How I Met Your Father Season 2 Episode 8 introduces us to the fears and weaknesses of all the friends and their attempts to overcome them all within two days. As the friends set their mission, each one of them initially gives up but, in the end, together accomplish it. However, the climax proves how naive they all are. The sitcom creator is Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, and it serves as a standalone sequel to everyone’s favourite show from the early 2000s- How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM).
We see the return of Hilary Duff as Sophie, Chris Lowell as Jesse, Francia Raisa as Valentina, Suraj Sharma as Sid, Tom Ainsley as Charlie, Tien Tran as Ellen, and Kim Cattrall as the future Sophie. We will also see Ashley Reyes as Hannah, Leighton Meester as Meredith, Josh Peck as Drew, Meaghan Rath as Parker, Michael McDonald as Warren, Jessica St Clair as Megan, Judy as Judy, Morgan Smith as Alice and Stony Blyden as Jasper. In addition to the old cast, we have Mark Consuelos, Constance Marie, Michael Cimino, and John Corbett joining the cast for the new season.
The eighth episode of the show’s second season is called Rewardishment. It is directed by Pamela Fryman, and the runtime for the episode is 21 minutes.
– How I Met Your Father Season 2 Episode 8 Review Contains Spoilers –
The episode starts with Sophie’s friends teasing her for her inability to drive. Since she had a bad cab experience, Sophie fears driving a car. When she speaks of her trauma, each of the friends starts sharing their failed accomplishments despite them trying hard for it. Valentina says that she can’t drive a car, and Ellen shares how she wishes to express anger to her colleague Rhonda who intrudes in her personal life. Charlie opens up about his inability to shave independently and that Ellen shaves it for him.
Sid says he can’t chug a beer down but can only sip and drink. Jesse reveals that he can’t do vertical hooping, which he has always dreamt about. Sid then proposes “rewardishment” and states that all of them must try to overcome their fears within 48 hours to get a reward. If not, they will get a punishment of drinking from a nasty mat with drippings. With that, the friends depart to finish the tasks.
Ellen and Valentina go to a driving school, but the latter realises she has a vision problem. Valentina decides to try contact lenses as she dislikes wearing glasses but still dislikes the idea. Charlie tries to shave his leg before his face but injures himself. Sid struggles to chug a beer while Jesse fails in vertical hooping.
When Sophie’s driving instructor gets a heart attack, her task also stops. On the other hand, Ellen tries to confront Rhonda but mutes herself even when the colleague brings a pet snake to the office. Since Sophie’s instructor leaves, Jesse tries to teach her to drive. After the class, both talk about Jesse’s hooping wish, and the latter shows her a childhood video of him to her. Then a notification from a dating app pops up, making Sophie uncomfortable. Jesse apologises, and they both end up in an awkward moment.
How I Met Your Father Season 2 Episode 8 Ending
After Charlie ends up in the hospital, he learns that until he overcomes his fear of wounding himself again he won’t be able to shave his hair. In the same hospital, when another patient awaits his surgery, Charlie helps him by carefully shaving the patient’s chest region without affecting him. Charlie accomplishes his mission. Then to help Sid drink beer, he first makes Sid drink juice mixed with pepper. This makes Sid struggle with the spice, so he chugs down the beer instantly, making him finish his task.
Charlie puts the lenses on Valentina’s eyes, and it causes irritation due to the pepper. This makes Valentine decide that she will wear contact lenses by herself. Ellen takes Jesse to her office to practise expressing her anger. Just then, Rhonda’s snake bites Jesse making Ellen shout at Rhonda as she loves her brother. Eventually, Ellen wins too. As Sophie feels safe around Jesse, the former drives the car.
Finally, Jesse alone is left without finishing his task. He reveals that his mother never showed up during his vertical hooping performance. After hearing about his trauma, Sophie says they all are his family, pushing Jesse to complete the task. While the gang finishes the task, they fail the deadline. Hence, without any excuses, they all drink from the nasty mat and fall sick.
Final Thoughts
Sophie and Jesse definitely have feelings for each other. When Sophie gets unsettled with the dating notification, Jesse apologises. If they were over each other, neither of them would have felt such a way. So there is a chance of Jesse and Sophie getting back together, but we’re still unsure since Ian, Charlie, Drew and Sid are all possible matches too.
How I Met Your Father season 2 is now streaming on Hulu and Disney+ Hotstar.
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