Now i know this isn't a film as well but I'm so completely enthralled by this programme and all of its characters and their lives and stories, the list is endless, but the show isn't, but as it isn't over yet and im still not completely up to date i thought id do a post about how incredible this show is. In a very similar model to 'Friends' the series is based around 5 friends living their lives in New York city and through relationship dramas and everyday problems. It is the best and only real response to friends that there has been and gives us a chance to relive a great show in a completely different way.
With 173 episodes to date there isn't enough time to talk about them all but each and every episode is as brilliantly written (and hilarious) as the last. The thing that makes this show so captivating is how much history and depth each of the characters has. Each have their own fears, likes, hates etc, now this may be indicative of many TV shows but none in as much detail as HIMYM, besides Friends. The chronology of the series is also very important as all the episodes are in the past as being told by Ted in the future, talking to his kids. This is what makes the show different from friends (and in some ways better) because it invites more opportunities to change the story in erratic ways, because the story is being told the narrator can change it at anytime if he wants it to and doesn't have to stick to the timeline of the episode. This offers innumerable and exciting tangents and side stories which give us insights into the characters past and future. This is what makes the characters so rich and what makes you love them as much as everyone does.
Im not going to do a massive post now as its not over yet but my point is that, depending on how it ends, How I met your Mother may end up being more tense and as emotional. But Friends has set the bar very very high.
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