How I Met Your Mother - Part 2

[SpideyVille]

i understand that, but unfortunately nothing is happening to Ted in his life I mean look at from the beginning, Ted went to niave idealistic young guy who was looking for love who was chasing his dream girl but then found that his 'dream girl' wasn't his dream girl and after which during season 3 he was more sleazy as he tried to get over Robin and kind of fell for the rebound girl and ended up having his heart broken since then he's been kind of cynical towards love and his growth has become more his career.

Ted still needs to grow as a character and I think breaking up him and Victoria too quickly was a mistake. They could have prolonged it and have Ted actually starting to fall for Victoria again but realising she isn't the one. If they do have him meet the mother again, I would like some misadventures for Ted before he meets the movie, have him go back to his season one routes but keeping the cynism that he's developed and have it slowly disappear for when he meets the mother. Maybe Barney and Robin getting together could be the moment Ted restarts his quest for love.

Yeah, I was watching an earlier episode today and thought that if they are going to address the whole Robin and Ted thing, then they need to bring back what he did with the blue french horn. That one object and moment captures everything that made me root and relate to Ted as a character. I still feel like season 3 Ted is where I started to dislike where he was going. I think the breakup with Robin was great, but then he did start to become more like Barney at that point. Then the whole Stella stuff was a nice wake-up call because it showed that he just wanted to jump into a life that wasn't his. And I think it was at the start of last season where Ted finally came out and said he stopped believing, and that's something they really need to address and fix in order to making the moment he meets the mother more impactful.

As for Victoria, I was hoping that his decision to break up with her would have been based more on the talk he had about knowing who was "The One" right away, and not getting that feeling from Victoria. But the way they handled that whole thing, and turned it into a Robin/Ted thing was just poorly executed, and hopefully they redeem themselves with a better resolution to how Ted feels about Robin and Barney getting married.

I think they should show a bit of Ted's work life. He doesn't seem to go to work at all these days. They used to show him at his architect firm, and then a little bit at his college where he's meant to be a professor. What's happened to that? That almost seems forgotten about since he was trying to design that new skyscraper (i forget what it was called) which was opposed by that woman (i forget what she was called) who became his girlfriend for a while.

What is he doing these days? At the end of one of the seasons they said it was the best job he ever had and where (while he was in the wrong lecture) his future wife was. They should show how it's the best job and have him teaching again. And also they've stopped dropping any hints about the mother now since the season 8 premiere. Everything seems to be heading to that now, but it's taking its time.

I really hope Barney and Robin's relationship doesn't take forever to get them to the altar this time. If it were anything like Smallville, it could be years before those two actually decide to get together, just like Clark was always in two minds about Lana and then Lois.

That's a really great point that I didn't even think about. What has Ted been doing for all this time? Last I remember, he was on the cover of a magazine and was this rising architecture who was about to build this great new building. Whatever happened to that?

 

[COMPO]

Yeah, I was watching an earlier episode today and thought that if they are going to address the whole Robin and Ted thing, then they need to bring back what he did with the blue french horn. That one object and moment captures everything that made me root and relate to Ted as a character.

I think the whole of season one you kind of routed for Ted because of that first episode and you still routed for him on that rooftop with the rain dance. They need to bring that back.

I still feel like season 3 Ted is where I started to dislike where he was going. I think the breakup with Robin was great, but then he did start to become more like Barney at that point. Then the whole Stella stuff was a nice wake-up call because it showed that he just wanted to jump into a life that wasn't his. And I think it was at the start of last season where Ted finally came out and said he stopped believing, and that's something they really need to address and fix in order to making the moment he meets the mother more impactful.

Well with the past few seasons, Ted hasn't really been pushing looking for the one I don't think. After Stella a lot of his story is getting his life together, but he has got his life together now and last season he did realise that he wanted to look for the one again. So why hasn't he?

As for Victoria, I was hoping that his decision to break up with her would have been based more on the talk he had about knowing who was "The One" right away, and not getting that feeling from Victoria. But the way they handled that whole thing, and turned it into a Robin/Ted thing was just poorly executed, and hopefully they redeem themselves with a better resolution to how Ted feels about Robin and Barney getting married.

I think that's going to be a story for Ted/Robin. Ted needs to realise that she is 'not the one' I can't remember the German, before he can move on and I think he's only going to realise that once Barney and Robin get married or get engaged.

 

[Spider-Fan83]

was that Principal Belding haha

 

[ImWithTeamConan]

Loved the Wire reference tonight.

 

[Sawyer]

What the hell? I thought I read that tonight was supposed to be 1 hour. A half hour in and these ***holes from the Big Bang Theory are on my screen!

 

[Marvolo]

What the hell? I thought I read that tonight was supposed to be 1 hour. A half hour in and these ***holes from the Big Bang Theory are on my screen!

The christmas special is 1 hour.

 

[Paradox1]

Loved the Wire reference tonight.

LOL that was a good one

 

[Dangerman]

Loved the brunch reference.

 

[SpideyVille]

I thought it was another okay/ehh episode, but I really liked the close to Marshall's story.

 

[SpideyVille]

Hahaa, a friend of mine just showed me this.

After watching some of his scenes from the movie, I couldn't help but think it was Classic SchMosby.

 

[Dark Raven]

Seemed a bit directionless again this week. At least I suppose Marshall is working towards something now and not just going through the parenthood routine. Barney and Robin need to just get together so this show can move on. I'm fed up of this will-they-won't-they, when we know they will. It's just wasting time.

And again, Ted didn't have anything to do this week.

 

[SpideyVille]

I think the big mistake with the whole Barney/Robin thing, and Ted/Wife is that now we know too much at this point. Robin might not go through with marrying Barney, but we know that he will propose to her and she will say yes, which makes the waiting game more frustrating with them.

 

[dark_b]

Seemed a bit directionless again this week. At least I suppose Marshall is working towards something now and not just going through the parenthood routine. Barney and Robin need to just get together so this show can move on. I'm fed up of this will-they-won't-they, when we know they will. It's just wasting time.

And again, Ted didn't have anything to do this week.

worst writting ever. i accepted that they both will be together and married. end of story. writte an episode where they become a couple and then devote the season to them planning a wedding. how hard is it?
for who was this episode? and again with those special looks from Robin. she looks at the ground or at the table. she is doing this for 3 seasons now when thinking about Barney. i hate it when Robin is thinking '' should i be with him or not''. 3 f... seasons?


Lilly was funny.

 

[Sawyer]

I'm watching the "mugged by a monkey" episode right now. Say what you will about the current season, but it has yet to plummet to those depths.

 

[SpideyVille]

Well, which is worse, having several episodes that are mediocre, or having a few that are decent and one that is just bad?

 

[Sawyer]

There was more than just one in S5, though. That was just the most obvious.

 

[Sawyer]

The Wedding Bride was ****ing stupid too. "Hey, Ted, we're gonna go ahead and screw you over by getting back together, and thus leaving you at the alter. Oh, and by the way, we're also going to write a movie about your public humiliation and make you look like the bad guy!"

 

[joke]

I recently rewatched the first three seasons of the show, it's really sad how bad it is now. All of the characters were so much more optimistic and fun in the beginning (the actors seemed to have more fun on the set, too), right now they seem like caricatures of their former selves. The jokes in general were a lot better, too, the story was more cohesive and intricate (however intricate a sitcom story can be).

 

[Sawyer]

It's not bad now, it's just not as good as it used to be.

You want bad, go ahead and netflix The Office season 8... don't buy it, though, because...

 

[DarknessOfDeath]

I miss Ted and Robin together. They are so good together. Mmmmm.

 

[SpideyVille]

There was more than just one in S5, though. That was just the most obvious.

True, I think season 5 was one of the worst, even though the decline really started mid way through 3 and 4. But at least in that case, there was the prospect of a new season, and that's why season 6 was like a breathe of fresh air, since they had better stories for the group, yet didn't sacrifice the comedy. But with this season, you don't have too many people asking for another season, so instead of looking forward to a season of better episodes, pepole are counting down to the end hoping that it does a 180 in quality as soon as possible.

But yeah, I haven't even bothered with The Office once Carell left. That show literally died overnight.

 

[Dark Raven]

If they have another season, they're just going to prolong the story even further which means that everything is going to be filler and dragged out. There's bound to be an inevitable drop in quality that way, unless they introduce the mother THIS season and make her a character. If she only turns up at the very end, it simply can't continue this way.

 

[Chewy]

Too much Patrice

 

[Anubis]

Did not see that coming.

 

[O'Haire]

Robin dressed as Lara Croft was hot as hell.