tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post9081844944140902968..comments2024-03-28T10:18:00.370-05:00Comments on Gentlemen of Leisure: How I Met Your Mother 9x21: Gary BlaumanAustin Gortonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-75637725815321397762014-03-31T17:10:05.312-05:002014-03-31T17:10:05.312-05:00@Teebore: // so the stretches of time where Ted is...<br>@Teebore: <i>// so the stretches of time where Ted is in a serious relationship, you just don't flashforward to any time with the Mother //</i><br /><br />Plus which I'd like to think the conceit would've made better use of Ted overall. Barney's conquest / playbook / challenge approach to women, hooking up rather than dating, left him plenty of time for other facets of his character to be explored. It's a similar enough situation with Marshall and Lily, already coupled, and to a lesser extent Robin. Ted's core was always the search for the love of his life, though, which made the amount of time we spent with ladyfriends who weren't the Mother a bit (?) unseemly, even apart from the fact that he's telling some version of all this to his children. Had regular flashforwards to him with the Mother been a thing, we could've had less of the parade of not-Mothers. <br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-4498349087626676962014-03-26T09:32:30.728-05:002014-03-26T09:32:30.728-05:00@Blam: I will repeat that it would've been nic...@Blam: <i>I will repeat that it would've been nice to start these flashforwards involving the Mother earlier in the series' life, however, because I can see that working in doses both large and small, apart from the potential weirdness of juxtaposing such flashforwards and "present-day" Ted's dating.</i><br /><br />And honestly, while that weirdness would be a concern, it'd easy enough to sidestep. If they started flashing forward to time with the Mother earlier, there's nothing to say they'd have to do it every episode - so the stretches of time where Ted is in a serious relationship, you just don't flashforward to any time with the Mother, but during his dating downtime (which happened plenty) or an episode that doesn't involve his current girlfriend-du-jour, they could do stuff with the Mother in the future. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7266470995513648978.post-55501115455094738622014-03-21T06:45:47.161-05:002014-03-21T06:45:47.161-05:00I will break pattern and not gripe about the kids ...<br>I will break pattern and not gripe about the kids being told the story of Ted and the Mother's first date before the all-important moment of "met".<br />Rather, I'll praise the episode for providing some nice wraps and callbacks as the end approaches, even though like you I wasn't necessarily looking for them, because that <i>is</i> what this show does and usually does well. I will repeat that it would've been nice to start these flashforwards involving the Mother earlier in the series' life, however, because I can see that working in doses both large and small, apart from the potential weirdness of juxtaposing such flashforwards and "present-day" Ted's dating.<br /><br>Blamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07342343767763035991noreply@blogger.com