by Linda Kay
Original Air Date: November 22, 2010
Directed by: Pamela Fryman
Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode!
Synopsis: Ted (Josh Radnor) leaves the bar early to prepare a Thanksgiving dinner for his friends and inadvertently takes on the Curse of the Blitz, a malady which plagued their friend Steve (Jorge Garcia) for years and caused him to miss out on extraordinary events after leaving a room.
Kitty Cameos: After Ted’s oven is broken during the previous night of craziness that he missed out on, the group which includes Marshall (Jason Segel), Steve, Ted, Lily (Alyson Hannigan), Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Robin (Cobie Smulders) make the circuit of each of their homes trying to find a suitable place to cook Ted’s Turturkeykey. Each place proves unsuitable. When they reach Steve’s mom’s house, a white cat and a grey tabby cat are standing on the kitchen counter as Steve explains his mom uses the oven to store an extra litter box.
Steve opens the oven and removes the litter box and is surprised to find a third cat, an orange tabby named Ginger, inside as well.
Final Mewsings: Well, cats are thankful for a warm, dry place for their litter box.
Many thanks to Laurie Morrison for letting us know about the cats in this episode.
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