How I Met Your Mother - Part 2

[MadVillainy]

thought the episode was pretty bad

 

[Captain_BluTac]

"Family.... with benefits."

I was literally going to post the same thing. That storyline is just all kinds of messed up.

 

[Mrs. Sawyer]

I found it hilarious in a black comedy sort of way. Plus, it was the last scene before the credits, which is usually something bizarre happening.

 

[Quasar]

Show me the mother!!

 

[Darkness Falls]

still find robin's interactions with patrice pretty amusing

liked this week's episode but i wish they'd speed it up, all these current events feel a bit like padding

 

[Dark Raven]

Some of these episodes would've been better in earlier seasons. It doesn't particularly feel like a season 8 story. I thought Lily was going to try to get intimate with Robin when they were in the closet together.

 

[LostSon88]

I'm seriously starting to force myself to laugh now, especially in this last episode.

It's just not that funny anymore and they really are bordering on the corny side of comedy, which im not a fan of.

The only part that really made me laugh was Ted demanding respect while walking out in his red cowboy boots.

But the whole 'Robin hates Patrice' and everyone borrows Teds things got old really fast in the episode.

 

[Sawyer]

I always find random irrational hatred of a character that doesn't deserve it kind of annoying. It's actually one of the few things that I really don't care for on Parks and Rec.

The show is still funny in parts, but they're obviously just wasting their time because they don't know what's what. This season should've been considered the last one from the jump. **** this ****. You can't pull this stuff with a show that's supposed to have a clear directive.

 

[Marvolo]

Sadly this show is going the way of scrubs. If they do continue past this season its gonna crash and burn.

 

[SpideyVille]

I normally don't criticize things like acting or writing, but I agree with the consensus that there is something wrong. Either the writing has been bad that the actors have nothing to work with, the they just don't want to be there anymore or some other hiccups in the production, but the show really feels different.

I keep holding onto the hope that the show will redeem itself at some point with some kind of twist or turn in the story that makes everything up to this point seem worth it, but with each passing episode, I start to lose more hope and start to accept that this is just how the show is these days.

 

[DyeLorean]

The show is depending and relying more and more on gimmicks, that's what's wrong. There's no longer like a story left to tell, is just a whole bunch of random and 'funny' things that happens to them.

 

[SpideyVille]

The show is depending and relying more and more on gimmicks, that's what's wrong. There's no longer like a story left to tell, is just a whole bunch of random and 'funny' things that happens to them.

Yeah, I've been saying that all season, and I first noticed it after I last season finale for the first time after spend the week before rewatching the first three seasons.

The show needs to get grounded again and needs to give future Ted the chance to talk about what he learned and stuff because, for me, that was what always separated this show from every other sitcom.

 

[DyeLorean]

Yes, there's a fine line that the show walked through the first seasons, when it was equal times funny, original in it's storytelling construction, and it could be very sweet when it needed. But that equation has been waaaay out of balance in the last couple of seasons, depending more and more on the 'gimmicks' that used to function as the device for their originality. Is just too much, it needs to be grounded again, like you say.

 

[Sawyer]

If they get another season, I would assume it would formally be the final one, and thus probably considerably better than this one has been, with the huge question mark hanging over the writers heads. How are they supposed to formulate a story arc if they don't know whether they've got 10 episodes left or 30+?

These are decisions that should've been made long ago, especially before the start of this season, not midway through. But no. CBS saw an increase in ratings and got a little greedy.

 

[DyeLorean]

They should've learned from the Lost experience.

(which, by the way, I started watching it from the beginning again today, this time with my dad)

 

[Sawyer]

Any show with a directive like this one has should have a roadmap or an idea of how long they should need to tell the story. This isn't Two and a Half Men, this show actually had a story to tell.

 

[SpideyVille]

Yes, there's a fine line that the show walked through the first seasons, when it was equal times funny, original in it's storytelling construction, and it could be very sweet when it needed. But that equation has been waaaay out of balance in the last couple of seasons, depending more and more on the 'gimmicks' that used to function as the device for their originality. Is just too much, it needs to be grounded again, like you say.

When you really look at it, most of the gimmicks came from Barney and that's why he was such an iconic character. But now, they've tried to make him serious while forcing everyone else to rely on gimmicks, and it just makes everything and everyone feel out of place.

Season 6 was probably the darkest, and most serious that they got with Marshall's dad's death and Barney finding his father, but they still managed to keep it comedic without losing the heart. But now, there's just no heart, and the comedy isn't hitting the same spots.

 

[SpideyVille]

Any show with a directive like this one has should have a roadmap or an idea of how long they should need to tell the story. This isn't Two and a Half Men, this show actually had a story to tell.

I think the problem is that they reached a sort of roadblock, in that in order to progress the main story, they have to build up the side story, which is the wedding. Ted has literally been stagnant this season because the focus is no longer on him. They're trying to build up Robin and Barney so they can finally get to the point where they can continue with Ted again.

 

[Scarecrow_King]

I like this episode more than most people seemed to. I enjoy the gag of everything being borrowed from Ted.

But like people have said, the main problem with the show is that it doesn't know where it's going. We haven't gotten even a hint at the mother for 4 or 5 episodes now. When the show should be shifting focus back to Ted (since this is his story, after all), it's wasting time with Barney when we already know what's going to happen with him.

edit: posted before seeing SpidyVille's post. But a lot of the same ideas.

 

[Sawyer]

I like this episode more than most people seemed to. I enjoy the gag of everything being borrowed from Ted.

But like people have said, the main problem with the show is that it doesn't know where it's going. We haven't gotten even a hint at the mother for 4 or 5 episodes now. When the show should be shifting focus back to Ted (since this is his story, after all), it's wasting time with Barney when we already know what's going to happen with him.

edit: posted before seeing SpidyVille's post. But a lot of the same ideas.

That's not the problem at all. They know where they're going. They just don't know when they're going to be able to get there with the damn cast negotiations and the will they/won't they go for a Season 9.

 

[Scarecrow_King]

That's not the problem at all. They know where they're going. They just don't know when they're going to be able to get there with the damn cast negotiations and the will they/won't they go for a Season 9.

That's mostly what I meant. If they get a season 9, what's it going to be?

The show has been building toward an end, but now they don't know when that is is going to be. Since they don't know when the end is going to be, it's hard to know what it's going to be.

 

[Marvolo]

Correct me if im wrong, but it seems like the scope of the show has been reduced this season? Used to they would hit up the streets, airports, planes, subways, bars, etc. Now it just seems like Ted's home, Marshall and Lilly's home/work, Barneys home/work, and Robin's home/work. Yeah a few other places show up but it seems to be at a much lower rate.

 

[Dark Raven]

Even if there is another season, they could've still planned it to introduce the mother as a character this season, even mid season. That would give the show a strong injection of life and actually give it direction again.

It's not so much that they know or don't know where they're going, but that they almost seem so adamant that the very last episode is going to be where the mother is introduced and Ted will tell the kids "that's how I met your mother." They've even filmed the final scene with Lyndsay Fonseca's reaction way back at the end of the 1st season. However, instead of sticking to that at all costs, they should review things and consider having that earlier than right at the end. It's that final scene that is partly causing all kinds of problems for them and writing them into a corner creatively.

 

[SpideyVille]

Even if there is another season, they could've still planned it to introduce the mother as a character this season, even mid season. That would give the show a strong injection of life and actually give it direction again.

It's not so much that they know or don't know where they're going, but that they almost seem so adamant that the very last episode is going to be where the mother is introduced and Ted will tell the kids "that's how I met your mother." They've even filmed the final scene with Lyndsay Fonseca's reaction way back at the end of the 1st season. However, instead of sticking to that at all costs, they should review things and consider having that earlier than right at the end. It's that final scene that is partly causing all kinds of problems for them and writing them into a corner creatively.

We also have to keep in mind that the creators themselves don't know if there will be another season. I'm hoping that we hear news about the show not being renewed and that this will cause them to tighten things up for the rest of the season.

 

[Sawyer]

The thing about that is, it's going to be so ****ing unceremonious, because they've probably already written about 3/4 of the season already, maybe even more, who knows?

Like I said before, this decision should've been made already. Taking it down to the wire like this is just stupid.