How I Met Your Mother - Part 4

[DarthSkywalker]

Sorry, last one, lol.

Another thing I didn't like was how gung-ho the kids were to have Ted ask out their Aunt Robin.

I mean, I get that its been 6 years since their mother passed away and that they want their dad to move on but their giddyness over the whole thing was a little over the top.

"Oh you're totally in love with Aunt Robin!"
"Oh she's amazing!"
"This whole story is about how much you're in love with Aunt Robin!"

I understand wanting your father to be happy and move on but jeez, how about we dial it down a notch? She was your mother.

Luke and Penny were practically throwing the condoms at Ted.

I just watched the finale, and I kind of got the feeling the kids love their aunt quite a lot. Considering the comment about her being over her dinner and their father's reaction there is a very good chance she was the closest thing they had to mother since their mother's passing.

 

[LostSon88]

I definitely got that. Their love for Aunt Robin couldn't be contained, lol. Just a shame we never got any sense of that passion regarding their mother.

Ever. In the whole series.

Like I said, its cool they love their Aunt and want their Dad just to be happy but seriously…dial it down a notch kids.

 

[souvlaki]

Yeah, the ending was filmed years ago.

BUT if the creators knew this was where they were gonna go then they could've done a better job at establishing Robin as the woman he ultimately ends up with the past few seasons as opposed to building up Tracy as such an amazing fit for Ted only to kill her off and have Ted go running back to Robin at the end.

It really does feel like they gave us the finger. Haha.

Again, its all about the execution. And I feel like they failed…miserably.

They kind of did establish Robin as the woman he was going to be with. As recently as a few weeks ago people were complaining in this very thread about the Ted and Robin storyline still coming up. They were obviously leading up to this ending. I agree the execution wasn't great though. Who would have thought a year ago that the downfall of the finale was how strong a character the mother ended up being. I was convinced that the biggest obstacle for them was making us care about the mom. They probably would have been better off introducing her in the last episode. At least then no one would have cared about her death being more or less a way to get Ted back with Robin.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

I just watched the finale, and I kind of got the feeling the kids love their aunt quite a lot. Considering the comment about her being over her dinner and their father's reaction there is a very good chance she was the closest thing they had to mother since their mother's passing.

I got that feeling as well and that they want Ted to find some happiness after Tracy died. Knowing what we know now, the series is basically about Ted rationalizing moving on while preserving the memory of a departed loved one, even if he didn't exactly spend a lot of time on Tracy.

 

[LostSon88]

Ted spent 9 years doing what Tracy did in a 5 minute convo with the sky.

I mean don't get me wrong, I like Robin but compared to Tracy? No contest.

 

[batnkevlar]

I loved Tracy. I am so distraught I can't think straight.

 

[LostSon88]

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And with that…goodnight.

Tracy FTW. t:

 

[Darkness Falls]

I got that feeling as well and that they want Ted to find some happiness after Tracy died. Knowing what we know now, the series is basically about Ted rationalizing moving on while preserving the memory of a departed loved one, even if he didn't exactly spend a lot of time on Tracy.

after having time to think about it yea i agree

 

[Lily Adler]

Team Tracy McConnell-Moseby!

 

[Darkness Falls]

i love that the mother's initials were the same as ted's, it made it sadder that she was brushed away to make way for robin/ted

 

[universeman]

Robin is good but Tracy is better if the show ended with Ted/Tracy talking under the yellow umbrella while it was raining and the camera started to pan out and next he says and that's HIMYM fade to black screen. The ending would have been better anyone agree?

 

[JP]

Well this was a steaming pile of garbage. This is a show that I loved because I've always been a huge believer in love. And Ted's sentimental love crazy romantic side is what I related to the most. This hour did nothing but constantly tell us that love is dead and doesn't exist.

I've heard horror stories about terrible series finale's and always felt lucky that all my personal favorite shows ended on great notes, until tonight.

Ugh.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

I don't see how this told us that love is dead. I think the show ended up saying that love is about finding the right person at the right time and that there is never always just one love in a lifetime. Ted and Robin didn't work out before he met Tracy because they wanted such different things (Ted wanted kids/marriage while Robin wanted to focus on work but no kids.) When he finally met Tracy, Ted had found someone who'd been looking for the same things as him and was ready for that next step, which they had for 11 years as a couple. With Ted thinking about seeking out Robin after being widowed, Ted and Robin were now possibly at a point in their lives that they could work out as a couple but Ted needed the reassurance from his kids that it was alright to move on. While I think the lead-up to the final outcome could have been executed better the past couple seasons, the ending hit on emotional notes that have been established from the many different paths that the characters have experienced over the years.

 

[JP]

The entire episode felt like it was about how miserable and unhappy most of them were since Barney and Robin's wedding.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

The entire episode felt like it was about how miserable and unhappy most of them were since Barney and Robin's wedding.

I never expected all their lives to end up as happily ever after since the show had already shown that life is never just a happy one; it's mixed with a full range of emotions and experiences that includes disappointment and sorrow.

 

[JP]

Just felt like a waste of time. Sorry we wasted a full season on a pointless wedding. Sorry we made the mother feel like such an important part of the show, she's actually a pointless blip in Ted's life who dies so Ted and Robin can be together, even though no one has been rooting for them to get together for at least 5 seasons.

 

[marvelrobbins]

From what i hear about the finale I am glad i gave up on this show.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The entire episode felt like it was about how miserable and unhappy most of them were since Barney and Robin's wedding.

This is true. It was all kinds of depressing. Kind of made me nervous watching it.

Just felt like a waste of time. Sorry we wasted a full season on a pointless wedding. Sorry we made the mother feel like such an important part of the show, she's actually a pointless blip in Ted's life who dies so Ted and Robin can be together, even though no one has been rooting for them to get together for at least 5 seasons.

Which was clearly the fault of the writers. Now I haven't seen all of the show. I watched the first 2 and half seasons, went away, and then caught the bulk of the show in syndication and Netflix. Personally always wanted Robin and Ted back together. But if that is the case, you need to set it up and make it feel natural and fulfilling for the majority of the audience. Not just sort of drop hints late in the game and make it the all important final scene.

I like the idea. The story was Ted's way of dealing with his feelings for Robin, while not being able to move on from Tracy. They just lost the story a while ago, and then tried to fix it in 45 mins.

 

[JP]

Which was clearly the fault of the writers. Now I haven't seen all of the show. I watched the first 2 and half seasons, went away, and then caught the bulk of the show in syndication and Netflix. Personally always wanted Robin and Ted back together. But if that is the case, you need to set it up and make it feel natural and fulfilling for the majority of the audience. Not just sort of drop hints late in the game and make it the all important final scene.

Bingo.


Gonna watch the FRIENDS finale to wash the taste out of my mouth.

 

[marvelrobbins]

I just watched the finale on comcast on demand.

It was intresting to know what Lyndsy Fonseca shot for finale back In season 1/2.

A show called How I met your mother and not ending with ted happy with
mother was bad idea no matter how you slice it.

I must be one of few who don't like Cobie Smolders because In watching show was never big on Robin.

Neil Patrick harris as barney was always one of best parts of show but they did a total reboot of character after divorce from Robin.

 

[BatMatt]

Stretching a weekend over 20+ episodes and then wrapping up 20 years in one episodes was horribly awkward pacing. The Mother was basically a plot device for "How I always wanted to be with your Aunt Robin." If the show had ended at the train station under the yellow umbrella it would have been a perfect ending. The kids were also WAY too enthusiastic about their dad moving on from their mom. Even after six years, and wanting your dad to be happy, I imagine most kids would be a little more reserved while encouraging their dad to date again, horrible direction.

 

[Dark Raven]

I just watched the finale on comcast on demand.

It was intresting to know what Lyndsy Fonseca shot for finale back In season 1/2.

A show called How I met your mother and not ending with ted happy with
mother was bad idea no matter how you slice it.

I must be one of few who don't like Cobie Smolders because In watching show was never big on Robin.

Neil Patrick harris as barney was always one of best parts of show but they did a total reboot of character after divorce from Robin.

I wasn't a fan of Robin either, but I adored Tracey. She was wonderful.

I don't see how Penny really deduced that Ted was in love with Robin all along and this was the whole point of the story. It was more about him letting go and realising she wasn't right for him, and finding his true love with the mother. Penny's interpretation seems a bit forced and more something that someone from the perspective of still being stuck in Season 2 would have (which is when that was filmed).

It seems the only people who really would've loved this ending would be those who stopped watching it many seasons ago and just tuned in for the finale to see what it was all about.

The whole ending is a bit like, in Smallville, having the creators kill off Lois in the last couple of minutes after all that was built up about her, only to suddenly stick Clark back with Lana, even though they established that she wasn't right for him and he had long since moved past her.

 

[Dude of Steel]

They should re-title this show to How I Met Your Step-Mother.

 

[universeman]

But they[BLACKOUT]didn't [/BLACKOUT] Clark and Lois is [BLACKOUT]together forever and they will Last Forever [/BLACKOUT] and would they really try to mess with Clark Kent and Lois Lane? Unlike Tracy and Ted they did

 

[Dwarf lord]

Whoever said that the show outgrew the ending... spot on. That's a perfect way to look at it.