More on How I Met Your Mother

This week I am going to blog about the ever-popular (and already blogged about...) show "How I Met Your Mother". I've been a big fan of the show ever since I binge-watched it last Thanksgiving break. I think the characters are all interesting and they have a great chemistry with each other that is very believable. I also love the concept of the show and the character development throughout the show. The characters reflect the imperfect human striving for their dreams (and failing often). That being said, I was surprised at how this season (season 9) is turning out.

I am a firm believer of sticking with shows till the end. I especially wanted to stick with this show because I thought it would be pretty nice to meet the mother. Ted has been talking about meeting her for quite a while now! I sat down and watched the two newest episodes. I enjoyed them a lot, but there was one thing that was very different from the previous seasons. This whole season (24 episodes) will be of one weekend. This was something that I was not expecting. I get that it is a very important weekend since it's [spoilers] Barney and Robin's wedding, but a whole season in one weekend!? This should be interesting. 

This whole premise reminds me of the suspense show, "24". I'm hoping that "How I Met Your Mother" (HIMYM) will keep the same amount of interest (without all of the terrorist threats and gun shoot-outs) as "24". I do have fears that HIMYM will end up dragging along and over-analyzing the characters. There are definitely going to be new problems that pop up that need fixing, and old problems that get way too dramatic. However the show does go, I will be watching it faithfully, anticipating the moment when Ted meets the mother. 

Kiefer Sutherland

     My single favorite show of all time is 24.  The show follows the character Jack Bauer who is a federal agent that stops terrorists from destroying the country.  The idea of the show is that this terrorist attack takes place within the course of 24 hours.  Each episode is an hour long and the show builds on itself with worse and worse things happening while Jack Bauer saves the day whether he gets into trouble or not.  The character of Bauer is an extremely well trained fearless person who will do whatever it takes to save his country which rarely thanks him or pays him back.  The show is extremely well casted and should go down in television history as one of the best.
     The show first aired in 2001 on Fox and was an immediate hit.  I started watching the show during its second season and I fell in love.  The show aired for 8 seasons over the course of 9 years because of the writers strike in 2007-2008.  This was Sutherland's break through TV show that received 9 awards for through many different ceremonies and 7 of the awards were for Sutherland's performance.  The show also received countless nominations for awards especially during seasons 4 and 5.

     Since the show ended in 2010 Sutherland has been playing small roles in a few movies and has made some cameo appearances.  His latest work is staring in a new television series called Touch which is also aired by Fox.  I have not seen the show yet but maybe I will start watching the second season and love it just like 24, I highly doubt something like that will happen but I love Kiefer as an actor.