How I Met Your Mother: Drunk Train

     Uuuugggghhhhh!  I can't remember a show I was such a fan of suddenly misfiring so consistently as HIMYM.  They just can't seem make funny situations funny or emotional situations poignant anymore, both things that made the show so great at the start.  I'm pot committed at this point and I write these reviews because people want to read them, but I'm annoyed to the point of wanting to stop watching.  I've been placing all the blame on the writers, but I'm willing to take part of the blame.  Maybe I stopped finding this show entertaining because I have a very modern attention span.  Maybe it's because I just don't see what's so desirable about Robin that she becomes the subject of every male character's obsession.  Maybe it's because the characters have matured past my point of relate-ability.  All I know is that I couldn't imagine a worse direction to take the Ted character then to have him profess his love for Robin.  He's been a pretty hateful character for the last few seasons and this does nothing to help that.  I know I sound like a broken record, but HE NEEDS TO MEET THE MOM!  I'm done with all this other bullshit.  Every other character has grown from episode one, but Ted is exactly the same, I mean totally identical.  This episode just ended on the same beat as episode one.  I've been watching this show for seven seasons and Ted hasn't moved an inch.  Lilly and Marshal have gotten married and are starting to deal with impending parenthood.  Barney has found his real father, dealt with abandonment issues and is starting to throw away his womanizing ways and finding himself falling in love with women.  Ted... TED IS THE EXACT SAME!  Whatever hardships and trials w may have watched him deal with, he's still standing in front of Robin and telling her that he loves her.  Once again this episode had potential, the idea of a drunk train is funny, keeping score in a relationship is both funny and the potential snag they painted it as, but I didn't laugh out loud once and let out an audible groan when it ended.  4-10-2!