I wish this show had stopped sooner, or at least evolved in some way. I mean, if we look at shows like Modern Family (click for the latest most hilarious episode with Nathan Lane and the oldest daughter, Haley, is lookin hotter than ever. Good thing she's legal in real life for all you straight men out there), or the Office even the smallest things have changed over time, which is especially impressive for Mod Fam for only having one season. The changes Mod Fam made were purely set design differences. I would go into detail, but Alexandra Lange did too perfect of a job describing it in the NYT about a month back. Anyway, you may not have noticed these tiny differences, but I guarantee it adds to the overall effect of the greatness of the show making the episodes unique. The Office has evolved from a plain office where every character was only sort of there to making every single character memorable and having them move around positions and ranks throughout the series. (Jim was co-manager; Pam moved away from being a receptionist to being a sales person to having a new position which you can find out about here; Kelly is moving up as a minority executive; Darrell went from working in the warehouse to working in the office; and of course Ryan has moved all over the place from being an intern to a corporate executive.) The Office is probably the best example of watching the show evolve throughout time giving it a different dynamic every season.
HIMYM however has just suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucked the big one for a while now. Last season was atrocious. The jokes were bad. The characters have become so repetitive (yes, I even got annoyed by Barney). And the story was non-existent. It really turned into a string of episodes that had nothing to do with each other and no connection to the larger story. I don't know if the creators just weren't sure what to do with the story, or if they knew that because they had another season they didn't want to move too quickly, but whatever it was, it was unacceptable. Honestly the show is lucky that it had such a great first 3, maybe 4, seasons to keep me watching. (It also doesn't hurt that it has NPH and Alyson Hannigan {who I'll always be loyal to after being in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She can do no wrong in my eyes. [Except maybe Date Movie, but we'll ignore that]})
Now. After that rant about how awful the show has been. I'd like to say that it is something to look forward to this season. Why? What changed my mind? Well, the last two episodes of the last season solidified that it is indeed a great show. Ted bought a house (finally, his story is going somewhere {unfortunately it doesn't lead to his gravestone}). Lily and Marshall are going to have a baby after seeing every doppleganger. Robin is the only person who has a story which I have no real idea where it is going, but that's fine because she's really grown into her character and made it much better from it was in the first couple of seasons. One BIG thing for Robin though is that we get to see another Robin Sparkles music video. She's done her break away pop hit, her ballad, and I am quite excited to see what the third is going to be. Barney is just Barney, and I'm fine with that. I mean, who DOESN'T want to just stare at NPH. No one. That's who.
The biggest teaser for this season though is that Jennifer Morrison is joining the cast and may in fact be the mother. Now, this is all speculation that is buzzing around the internet. I'll believe it when I see it. But at the very least its been said that she is a very large part of the character's lives. I just hope this doesn't turn into another Stella debacle where I sooooooo very much wanted Sarah Chalke to be the mother because the show needs someone to be funny while Ted kills the show.
So ultimately. The show went downhill for a while. Probably almost lost its entire fan base, but has redeemed itself for now. I'd say keep up with it the best you can, but definitely not worth wasting your time catching it when it airs.
Fennopian
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