At one time HIMYM had the best comedy writing on television. It was witty and fresh and was able to weave humor in with emotion. We are currently so far from those days it's painful. Seasons 1,2 and 3 of HIMYM have to be embarrassed to be associated with the writing of season 7. "Karma" was filled with so much hack material it felt more like an episode of Will and Grace then HIMYM. A bunch of jokes dealing with confusion over a stripper named Destiny? Are you kidding me? Two and a Half Men would be embarrassed to use those jokes! Barney thinking he's dating a stripper when he's really just being played? First, I don't believe he's that stupid. Second, that joke has been done so many times it feels stale. The writer's of this show are better than this episode and should be ashamed that it saw the light of day.
That alone is enough to give the episode a loss and I didn't even get into the ending. Didn't we just do an episode about how Lily and Marshal moving out of the city meant the booth at MacClaren's was never the same? Now, four episodes later they are moving back? What the fuck?!?! Seems to me like the booth will be the same again. I use to feel like this show had a sense of direction, that they knew where the story was heading and that was one of the things that made it so great. Now they don't even know where they are going from episode to episode. Characters change, histories change, just to fit into that weeks episode. At least the show is giving me a reason to vent once a week.
4-12-2.
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