How I Met Your Mother - Part 4

[epc11223]

guys you should really watch the movie, definitely maybe, with Ryan Reynolds. Don't laugh, but the execution in the movie about how a child's parents meet is much better than the finale of this show. This show really does remind me of smallville. While I loved smallville, i was extremely frustrated with the series finale. I wasn't so upset that it took six years for Ted to go back to Robin, I was more unhappy that the kids were just so happy about it. Like much of you, I was pretty disappointed in general that they made it seem like Robin was the love of his life. Haven't watched the episode again yet, but I don't think it's going to change my opinion.

 

[Erzengel]

After Ted decided to stop being friends with benefits with Robin because he knew Barney liked her. That should have been the end of it.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Yeah but Scarlett also had a better fit in Rhett than he did for Ashley.

That's why you kinda rooted for Tracy because she was such a better fit for Ted, almost too perfect because that's not what usually happens in life.

Tracy was almost credited in a label, she was so perfect. But the actress made it so genuine, you believed in it and rooted for.

With Scarlett, Ashley and Rhett. Having not read the book, I always too kit that Ashley desired Scarlett, Scarlett fell in love with the idea of Ashley, and then actually fell in love with Rhett. Rhett was what she always needed.

It felt forced especially since it took her that long. I remember when they forced the whole Ted and Robin thing in Season 7 and that bothered me. But maybe that was the point, to always keep Robin in the background. Season 9 would have been fine if they just put Ted with Tracy, the End. But the fact that tried to shake things up with the last 2 episodes just screwed everything up.

I don't feel the problem is Robin here, but how they went about it. Again I think how they framed and delivered the story hurt them in the end. As did the need to separate Robin from Ted in such a way, that it would feel like cheating that she came back. They wanted to stick to the strict idea of not meeting the Mother until the very end, thus leaving little to no room for the realization of relationship, its tragic end and then finally the coda.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

guys you should really watch the movie, definitely maybe, with Ryan Reynolds. Don't laugh, but the execution in the movie about how a child's parents meet is much better than the finale of this show. This show really does remind me of smallville. While I loved smallville, i was extremely frustrated with the series finale. I wasn't so upset that it took six years for Ted to go back to Robin, I was more unhappy that the kids were just so happy about it. Like much of you, I was pretty disappointed in general that they made it seem like Robin was the love of his life. Haven't watched the episode again yet, but I don't think it's going to change my opinion.

"Definitely, Maybe" is a cute film.

After Ted decided to stop being friends with benefits with Robin because he knew Barney liked her. That should have been the end of it.

Barney liking her should have never effected anything imo. It is Barney. Him "loving" Robin enough didn't ring true to me.

 

[RetroNaz]

I suspect the show runners thought they had to be "clever" after all this time.

Honestly, the show could have simply ended when Ted told the kids that that was how he met their mother. NOT have her die, and end on an upbeat and well earned conclusion.

 

[Fizicks]

Ted growing up and finally letting Robin go, then meeting the woman of his dreams, NOPE. He strings her along for five years, then she dies and we never get to see him really greave, and then he goes back to the women whom he was pining over in the pilot episode.

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.

The Mother was basically a plot device for "How I always wanted to be with your Aunt Robin."

This was the reason I hated the finale.

Talk about undermining the Mother, big time.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

The structure of the show was always going to do that imo. Which is why they needed to break it.

 

[Fizicks]

To me the show ended with Ted and Barney doing that high five and then from there Ted at the train station meeting the mother. IMO the rest didn't happen.

We need someone to do an edit of the finale.

[YT]watch?v=0caCEG1nH3E[/YT]

Much better.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

I suspect the show runners thought they had to be "clever" after all this time.

Honestly, the show could have simply ended when Ted told the kids that that was how he met their mother. NOT have her die, and end on an upbeat and well earned conclusion.

The show was never about him meeting their mother. That is the entire point. It is why the show started with Robin. Tracy dying or being dead was foreshadowed awhile back.

 

[SpideyFan866]

If they had only brought up again The Mother's revelation that it was okay to love again after your "The One" dies, and had her tell that to Ted, this would have been okay.

And as far as him telling the story, had they had him reflect on all of it (including all of his moments Robin, the Mother, the promise he made to Robin, and what they should've had the mother say to him)........... then him going after Robin would've felt natural. Hell, even the kids rooting for him to go after him would've felt more natural.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

One thing is for sure, they probably killed the potential viewership of the spin off. Which sucks, because Greta Gerwig is the lead.

If they had only brought up again The Mother's revelation that it was okay to love again after your "The One" dies, and had her tell that to Ted, this would have been okay.

And as far as him telling the story, had they had him reflect on all of it (including what they should've had the mother say to him), then him going after Robin would've felt natural.

None of that would have ever felt nature. Not the way it played out imo.

 

[Harry Dresden]

The show was never about him meeting their mother. That is the entire point. It is why the show started with Robin. Tracy dying or being dead was foreshadowed awhile back.

Yes it was.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

Yes it was.

Then it would have started on that weekend and actually contained her for more then five minutes.

 

[Teelie]

A show called How I Met Your Mother not about meeting the mother? Should have been named something else because How I Met Your Aunt Robin would probably be too much of a give away.

 

[LostSon88]

As a previous poster mentioned, "How I Really Wanted to be with your Aunt Robin" is a pretty apt title for this series now.

 

[DarthSkywalker]

A show called How I Met Your Mother not about meeting the mother? Should have been named something else because How I Met Your Aunt Robin would probably be too much of a give away.

Ted thinks he is telling the story of how he met their mother. But it is actually him dealing after the lost of his "one", Moving on. His kids are aware of this. That is why they went along with it.

 

[Superman Earth1]

[YT]watch?v=0caCEG1nH3E[/YT]

Much better.

 

[Dark Raven]

[YT]watch?v=0caCEG1nH3E[/YT]

Much better.

That is definitely much better. I would've been happy if they ended like that, even if they broke Robin and Barney up and the rest of the episode wasn't that great before that meeting moment.

I just started this series on netflix. I liked the twist with Robin at the beginning. It's kind of a shame they went back on that , but I can see why. I don't mind the spoilers. However one thing that gets me is it becoming ok to move onto someone's sister. Normally it would be frowned upon. Unless the brother or sister dies , then it's game on apparently.

There are no sisters involved. "Aunt" Robin isn't really Penny and Luke's aunt. She's just affectionately called that. She isn't the sister of Tracey. Robin's sister is played by Lucy Hale.

One thing is for sure, they probably killed the potential viewership of the spin off. Which sucks, because Greta Gerwig is the lead.


None of that would have ever felt nature. Not the way it played out imo.

Not only killed viewership for the spin-off, but also for reruns of this show.

I don't see this show will really go down in history as one of the really great sitcoms. It had the potential to before the finale, but they ruined it with the way it ended. It will always be a black mark over the show and will affect the way everyone views the entire series from now on, as they'll have this intepretation of events. Much of it will seem completely pointless now, particularly the 9th season and the critically acclaimed 200th episode featuring Cristin Milioti in the main role.

And to think how well received and critically acclaimed that episode "How your Mother met me" was, and now we have this. I really thought it would go out on a high. But really, are there honestly any fans of the series who actually followed it through to the end (and didn't simply skip out on most of the series to only watch the finale) who truly loved and enjoyed this last episode?

People might say "well, I understand why this was done" etc, but can anyone honestly say they thought this was brilliant on the level of the 200th episode and the perfect ending to the series that would mark it as one of the greats?

At least Friends ultimately remains a more watchable series because it didn't pull a stunt like this, even though, for the most part, I enjoyed HIMYM more.

 

[Superman Earth1]

As a previous poster mentioned, "How I Really Wanted to be with your Aunt Robin" is a pretty apt title for this series now.

For the most part.

 

[SpideyVille]

That alternative ending really is much better, although even that alone still doesn't feel like it hit as high as the expectations were for this "great romance" since that's what the show really hyped up from the beginning.

And I don't think the finale overall was a failure. In terms of story, it makes perfect sense, but I think the big outrage is in the handling of it. The mother really doesn't seem as important anymore and its shame because she was supposed to be the most important woman in Ted's life, but now, in the 2030 present, it seems like she is more of an after thought to him, as though she were just another girl who thought him a lesson.

And I've always made the comparisons to Smallville, and honestly, I can't say which ending left me more disappointed. Both shows had a pre-determined "ending" that we knew to expect, but the Finales both fell short in terms of delivering what we always expected to see. We got a taste of it, but never the full thing.

 

[universeman]

Watching that ending I accept that ending much more Thank You!

 

[DarthSkywalker]

That alternative ending really is much better, although even that alone still doesn't feel like it hit as high as the expectations were for this "great romance" since that's what the show really hyped up from the beginning.

And I don't think the finale overall was a failure. In terms of story, it makes perfect sense, but I think the big outrage is in the handling of it. The mother really doesn't seem as important anymore and its shame because she was supposed to be the most important woman in Ted's life, but now, in the 2030 present, it seems like she is more of an after thought to him, as though she were just another girl who thought him a lesson.

And I've always made the comparisons to Smallville, and honestly, I can't say which ending left me more disappointed. Both shows had a pre-determined "ending" that we knew to expect, but the Finales both fell short in terms of delivering what we always expected to see. We got a taste of it, but never the full thing.

She is the mother of his children. Pretty sure she was the most important woman in his life other then his daughter.

Not only killed viewership for the spin-off, but also for reruns of this show.

I don't see this show will really go down in history as one of the really great sitcoms. It had the potential to before the finale, but they ruined it with the way it ended. It will always be a black mark over the show and will affect the way everyone views the entire series from now on, as they'll have this intepretation of events. Much of it will seem completely pointless now, particularly the 9th season and the critically acclaimed 200th episode featuring Cristin Milioti in the main role.

And to think how well received and critically acclaimed that episode "How your Mother met me" was, and now we have this. I really thought it would go out on a high. But really, are there honestly any fans of the series who actually followed it through to the end (and didn't simply skip out on most of the series to only watch the finale) who truly loved and enjoyed this last episode?

People might say "well, I understand why this was done" etc, but can anyone honestly say they thought this was brilliant on the level of the 200th episode and the perfect ending to the series that would mark it as one of the greats?

At least Friends ultimately remains a more watchable series because it didn't pull a stunt like this, even though, for the most part, I enjoyed HIMYM more.

As I said I watched the first two and half seasons as they aired, and almost everything else in syndication and on Netflix. I love the final moment. I think it is adorable. But I hate how it got there. Amateur execution to say the best.

 

[souvlaki]

I just started this series on netflix. I liked the twist with Robin at the beginning. It's kind of a shame they went back on that , but I can see why. I don't mind the spoilers. However one thing that gets me is it becoming ok to move onto someone's sister. Normally it would be frowned upon. Unless the brother or sister dies , then it's game on apparently.

She isn't literally their aunt.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Like Dark Raven said, it's really rare for a finale to pretty much ruin the entire series. Rewatching episodes is going to be really hard.

 

[Dark Raven]

Like Dark Raven said, it's really rare for a finale to pretty much ruin the entire series. Rewatching episodes is going to be really hard.

As bad as Smallville's finale was, it didn't completely invalidate the entire series. It just cheaped out on a lot of things (having a CGI Superman from a distance, or filming Welling only from the neck upwards). It was more a case of it simply not living up to its hype, and not that it made everything pointless that went before and changed the premise of the show so you felt cheated.

HIMYM is always going to leave a bitter aftertaste or you'll feel its sting when watching any scenes again because you'll reinterpret it through a new lens.