Known largely for his contributions to the hit TV show “How I Met Your Mother” and comedies such as “Forgetting Sarah Marshall” and “I Love You Man”, Jason Segel sticks to his comfort zone on “The Discovery”.  As an audience, how long do we let Jason Segel get away with shoe horning questions like “what if we had some kind of proof of life after death and how dangerous would that knowledge be to the world around us” into every project he gets his hands on?  

I mean, come on! After 208 episodes of “How I Met Your Mother” you think he would want to finally talk about something else aside from the potential of life after death from a measurable, scientific perspective.  Let’s just call it like it is, this is just a sad attempt to relaunch a sadder and grittier story of Marshall’s life before he met Ted.  You’re not fooling me there Jason! I’m not letting you trick us with this “prequel” non-sense. 

If we saw Richard Belzer’s name in a TV show’s credits, we knew that meant Detective Munch was about to make an appearance.  Now it’s getting to the point where if Jason Segel’s name is in the credits we know there’s going to be a scene where he saves a woman's life by jumping into the ocean with reckless disregard for the immaculate sweater he’s wearing. 

Is this formula finally getting old or is there comfort in consistency?  I guess the only way to find out is to listen to today’s episode and find out. 

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