Carter Bays and Craig Thomas created one of the more intriguing sitcom premise. Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) is telling his children in the year 2030 of how he met their mother. Back to today, he is a hopeless romantic and an architect living in NYC. He falls for Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders) and he has a group of friends (Jason Segel, Neil Patrick Harris, Alyson Hannigan).
It started out as one of my favorite all time sitcom. The premise led to all kinds of great speculations on who the mother is. However by the second year, it was obvious that they didn't intend on getting to the mother until the very end. I understand the need to do that. They probably feared that the show would crumble without the conceit that Ted is always looking for true love. The problem is that it made a surprisingly engaging sitcom into a very safe long running show.
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EDIT after the show finale
My opinion is that the final season is mostly disappointing. However I'm OK with the final reveal. At least it explains everything leaving it wrapped up reasonably. The biggest problem is that the finale is all rushed. I have no idea why the whole season is stretched thin to the limits doing just that short period of Robin & Barney's wedding. Why not spread out the last episode into the last half of the last season? There were about 10 reveals crammed in the last episode. Each one could be a hilarious episode on its own.
It started out as one of my favorite all time sitcom. The premise led to all kinds of great speculations on who the mother is. However by the second year, it was obvious that they didn't intend on getting to the mother until the very end. I understand the need to do that. They probably feared that the show would crumble without the conceit that Ted is always looking for true love. The problem is that it made a surprisingly engaging sitcom into a very safe long running show.
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EDIT after the show finale
My opinion is that the final season is mostly disappointing. However I'm OK with the final reveal. At least it explains everything leaving it wrapped up reasonably. The biggest problem is that the finale is all rushed. I have no idea why the whole season is stretched thin to the limits doing just that short period of Robin & Barney's wedding. Why not spread out the last episode into the last half of the last season? There were about 10 reveals crammed in the last episode. Each one could be a hilarious episode on its own.