News Item: "How I Met Your Mother" creators admit last year was subpar, vow to do better
And I have some confidence they will, as its been the best sitcom on TV for three of the last four years. But the show was completely rudderless last season- there was no overarching story arc, and quite a few total clunker episodes. And while I'm not one to complain about "hey, why haven't we seen the mother yet?," the fact is the creators seem to have run out of good stories to tell, with the exception of the mother one.
Because in a show called "How I Met Your Mother," when it gets to be season 6 maybe it might be time for the mother to show up.