How I Met Your Mother: Season 6

How I Met Your Mother is a sitcom set in 2030 when the main character, Ted Mosby is telling his 2 kids the story of how he met their other. The majority of the show's action takes place from 2005 to the present. The season that I most recently watched from start to finish was season 6. It was set in 2010/2011 and was centered around the gang's, Ted, Barney, Lily, Marshall, and Robin, personal lives. Ted gets in a relationship but for once, chooses work over love. Barney meets his father and considers settling down with one of Robin's co-workers. Lily finally gets pregnant but has to help husband Marshall cope with the loss of his father. Robin quits her on-air job to take on a researcher job at a more respectable news channel. The season ends the way it began, at a wedding, which is revealed to be Barney's wedding, and the best man Ted is needed for assistance.

I like the show How I Met Your Mother because of its plot. It's full of mystery because the main character, Ted, dates so many women so it's a guessing game as to which one he actually ends up with. I love how they weave common elements from the story line into all of the episodes, yet, there is always something new going on. Another reason I like this show is because it is quite allegorical. They always make reference to later episodes so it just keeps me wondering how that part of the story will play out.

I love the way the characters relate to each other in this show. The chemistry on screen, although it is scripted, seems so genuine. My favorite character is Barney, who is played by Neil Patrick Harris. The reason I like him is because he commits to his character. In the show, he portrays a womanizer who is interested in sex and money. Love and marriage do not exist to him, that is at least up until the sixth season. But in real life, Harris is an openly gay man who lives with his domestic partner and their children. I love how he can make his character so believable without losing himself in the show.