How I Met Your Mother

“Legen…Wait for it…Dary!” One of the large pool of catchphrases that How I Met Your Mother has to offer. With popular trends on the show like the Playbook written by Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) or the yellow umbrella, which is one of the biggest plot points of the show. Is this show great due to the running gags that appear every other episode? Let us find out.

Just like the title of the show, it is all about how Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) met his wife Tracy (Cristin Milioti). The show begins with Ted telling the story of how he met his children’s mother. He begins by talking about his early life and all the goofy things he would do with his friends. Each character plays a significant role in each other’s lives, and how they helped Ted to get to his goal of meeting that special someone to be the mother of his children.

Ted is an architect, who is trying to find the love of his life to start a family. He is itching to start one but all he needs is the perfect woman. Barney is a womanizer who claims to be Ted’s best friend and is always looking for a good time. Lily (Alyson Hannigan) and Marshall (Jason Segel) are married,  who are also looking for the right time to have a kid. When they finally have one, they are now trying to have time to be with one another. They met in college and fell in love and also befriended Ted too.

The show has shaped the way I talk to my friends and I expect my life to be with them. How I Met Your Mother is a great representation of what friends should be like from the running gags to the inside jokes that only their group would understand. The traditions that they follow every year shows that they are committed to each other. For example, instead of having Thanksgiving, they have Slapsgiving all because Barney lost a bet to Marshall. This group is the pinnacle of fun, having a good time in any situation or scenario that comes across them.

How I Met Your Mother is hilarious in its own way, being one of the few sit-coms that is not episodic. It is one of the shows that the audience really has to pay attention to understand past references and plot overlapping within the seasons. Earlier, I asked if the running gags make this show great. Though it is a factor, the main reason is that the show is relatable. Everyone knows at least one person in their life that has some traits of the main cast. For example, Barney is a ladies man, and every guy has that one friend that they could get anyone they wanted to or at least have that personality, where their overconfidence casts a shadow over every other emotion.

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