In this episode, Barney gets turned off (or maybe in a previous one, he did) about Nora telling him right away that she wanted a serious relationship. Then Barney proceeds to lie about wanting one too but not correct his lie because he really wants Robin? Who cares? It's hard to focus with this one. Right from the start, "A Change of Heart" was just awful and unfunny at the same time. Nothing about this episode brought anything valuable to the story of the show. Nora is a terribly boring character that SOMEHOW makes Barney boring when she is around him. The love interests that they bring in to combat Barney aren't fun at all. Quinn was basically the same thing as Nora, minus an English accent. At least when Barney went to a strip club and Robin got upset about it, Barney just basically ignored it. Any Nora/Barney plot is pointless, dull and meaningless because they bring you back to Robin/Barney, which is another pointless stale story arc. Barney lies about lying? That's a new one. Kidding. Snooze.
The plot is just aimless to say the least. The worst part of the episode is when Robin gets a boyfriend and they treat him as if he were a dog. Lame. This episode has everything that can be added to the scrapheap of bad HIMYM gags such as Lily's unfunny "Yousonofab*tch" line, the pot smoking/sandwich euphemism, and Lily's boring doctor with the accent. But the dog part had to be the worst idea in the history of the show. How can anyone even crack a smile at this? What were the writers thinking? How on earth did this idea get a green light?
1 out of 10. Maybe even 0 out of 10 because there was no payoff. Sometimes episodes are pointless and add nothing to the plot but at least are funny. "A Change of Heart" was neither of the two. Worst episode of the entire series. Even over "Burning Bee Keeper" and "Slappointment"
The plot is just aimless to say the least. The worst part of the episode is when Robin gets a boyfriend and they treat him as if he were a dog. Lame. This episode has everything that can be added to the scrapheap of bad HIMYM gags such as Lily's unfunny "Yousonofab*tch" line, the pot smoking/sandwich euphemism, and Lily's boring doctor with the accent. But the dog part had to be the worst idea in the history of the show. How can anyone even crack a smile at this? What were the writers thinking? How on earth did this idea get a green light?
1 out of 10. Maybe even 0 out of 10 because there was no payoff. Sometimes episodes are pointless and add nothing to the plot but at least are funny. "A Change of Heart" was neither of the two. Worst episode of the entire series. Even over "Burning Bee Keeper" and "Slappointment"