I was really scared about this season. I get kind of bored when everyone is in one place for a super long time and I didn't think I would like that the season was all at Barney and Robin's wedding weekend instead of just at the bar as usual.
I'm very happy that I was wrong. This season has been amazing and instead of having the setting limit the story creatively, I think its actually allowed for more creativity. One thing that has impressed me the most was that they are still doing "holiday" episodes even though it doesn't take place during the holidays. The last episode was an all rhyming Thanksgiving/Christmas type episode and it was really clever and brilliant. I loved the rhyming episode, it was just so funny, especially since Marshall was telling his son stories that aren't really kid appropriate as if they were fairy tales. I just thought it was really funny. They did a Halloween episode with a haunted hotel room as well, which was very clever.
They've also done a great job at really developing the characters. We've known these characters for 9 years and we're just now seeing Lilly and Marshall apart (not like when they were broken up, just not in the same place). This was a great idea not only to bring back some jokes from earlier seasons like Marshall's road trip song, the pizza place, and Marshall outrunning machines. Plus we're seeing not only more of Barney's relationship with his crazy family, but Robin's relationship with them as well. AND WE LEARNED ABOUT ROBIN'S OWN MOM! We had never heard anything about her, and now we know 3 things, which is enough for us really. I just kind of like that we don't know her.
And we get to see a new side of Lilly and Ted's relationship, which we never really saw before on their own. Lilly is "the wise one of the group" and she doesn't want Ted to end up with Robin, and she's met the mother and she has a lot in common with her. I think Lilly already knows that the Mother would pass the Front Porch test, and she seems to fit in with the group perfectly.
And speaking of the Mother, she is perfect! I love her character so much, she just seems like such a nice girl that it's easy to see how the group instantly becomes friends with her and how Ted instantly falls in love with her. How she met Barney was just so sweet and I'm glad that they included that in there, and that she will get to see him actually getting married. I wish they included her a little bit more in the actual show.
As for the How I Met Your Father show thats in the works... I don't like the idea. I'm probably going to watch it and I'm probably going to love it, but I mean I've been watching How I Met Your Mother for 9 years and I don't want to watch the same show again for another 10 years. The great thing about HIMYM is that it's different than anything else on TV. I mean sure it's the same idea as friends and seinfeld, but with the "mother" storyline it's been much more of a mystery and really a very different show.
I have had some problems with HIMYM as well, I mean they make Barney too over the top and Ted too boring sometimes, but overall I think it is a great show, and it is really going out with the best season they've ever had. It's been really fun to watch, and for some reason this is my favorite show to blog about, so expect a lot of HIMYM blogs coming up! And I think I'm going to do another TV Review of The Carrie Diaries... cause I have some thoughts about this season too.
Byeeeee!
-Shannon
I'm very happy that I was wrong. This season has been amazing and instead of having the setting limit the story creatively, I think its actually allowed for more creativity. One thing that has impressed me the most was that they are still doing "holiday" episodes even though it doesn't take place during the holidays. The last episode was an all rhyming Thanksgiving/Christmas type episode and it was really clever and brilliant. I loved the rhyming episode, it was just so funny, especially since Marshall was telling his son stories that aren't really kid appropriate as if they were fairy tales. I just thought it was really funny. They did a Halloween episode with a haunted hotel room as well, which was very clever.
They've also done a great job at really developing the characters. We've known these characters for 9 years and we're just now seeing Lilly and Marshall apart (not like when they were broken up, just not in the same place). This was a great idea not only to bring back some jokes from earlier seasons like Marshall's road trip song, the pizza place, and Marshall outrunning machines. Plus we're seeing not only more of Barney's relationship with his crazy family, but Robin's relationship with them as well. AND WE LEARNED ABOUT ROBIN'S OWN MOM! We had never heard anything about her, and now we know 3 things, which is enough for us really. I just kind of like that we don't know her.
And we get to see a new side of Lilly and Ted's relationship, which we never really saw before on their own. Lilly is "the wise one of the group" and she doesn't want Ted to end up with Robin, and she's met the mother and she has a lot in common with her. I think Lilly already knows that the Mother would pass the Front Porch test, and she seems to fit in with the group perfectly.
And speaking of the Mother, she is perfect! I love her character so much, she just seems like such a nice girl that it's easy to see how the group instantly becomes friends with her and how Ted instantly falls in love with her. How she met Barney was just so sweet and I'm glad that they included that in there, and that she will get to see him actually getting married. I wish they included her a little bit more in the actual show.
As for the How I Met Your Father show thats in the works... I don't like the idea. I'm probably going to watch it and I'm probably going to love it, but I mean I've been watching How I Met Your Mother for 9 years and I don't want to watch the same show again for another 10 years. The great thing about HIMYM is that it's different than anything else on TV. I mean sure it's the same idea as friends and seinfeld, but with the "mother" storyline it's been much more of a mystery and really a very different show.
I have had some problems with HIMYM as well, I mean they make Barney too over the top and Ted too boring sometimes, but overall I think it is a great show, and it is really going out with the best season they've ever had. It's been really fun to watch, and for some reason this is my favorite show to blog about, so expect a lot of HIMYM blogs coming up! And I think I'm going to do another TV Review of The Carrie Diaries... cause I have some thoughts about this season too.
Byeeeee!
-Shannon
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