But what is the time span of these episodes?

Chuck: The first Boss at the Buy More.

Yeah it's not a new concept. It's even possible that you and i discussed it way back when. The funny thing though is every time it's raised there's always at least one person who vigorously opposes the idea like it personally offends them.

That Robin was always a major person in Ted's life, how important she was the whole way through. People aren't "meant" to be with any particular person.

Also, future Mom could be dead. The story could be about how he met their deceased mother and the steps along the way so they will understand why he's about to marry Aunt Robin.

I read that in Matt Gourley's Fleming voice (James Bonding podcast).

What has always held this show back after its good first few years is a refusal to add new regular characters. This good episode was a sign of what we'd been missing for a while now due to this misguided approach.

It's not unusual to me. Many things contribute to two people meeting, both happy and sad. Who knows if Marshall's dad hadn't died Ted might have done one or two little things differently and never met her.

What I wish they'd do but they won't is just announce that the premise is if Walter White had never broken bad. Like an alternate timeline but not in a very sci fi sense. That way they can set it now and with any of the characters they want.

They look pretty different already. Banks more frail and Bob more haggard. These guys are great, I'm just being realistic. They will probably just get by with a lot of make-up magic as you suggest, but that would be a pain in the ass for the actors every day and it has limitations.

I am curious how they'll hand wave away them looking so much older in the past. Maybe the series ends with them all getting extensive plastic surgery.

I wish that was the tagline for this final season of How I Met Your Mother.

Recently I saw a long trailer for Million Dollar Arm that gave away the entire film and killed any curiosity I had that might have gotten me to the theater.

It was an answer to the question, what would Sherlock be like if it were a sitcom instead of a drama? It was entertaining and watchable, a lot of amusing character moments. The mystery was a big ball of nothing once it was played out but the show seems to have moved on from being about mysteries so that wasn't a…

Faxon and Gethard need to go on a comedy tour. Their names alone would promise a funny night.

This guy probably has a lot of nostalgia jokes about the 00's that he's ready to unleash.

Garrett's busy working in close proximity to the best boobs on tv. He's not going anywhere.

I could see this becoming like the Downfall/Hitler meme with a neverending stream of versions.

Now this I'd go see.

At first I was wondering why you were referencing a Kevin Bacon movie.