It's hard to believe that this is the show that did "The Time Travelers" less than a year ago. Aside from the last 3 minutes of the premiere (when Ted and the mother sit at the table together), there has been zero emotional resonance this season. Instead we get "Marshall struggles to tell Lily about the judgeship" and…

The Barney/Robin stuff is awful. They do things without telling each other and subsequently worry about the viability of their future marriage, but then realize that that's what they really want after all? Um, what? They broke up the first time (years ago) because they domesticated each other, which they hated. Barney…