While we’re all still groaning over what happened to the Mother, her portrayer, Cristin Milotti, has moved on to find love with the guy across the building from her. While Zelda is a completely different character than Tracey, this rom-com once again introduces a mystery. The show is narrated by Katey Sagal, who tells us […]
How I Met Your Mother finally ended its nine-year run this week with an hour finale that makes you appreciate Dexter’s and Seinfeld’s a little more. Okay, not that much, but after nine years, and a whole season of a wedding, did anyone else feel cheated? Maybe it’s because people have accurately predicted the ending […]
When an episode of television attempts a gimmick, it can either succeed or fail with no in between. Luckily for How I Met Your Mother’s “Bedtime Stories,” the all-rhyming episode, while not Shakespeare calibre, was still a hit. The episode started with the premise that Marvin couldn’t fall asleep without the sweet sound of rhymes, […]
When I think of the beginning and end of things, I don’t tend to think of my parents, but in this week’s How I Met Your Mother, “Mom and Dad” beginnings and endings are ever present. This episode had the return of all of Barney’s family: James (Wayne Brady) Loretta (Frances Conroy), Jerry (John Lithgow), […]
Since the wedding weekend in How I Met Your Mother world is spanning the whole season, I figured I might as well enjoy the last season as it arrives instead of longing for the independent episodes. “Platonish,” however, reminded me what I’ve missed about seasons past. First, I want to rehash why the Ted/Robin/Barney love […]
It’s all about moms on the latest episode of How I Met Your Mother. There’s Barney’s mom, Robin’s mom, Ted’s mom, and most importantly, the titular Mother (whose name is still a mystery). But even though we’re still in the dark about her name, “The Lighthouse” answers some other furtive questions. Robin’s Mom Robin’s mother […]
It’s Friday night of the wedding weekend and Lily would be calling it a night if it weren’t for the ghost in her bedroom. In “No Questions Asked” the gang decides on another social rule that I wish my friends would follow. It’s literally the “no questions asked” rule, where the gang can ask a […]
Even when Bob Saget starts an episode with “Kids” I still forget that Ted is telling the story of how he met his wife to his children because, man, does that dude not leave out a detail. My mom told me how she met my dad in the car ride home from the grocery store, […]
It’s forty-eight hours before the wedding and this episode of How I Met Your Mother has seen more character inconsistencies than any other thus far. I’ve heard gambling brings out the worst in people, but man, did “The Poker Game” exist in some kind of alternate HIMYM universe? It’s not that the gang (plus James) […]
The world of How I Met Your Mother is so bizarre its up on its own circle, hovering just below the circle of people who design Lady Gaga’s outfits. It’s one of the only shows that stay consistent, maybe not it its humour, but in its story telling ability. “The Broken Code” is a great […]
How I Met Your Mother is a show for its fans. It’s not a one off show, where anyone can sit down and watch an episode to understand what is going on. You really need to be an avid fan of this show to enjoy its witty moments. Usually, that would harm a show’s ratings, […]
And so begins the longest wedding weekend ever. When I heard the creators of HIMYM were planning on making Barney and Robin’s LEGEN-wait-for-it-even-though-Barney-says-he-
TV comedy is in a major phase right now. A shocking amount of the primetime network schedule is made up of sitcoms, while a fair number of hourlong comedies and dramedies still pepper the drama blocks. There are a few standalone hours of network sitcoms- like ABC and NBC’s 9pm Tuesday offerings (Happy Endings & […]
I get what you were going for, How I Met Your Mother. It’s actually kind of clever. Have Barney flat out tell the audience that he is all about the misdirection, then have the show itself pull a major misdirection in regards to Barney’s love life. Only problem is, no one’s misdirected. In magician terms, […]
Jason Segel is having quite the year. Not only is he on a successful tv show, he wrote, directed, and starred in The Muppets, he has two new movies coming out in as many months, and he’s gone from being that lanky dude from Freaks and Geeks to a household name within the past two […]
How I Met Your Mother devotees cried foul last week when their favourite heartfelt sitcom ended on a cliffhanger of wife-searcher Ted proclaiming his love, once again, to Robin, his recurring ex-come-Barney’s soulmate. It seemed like retreading of the most tired of territory, like desperate procrastination on the high-pressure “mother” introduction, like a distraction that […]
We can all agree that Valentine’s Day is no Christmas, right? In terms of pretty much everything, Valentine’s Day pales in comparison to that holiday. And yet, this TV season, Valentine’s Day is making for some pretty damn good TV, nearly on the level of the Christmas special. Exhibit A: New Girl. This show has […]
Last night both How I Met Your Mother and 2 Broke Girls had heartfelt episodes exploring parent-child relationships. While 2 Broke Girls used innapropriate tampon crusading and extreme couponing as their vehicles into abandonment issues and genetic ponzi-ing, How I Met Your Mother used fun, relatable and sweet stories instead. On How I Met Your […]
CBS’s Monday lineup featured two melancholy but wonderful offerings from 2 Broke Girls and How I Met Your Mother. I’m not usually as taken with 2 Broke Girls as the rest of the world seems to be (it tries too hard), but this week’s episode was right on the money. From Caroline’s practiced “rich girl” […]
CBS’s best comedy isn’t what it once was- it’s a little broader, a little less clever, a little lazier; but that’s in comparison to what it once was, not in comparison to everything else. In comparison to everything else, it’s still one of the happiest-making things out there. How I Met Your Mother makes me […]
The How I Met Your Mother star gets his star on the sketchy part of The Hollywood Walk of Fame.
I really want to like CBS’s new comedy, Mad Love. For one thing, it’s a relationship comedy about twenty-somethings. For another thing, it’s got one of the most well-credentialed casts of all time, topped off by the perfect cherry that is Judy Greer. And then there’s the premise, which hopes to take the “wacky sidekicks” […]
The Twin Peaks star’s presence can make almost any film or TV show better. Since his iconic show went off the air in 1991, MacLachlan has mostly filled the role of “that guy who’s in everything”, creating some of the most memorable television roles in recent history. His was one of my favourite long term […]
I’m bored with this whole Marshall and Lily conceiving storyline and this episode didn’t exactly have the zip and vigor of some of the all time best How I Met Your Mother episodes, but it did have something that I occasionally look to HIMYM for (which I don’t feel like I get anywhere else): a legitimate, […]
This week’s episode of How I Met Your Mother, Subway Wars, provided a refresher course in just why I love this show. Here’s the play by play: * The way the characters’ relationships to each other are so subtly enforced, even in episode’s not explicitly about them (my evidence: the fact that every time Robin’s […]
And what does Mr. Romantic deserve as the perfect accompaniment to his grand gesture of the week (in some wonderfully timed, self-referential scenes)? A little Love Actually of course. In this week’s romantic comedy-skewering yet still knowingly cheesy How I Met Your Mother, Ted Mosby got the perfect backup: the beautiful (and easily identifiable) score […]