How I Met Your Mother (2005)

A love story in reverse.

A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.

Comedy roommates self-discovery group of friends sitcom searching for loveCBS

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Comic, warm, spare and effortless.

gravecomic
warmbleak
sparerichly built
effortlessdemanding
unpretentiousprestige

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