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How I Met Your Mother Season 8

Discussion in 'TV Shows' started by rei, Oct 16, 2012.

  1. gamecocks

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    Total fucking cop out. All this intricate back story to have that bullshit happen?
     
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    You guys are aware there is another season right?
    I think them not doing a big reveal in the last seconds of the last episode is a much better idea.
     
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    I don't think it's lazy writing as much as it's forced into a one way or another writing.
    They weren't signed on for season 9 until late in January. Some of the key characters weren't on board yet so they had to position the show to possibly end this season.

    I'm perfectly fine with them revealing the mother before the last episode. There now exists the possibility that she plays a large role in the final season which I think would be a good thing. It would be nice to see the show close at Ted's wedding which would fit into the timeline as he already has a daughter in 2015 and Barney and Robin's wedding was in 2013.
     
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    Theres what, like three days until the wedding? That means 20something episodes are going to be those three days, or we are going to do those wonky flashbacks every other episode. I really don't want to go back in time to see the Mothers whole life story. But every few episodes theres going to be a flashback to every instance where Ted crossed paths with her.

    I'm cool with her being in the whole final season. I'm just scared they are gonna fudge it up. I mean I'm going to watch the whole season, not cause I want to, but because at this point I'm so invested I just need to see it through.
     
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    I'm not too sure they are going to do all the episodes based on the 3 days before the wedding. I could easily see half the season being spent leading up to and involving the wedding day and at the mid season hiatus, Ted taking the train and meeting the mother and the storyline up to their wedding.
    The creators have hinted that you won't mistake any of the season 9 episodes from any other in the series, but I don't think they will use the "24" time gag to fulfill that. I think they may do a split story telling and have each episode from here on in be based half on Ted's point of view and the other from The Mother's.
    If you've ever read the book Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist, I'd imagine they would do it similar to that.

    Overall, I think there are too many loose ends to tie up to make an entire season based on just the three days leading up to the wedding. An insignificant, but funny tie up being, the remaining two slaps of the slap bet.
     
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    <a class="postlink" href="http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/05/13/how-i-met-your-mother-cristin-milioti/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://insidetv.ew.com/2013/05/13/how-i ... n-milioti/</a>

    An interview with the creators on why they introduced the mother now:

     
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    I think this lends itself to my thinking that she is going to be incorporated into the storyline in a major role throughout the season.
     
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    I'm glad they found an actress that looked like this:



    (I want to brag that I predicted it a while ago. I can't find my old post though.)

    I also want to state that more than any other TV sitcom, this show still continually does the best season-end cliffhangers.
     
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    Maybe it wasn't in that article but another one, where they said she'd become a big part or the story anywhere from 1/3 to 1/2 way in to the season.
     
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    Ugh, I was hoping they weren't going to go that route of doing it all in the wedding weekend. There's such better potential extending it past that instead of following that timeline and doing a bunch of flashbacks and flash fowards.
    I bet there will be 10 out of the 22 episodes that are going to be completely useless.
     
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    If that's true, where does the Marshall/Lily/Judge storyline come into play? I think it's obvious Marshall can't keep a secret and will blurt it out during the wedding sometime, but do we expect them to both make a decision then too?

    Dedicating a whole season to the wedding is too much. 5-6 episodes is far more sensible.
     
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    Plus flashbacks are tougher now that Lilly looks like she's 47.
     
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    Did anyone besides me catch the opening episode? The producers had said it was going to have a different feel and look to it, and in my eyes it has. I do not want to spoil anything, but it seems as if they are going to spend the entire season going after all the wedding clichés you have ever heard about.
     
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    I watched it and that show is now getting the Weeds/Office treatment. It was great and I will tune into the finale, but I just can't watch this garbage anymore.
     
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    It's not as good anymore, but still worth watching. There's always a few episodes and scenes that are either really funny or moving. They also have a lot of opportunities to do some interesting things. So I'm in for another season.
     
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    If this lasts more than 1 season I'll be shocked. The only reason people still watch How I met Your Mother is because of the attachment they have with the characters that developed over the amazing first 4 seasons. Without that attachment, this new series is going to bomb, and CBS will be dumbfounded as to why.
     
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    Yup, How I met Your Mother is the last show me and the wife watch on our PVR, we kind of look at each other when it comes up like 'must we?'.
     
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    Well, the show wraps up at the end of March, so only 3 episodes left . I loved the flashbacks in last nights show, but damn was that ending kind of a kick in the nuts.

    I know a lot of people had the "the mother is dead" theory, but having it confirmed in last night's episode was still kind of a hit. They did it really well. They spent time letting us get to know and really like the mother, before killing her off? And I know people get down on the Ted character, but Josh Radnor was damn good in those scenes with the mother at Inn.