blitz. The rest tell him about the night: Marshall sent a photo of his genitals to a complete stranger (nicknamed "Wang Guy"), Robin danced on the door of Ted's oven (breaking it off in the process), Lily had glided on the floor using Ted's butter, and a game called "The Gentleman" was played, which involved flipping a top hat onto someone's head. Since Ted's oven is broken, the gang and Steve seek a place where they could cook the "turkey", but rule out Barney's place because he doesn't really have a stove (just a cardboard display), Marshall and Lily's place because of the foul stench from the sewage plant, and Steve's house because cats crowd the stove. Lily then remembers that Zoey invited them all to her place for Thanksgiving, as her husband (The Captain) is spending Thanksgiving with his daughter. Ted is reluctant, but agrees to go to her place. Meanwhile, Barney hitches a separate cab to Zoey's, as he was tired of being stuck in the crowded cab, but then realizes he may have been cursed with The Blitz by being away from the group. Barney meets the group outside Zoey's apartment and he realizes that he has become The Blitz, as the group says they had run into a Thanksgiving Day parade (Steve tests this later by having Barney leave the room temporarily; he flips a coin which lands perfectly on its end, but by the time Barney returns, the coin falls flat). At Zoey's, Marshall exclaims that Wang Guy sent him a picture of his genitals back.

Ted is not ready to hang out with Zoey, but Lily says that enemies can become friends. Ted decides to see if this can happen and heads back to the kitchen, only to run into Zoey, spilling cranberry sauce and ruining her sweater. Zoey & Ted start fighting, which only results in Zoey ordering everybody to leave. While heading back, Ted sees Lily stole a present from Zoey's apartment, which Zoey was planning to give to someone named Hannah. Ted surmises that Hannah is Zoey's step-daughter, and realizes Zoey is saddened by the fact that Hannah avoids spending time with her on the holidays (which also leaves Zoey alone every time, as the Captain chooses to spend those days with his daughter). Ted and the group head back to the apartment. Barney is too busy sulking about the curse to see they had left, and then doesn't even notice that Zoey had been walking around half-naked. Ted asks for Zoey's forgiveness, saying that he understands her feelings for Hannah, and as the group enjoys a Thanksgiving meal, Future Ted says it's how he and Zoey finally became friends. Marshall takes a picture of the group to send to Wang Guy, with Robin showing some interest in the unknown person after seeing the picture of his genitals. The curse of The Blitz strikes Barney again, even with him in the room, in which a chain reaction of toppling objects causes a top hat to fly through the air and land on Ted's "turkey" (creating "The Gentleman"), with Barney missing it all as he was momentarily distracted (Future Ted also points out that the "turkey" tasted "wrong").

After the dinner, Barney & Steve head towards the elevator. Steve remembers that he forgot his jacket and turns to retrieve it. Just then, a girl from the neighboring apartment darts into the elevator, with Barney inside. As the door closes, the dress gets stuck between the doors, and rips apart. Steve just hears her scream, Barney saying "Thank You God!!", and Steve realizes that he has been "Blitzed" again.

Barney's blog

In his blog, Barney makes a list of his favorite Blitzes throughout history.

Cultural references

• Jorge Garcia makes numerous references to the series Lost, like making up a phone number with the numbers 4815162342, and telling his friends he feels like "the Blitz curse" was like living on an island for eternity and that he's happy to now be on the other side.
• "Turturkeykey" is a play on the actual culinary creation Turducken.

Critical response

Reviews for the episode were positive.

Donna Bowman of the A.V. Club graded the episode at A-, praising the story development and the various ideas put in that actually worked together. She also noted Garcia's appearance as a continuance of his story after the Lost finale and Barney's desperation not to miss out on various events.

Angel Cohn of Television Without Pity also put the episode at A-, saying the writers did well to insert Lost references and help Garcia discover more comedic skills.

Robert Canning of IGN gave the episode a rating of 8 out of 10.

Chris O'Hara of TVFanatic.com gave the episode a rating of 2.8 out of 5.

References

1. Stinson, Barney (2010-12-22). "Blitz". Retrieved 2010-12-07.
2. O'Hara, Chris (November 23, 2010). "How I Met Your Mother: "Blitzgiving"". TV Fanatic. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
3. Bowman, Donna (November 22, 2010). "How I Met Your Mother: "Blitzgiving"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 28, 2015.
4. ^ Angel Cohn (2010-11-25). "How I Met Your Mother: Swiper, No Swiping". Television Without Pity. NBC Universal.
5. Donna Bowman (2010-11-22). "How I Met Your Mother "Blitzgiving"". The A.V. Club. The Onion.
6. Robert Canning (2010-11-23). "How I Met Your Mother: "Blitzgiving" Review". IGN. News Corporation. Retrieved 2010-12-07.
7. Chris O'Hara (2010-11-23). "How I Met Your Mother Review: "Blitzgiving"". TV Fanatic. Retrieved 2010-12-07.

External links

• "Blitzgiving" at IMDb

• How I Met Your Mother (season 6) episodes
• 2010 television episodes
• Thanksgiving television episodes