'How I Met Your Mother': Katy Perry cameo outshone by Eriksen‎ family

Katy Perry has entered the pantheon of pop songstresses to grace an episode of "How I Met Your Mother" -- and though she earns high marks for playing Zoey's (Jennifer Morrison) dim cousin, "Honey," she hardly steals the show.

That honor goes to Marshall's (Jason Segel) mother Judy (Suzie Plakson) and brother Marcus (Ned Rolsma).

As is the case with most good "HIMYM" offerings, the story is told via gimmick. The gang relaying events to Marshall over the phone, while he lingers in Minnesota after his father's funeral. Slightly relapsing into his Midwestern childhood persona, Marshall politely answers every call "Eriksen residence" and contends with his mom and brother eavesdropping on all of his conversations.

Honey, and her stupidity, are the catalyst for these conversations, but the real story is that Ted (Josh Radnor) has finally realized his feelings for Zoey. And Zoey has finally realized her feelings for Ted.

These feelings don't work for Ted, because he is noble, and Zoey is married. But instead of admitting it to Zoey, he de-friends her by saying that Lily (Alyson Hannigan) hates her. Lily passes the buck to Robin (Cobie Smulders) and so on...

While all this is happening we learn, through the naive Honey, that Zoey is actually getting a divorce from the Captain. This opens the window for making out!

Nemeses no more, Zoey and Ted have officially partnered off -- so now, more than ever, it seems clear that she is not the mother. So let's see how quickly this plays out.

One thing we're not ready to let go of is the renewed focus on Marshall. And with his dad out of the picture, we'd like to make a formal request that the rest of his family up their appearances.