How I Met Your Mother - Part 4

[DarthSkywalker]

What's with the hatred for Robin? It's not like she killed Tracy herself.

Are you sure she didn't? Bus lady seemed pretty evil to me.

 

[Matt]

Could be a post-death scene. Talking about the loss of Tracy. Dealing. Or perhaps Robin realizing what she missed.

Ted does not look happy with Robin and his hair is greying at that point. I wonder if Robin missed Tracy's funeral and Ted is confronting her?

 

[Sawyer]

What's with the hatred for Robin? It's not like she killed Tracy herself.

OR DID SHE?!?

 

[Prison Mike]

I will say this...I was looking forward to Josh Radnor morphing into Bob Saget. I wanted to see Saget damnit!

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Ted does not look happy with Robin and his hair is greying at that point. I wonder if Robin missed Tracy's funeral and Ted is confronting her?

Oh, I like that. Especially considering the look on their faces. The hair is telling.

 

[Nathan]

What's with the hatred for Robin? It's not like she killed Tracy herself.

No, but she got in the way of many relationships during the course of the show, and ultimately Tracy got treated like an afterthought in the finale, just to give us more Robin and Ted. Getting killed in a montage, with no room to breath, and the kids pretty much handing him condoms, as someone put it so well.

This was probably fantastic for all Ted/Robin shippers. But as someone who got tired of her a number of seasons ago, this Finale was just agonizing to sit through.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I will say this...I was looking forward to Josh Radnor morphing into Bob Saget. I wanted to see Saget damnit!

All things considered, it made no sense that Saget was a part of the show. Ted sounded young in the end anyways.

 

[Prison Mike]

So has there been interviews with the cast and crew post series finale? Are they in silent mode for the next week to let people calm down and put their pitch forks away?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

No, but she got in the way of many relationships during the course of the show, and ultimately Tracy got treated like an afterthought in the finale, just to give us more Robin and Ted. Getting killed in a montage, with no room to breath, and the kids pretty much handing him condoms, as someone put it so well.

This was probably fantastic for all Ted/Robin shippers. But as someone who got tired of her a number of seasons ago, this Finale was just agonizing to sit through.

And how any of this the characters fault?

 

[Sawyer]

So has there been interviews with the cast and crew post series finale? Are they in silent mode for the next week to let people calm down and put their pitch forks away?

Probably the latter.

 

[Orb]

So has there been interviews with the cast and crew post series finale? Are they in silent mode for the next week to let people calm down and put their pitch forks away?

You can read Josh Radnor's thoughts here in this interview: http://www.vulture.com/2014/04/interview-josh-radnor-how-i-met-your-mother-finale.html

 

[TheLastBlade]

Mpfh.... I didn't like the finale.... Did we REALLY need that Robin romance? Did we have to shoe horn Tracy in the last episode after much teasing? Was is really necessary to have several seasons just for this?

 

[DarthSkywalker]

So has there been interviews with the cast and crew post series finale? Are they in silent mode for the next week to let people calm down and put their pitch forks away?

Cobie was on Letterman last night, but I haven't seen it.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

OR DID SHE?!?

I can just see the other spin-off "How I Killed the Mother."

 

[Matt]

Oh, I like that. Especially considering the look on their faces. The hair is telling.

Although, it doesn't really fit what we know about Robin. She seems to have been there for Ted following Tracy's death. I mean, this is what we know about Ted and Robin's lives post-Tracy:

- Robin dresses up in elaborate Halloween costumes each year

- Robin became a mother figure to the kids (established by the season 3 episode Little Boys)

It's not much to go on, but we do know that Robin plays a role in the kids' lives. So my guess is that picture is Ted confronting Robin following Tracy's death. Whether it is because of her lack of presence in his life in general or due to the fact that she missed the funeral, I dunno) and this results in Robin stepping up and renewing her friendship with Ted following Tracy's passing.

 

[Nathan]

And how any of this the characters fault?

Sure, it's all on the writers. But I still have to watch the character do as the writers command. And eventually I just don't want to see it anymore.

 

[Webfoot Hero]

Cobie was on Letterman last night, but I haven't seen it.

She spent a majority of the interview talking about her career path up to HIMYM and then what it was like to work on one show for so long. Main thing I got from her talking about the finale was the show ended in a good place that was true to their original goal.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Although, it doesn't really fit what we know about Robin. She seems to have been there for Ted following Tracy's death. I mean, this is what we know about Ted and Robin's lives post-Tracy:

- Robin dresses up in elaborate Halloween costumes each year

- Robin became a mother figure to the kids (established by the season 3 episode Little Boys)

It's not much to go on, but we do know that Robin plays a role in the kids' lives. So my guess is that picture is Ted confronting Robin following Tracy's death. Whether it is because of her lack of presence in his life in general or due to the fact that she missed the funeral, I dunno) and this results in Robin stepping up and renewing her friendship with Ted following Tracy's passing.

I think that is exactly what happened. Robin started devoting herself to making amends after not being there for Ted in his time of need.

I could see the scene playing out where Robin either admits why she stayed away or dances around it, Ted not being okay with it. Vast amounts of apologies ensure, and she earns that trust back over the years.

 

[Superman Earth1]

How I feel about this show.

http://youtu.be/NZLURFJFkgg

 

[Sawyer]

I think the biggest sin of the finale, whether it was on the page or in the edit, is the general lack of reaction to Tracy's death we saw from Ted. They kind of glossed over the whole thing until Penny really made it official.

 

[Matt]

I think the biggest sin of the finale, whether it was on the page or in the edit, is the general lack of reaction to Tracy's death we saw from Ted. They kind of glossed over the whole thing until Penny really made it official.

Agreed.

 

[Superman Earth1]

I'm sorry it dosen't matter to me. After I saw where they were going I turned the tv off. I was pissed and still am. I can not watch HIMYM anymore. Nor do I think I want to talk about the show anymore.

 

[Matt]

I'm sorry it dosen't matter to me. After I saw where they were going I turned the tv off. I was pissed and still am. I can not watch HIMYM anymore. Nor do I think I want to talk about the show anymore.

And yet here you are, talking about the show. I'd wager a pretty penny that you indeed did watch the finale, that your turn off the TV story is a load of crap, because clearly its not a matter of you not wanting to talk about it anymore, it is a case of you wanting people to know that you don't want to talk about it anymore. But its okay to be that way, attention is nice.

 

[Sawyer]

Little melodramatic, but to each their own...

 

[Scarecrow_King]

It would've been so much better if #31 had been Robin, getting knocked up after a supposed one night stand with Barney that ultimately led them to get back together. It would've gone back to Robin's infertility thing and given those two a happy ending.

The entire episode, I thought they were leading up to revealing that Ted was telling the kids this story because he was FINALLY just about to marry the mother. That would've been fantastic for me. They kept going on about how they weren't married yet, so I expected that to be the "twist."