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Season Finale: How I Met Your Mother – “Challenge Accepted”

“Challenge Accepted” May 16th, 2011 Considering that this entire season of How I Met Your Mother has been built around an absolutely terrible metaphor, I think it’s only fair that we try to consider what exact challenge this season of … Continue reading

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How I Met Your Mother – “Legendaddy”

“Legendaddy” March 21st, 2011 There is something hypocritical about the status of Barney Stinson as a character within How I Met Your Mother. On the one hand, he is the character who will change the least: because of his popularity, … Continue reading

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How I Met Your Mother – “Last Words”

“Last Words” January 17th, 2011 Response to “Bad News,” HIMYM’s last original episode, was decidedly mixed. What struck me most was the way the episode-ending reveal that Marshall’s father had passed away became so problematic despite the fact that this … Continue reading

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How I Met Your Mother – “Bad News”

“Bad News” January 3rd, 2011 How I Met Your Mother is willing to make sacrifices. In its balance of a long-running serial narrative and episodic storylines, the show is always looking for ways to balance one with the other: sometimes … Continue reading

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How I Met Your Mother – “The Mermaid Theory”

“The Mermaid Theory” December 6th, 2010 “The Mermaid Theory” is interesting in two ways. And since they’re not particularly substantial ways, I’m just going to cut the introduction off here and we can get into the meat of it.

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How I Met Your Mother – “Natural History”

“Natural History” November 8th, 2010 Always ostensibly interested in the passage of time, “Natural History” has How I Met Your Mother very purposefully digging into both past and future. In fact, the season as a whole is structured around the … Continue reading

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How I Met Your Mother – “Subway Wars”

“Subway Wars” October 11th, 2010 This is precisely the kind of episode which is particularly dangerous for a show in How I Met Your Mother’s position. “Subway Wars” feels like a gimmick from the very beginning, and the show is … Continue reading

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Season Premiere: How I Met Your Mother – “Big Days”

“Big Days” September 20th, 2010 Look, I was pretty harsh on How I Met Your Mother last season, but it was harshness which stemmed from love: I care about these characters, so to see their individual arcs subjected in order … Continue reading

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Season Finale: How I Met Your Mother – “Doppelgangers”

“Doppelgangers” May 24th, 2010 How I Met Your Mother has always been a show about ideas: the central premise of the show is more complex and philosophical than your traditional sitcom, leaning on themes of fate and narrative which are … Continue reading

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Modern Family – “Hawaii”

“Hawaii” May 12th, 2010 I don’t think this was, in particular, one of the show’s funniest episodes. There were certainly some clever lines in “Hawaii,” as the show tried out some familiar but not yet tapped out character combinations within … Continue reading

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