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Started watching HIMYM again
Posted on 3/12/25 at 10:37 am
Posted on 3/12/25 at 10:37 am
Loved this show in college when it was coming out. Caught the last few seasons while at LSU. I downloaded the first maybe 6 seasons in high school senior year and burned through it.
I remember being soooooo mad at the ending that I threw my headphones at my laptop
probably hadn’t watched hardly an episode since then so almost 10 years.
The ending admittedly is terrible but holy crap I’m already hooked again on the first few episodes of season 1. This really was a great show. Hard to believe it started in 2005, 20 years ago.
I may not make it all the way through this time. It’s definitely in the classic mold of 9 20+ episode seasons with a lot of schlock, but so far I’m enjoying watching it again.
I remember being soooooo mad at the ending that I threw my headphones at my laptop
probably hadn’t watched hardly an episode since then so almost 10 years. The ending admittedly is terrible but holy crap I’m already hooked again on the first few episodes of season 1. This really was a great show. Hard to believe it started in 2005, 20 years ago.
I may not make it all the way through this time. It’s definitely in the classic mold of 9 20+ episode seasons with a lot of schlock, but so far I’m enjoying watching it again.
This post was edited on 3/12/25 at 10:38 am
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Posted on 3/12/25 at 10:48 am to jlovel7
This show had a big drop off the last 2 or 3 seasons. The last season is so garbage. First 5 seasons were quality for sure.
I still can't watch because of that awful ending.
I still can't watch because of that awful ending.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 11:45 am to jlovel7
It was one of my favorite shows and yes the ending was terrible. I started it back up again a few months ago and made it to early season 2, but I just can’t find the same interest in it like I had before. Might try again while waiting for other shows I watch to come back
Posted on 3/12/25 at 11:47 am to jlovel7
Also started watching from beginning again for background noise
Didn't watch for years after the ending - makes you forget how good it was
It holds up well and is still funny - but anything involving Ted and Robin you just know how it goes and it leaves a sour taste
Will probably stop when Robin and Barney get together that was where it really starting declining
Didn't watch for years after the ending - makes you forget how good it was
It holds up well and is still funny - but anything involving Ted and Robin you just know how it goes and it leaves a sour taste
Will probably stop when Robin and Barney get together that was where it really starting declining
Posted on 3/12/25 at 12:22 pm to Dam Guide
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This show had a big drop off the last 2 or 3 seasons. The last season is so garbage. First 5 seasons were quality for sure.
I still can't watch because of that awful ending.
I think a lot of the energy towards the finale is misused on the ending itself instead of focusing on the awful couple seasons that lead up to it
Honestly given the incessant return to robin story lines throughout the shows run, and after they burned every promising relationship in order to extend the series and keep the “gotcha” up, the ending we got was the only one that wouldve made any sense (atleast in terms of Ted and robin)
Feels like they had a pretty well planned plan to reveal Robin after season 5, then because they wanted the checks to keep cashing and bc that was the most common theory, they had to do the weirdest things plot wise to subterfuge that “twist” ending
And I think the original vision could’ve worked. But when you spend 8 seasons teasing robin as the mother while also saying she is absolutely not the mother on every season finale, it starts to just feel like Charlie trying to kick a football that’s pulled from him every time and the twist being some vague loophole in the language is not an effective way to finish a story
This post was edited on 3/12/25 at 12:24 pm
Posted on 3/12/25 at 12:27 pm to jlovel7
The show is incredibly rewatchable, like Seinfeld. Especially the first few seasons. I’ve probably seen those episodes at least 3 or 4 times each.
Marshall, Barney, and Ted have such a great dynamic. Josh Radner played Ted so well. He hasn’t really been in anything of note since. NPH nailed it as Barney. Thank you Harold and Kumar. And Jason Segal was always very likable as Marshall. What a great cast.
Marshall, Barney, and Ted have such a great dynamic. Josh Radner played Ted so well. He hasn’t really been in anything of note since. NPH nailed it as Barney. Thank you Harold and Kumar. And Jason Segal was always very likable as Marshall. What a great cast.
This post was edited on 3/12/25 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 3/12/25 at 2:01 pm to jlovel7
They did Tracy dirty.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 2:20 pm to jlovel7
Disagree hard on the rewatchability. The characters are all so hateable I can't believe I actually watched and enjoyed it during the original run.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 2:23 pm to Ssubba
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Disagree hard on the rewatchability. The characters are all so hateable I can't believe I actually watched and enjoyed it during the original run.
Disagree with your disagreement. I was pissing my pants laughing last night. A lot of it is the capture of the period as well. Blew my mind that it started in 2005.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 2:56 pm to jlovel7
I have no idea wtf you're talking about.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 3:06 pm to Ssubba
Lily ends up being much more hateable on rewatch because you know the shite she does later
Ted is already meant to be dislikeable but you also know how much dumb stuff he does and what he throws away
Nobody else really changes on rewatch
Ted is already meant to be dislikeable but you also know how much dumb stuff he does and what he throws away
Nobody else really changes on rewatch
Posted on 3/12/25 at 3:26 pm to Ssubba
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Disagree hard on the rewatchability.
I agree on your disagreement. I can't get back into it.
I think linear series are harder than shows like Seinfeld that don't require any knowledge of what happened prior to the episode.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 5:12 pm to jlovel7
It was a great show but the ending absolutely sucked.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 5:12 pm to metallica81788
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Lily
Alyson Hannigan would absolutely get it!
Posted on 3/12/25 at 5:23 pm to jlovel7
quote:"Barney Stinson and his unfunny supporting cast"
HIMYM
Posted on 3/12/25 at 5:49 pm to jlovel7
Huh? The ending was perfect.
Spoilers….
The last season doesn’t line up with the other seasons and I’m torn on whether or not it was a smart move. It took them out of their apartment and bar and placed them at a resort which killed the vibe. However, it was still just a funny and fantastic as the other seasons.
As far as the ending, it was perfect. From episode 1, you want the mother to be Robin but they tell you in that episode that it’s not. So in the last season, you learn who the mother is and how Ted loved her. But then the kids tell him that the entire time he told the story, they knew it was because he wanted to tell them about Robin and see if they would be ok with him going after her. And they were. So he ends up with robin in the final scene. Absolutely perfect.
The entire show is about a group of friends who knowingly will move on with their lives and not remain together. There’s many hints in the narration over the years about how things change and they have to move on.
Spoilers….
The last season doesn’t line up with the other seasons and I’m torn on whether or not it was a smart move. It took them out of their apartment and bar and placed them at a resort which killed the vibe. However, it was still just a funny and fantastic as the other seasons.
As far as the ending, it was perfect. From episode 1, you want the mother to be Robin but they tell you in that episode that it’s not. So in the last season, you learn who the mother is and how Ted loved her. But then the kids tell him that the entire time he told the story, they knew it was because he wanted to tell them about Robin and see if they would be ok with him going after her. And they were. So he ends up with robin in the final scene. Absolutely perfect.
The entire show is about a group of friends who knowingly will move on with their lives and not remain together. There’s many hints in the narration over the years about how things change and they have to move on.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 6:10 pm to jlovel7
There’s a new podcast called “How We Made Your Mother” with Josh Radnor (Ted) and one of the creators. It’s entertaining so far.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 6:31 pm to Ssubba
quote:I got there with Ted before the show run was even over. The dude is a sociopath.
Disagree hard on the rewatchability. The characters are all so hateable I can't believe I actually watched and enjoyed it during the original run.
And of course, Lily.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 8:04 pm to jlovel7
I’ve been waiting for the follow up, How I Met Yamominem, set in Chalmette.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 8:17 pm to jlovel7
On the rewatch, you have to remember this is Ted trying to convince his kids that it’s okay for him to go try and bang Aunt Robin, their Uncle Barney’s ex wife.
For that to work, he has to paint Barney as likable enough to still be uncle Barney, but also sleazy enough that it’s okay for Ted to go after his ex wife.
So basically, you can’t trust how Ted painted Barney during the whole series. It’s all slanted in Ted’s favor.
The movie that guy made about Ted may have been completely accurate.
For that to work, he has to paint Barney as likable enough to still be uncle Barney, but also sleazy enough that it’s okay for Ted to go after his ex wife.
So basically, you can’t trust how Ted painted Barney during the whole series. It’s all slanted in Ted’s favor.
The movie that guy made about Ted may have been completely accurate.
This post was edited on 3/12/25 at 8:19 pm
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