I love that show!
I do, too! Like I said, I saw an episode on a plane once (they were trying to find this perfect burger joint) and thought it pretty funny. But it seemed like I needed to find the beginning to follow the relationships.
Then I just dived in over the past month. Syndication helps to catch up quickly, though you have to follow 2 or 3 chronological storylines. (Since they’ll show 2 episodes in a row, but from different seasons.)
Just saw the one yesterday where Ted gets hammered and wakes up with a girl and a pineapple, neither of which he can remember.