This show in my opinion leaves friends trailing behind. i know a lot of people will disagree but i feel how i met your mother has taken the best thing about friends, the ability to make you laugh and cry in the same episode, and just beat them at it. the cast is a delight to watch and the writers really drag you into the story. Neil Patrick Harris is brilliant, dynamic and incredibly funny, but he does not shadow the rest of the group, that is what i love about this show, there is not a weak link. Yeah i know, im a HIMYM geek XD