Damn right.

See, this. For your sanity, this has to stop. It doesn't matter who it is. It really doesn't. I know it seems like it does, but it doesn't. The only person that can say "Bestie and breezybubbles are perfect together" and it mean anything is Bestie. And he's not saying it.

This may be a bit harsh, but I think at heart your problem is that you want this guy so much that you aren't looking at things accurately. This situation is much less complex than you think.

I LOVE "Sincerely, Jane" as well.

FOXY DAVY.

This. Also, when Joel said they weren't getting back together it was in the context of Julia asking if they were moving on or getting back together. He knew full well she was asking if she could move on because she said so.

I do disagree with the idea that they owe us anything. That exchange has always struck me as far more whiny and entitled than that, however, because that's such a small piece of it. Bart first tells CBG that he has no right to complain simply because he didn't like the episode. Bart goes on to say that CBG probably…

I would very much like to know the answer to this, especially given the wedding ring stuff you pointed out. It was obviously important - it took up a pretty big chunk of the finale - but it was baffling. At first I thought it showed that he was still invested in big moments despite his character growth, but they had a…

Of course they don't owe us. We also don't owe them uncritical love of their work.

Fair play to you!

PBS runs "Downton Abbey" as a mere six-to-eight episodes and people fall all over it. British shows in general are actually pretty popular over here. "American Horror Story" does one discrete story a season, and it gets great ratings. "True Detective" is going to have the same schtick. People seem to handle the idea…

It's not entitlement to dislike the story they told. Liking the lead-in doesn't obligate you to like the completed work.

People are really overstating the kids' ages. Living with a 13-year-old will absolutely require you to do a fair chunk of parenting, regardless of how long Ted's been doing it alone. There will be times when Robin is the only one home with Luke. There will be times he asks her for permission and not Ted. There will be…

Question - How did you feel about the death of Marshall's dad and the multiple episodes devoted to Marshall's grief?

Yeah, this "It was always Ted and Robin" thing feels like some serious hindsight to me. I've been reading the comments here for years and basically no one was saying that until right now. The amount of Robin in the story didn't stand out more than anything else. The repetitive nature of their story stood out, but not…

"if Barney/Robin ended up together & Ted was happy with the mother, it still doesn't explain how so much of the story of how he met the MOTHER was focused on his relationship with Robin over the years. "

The kids ALSO believe that the initial story of meeting Robin, which bears no resemblance to meeting Tracy, is the story of meeting Tracy. So they can't be too familiar with it.

Ted's an unreliable narrator but I really feel like it has turned into "If it seems like bad or lazy writing, assume a wizard did it." I doubt he's so unreliable that he is actually lying about or does not remember what he and his friends do for work. Also, the show generally tells us that Ted is being unreliable…

For me it was irksome both because it drove home how aimless the show had become and because the show kept endlessly reminding us of the Journey to the Mother.

I don't think going out with Ed is a great move. Julia's acting out of hurt, not real interest, which isn't fair to Ed or her. Dating Ed will hurt Joel. This will make it look like she's been marking time until Joel ended things, or like she was actually having an affair. Had she asked me, I'd have said "Oh, honey,…