How I Met Your Mother - Season 1 - Review

The series takes on several themes such as loneliness, friendship, quests for love, relationships, heartbreaks, routines, work, and several others. Voiced by Bob Saget as the dad instead of Josh Radnor, he acts as an omniscient narrator in a book, where he gives a brief background to each story before delving into it.

Every once in awhile, it happens that the stories go off on tangents, to give the viewer a fuller experience and more knowledge on how the group of five friends lived. It becomes interesting to see when the stories are not only about Ted but about intricate details of his friends’ lives as well, portraying the idea that those close to us are a bigger influence in our lives than we might think.

With lines scripted to flow, the show does not go back and forth in confusing manners like other shows sometimes do. Each episode has its own plot without jumping back and forth between scenes as if the characters suddenly jumped from one area to another.

With that being said, season one took off on a hit, with one of the highest viewed episodes being “The Pineapple Incident”. Some episodes are fully concluded with their mini-plots, however, subplots continue throughout the season to form an ending that leaves you wanting for more and more.