TV: How I Met Your Mother

[Hockeyfrilla]

What does TAAHM stand for?

Two and a Half Men

 

[silkyjohnson50]

She was a sanctimonious nag who was just as flawed as anyone else on the show, also she had the worst case of intervening in stuff that wasn't her business.

Bingo. She was extremely selfish and didn't have the charm of the other characters to make up for it.

 

[HanSolo]

Two and a Half Men

Oh ew. No. HIMYM is better than that show. Two and a half men got blistering popularity somehow with every episode being virtually the same. Even in HIMYM's weakest seasons, at least it tried something somewhat different every week with a few exceptions.

 

[HanSolo]

Bingo. She was extremely selfish and didn't have the charm of the other characters to make up for it.

I mean don't get me wrong. I didn't hate her and she had her good moments. But she had the most bad ones.

 

[Big Poppa Puck]

Two and a Half Men was great until the kid starting getting too old. It probably had run it’s course by the time the Sheen left anyway. I didn’t watch the Kutcher version but that shouldn’t have existed at all anyway.

On the topic and hand. I never watched this religious, maybe the first season, I can’t remember, but do/did watch the reruns in syndication. I like it it for what it is, but some times it does get too cringey and out there. The finale was dumb and should have ended on the train platform.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

We had a discussion leading up to the final and a few of us figured the mother was dead. There was a lot of foreshadowing and it sounds like that was always the plan

To me one of the worst things is the ending retroactively turns Ted's kids into total dicks.

Ted: Kids, I'm going to tell you the story of how I met your [dead] mother [whom you also ever met].
Kids: Ughhh, are we being punished??!

Good job with them, Ted.

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

I watched 2 episodes of the first season with my girlfriend and called the finale (just thought he was explaining to his kids why he was leaving their mother for aunt Robin, didn't think they'd go the easy way of making him wait 'til she died to avoid him being the bad guy).

After that, didn't watch a single episode until the end of the show with my gf going "you were right the whole time! you have to watch it!".... Made it through the first few seasons. Total garbage. Lilly is indeed unbearable, Barney is funny at times but feels way too much like a cheap overwritten Joey descendant, really only the two other guys together were kind of fun.

I have seen 2 or 3 TAAHM episodes late in hotel rooms, and it seems even worse. And for the record, I'm a big fan of Friends and Joey (very underrated show with hilarious moments).

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Yeah it's a good show that has its moments of being amazing. But I also disliked the ending a lot and felt like the entire last season was an uphill battle.

It's not on the level of The Office by any means but it's a good show. I've rewatched it probably 3 or 4 times already and am in the process of a rewatch again right now.
It's great to watch as a rewatch at night when you're winding down and nothing else is on TV.

 

[Langdon Alger]

It was an okay show with a fun framing device. I don't think the ending was lazy. It's actually clever. It just didn't hold up well as the show went on and the Ted-Robin pairing became annoying rather than charming.

It was never a show I went out of my way to watch. I'd record it and catch up to it eventually type of thing.

I'd equate the show to something like Mad About You. Popular during its time but quickly forgotten afterwards. If you've never seen it, it's not on that's good enough to go back and see.

The Barney-Robin pairing was even worse.

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

I liked it. Some ridiculously memorable moments for sure (the "Naked Man" for instance).

 

[JetsFan815]

Watched it when it aired. Really used to enjoy. One of the few comedies I've watched from beginning to the end. The chemistry of the cast was great.

 

[HanSolo]

The Barney-Robin pairing was even worse.

It was.

Watched it when it aired. Really used to enjoy. One of the few comedies I've watched from beginning to the end. The chemistry of the cast was great.

That to me is the show's greatest strength.

 

[darko]

I liked it. Some ridiculously memorable moments for sure (the "Naked Man" for instance).

2 out 3 times. Guaranteed.

 

[Eisen]

I watched 3 or 4 episodes only. Generic comedy with a bunch of horrible people/unrelatetable characters. Maybe I just don't get it.

 

[hoglund]

I watched 3 or 4 episodes only. Generic comedy with a bunch of horrible people/unrelatetable characters. Maybe I just don't get it.

yeah, it sounds like you didn't give it a chance. Most sitcoms take a few months to get into it. This was not a great show, but it was entertaining.

 

[ProstheticConscience]

My daughter used to watch it when it was first running. Hated it with a burning passion. Every time she put it on, I wanted to viciously beat every character on the show to within an inch of their non-existent lives.

 

[super6646]

The Barney-Robin pairing was even worse.

Just f***ing awful. Never made sense for those two to get together, and the fact they got married afterwards was just never believable. Making a whole season about the wedding too... ughhh. Bringing in Johnny from the karate kid was kinda cool, but season 3 onwards is a slow treck downwards for the show.

I watched 2 episodes of the first season with my girlfriend and called the finale (just thought he was explaining to his kids why he was leaving their mother for aunt Robin, didn't think they'd go the easy way of making him wait 'til she died to avoid him being the bad guy).

After that, didn't watch a single episode until the end of the show with my gf going "you were right the whole time! you have to watch it!".... Made it through the first few seasons. Total garbage. Lilly is indeed unbearable, Barney is funny at times but feels way too much like a cheap overwritten Joey descendant, really only the two other guys together were kind of fun.

I have seen 2 or 3 TAAHM episodes late in hotel rooms, and it seems even worse. And for the record, I'm a big fan of Friends and Joey (very underrated show with hilarious moments).

Meh, I enjoyed friends back in the mid 2000s, but I’ve kind died down in my fanfare over the years. Ross goes from mr nice guy to a total f***ing jackass that I just can’t stand by the end of the show (and the fact they still try to make him as such later on just doesn’t work), and joey becomes an idiot for whatever reason. I actually think the Monica and chandler arc is still pretty good, and that the fact that it came out of nowhere and was totally unexpected, I actually thought the show overall did a good job with it. Phoebe was cool and also had some interesting arcs, and I always wished that she ended up with that science guy throughout the years. Rachel is meh, never really liked her tbh. Overall though, lots of meh throughout the show. One particular criticism is that many characters that are just thrown away throughout the show after lots of buildup (phoebe’s parents as an example), and is something that really sticks out as well.

 

[Pranzo Oltranzista]

Phoebe was cool and also had some interesting arcs, and I always wished that she ended up with that science guy throughout the years.

A 1000x yes!! Phoebe was the coolest, and that too pisses me off. Mike is really a bad match for her, and such a boring character...

 

[Saskatoon]

Just ****ing awful. Never made sense for those two to get together, and the fact they got married afterwards was just never believable. Making a whole season about the wedding too... ughhh. Bringing in Johnny from the karate kid was kinda cool, but season 3 onwards is a slow treck downwards for the show.



Meh, I enjoyed friends back in the mid 2000s, but I’ve kind died down in my fanfare over the years. Ross goes from mr nice guy to a total ****ing jackass that I just can’t stand by the end of the show (and the fact they still try to make him as such later on just doesn’t work), and joey becomes an idiot for whatever reason. I actually think the Monica and chandler arc is still pretty good, and that the fact that it came out of nowhere and was totally unexpected, I actually thought the show overall did a good job with it. Phoebe was cool and also had some interesting arcs, and I always wished that she ended up with that science guy throughout the years. Rachel is meh, never really liked her tbh. Overall though, lots of meh throughout the show. One particular criticism is that many characters that are just thrown away throughout the show after lots of buildup (phoebe’s parents as an example), and is something that really sticks out as well.

What I can't stand about Friends is that for the most part they are all dicks to each other

 

[Thucydides]

Just ****ing awful. Never made sense for those two to get together, and the fact they got married afterwards was just never believable. Making a whole season about the wedding too... ughhh. Bringing in Johnny from the karate kid was kinda cool, but season 3 onwards is a slow treck downwards for the show.



Meh, I enjoyed friends back in the mid 2000s, but I’ve kind died down in my fanfare over the years. Ross goes from mr nice guy to a total ****ing jackass that I just can’t stand by the end of the show (and the fact they still try to make him as such later on just doesn’t work), and joey becomes an idiot for whatever reason. I actually think the Monica and chandler arc is still pretty good, and that the fact that it came out of nowhere and was totally unexpected, I actually thought the show overall did a good job with it. Phoebe was cool and also had some interesting arcs, and I always wished that she ended up with that science guy throughout the years. Rachel is meh, never really liked her tbh. Overall though, lots of meh throughout the show. One particular criticism is that many characters that are just thrown away throughout the show after lots of buildup (phoebe’s parents as an example), and is something that really sticks out as well.

Phoebe really annoyed me. I always thought that the other 5 would never really be friends with her in real life.

 

[Langdon Alger]

My daughter used to watch it when it was first running. Hated it with a burning passion. Every time she put it on, I wanted to viciously beat every character on the show to within an inch of their non-existent lives.

Sounds like you have anger issues.

 

[Deadpool8812]

Wife and I are currently binging this on Netflix. Solid show. On season 4 right now. Ted is annoying though.

 

[ManwithNoIdentity]

It was an okay show with a fun framing device. I don't think the ending was lazy. It's actually clever. It just didn't hold up well as the show went on and the Ted-Robin pairing became annoying rather than charming.

It was never a show I went out of my way to watch. I'd record it and catch up to it eventually type of thing.

I'd equate the show to something like Mad About You. Popular during its time but quickly forgotten afterwards. If you've never seen it, it's not on that's good enough to go back and see.

Uhhh Mad Men is considered one of the best shows of all time so quickly forgotten? Not even

 

[discostu]

Uhhh Mad Men is considered one of the best shows of all time so quickly forgotten? Not even

Read my post again.

 

[hoglund]

Just ****ing awful. Never made sense for those two to get together, and the fact they got married afterwards was just never believable. Making a whole season about the wedding too... ughhh. Bringing in Johnny from the karate kid was kinda cool, but season 3 onwards is a slow treck downwards for the show.



Meh, I enjoyed friends back in the mid 2000s, but I’ve kind died down in my fanfare over the years. Ross goes from mr nice guy to a total ****ing jackass that I just can’t stand by the end of the show (and the fact they still try to make him as such later on just doesn’t work), and joey becomes an idiot for whatever reason. I actually think the Monica and chandler arc is still pretty good, and that the fact that it came out of nowhere and was totally unexpected, I actually thought the show overall did a good job with it. Phoebe was cool and also had some interesting arcs, and I always wished that she ended up with that science guy throughout the years. Rachel is meh, never really liked her tbh. Overall though, lots of meh throughout the show. One particular criticism is that many characters that are just thrown away throughout the show after lots of buildup (phoebe’s parents as an example), and is something that really sticks out as well.

Friends was not the mid 2000s, I remember it being the mid 90s, wasn't its finale 2003? Anyways how I met your mother was a good show, but lasted 2 seasons too long. As for the finale, it was disappointing, but not the worst.