How I Met Your Mother (TV Series) Mosbius Designs (2009) User Reviews

Worst Episode Of The Season

[slightlymad22 · 6/10 · 7 January 2015]

Not even The brilliant Neil Patrick Harris could save this episode. Harris can normally make anything better, just by appearing in it.

Plot In A Paragraph: Ted is still trying to get his own architectural firm - Mosbius Designs - off the ground, the company which he is operating out of his and Robin's apartment. Ted seems more concerned about the cosmetics of the company as opposed to finding actual clients. Complications arise when Ted hires an assistant named PJ, who ends up sleeping with Robin. Meanwhile GNB has been laying off employees lately. To ensure that he is not one of those laid off, Barney feels that Marshall needs to find his "man" niche: something specific that distinguishes him as being a great guy to have around, regardless of job performance.

Alyson Hannigan makes a short appearance in the cold opening and is not again as it was filmed during her last weeks of pregnancy. You can also clearly see that Cobie Smulders is pregnant throughout the episode.

Mosbius Designs (#4.20)

[ComedyFan2010 · 8/10 · 20 July 2015]

Marshall's story is pretty good. The main problem was that "the guy" he has become was not a very entertaining idea. This part of the episode was funny mainly thanks to the other guys such as the food guy and also the toy guy. The ending with the ninja in the building and them running away was also pretty good.

Ted's story was good for two reasons. Having been in the same position as him, I can totally relate to that character, so they dealt with it very well. And thanks to Robin sleeping with his assistant we also got to see some more of jealous Barney. My favorite part was Marshall telling him that he knew and him and Lily would do it so the two sit next to each other. Barney's "aaaaw" was adorable.

And I want Lily back. Although they made this episode without her in a pretty lever way. I would love to know that joke!

Robin

[bevo-13678 · 10/10 · 14 June 2020]

I like the bit where he went out and felt buildings

How a good sitcom became a stupid show with pathetic characters.

[igoatabase · 2/10 · 20 April 2009]

I stopped watching the show during season 2 but decided to watch this episode because of its entrepreneurship topic. In fact its summary reminded me of the "Ted Mosby : Architect" episode even if I wasn't expecting it to be as funny. The only thing I was afraid of was the usual Marshall dumb arc. To sum things up the episode confirmed I was right in the first place to give up on the show. First the whole Marshall story was as stupid as most of his lines. There's nothing interesting nor funny about him. Second the Ted arc was really disappointing and only a fifteen seconds long scene between him and Robin deserved our attention. At the beginning she said something about procrastination then Ted mentioned how hard it was to actually work freelance and was wondering if he would ever managed to realize his dream. The rest was dead boring and most of the scenes even pathetic. Last but not least I was amazed that the writers managed to turn the beautiful and smart Robin from season 1 into an empty shell. And what about Lily ? We saw her like two seconds and then she just vanished.

Considering how bad this episode was I really wonder why the show hasn't already jumped the shark. It's even sadder when you think of great episodes like "Mary the Paralegal". A few years ago I also remember posting on a forum about how watching it could be seen as a personal development therapy. It used to be so interesting and funny, even creative at times. It seems the writers just gave up on it probably like so many viewers. Enduring its twenty minutes was so painful that I think I will never go back to it, even if the story seems inspiring.

So I strongly recommend newcomers not to waste their time and long time fans to move on because there're far better series out there. What about Being Erica for example ? Its protagonist should help you remember how great our favorite Canadian reporter used to be !