How I Met Your Mother liveblog

Once again we are back here in NYC wondering whether this is the week we finally meet the mother of Ted's 2 kids! Season 2 episode 8, Lets go

Scene starts - Marshall and Lily are back together!! Finally.... but its 6 months on, what have they actually been doing. She has seen the light. And Lily is unromantic in asking about marriage, i thought all girls wanted the perfect moment and all the love in the air etc. Marshall clearly wants the kind of moment to.

Opening credits followed by shot showing they had sex on the kitchen floor

2.50 mins - recap of their situation and what happened 6 months ago when Lily walked out on Marshall

3.20 mins - idea of eloping comes up, surely not?? Oh yeh its gunna happen, but not Las Vegas, remember this is east coast so Atlantic City is the plan, the east coast mini Las Vegas with the casino and wedding chapel.

4.45 mins - Barney, suited up as standard, is having a pedicure and everyone else joins him.

6 mins - Yes Lily you are getting married, can you please stop asking that question over and over and over (you get the jist)

6.30 mins - Boys go off to gamble, that is what Atlantic City is all about after Barney finds a veil. No bride can get married without one and she finds a bouqet as well. Barney realises he needs to throw a bachelor party for Marshall as he is the self-decided best man, leading to Marshall and Ted reminding him that Ted is in fact the best man.

8 mins - Atlantic City sure isnt Las Vegas - they have to wait 3 whole days to get married, talk about an elope fail!! 3 days they need to wait or do they??

10 mins - The group arrive at the court house hoping they can get a special consideration for getting married today. And it seems Barney knows every Chinese man in Atlantic City!!

12 mins - Ted has some cheeky ideas!! He really likes the t-shirt Robin has had to put on, its a 'boob shirt' Naked body with bikini.

13.45 mins - Barney spills the beans on Lily running off to the home of the 49ers and the 'special fun' Ted and Robin just had in the closet to the judge. The judge was right there and ready to grant them a special consideration but that opportunity has gone, but surely that is for the best.

15 mins - Lily is so deteremined to get married today, she doesnt want the looks of disconcern and regret from the family about the mistakes she made.

17 mins - Barney offers to win the money for Lily andMarshall to pay a shipcaptain to take them to international waters so they can get married. He plays the most confusing and random game ever with his Chinese friends. The game ends with him picking the correct hand with a jelly bean in!! Barney does have a little problem with gambling, what a surprise.

19.30 mins - Marshall and Lily finally realise this is a silly idea and they deserve a big wedding with all their friends and family, the traditional way they had planned originally. Robin does give the indication to Ted that she does want to get married at some point in her life. Perhaps she could be the one after all even though she was introduced in the first episode as Aunt Robin, so it does seem unlikely.

And so, this episode has shown us through comedy that eloping rarely goes right and is what the bride and groom really want. Afterall isnt it every girls dream to have the big wedding with their friends, family and cake?? However, the story of how Ted give meet the kids' mother goes on. But do we really want to find out? Because that signals the end and who wants a show they enjoy to end?? Just ask the fans of The Sopranos!!