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Quote: Pacomartin

It would be an interesting twist if their was a feint at the pilot episode, and Robin turns out to be the mother after all. Since the narrator is controlling the story, he could have been using fake names and he really met the mother in the initial episode.

Nah, the Robin/Barney angle is the Ross/Rachel on/off again will/they won't they (of course they will). Ted's story is purely a device for the backdrop of the 'gang's' adventures. It drives the story, and for the first couple of seasons they made it very easy to have the story end at any point. Once they got the longer deal, they started dropping in longer term 'hints'. Season 9 I believe tells the story of Ted actually dating 'the mother', and will probably not be as interesting. Once any tension is resolved in a story like this, it's merely finalizing and wrapping.

Quote: TheCesspit

Season 9 I believe tells the story of Ted actually dating 'the mother', and will probably not be as interesting. .

I made it to about season 6 in reruns and lost interest. The
writers were running out of steam and the show was
existing on the characters quirks. Frasier did the same thing,
but it had flawless writing and was able to survive 10 seasons
and go out with dignity.

Quote: Evenbob

I made it to about season 6 in reruns and lost interest. The
writers were running out of steam and the show was
existing on the characters quirks. Frasier did the same thing,
but it had flawless writing and was able to survive 10 seasons
and go out with dignity.

Happens a lot... the main characters become pastiches of themselves, the comedy is generated from either hyper-extending the quirks or flipping them around, and the show slowly fades away. HIMYM is doing that, but I watch it, as the comedy is amusing enough, and I haven't found anything else on netflix to fill the 20 minutes of wind down time I like watch TV for.

Just noticed 2 and 1/2 men is 3 episodes from finished for good. Wasn't even aware it was ending.

I am kind of curious about the Finale. They killed Charlie. Will that somehow figure into this ending. Maybe Demi Moore will come kill Ashton.

Quote: rxwine

I am kind of curious about the Finale. They killed Charlie. Will that somehow figure into this ending. Maybe Demi Moore will come kill Ashton.

That's not how women work, she'll kill
his new girlfriend, his onscreen GF from
70's Show.

Quote: rxwine

Just noticed 2 and 1/2 men is 3 episodes from finished for good. Wasn't even aware it was ending.

I am kind of curious about the Finale. They killed Charlie. Will that somehow figure into this ending. Maybe Demi Moore will come kill Ashton.

Even with a 45% drop in the 18-49 demographic, it is still ranked #7 among the sitcoms. Other shows are still being renewed at those ratings, but their salary expenses are out of control.


Rank for 2014-15 among all scripted shows for 2014-15 season
1 The Big Bang Theory CBS 4.57 -9.70%
3 Modern Family ABC 3.36 -5.01%
17 Black-ish ABC 2.48
19 Mom CBS 2.35 12.98%
23 The Goldbergs ABC 2.23 32.74%
26 2 Broke Girls CBS 2.09 -17.81%
27 Two and a Half Men (ending) CBS 2.07 -45.30%
28 The Middle ABC 2.03 -1.46%
31 Brooklyn Nine-Nine (renewed) FOX 1.98 13.53%
33 Mike & Molly CBS 1.91 -12.31%


FOX finally got a sitcom in the top 10 sitcoms. NBC will probably make a clean sweep either cancelling or ending all of it's sitcoms by the end of the year. Parks and Recreation will end this year, and it's only sitcom renewed last year (About a Boy) is now doing terrible in the ratings.