This appetite for new and unusual ideas is one of the shows great strengths at large.

However, it erred drastically with the Season 8 episode, The Time Travelers.

Some episodes, however, do stray too far and suffer because of this.

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Season 5s Hooked is a prime example.

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Meanwhile, Marshalls monkey business buys neither hysterics nor intrigue.

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The episode sees Ted narrating events that transpire simultaneously in different rooms over the course of five minutes.

It all culminates with a man in a beekeeper suit running through the house on fire.

Though the premise is enticing, the execution leaves plenty to be desired.

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Few others would be able to share in their elation.

Frankly,How I Met Your Motherwould be better off had it never aired.

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‘How I Met Your Mother’ Season 8, Episode 20 “The Time Traveler” (2013)

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