Five Drinks Into How I Met Your Mother Final Season "The End of the Aisle"

Tom's Take:

In the penultimate episode of HIMYM, we get some build up to the events of the finale, but it was not what I was hoping for.

Five Drinks Into How I Met Your Mother Final Season Episode 21 "Gary Blauman"

Tom's Take:

And How I Met Your Mother managed to jump out of its’ funk and pull that off. This episode was a great one, though not necessarily a classic episode in the grand scheme of things, it was definitely one of the best of this season at least, and yes it even made me tear up a bit, although I’m not entirely sure why.

Five Drinks Into How I Met Your Mother Final Season Episode 20 "Daisy"

Tom's Take:

We're at the point where I'm regretting trying to do this blog because I have nothing really interesting to say about this episode.

Lily being pregnant again is interesting, and I guess they're going to Italy.

Huh.

Yeah, that's all.

I hope I have more energy when I get to my BBCanada blog. And yes, I am going to get to it!

How I Met Your Mother Final Season Episode 18 "Rally"

Season 9 Episode 18 “Rally"

How I Met Your Mother Final Season Episode 19 "Vesuvius"

Tom's Take:

I'm reading Words of Radiance by Brandon Sanderson instead of writing an in depth review.

Here's the abbreviated version.

I thought this episode sucked, and the twist is awful.

Five Drinks Into How I Met Your Mother Final Season Episode 17 "Sunrise"

Tom's Take:

This episode definitely felt like a last season episode.

Five Drinks Into How I Met Your Mother Final Season Episode 16 "How Your Mother Met Me"

Tom's Take:

This episode proved once and for all that they should have met the mother in the series before this final season. In that way, it was actually kind of bittersweet, seeing as how much I liked the Mother and wished she could have been in more of the series. Instead, this episode was only a one off side episode, that gave us a glimpse of what the Mother was doing the last 9 years.

Five Drinks Into How I Met Your Mother Final Season Episode 15 "Unpause"

Tom's Take:

The Fifteenth episode of How I Met Your Mother's final season was a winner. While the last episode brought us a Slap, one of the longest running gags of the show, this one brought us Barney's job which was far more awesome. Because they managed to not actually disappoint us with solving the eternal mystery of what Barney does for a living.

And because I love it when Barney pulls a long con.

Five Drinks Into How I Met Your Mother The Final Season Episode 14 "Slappointment in Slapmarra"

Tom's Take:

So I totally lost track of the slaps somewhere along the line, because I was pretty sure this was supposed to be the final slap. Instead it wasn't, but rather what we got was a decently funny episode which took a massive detour from the major plots of the season.

Five Drinks Into How I Met Your Mother The Final Season "Bass Player Wanted"

Tom's Take:

We finally got more screen time for the Mother, and while I enjoyed her performance and the Mother as a character, I didn't particularly love this episode. It had a cute gimmick, but I wanted more flashforwards.

Five Drinks Into TV: How I Met Your Mother Final Season Episode 12 "The Rehearsal Dinner"

Tom's Take:

This was actually a really good episode. All of the characters were in top form, and the ending of the episode was also pretty cute.

Five Drinks Into TV: How I Met Your Mother Final Season Episode 11 "Bedtime Stories"

Tom's Take:

I ended up kind of liking this episode, but it was fairly mediocre overall. I guess the rhyming shtick was fine? It was cute I guess. Not amazing, but it was cute. And it was nice to get some flashbacks.

Five Drinks Into TV: How I Met Your Mother Final Season Episode 10 "Mom and Dad"

Tom's Take:

Not a terrible episode, there were two good jokes, but overall I'm not really digging where How I Met Your Mother is right now. I just think we need more momentum for the story to give this season some edge and drive.

Five Drinks Into Reality TV: How I Met Your Mother Final Season Episode 9 "Platonish"

Tom's Review:

Here's our flashback episode just as I predicted. With very little time spent in the present, this one is all about the love triangle of Ted, Robin, and Barney and how Ted missed his chance where he could have hooked up with Robin. Instead he let Barney seize his thunder.

Oh an also we learned that Barney has met the Mother in the past. Which was cool, and I was happy to see. I hope they hang out more in the present, although I no longer thing Barney will be the character who spends the most time with her.

Five Drinks Into TV: How I Met Your Mother Final Season Episode 8 "The Lighthouse"

Tom's Take

In what was otherwise a subpar episode, "The Lighthouse" delivered a fastforward that was truly wonderful. We got to see Ted propose to the mother!

Five Drinks Into TV: How I Met Your Mother Final Season Episode 7 "No Questions Asked"

Tom's Take:

A solid episode that finally brought us to the Marshall and Lily conflict, although I am shocked that Marshall still hasn't arrived at the hotel.

Five Drinks Into TV: How I Met Your Mother Final Season Episode 6 "Knight Vision"

Tom's Take:

Another pretty forgettable episode.  The whole episode was built on an Indiana Jones reference, which I didn't find all that funny. I did enjoy some of Ted with the sad girl, and Robin and Barney, but a lot of it fell flat.

Five Drinks Into TV: The Final Season of How I Met Your Mother Episode 5 "The Poker Game"

Tom's Take:

The fifth episode of the final season of How I Met Your Mother was a good one. It was funny and also had some genuine heart, as Robin is annoyed by Barney seemingly more loyal to his family than to her. That's a real issue and it was handled well. Meanwhile Ted, Lily, and Marshall had a great sideplot. Overall, just a really great episode.

Five Drinks Into TV: How I Met Your Mother The Final Season Episode 4 "Broken Code"

Tom's Take:

Huh. So Barney and Ted confronted Ted's feelings for Robin in what turned out to be another pretty forgettable episode. I was kind of disappointed by it, especially since the Ted/Barney confrontation was something I thought would be a major plot point this season, and instead it sort of dropped the ball.

Five Drinks Into TV: How I Met Your Mother Final Season Episode 3 "Last Time In New York"

Tom's Take:

Our third episode of How I Met Your Mother was pleasant but ultimately a pretty forgettable episode. So what worked, and what seemed like it was trying too hard?