10 Great TV Shows That Lost It By The End
7. How I Met Your Mother
When How I Met Your Mother first began in 2005, the idea and the execution was new, creative and dynamic. The central conceit was that the whole series was a shaggy dog tale told by protagonist Ted Moseby to his children, about yes, you guessed it how hed met their mother. Framing devices, callbacks and reference upon reference made the sitcom one of televisions most convoluted narratives and as time went on, that would prove to be its downfall.
Come season nine, wed had enough. The endless clever-cleverness was grating, the constant gimmickry was tired and irritating: to add insult to injury, this final season of twenty-four episodes would take place over one single long weekend, making it the first time ever that a television show would write into the script the fact that it had worn out its welcome.
Worse, by this point Ted was simply the most repellent man alive, rendered so by eight seasons of some of the most self-obsessed obnoxious behaviour known to man. The only thing season nine did right was to properly introduce The Mother, who turned out to be everything Ted had ever wanted in a woman. Unfortunately, by this point Ted simply didnt deserve her.