Later How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM)

I became invested in How I Met Your Mother in my early college years when the show first began. My friend Evan mentioned it was awesome and worth watching, I eventually caught an episode and bought in, HARD. I've been on the wagon for the whole time. I blended some concepts from other games and added my own to create a HIMYM drinking game. I've been a fan for quite awhile due to the amazing fact that the show would juggle great comedy with some crushing drama. It was an amazing balence of the two blended better than any show before. Real life events would happen and you really felt for the characters. It was a powerful drama disguised in an excellent comedy. The talent came together beautifully as the show reinvented NPH (Neal Patrick Harris), gave "The Flute Girl" from American Pie a steady job (Alyson Hannigan) that worked around her pregnancies (or pregnancy, not sure), created a rising starlet in Cobie Smulders, aided to Jason Seigel's meteoric comedy rise, and gave us Josh Radnor. It reintroduced Bob Saget to our living rooms as THE NARRATOR, where he excels. You bought into them being great friends for nine years and explained how people band together in a new city and become family. It was beautiful. It kind of fell of the tracks at certain points, but always rallied with great blockbuster episodes to keep you in. The last season was pretty disappointing though. The signature heart was there, but severely muted. The last episode seemed rushed, covering wayyy too much ground in an hour where the rest of the season encompassed only 3 days. There wasn't the touching cast remembering moments segment that made me love the Office final, and this show NEEDED something like that. We became emotionally invested in the characters, and it kind of felt like the rug was pulled out, though the ending was pretty touching. I once again have to recommend binge watching this excellent ensemble comedy on Netflix as soon as possible. It really was unique and great in a ton of aspects and through 8 seasons. It added "Slapbet", "Legen, wait for it... DARY", "Slutty Pumpkin", and so much more to our vernacular. I'll miss my Monday night fix, that is a fact. So, tip of the cap to you HIMYM, thanks for the memories. Bottom Line: 9.5 out of 10. It's a high rating, but it was a GREAT show in a tough genre that often sees shows struggling in the ratings get jettisoned. Glad CBS and the cast stuck with it for as long as they did.