How I Met Your Mother: Season 6

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How I Met Your Mother

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CBS | Season Premiere Date: September 20, 2010

Starring: Alyson Hannigan, Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Segel

Summary: How I Met Your Mother is a comedy about Ted (Josh Radnor) and how he fell in love. It all starts when Ted's best friend, Marshall (Jason Segel), drops the bombshell that he's going to propose to his long-time girlfriend, Lily (Alyson Hannigan), a kindergarten teacher. At that moment, Ted realizes that he had better get a move on if he tooHow I Met Your Mother is a comedy about Ted (Josh Radnor) and how he fell in love. It all starts when Ted's best friend, Marshall (Jason Segel), drops the bombshell that he's going to propose to his long-time girlfriend, Lily (Alyson Hannigan), a kindergarten teacher. At that moment, Ted realizes that he had better get a move on if he too hopes to find true love. Helping him in his quest is Barney (Neil Patrick Harris), a friend with endless, sometimes outrageous opinions, a penchant for suits and a foolproof way to meet women. When Ted meets Robin (Cobie Smulders), he's sure it's love at first sight, but destiny may have something else in store. The series is narrated through flashbacks from the future.

Original air time: Monday 8:00 PM EST… Expand

Creator: Craig Thomas and Carter Bays

Genre(s): Comedy, Drama

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Season 6 Episodes

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S6:E24. Challenge Accepted
Air Date: May 16, 2011
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S6:E23. Landmarks
Air Date: May 9, 2011
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S6:E22. The Perfect Cocktail
Air Date: May 2, 2011

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AMC13

Sep 15, 2011

I never knew about this show until very recently and I accidentally watched an episode and after that I was hooked, since then i have watched every single episode ever made of the TV Show and it is absolutely amazing

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AmazingWatch

Jun 9, 2011

This is an amazing series! I love it an I am totally hooked on it! I am one of the thousands upon thousands of people that really want to know who is the mother and how we meet her! I love it, it is funny, and has a lot of suspense!

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anshiman

Jul 2, 2012

Being a long-term, big-time HIMYM fan, I can honestly say that Season 7 was quite mediocre. The season had its amazing episodes which retained the charm exerted in previous seasons, but there were too many episodes with boring script and dialogue, too less of the central gang 'hanging out'Being a long-term, big-time HIMYM fan, I can honestly say that Season 7 was quite mediocre. The season had its amazing episodes which retained the charm exerted in previous seasons, but there were too many episodes with boring script and dialogue, too less of the central gang 'hanging out' at the signature McLarens Bar, the painful and gradual downfall of Marshall as an exciting character and SO much more. The lowest point in the series was definitely "The Burning Beekeeper" - featuring terrible, unfunny script, lack of the HIMYM charm and the annoying characters of Marshall's boss and Lily's father appearing more and more. "46 Minutes" was disastrous as well when the writers tried to move us by showing the evolution of the group, but only annoyed people that they were going to see less of McLarens Bar. Also, the creators tried to take a break from Ted, which I think is the main reason why everything fell apart in this season. It went from Ted to Barney to Robin to Barney again and then Lily and Marshall, giving the show's first few episodes amazing depth to the script, while some episodes were fillers and extremely annoying to watch. The most disappointing, however, was the finale. Not only did it lack the drama that was present in previous finales, it also lacked the core group's chemistry and showed Marshall as a plain lame character who apparently doesn't have a sense of humour. Lily used to be amazing - her sluttiness, loyalty, kindness and pure fun was all loved. These features of her came on-and-off the show in this season - and especially shows how the writers are kind of forcing the characters to grow up. For example, her biggest sexual moment in that season was when she 'sleep cheated' on Marshall. Now that, I find, is pathetic. So, I prove my point that Lily and Marshall have become boring, dull and lame characters.
Now onto Barney. For many years, Barney has been the point-blanc source of comedy from the show, with his memorable quotes, strong personality and pure hilarity. He has also faded away - he has 'matured' into someone better, but this new Barney is simply not funny. His jokes are less funny and it really is awkward when he acts like the stereotypical adult. The writers might as well remove his signature suit - they've already removed his womanising skill! Also, throughout the season, Robin as a character faltered - she was either depressed, cut-down or split from the gang (from Ted Mosby at least).
So as you can see, in this season the characters all went downhill, BIG time. All because they tried to focus on different characters instead of only Ted, forced the characters to mature, attempted to force a touching 'evolution' of the group, removed the hilarity of Robin's pathetic career and removed Barney's womanising traits. There were many things that went wrong in this season.
Though there weren't only bad things about the season. When Robin found out that she couldn't have babies, the series hit a new high-note in terms of emotional depth, beating Marshall's dad's death in the previous season. This led the surrounding episodes to be depressing as well, burning out any elements of comedy - there were some consequences to this happening. Also, the season premiere was fantastic, as well as "Trilogy Time", "Karma", "The Drunk Train" and "Ducky Tie" bringing back the hilarity and charm of HIMYM. Overall, I hope that the writers focus on Ted and in general improve the comedy and laughs produced, while maintaining the emotional depth that HIMYM is capable of as well as letting characters grow naturally instead of awkwardly maturing into lame characters. And with that, I pray that Season 8 of HIMYM is a jaw-dropping season that stuns fans and brings back the same feeling you get with classic HIMYM episodes!
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alexwrands

May 31, 2011

This series overall isn't the best. However, it contains possibly the best twist and turns I've ever seen in a sitcom, and in episodes "Bad News" and "Last Words", the writers manage to intertwine comedy with serious, almost sad television. There is also a fantastic twist in the seriesThis series overall isn't the best. However, it contains possibly the best twist and turns I've ever seen in a sitcom, and in episodes "Bad News" and "Last Words", the writers manage to intertwine comedy with serious, almost sad television. There is also a fantastic twist in the series finale, which leaves you hanging and waiting for the next season.… Expand

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eagleeyeviking

Jun 22, 2017

Intertwining the humour that makes this show works with some seriousness of the realities of life, Season 6 of How I Met Your Mother surprisingly improves upon the last one, proving that the show still has some life left in its tank.

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SJ-ULTI-Reiews

Nov 27, 2013

HIMYM Season 6 was another great season. Some of my favorite episodes are Cleaning House, Unfinished, Subway Wars, Architect of Destruction, Natural History, Glitter, Blitzgiving, The Memaid Theory, Bad News, Last Words, Oh Honey, Legendaddy, The Exploding Meatball Sub, The PerfectHIMYM Season 6 was another great season. Some of my favorite episodes are Cleaning House, Unfinished, Subway Wars, Architect of Destruction, Natural History, Glitter, Blitzgiving, The Memaid Theory, Bad News, Last Words, Oh Honey, Legendaddy, The Exploding Meatball Sub, The Perfect Landmarks, and Challenge Accepted. Overall Score= 88/100… Expand

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Sixstring

Feb 17, 2011

This show sucks big time if you haven't noticed CBS shoves it in your face every chance they get and always puts it before their better shows which everyone honestly thinks are better at least anyone who's not a poof and has a decent sense of humor.But commercial reviewers won't say thatThis show sucks big time if you haven't noticed CBS shoves it in your face every chance they get and always puts it before their better shows which everyone honestly thinks are better at least anyone who's not a poof and has a decent sense of humor.But commercial reviewers won't say that because it's entire purpose is to promote comedy disguised dramatic crap and push the gay agenda by making you feel associated with it they try to hide it because they know it's wrong not because of any religous reasons because gay people love that arguement just because biologically your not supposed to poke some other dude in the bung hole simple and gay people like neil patrick harris don't like the stigma of just being disturbed in the brain.Crazy people do weird gay-ish stuff all the time.neil says he did a great job pretending his character wasn't gay.I could tell he was a fairy the first first time I saw/heard him.That flamer could have set off the smoke alarms.… Expand

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Series Overview
Season 9

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- Season 9 Overview
  Air Date: September 23, 2013
Season 8

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- Season 8 Overview
  Air Date: September 24, 2012
Season 7

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- Season 7 Overview
  Air Date: September 19, 2011
Season 6

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- Season 6 Overview
  Air Date: September 20, 2010
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  S6:E24. Challenge Accepted
  Air Date: May 16, 2011
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  S6:E23. Landmarks
  Air Date: May 9, 2011
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  S6:E22. The Perfect Cocktail
  Air Date: May 2, 2011
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  S6:E21. Hopeless
  Air Date: April 18, 2011
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  S6:E20. The Exploding Meatball Sub
  Air Date: April 11, 2011
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  S6:E19. Legendaddy
  Air Date: March 21, 2011
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  S6:E18. A Change Of Heart
  Air Date: February 28, 2011
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  S6:E17. Garbage Island
  Air Date: February 21, 2011
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  S6:E16. Desperation Day
  Air Date: February 14, 2011
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  S6:E15. Oh Honey
  Air Date: February 7, 2011
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  S6:E14. Last Words
  Air Date: January 17, 2011
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  S6:E13. Bad News
  Air Date: January 3, 2011
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  S6:E12. False Positive
  Air Date: December 13, 2010
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  S6:E11. The Mermaid Theory
  Air Date: December 6, 2010
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  S6:E10. Blitzgiving
  Air Date: November 22, 2010
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  S6:E9. Glitter
  Air Date: November 15, 2010
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  S6:E8. Natural History
  Air Date: November 8, 2010
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  S6:E7. Canning Randy
  Air Date: November 1, 2010
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  S6:E6. Baby Talk
  Air Date: October 25, 2010
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  S6:E5. Architect of Destruction
  Air Date: October 18, 2010
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  S6:E4. Subway Wars
  Air Date: October 11, 2010
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  S6:E3. Unfinished
  Air Date: October 4, 2010
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  S6:E2. Cleaning House
  Air Date: September 27, 2010
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  S6:E1. Big Days
  Air Date: September 20, 2010
Season 5

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  Air Date: September 21, 2009
Season 4

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- Season 4 Overview
  Air Date: September 22, 2008
Season 3

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- Season 3 Overview
  Air Date: September 24, 2007
Season 2

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- Season 2 Overview
  Air Date: September 18, 2006
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: September 19, 2005