For a show that is more or less Friends 2.0 (started in 2005 after Friends ended in 2004 and about a group of twenty something year old friends that hangout in a city, go to a local coffee shop/bar, have the attractive and single female of the group Rachel/Robin, and the hopeless romantic that's super quirky Ross/Ted, and heavily focuses on the single shenanigans of the other guy in the group Joey/Barney), this show gets it right and lives up to the hype. Well at least for the first seven seasons. Season 8 starts to see repetitive/frustrating plot points, and Season 9 seems largely thrown together loosely about shenanigans and doesn't really focus on what the audience wants to see. Where Friends nails the ending, How I Met Your Mother flutters. Regardless, still one hell of a show and should be one that everyone checks out.

Average Season Review: 8.33/10

Recommendation - Must See (for Sitcom Fans)

*EDIT* (After Spin-off How I Met Your Father: Season 1)

The spin off was fine, particularly for fans of the original series. Unfortunately, it does not do anything too remarkable and does bring down the "How I Met Your..." series average slightly.

Average Season Review: 8.2/10