How I Met Your Father

How I Met Your Father

Great friends. Meh decisions.

Created by Isaac Aptaker, Elizabeth Berger

On Hulu

2022–20232 seasons30 episodes6.4 / 10

A warm, character-driven sitcom about a friend group navigating romance and self-discovery in the 2020s, structured around a retrospective frame.

In the near future, Sophie tells her son the story of how she met his father: a story that catapults us back to the year 2021 where Sophie and her close-knit group of friends are in the midst of figuring out who they are, what they want out of life, and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options.

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