How I Met Your Mother - Series 1 (Box Set)

Advantages: brilliant all round
Disadvantages: none

...tell them the story of how he met their mother. They don't particularly want to listen to this, particularly as his numerous stories never seem to bring up the aforementioned mother, instead focussing generally on Ted, his best friends Lily and Marshall (and his "other best friend" Barney), and his crush on the beautiful Robyn. It seems the the point of the programme itself is to show how Ted came to the point of meeting his future wife, but will ...
...is to find out ultimately how Ted met the future mother of his kids, then it's going to be like "Lost" - there will NEVER be an ending! The search for Ted's future can surely only conclude once the show decides to end, right? Otherwise we KNOW the ending and therefore the point of the show is moot. *TED'S AND ROBIN'S WILL-THEY-WON'T-THEY? - This has the potential to be the new Ross-and-Rachel, thus adding further to the "Friends" comparisons. He ... Read review

Advantages: Wonderful show able to deliver minute-by-minute laughs
Disadvantages: none

...finally over! The similarities between How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM) and Friends are obvious from the start. Both US sitcoms are about a group of friends who are in their twenties. Both sets of characters live in apartments in New York and spend what seems to be an unhealthy amount of their time either in the same café (Friends) or in the same bar (HIMYM.) However, the similarities all but end there. I certainly did not watch the TV series or the ...
...What is equally credible is how the shows writers are able to flourish under the pressure of continuing the shows hook. The "reverse love story" theme keeps you watching to find out the identity of the kid's mother and Ted's future wife. But the writers are unable to know the exact number of series that the show is going to commissioned for and as such are forced to keep the show flexible, it seems that neither the audience nor the writers know whether ... Read review

Advantages: Is a brilliant show, definately for former Friends fans and more!!
Disadvantages: Once you watch one episode, you have to watch more

...set the next day. How I met your mother is basically a newer, younger more modern version of Friends, considering it is from the same script writers it will not be a surprise to see this series become very big. All my friends are big fans having forced them to sit down and watch an episode, it wasn't long until they were quoting Barney who is a mix of Chandler and Joey (from friends) and deciding who was who in our group of friends. An entertaining ... Read review