Episode 13 coincidence? This had fans both shocked and confused as to why the writers would force the audience to accept such a harsh reality with no warning at all… Or was there?
While the death still came as a shock to many, series producer Carter Bays stated that the reasoning for the Bad News Countdown an idea taken from the film, Drowning by Numbers was to soften the blow of the news by letting fans prepare for whatever revelation was to come when the countdown inevitably hit 0.
For example, when we see the news cast for Number 23 the original clip read, Metro News 1, not Metro News The same was done for Number 22 which is a clip from Shelter Island where there was never a number present to begin with. Bad News Countdown. Needs more detail to be effective Needs more or better pictures Needs a video.
Bad News Countdown Pictures and Videos. Bad News Countdown 44 2. Sign In. Showing all 13 items. There is a countdown throughout the episode - from 50 to 1. The countdown is as follows: 50 - On a pamphlet in the Doctor's office in the first scene 49 - Same pamphlet on the Doctor's desk "months later" according to Ted 48 - Label on hot sauce Marshall uses at MacLaren's 47 - Barney's laser tag forms are for the "47th Annual" Laser Tag Competition 46 - Printed on Dr.
Stangel's office 42 - Second side of the same pamphlet 41 - Race car poster number in Dr. Stangel 20 - Room for masturbation room at Dr. Stangel's office 19 - "Top 19 Nekkid girls countdown" on Nekkid magazine in the room 18 - Apartment number of Marshall and Lily's apartment 17,16 - Marshall's specimen cup seen in his apartment 15 - Grams of fiber in Robin's cereal 14,13 - Apartment number of Sandy's apartment 12 - The book "12 days of Christmas" behind Marshall when he's speaking with his parents in their apartment On Ted's architecture book, "America's 11 greatest water towers" 10 - On Robin Sparkles left jacket arm when shown to co-workers by Robin 9 - Disguised Barney holds a folder when talking to Marshall 8 - Number on Dr.
Stangel's door 7 - Number on Marshall's champagne bottle 6 - Dr. Stangel turns the folder with the 9 on it upside down 5 - Barney gives Marshall a "Fertility 5" 4 - The "4 Layers of the Uterus" poster in Dr. The glasses Barney is wearing in Dr. In the episode "Bad News," the only number that does not appear onscreen as a numeral is the number 5. Instead, between the numbers 6 and 4, Barney and Marshall share a high five. Neil Patrick Harris is credited twice for this episode, once in the opening as a member of the main cast and once at the end as "Dr.
John Stangel. In the episode Bad News there is a hidden countdown that leads to the bad news but the number 44 is shown twice in a row. Things you buy through our links may earn New York a commission.
Six seasons in, the show had done a meticulous job at showing twentysomethings growing up, with death being one of their lingering unchecked boxes. With the maturity and growth that these characters had gone though, it finally felt appropriate to pull such a trigger without it feeling manipulative and unearned.
Accordingly, Bays and Thomas whole thing here is that bad news so often comes when you least expect it, and can completely sideline you. We wanted to shock the audience the way the characters were shocked. It wants you be aware. This might be the example that carries the heaviest emotional resonance with such an endeavor though.
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