I don’t know what it is, but I am not enjoying How I Met Your Mother as much as I used to. Oh wait — I know exactly why I am not enjoying it.

It has become annoying and tired.

The show that was once humorous, full of wit and “sparkle” has become a sitcom where the lovable characters are now in an endless hamster wheel of unfunniness — especially Ted (but I’ll get to that later).

At TCA, the creators said they have no definite end for the show. This means that we can be stuck with listening to this droning story about how Ted met this mother that has become a buried plot line.

As I watched last night’s 150th episode titled “46 minutes”, I actually fell asleep. Not because I was sleepy, but because I was bored beyond legen — wait for it — dary proportions. From what I did manage to watch, I found out that they reintroduced Lily’s stripper doppleganger, Barney tried to be “in charge” of the group, and Lily and Marshall continued to adapt to suburban life.

I adore the HIMYM characters. Actually, I ADORED them. Now, they have become guests on my TV that have overstayed their welcome. Their growth as people has just made me roll my eyes in impatience and therefore given me a reason to stop caring. For the most part, they have plateaued. Things around them are changing, but they seem to be just sitting there. Like furniture that can talk. Here’s how each of them downgraded since season one.

Ted

  • THEN: A wide-eyed, romantic optimist. A thirtysomething that I could relate to.
  • NOW: A whiny little, needy bitch. He has become THAT friend who calls and complains about how pathetic their life is.

    • Barney

  • THEN: A clever and crude, womanizing buddy who still managed to maintain an element of charm. He coined catchy phrases, made demeaning jokes at the expense of others but was easily the target of ridicule that grounded his vanity.
  • NOW: A douchebag that recycles old jokes and expects you to laugh at them.

    • Marshall & Lily

  • THEN: Everyone wanted a relationship like Marshall & Lily. They were the perfect balance of fun, perverseness, tolerance, and romance.
  • NOW: They got married. They moved to the suburbs. She’s pregnant. The nicknames “Marshmallow” and “Lily pad” weren’t that cute in the beginning, but I went with it. Now it’s nauseating.

    • Robin

  • THEN: The rookie of the group. She was ambitious, Canadian, very dorky, kind of butch, and hot.
  • NOW: Robin is the only character I can tolerate. Her “journey” through the series has proved to be the most engaging. Plus, she was Robin Sparkles. If everyone on the show were ’80s pop stars in their teens, then I would tolerate them too.

    • It would have been fine if Ted revealed the mother last season, marking the end of the series. I would have been fine if this season would be the finale — but no. We still have to sit through the bitchassness malarkey that is Ted Mosby. The only thing that could reinvigorate my love for HIMYM? More R. Sparks.

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