[Discuss Thrower]

Originally Posted by chiefzilla1501

The last few seasons have basically drawn out the plot line for Marshall and Lily settling in to parenthood and Barney settling out of a bachelor. Two plot lines that really kill what makes those characters great. That was the point where the show should have started wrapping up. And I still hate the Zooey plotline. What the **** was that? Just another chick to throw in the mix to buy time that did nothing at all to move the story forward.

I wish I could explain the drawing out of plotlines by the writers being unsure of renewal.. But it.. doesn't fit. Orrr maybe it does.

S6 set the trend of having really good episodes with ones that fall flat, and also the repercussions of ending Barney/Robin in the previous season. If Carter/Bays intended for those two to end up together and therefore the reason why Ted meets the Mother, then it should've been set in stone they'd restart their relationship by the end of Season 5. Season 6 *should* be what we're seeing now.


Blah. It's annoying. I look at things through rosier glasses because I started watching reruns of the show on TV in 2011 then Netflix'ed to the point I caught up by the time "Symphony of Illumination" aired. I don't have the fatigue that most tenured fans have had at this point, but at the same time I can see just how much some episodes have done nothing to advance the plot. (IE the entirety of the Zoe arc, the Quinn/Barney Arc, Lily and Marshall's relocation to Long Island, most eps of Season 8's first half)