Should you watch How I Met Your Mother?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
How I Met Your Mother
Series · 2005
A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.
The sides of How I Met Your Mother
- A father telling his kids how he met their mother
- Five friends at a bar in New York
- A friend with a playbook for picking up women
How I Met Your Mother is good for you if…
- you like running jokes that come back seasons later.
- you like five friends who meet at the same bar every night.
- you want an easy sitcom to put on at the end of a day.
How I Met Your Mother is bad for you if…
- nine seasons of waiting to meet the mother is too much for you.
- you roll your eyes at Ted's big romantic speeches.
About: love · friendship · adulthood · fate
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