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Noooooooooo! I'm just visiting Germany and the season final is about to air on Wednesday and I'm about to have a panic attack! Seriously! The way they screwed us over is just terrible. Looking forward to the dvd release and the normal version done.
No, i still hate it! It was like watching a show and building these characters for nine years, and all the development and the essence of the show was completely destroyed in less than an hour!!! So frustrating and depressing..in my mind that finale never happened.
Yeah it is hard to vote in this poll because the default seems to be negative. I liked it. I thought it could have been executed better but I still appreciated the story of it.
HIMYM viewership is made of two categories of people: 1. Barney/Robin shippers. 2. Ted/ Robin shippers. Therefore, your feelings about the series finale depend on which category you fall into. Simple as that.
Yeah to be fair, there should be four options. 'No, I still dislike it', 'No, I like it better', 'Yes, I still like it', or 'No, I don't like it anymore'
No,I didn't like it. They destroyed the characters' development. Robin became again a person who only cared for her work like in season 1.Barney's moment with his daughter was pretty cute and one of the few moments I liked. I wanted to kill Ted when I saw him with the blue object( I don't know how it pronounces it in english)at the end of the episode.In the end,nothing changed and that's sad.
It's not a belief. It's the conclusion that I made reading hundreds of opinions regarding the series finale 3 months ago. Funny thing I noticed: in the end, it always came down to Robin/Ted vs Robin/Barney arguments, where Robin/Barney shippers (who were emotionally invested in this couple over the last few seasons) felt like they were betrayed. No wonder that all the raging and hating thing quickly ensued.
I think that it is true for some people, but not all. I think another reason many hated the finale was their misconception that the show was ever about the "mother" and then really liking the character once she was introduced.
Yep, agreed. To me it also made of sense of the 'unburdening' of Ted's story onto his children, why he felt it was so important to tell them so much, in so much detail, over the years.
I have to admit I stayed away from the chatter about the show after it finished, found it far too childish and hyperbolic to put up with pretty darn quickly if I'm honest. But seriously, did fans really think that the mother was going to be alive and well at the end of the show, I think it was obvious that she wasn't about any more from the very first episode wasn't it?
Ahh well, it does seem that (esp during the last 2 seasons) that it became a very ship heavy show. I very nearly gave up a few times but was glad I did make it to the end, I think that it was tied up successfully in the end after a few hiccups along the way. Like you said in a different comment here, in life we do sometimes make wrong choices or waver in what we want or need in life, and I think this show explored those things well in the long run.
I don't for one moment think that the end of the show was ever gonna be happy ever after for any of the characters, they were always going to carry on in their haphazard way with their relationships XD
Wrong! While I loved Barney/Robin and hated Ted/Robin during the last seasons, the reason I was so upset is and will always be "The Mother". They spent a year developping the best mother ever ("How your mother met me" was probably on my top 3 eps of HIMYM) and that was a hard thing to do, create the perfect person for Ted... we all saw the various reactions of the audiance regarding Stella, Zoe etc. but Tracy, she was loved by (I think) practically everyone.
We waited 9 years for her, we heard futur!Ted telling his kids over and over again that their mother was the best, was perfect, was the love of his live etc. but it turn out, she was just some girl who gave him children since Robin didn't want/can't have kids, some girl to be with while he never got over Robin, some girl to be with until she dies and he could be with the true love of his live.
It was not the final of "How I met your mother" it was the conclusion of "How I've always loved Robin, have you with your mother then due to some sad circonstances finally got back with Robin"
I'm exaggerating a little, I know but that's how the final made me feel.... I think I wouldn't even be upset if the final just stopped before he went to Robin's place. I was a litlle upset with Barney/Robin breaking up because they showed us in S9 that they were perfect for each other but I know those kind of things happens (+ I loved Barney and his baby girl). The the mother dying was really plausible no matter how sad it was. So really the only punch in the guts was making it like the mother didn't matter, only Robin did.....
It had nothing to do with "ships", it was about ruining the entire reason ofthe show
No, I have not changed my mind and I hated it still. I read the comments as it being mainly a shipper thing and I have to say that was never the case for me. I was invested in Ted's happiness. The man who gave the best 2 minute date, who threw himself at love and always saw the best in women, who followed his heart. He went through a lot of dark times over the years and I wanted him to be with someone who made him happy, who could be generous and kind like him and who was the best.....that was the mother. Robin was too selfish and toxic and just a horrible human being in the end. Ted deserved better, the fact the show did not know this was their downfall, they gave up on Ted and that is what is really disappointing. Oh well.
You mean How I Met Your Mother Who Bared Me Two Children Robin Couldn't Have Then Conveniently Died So I Could Still Get Together With My Dream Girl Robin. Yeah no I'm going to say I still hate the finale and have no desire to watch reruns of the show anymore and if I had owned any of the DVD's I would have sold them. What a terrible ending to what was a fun show for a long time.
Although I was a Barney/Robin person I hated HIMYM's finale for so many other reasons. 1) the trashing of the growth of the characters, especially Barney. Yes, you can make the case that when Barney's relationship with Robin flopped he reverted to the horndog, misogynist that he was, but within the show Barney had moved from that before work deciding he wanted Robin. He stable if unsuccessful relationships with both Norah and Quinn so Barney suddenly going back to his season one persona didn't fit. 2) All the women suddenly being reduced to their reproductive function. The Mother was important only because she gave Ted the kids he wanted and Robin didn't want and couldn't have. Lily had her brief year in Rome and settled down to pushing out kids, taking care of them and Marshall and supporting Marshall's career. If she did anything else, they never gave any indication of it. 3) The trashing of Robin's character. The second Ted gets married Robin suddenly becomes a bitter lonely woman who has no relationships and only has her work and eventually her dogs. Robin was self-confident, pretty, and smart. She had other relationships after Ted and wasn't embittered. The message that Robin was incapable of having a happy life without a man and incapable of having relationships because Ted had moved on was horrible. 4) They spent an entire season on a marriage that didn't last 20 minutes on screen. And the breakup wasn't in synch with who Robin and Barney were. Barney liked travel he was also capable of living on his own while Robin worked.. I could see them splitting up because of infidelity, or the fact that although Barney had grown he hadn't done it enough. But Barney was supportive of Robin's career throughout the series. For him to suddenly pull a Ted and be unable to cope with it was SO OOC. 4) The total devaluation of mothers. The mother of Barney's child was only designated #31. And The Mother, the supposed subject of Teds narration? Her kids didn't give a damn about her. She died when the oldest was 11 and the youngest was about nine. By the time Ted was telling his story their memories would be getting cloudy. It would be hard to remember her voice, or what perfume she wore. But did they want to know anything more about her? Heck NO! Why would they care about their own mother. She'd done her thing, given Ted children, then had the grace to go off and die leaving him free to pursue Robin. They weren't the least bit interested in the woman who was their mother. All they cared about was encouraging Ted to get laid by his old girlfriend.
The finale was so full of horrible messages, especially about what a woman's role is and how we measure then women are or are not important. The finale threw away character development and reduced women to things to make men happy. The worst part was that the show itself hadn't had that message until the finale. Not only did TPTB not nail the landing, they went down in an epic crash and burn that left no survivors, IMHO. I hate the ending and I pretty much always will. As others have said, for me, it was so bad I can't even watch reruns. I'm not going to get the DVD's to see how they try to "fix" it because I don't think anything can, baring the Mother waking up and having Ted tell her it was all a bad dream.
NO, the finale was crap, Ted and Robin don´t match together, they shouldn´t have killed the mother and they should have let Barney and Robin be happy, they had a lot of chemistry, and a whole season just to see Barney and Robin get married and 20 minutes later they are divorced, WTF?!?!
No, I still hate it!! The worse series finale out of all my favorite past TV shows.
This finale was completely rushed (and shoved too many flash forwards/scenes of the future), destroyed 9 seasons of wonderful character development in one episode and killed off the most important character in the series.
It was just a complete mess, like something that was filmed at the last minute and the script was written by amateurs.
I agree with Elen (who made a comment below). The finale should have ended with Ted meeting Tracy at the train station or with Tracy's death/funeral.
Thanks to God I've never been interested in watching the show. I saw a few episodes and that was it. This finale .... ouuuuggghhhh :( I feel sorry for many of you.
No. It is still the worst series finale I've ever had the misfortune of watching. Although it has spread because now I can't even bring myself to watch reruns without a bad taste in my mouth.
I respect that people have different opinions, but it still interesting to me that there is such a huge gap in those opinions.
You think it perfectly encapsulated the 9 seasons of the show, while I thought it ruined 5 seasons of character development to stick with an ending that no longer worked for their show. If that was the finale and the show ended in the 3rd season, it would've been more appropriate, but with where the show and the characters were at, it was the worst possible thing (in my mind) that could've happened.
I'm glad you enjoyed it so much, I don't want to take that away from you. It just sucks for me because watching reruns of the show (if I even do) leaves me with a sour taste in my mouth.
Yes, this is basically the jist of the finale thanks for explaining this cause it really really needed to be talked about more. The women got the short end of the stick, they didn't care at all about what the woman wants or should have in their lives. And, Idid like Barney's baby story but only for a minute I just plain hate it now cause they not only trashed the women they made Barney out to be a fool who wasn't good enough for anyone so they gave him a baby so someone could love him like nobody else would. Please, give me a break.
No I still hate it, yes I've come to a conclusion that I just don't care anymore. There wasn't anything memorable to it, the only thing I truly did like was the umbrella scene at the train station. Everything else was a waste of time especially with the way the season was made out to be. Every single season, episode was something either special, sweet, bitter sweet, sad or very funny this just left me feeling sick. Literally I was painfully think and feeling sick to my stomach after this aired.
Now, I'm good but I just want all the memories of this horror show episode ender to go away. All I wanted was a happy at least decent finale that wasn't what I got or hoped for.
Ditto, can't watch reruns and use to love them. Knowing how it all turns out just kills the fun of the old eps. Makes them feel pointless. Glad they didn't go ahead with the Dad spin-off.
Very sad that so many are still so scarred from the finale. I understand the pain of enjoying something and having it ruined. Although I can;t think of a show like that for me personally. Even with a finale that leaves me wanting, everything that made me like that given series on first watching is still there after the finale I disliked.. It has not changed so I still can enjoy it ...
A lot of people share the sentiment that the ending could have worked after Season 3 or maybe even Season 5, but not after the last two seasons. I think it only worked because of the last seasons. Their journeys led them to being able to accept life and happiness in whatever form comes, even if is something unexpected...
The show was never about the mother (as even the title denotes) or the expected happy ending. It was about the journey to the unexpected ending that leaves you as happy or even more happy than you ever expected to be.
When you promise something to the fans like how i met your mother you expect to see the mother more that just a couple of episodes in the end season. And to end it like this to me is stupid. No my opinion has not changed since the series ended. If they wanted to end like this why did they name it the way they did? So final answer NO.
Lily and Marshall came out relatively unscathed, especially Marshall. I had some issues with the fact that Lily was portrayed as totally giving up her career after she went to Rome and simply had children and took care of Marshall. The show was deeply critical of Lily for daring to follow her dreams before marrying Marshall, but at least they let us know she had dreams, that included using her art background to establish a career for herself. Having her seemingly give it all up was part of the message that I hated in the finale. The message was that women need to give up ideas of a career and should settle down and get married or at least devote themselves to a man to be happy. The Mother ends up living Ted's dreams. We are told Robin is miserable because she didn't hop to it and marry Ted on his timetable. Lily finally gives up her foolish idea that her interests should be as important as Marshall's. Certainly it was less prominent with Lily because he did go to Rome with her, but in the end, we are told Marshall gets his dream and becomes a judge, while the only thing we know about Lily is that she had more kids. It was disquieting to see that message being propped across the board for all the female characters.
Having watched some other of their products like "The Goodwin Games" I can tell you it's not worth it; even if they didn't screw the finale of a new show they proved that they peaked with HIMYM
Lily was stuck with three children and we have no clue what was up with her job status after Italy. She and Marshall were barely even in the finale, and they were practically isolated from the others (which happened to everyone else too but still).
I used to loathe it with all my guts, then I started to abominate it and now I hate it from the bottom of my heart. Yeah, I guess my feelings changed a little bit...
Yeah, my feelings have changed. When I first saw it I felt like the ending wasn't what I wanted to see, but it was appropriate, and I was satisfied that the writers got to give us the ending they wanted. However, over time and rewatches I feel that the ending really just wasn't appropriate any more, and I'm disappointed that the writers didn't see that and go in a different direction.
If we had gotten that ending back in Season 3 or 4, it would have still made sense and have been perfectly appropriate. But ever since that ending sequence in "Right Place, Right Time", the planned series finale no longer worked. The Mother suddenly meant too much to Ted for the ending we got to make sense. Maybe it still could have worked if they changed the execution some, but that would have been difficult itself.
Still can't watch the previous seasons because of the finale, every time Ted talks about the mother in an episode, can't help but thinking "bullshit"...
I'm sorry, I hate it so much that I'm gonna have to write again, because no words can be enough to describe the atrocity that was made on the finale. I hate it so much that it pains me, and I'm not kidding. The writers tried to be original and geniuses, but they killed the show for me with that morbid piece of garbage. I feel cheated, deceived, betrayed and disgusted, and, again, I'm not kidding or exaggerating. That is spot on how I feel. I know it's just a show, but I was emotionally involved and led on for a lot of time, and they went and did that... I still can't believe it...
I echo the sentiments of the other two replies. It seemed like Lily's career became unimportant, and she was a woman who was all about following her dreams. She lost that and had another kid. To me it was incredibly unfair. Marshall was barely in the episode either, so it wasn't exactly a celebration of the friendship between these five characters.
I tried to watch "Right Place, Right Time", one of my all time favorite episodes and I was left feeling sick; it just didn't make any sense at all if you account the finale, and that made me feel bad beyond words. I'm even sad now that I'm remembering it. I've avoided every rerun of HIMYM since then
I mentioned in my review of the finale that among the things the show did wrong with the finale there was the pacing, the directing, the aging make up, the crammed storylines, making the character go through a regression to their season 1-3 personas, making season 9 essentially pointless, changing the meaning of some endearing episodes, among many others reasons that has nothing to do with shipping.
But now that we're talking about relationships, let's tackle a huge mistake there: if seasons 8-9 build up Barney and Robin's break up and Ted and Robin's reconciliation towards the finale it wouldn't have been so horrible- it would have the whole directing, pacing and make up troubles, but let's forget about that-, but episodes like "Sunrise" made a statement that Ted moved on from Robin and "Down the Aisle" (the last episode before the finale) made a commitment to Barney and Robin, and it even ended with Ted saying "and it was legendary". Then the finale comes along and it destroys all that; so it's not about the couples actually, it's about how the writers said one thing and next thing you know they say something completely different, altering the meaning of the show altogether.
Lily and Marshall got the better end of the straw, but it was still pretty bad; after going to Italy Lily's art career was immediately shut down and her only function was pushing out babies for Marshal; maybe she got into art again, but the finale didn't even bother stating that. As for Marshall, it was pretty sad seeing him going through corporative law again, even if it was just for a moment, why was there any need to add that? It wasn't funny, it was plain sad. And then both of then quickly became very isolated to the group, with Lily showing a lot of sadness over the group's inevitable drift.
So it wasn't as bad as what happened to Ted, Robin and Barney, but it was still pretty sad and- in my opinion- the show never built up to such grim note with the characters; we knew they were going to drift, but there was far too much sadness portrayed there, they went too far with it for my taste
Wow, after reading this now I realize how much Carter Bays and Craig Thomas hate women; no wonder they made a character like Barney in the first place, it all makes sense now!
I doubt that's going to change anything, but if the alternative ending ends with Ted and the mother meeting and that's it, I'm willing to upgrade my F grade to a D+
It is very rare for me to have a finale or something in a show to hurt or ruin a show for me. The Shield's finale is probably the first that I thought was horrendous and I can't watch the show anymore. Nip/Tuck just fell apart near the end. Dexter's final season and the series finale were all kinds of awful and that one still irks me if I watch any of the past seasons.
That's a good point about being able to accept life and happiness even if it unexpected, but I like it when it goes with who the people/characters are at that point. All of them reverted back to their first couple season personas, basically erasing all of the previous seasons' character growth. For me, it was unexpected because it made no sense with where they were.
This is definitely my own fault, but the show was also about the Mother to me. Even though she was never shown, she was referenced a lot. The show was about all 5 of them, but it was also about Tracy. The fact that they made her this super likeable person (I hated the whole final season, so she was one of the only likeable characters at that point) only to kill her off off-screen and barely shown/referenced was a slap in the face.
The whole time we have Ted as this hopeless romantic who talks about his happy ending, and we're led to believe that it's going to happen for him, otherwise why bother listening to this story? To have this unexpected ending that put together 2 people who were horrible together (hated any story involving them romantically after the pilot) made the entire story worthless.
Odd you mention The Shield's finale as another bad finale... I liked that finale as well! I did not expect to happen as it did, but I thought it was so appropriate that it was almost poetic.
A lot of people see it the same way as you, that all the characters reverted, but I don't see it that way at all.
Lily was always striving to achieve her art career and always stating she would not have more than two kids. While struggling on the path to her dream life she discovered that the art career simply did not mean as much to her as her life with Marshal and the kids - the 3 kids.
Marshall ended up being a Judge and not the environmental lawyer he always thought he'd be. Judge Fudge was never his goal, but once he was there he realized he was meant to be Fudge Supreme.
Barney's relationships with Quinn and Robin were key to him realizing he was never going to be able to give all of himself to a girlfriend or wife. The surprise came when after years of mocking parents he realized he could give himself completely to one woman after all, to his daughter. After decades of daddy issues Barney realized he was meant to be a dad.
Ted of course did get his dream. He got the woman he always imagined and his kids.. Everything he always wanted, but it did not last. That's life. After having everything he always wanted and losing Tracy, he realized that there was more to his story. In fact, telling his story to the kids was what lead him to the very realization that he could find happiness and love again in Robin.
So to me all of the characters continued to evolve.Each character's evolution allowed them to be happy with their lives at the end of the series.. The finale also explored three themes that recurred throughout the series: Sometimes the journey is more important than the destination, timing makes all the difference, and you may not always end up where you expected, but that does not mean you shouldn't be there.
Ted ending up with Robin could have never worked at the beginning of the series since both were different people looking for different things at that point in their lives. Both Ted and Robin did eventually get what they were looking for. Everything they experienced in their lives on the way to their dreams changed both of them. It made them realize things about themselves and life in general. It made them the very different people they are at the end of the series. Journey, timing, and unexpected ending.
I do completely agree with you and so many others that think the show made an error the last season. The mother was designed to be a McGuffin and not to be part of the show directly. Introducing her changed things for many people. She should have ever been introduced in my opinion... at least not as a realized and active character.
As to why even tell the story if he was not gong to end up with Tracy... I get why you and others always saw it as about the mother or at least moving towards the mother in the end, but the mother was the vehicle for storytelling. The very title implies that as soon as Ted meets the mother his stories end. So the series could never have been about the mother. It was all about his journey as he looked for her.... About everything he experienced during that period of his life. In that time of his life Robin was arguably the most important person.
I just cannot see it all as worthless in the end since the show was always about the journey, not the ending to me. All of the events are still important since they events and the outcomes shape the characters into who they are in the end.
*Shrug* Oh well.. I'm not trying to persuade or convert you, just explaining my views.
My biggest problem with the Shield finale (going off topic for a moment) was that Vic was always about the group, protecting each other and looking out for each other. Shane screwed things up. But the fact that Vic sold out Ronnie in the end made Vic unredeemable and it was completely out of character for me.
Now back to the topic. I'm with you, not trying to persuade or convert you, we're just 2 people with views on opposite sides of the spectrum explaining why we feel the way we feel. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, we may not entirely agree, but I would never try to take it away from you. I appreciate you responding to me with such detail in your explanations, it makes me understand your side of the aisle much more.
It's perfectly fine we don't agree, and I am very glad that you enjoyed the finale and got much more out of it than I did.
Nope, loved it then and still love it now! Despite the flaws in executing the finale/entire final season. The entire season set over the wedding weekend was never a good idea, especially with the ending they had in mind. But I've watched the final scene numerous times and it still makes me happy!
If the creators wanted Robin to end up with Ted they shouldn't have started the hole wedding scenario in the first place and never have made such a mystery about the identity of the Mother. The only problem would have been that the show hadn't survived S6 without the wedding scenario and without the mystery about the Mother it wouldn't even been picked up.
But the biggest problem I have with the finale is that HIMYM started as a show that would have been different from other shows, mainly because the main character would not end up with the girl he met during the pilot. Instead HIMYM would show that Ted and Robin would not be right for each other, but Ted and the Mother would love each other for what they really are and not for some crazy dream, in the later seasons also Robin and Barney. The message after the finale is that you could settle with someone you not really love and that you should follow your obsession for someone else, even later in life. That is really a great message (Sarcasm)!
It wasn't an encapsulatio. Ted and to some degree Marshall got what they wanted, not what they needed by destroying all the other characters and the story told right from the start.
The ending exposed the creators as blatant liars towards the audience, as the cast, crew and even the director of the show.
It is an great message indeed (also sarcasm). It's sad, this show was the thing that got me in a better mood every time I went through a bad break up, and now it's like a bad joke :(
You're views are absolutely wrong. HIMYM started as a show that would have been different from other shows, mainly because the main character would not end up with the girl he met during the pilot. Instead HIMYM would show that Ted and Robin would not be right for each other, but Ted and the Mother would love each other for what they really are and not for some crazy dream.
Also your view that the ending would be about the journey, timing, and unexpected ending is absolutely wrong. The way the finale showed it (and the creators said themself) nobody would ever really change, so Ted always wanted Robin and he just settled with the Mother. They undermined that point at the other side as Robin had completely changed her character to deus ex machina fell in love with Ted without any reason. So no really journey. The only aspect that speaks for timing is that at some point the Mother Ted tried to love died so he could be together with Robin again. Ted also ended up exactly where he expected right from the start: in a relationship with Robin.
All this combined is the finale about personal regression, settling with the wrong person and obsession for a relationship that can never work out. It negates everything the show was about before!
It's really sad, the hole positive message that also if sometimes in love and life things go wrong, at the end it will turn out right is gone! I can hardly watch reruns anymore!
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There's your answer lol
ReplyDeleteNo, I still love it !
ReplyDeleteNo, I still hate it.
ReplyDeleteNope. I still think it was alright.
ReplyDeleteNope, still think it was spot on.
ReplyDeleteNo, I still hate it.
ReplyDeleteNo, still waiting for the alternative ending + deleted scenes to make my mind, I need more content.
ReplyDeleteNoooooooooo! I'm just visiting Germany and the season final is about to air on Wednesday and I'm about to have a panic attack! Seriously! The way they screwed us over is just terrible.
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to the dvd release and the normal version done.
No, i still hate it! It was like watching a show and building these characters for nine years, and all the development and the essence of the show was completely destroyed in less than an hour!!! So frustrating and depressing..in my mind that finale never happened.
ReplyDeleteYeah it is hard to vote in this poll because the default seems to be negative. I liked it. I thought it could have been executed better but I still appreciated the story of it.
ReplyDeleteI voted 'no', and then realised I should have voted 'yes' - right now I hate it even more then when I first watched it.
ReplyDeleteHell no. But good chance to ask, when is coming out the alternative finale?
ReplyDeleteHIMYM viewership is made of two categories of people:
ReplyDelete1. Barney/Robin shippers.
2. Ted/ Robin shippers.
Therefore, your feelings about the series finale depend on which category you fall into. Simple as that.
Well that's wrong. I'm not a shipper at all.
ReplyDeleteNice generalization, buddy. All I can say is, if you truly believe that, then the only thing simple here is you.
ReplyDeleteNope, it's still garbage.
ReplyDeleteAgreed, I didn't vote as it seems to be set up that way doesn't it :s
ReplyDeleteYeah to be fair, there should be four options. 'No, I still dislike it', 'No, I like it better', 'Yes, I still like it', or 'No, I don't like it anymore'
ReplyDeleteNope, you are wrong. I'm not a shipper at all, the show had more to it than that so that's a very simplistic view of it imo.
ReplyDeleteNo, It's still the worst episode of the series! It was an OK episode, but every other episode had been good at least
ReplyDeleteGee, thanks for reminding me how horrible it was. And I had such a good run not thinking about it.
ReplyDeleteNo,I didn't like it. They destroyed the characters' development. Robin became again a person who only cared for her work like in season 1.Barney's moment with his daughter was pretty cute and one of the few moments I liked. I wanted to kill Ted when I saw him with the blue object( I don't know how it pronounces it in english)at the end of the episode.In the end,nothing changed and that's sad.
ReplyDeleteNo it has not changed.
ReplyDeleteI watched the series all the way through since it ended and I like the ending as much as I did before.
Brilliant!
Agreed.
ReplyDeleteEven though it was not exactly what I expected I cannot imagine a better finale!
It was a complete encapsulation of the previous 9 seasons.
Each character got what they needed, not necessarily what they thought they always wanted. Poetic and perfect.
Nope, still hating it.
ReplyDeleteIt's not a belief. It's the conclusion that I made reading hundreds of opinions regarding the series finale 3 months ago. Funny thing I noticed: in the end, it always came down to Robin/Ted vs Robin/Barney arguments, where Robin/Barney shippers (who were emotionally invested in this couple over the last few seasons) felt like they were betrayed. No wonder that all the raging and hating thing quickly ensued.
ReplyDeleteExactly !
ReplyDeleteI think that it is true for some people, but not all.
ReplyDeleteI think another reason many hated the finale was their misconception that the show was ever about the "mother" and then really liking the character once she was introduced.
Yep, agreed. To me it also made of sense of the 'unburdening' of Ted's story onto his children, why he felt it was so important to tell them so much, in so much detail, over the years.
ReplyDeleteNope. I hate it with every fiber of my being and I get pissed every time I think about it. They ruined everything and I will not forgive that.
ReplyDeleteIt wasn't just Ted and Robin they ruined - they literally fucked over every single character during that mess of a finale.
ReplyDeleteI have to admit I stayed away from the chatter about the show after it finished, found it far too childish and hyperbolic to put up with pretty darn quickly if I'm honest. But seriously, did fans really think that the mother was going to be alive and well at the end of the show, I think it was obvious that she wasn't about any more from the very first episode wasn't it?
ReplyDeleteFrom the very pilot indeed!
ReplyDeleteNot to mention the multiple reminders throughout every season... even the last 2 or 3!
I had been warning people for at least 2 or 3 seasons they would be disappointed if they thought it was about meeting the mother... Few listened.
Ahh well, it does seem that (esp during the last 2 seasons) that it became a very ship heavy show. I very nearly gave up a few times but was glad I did make it to the end, I think that it was tied up successfully in the end after a few hiccups along the way. Like you said in a different comment here, in life we do sometimes make wrong choices or waver in what we want or need in life, and I think this show explored those things well in the long run.
ReplyDeleteI don't for one moment think that the end of the show was ever gonna be happy ever after for any of the characters, they were always going to carry on in their haphazard way with their relationships XD
Wrong! While I loved Barney/Robin and hated Ted/Robin during the last seasons, the reason I was so upset is and will always be "The Mother". They spent a year developping the best mother ever ("How your mother met me" was probably on my top 3 eps of HIMYM) and that was a hard thing to do, create the perfect person for Ted... we all saw the various reactions of the audiance regarding Stella, Zoe etc. but Tracy, she was loved by (I think) practically everyone.
ReplyDeleteWe waited 9 years for her, we heard futur!Ted telling his kids over and over again that their mother was the best, was perfect, was the love of his live etc. but it turn out, she was just some girl who gave him children since Robin didn't want/can't have kids, some girl to be with while he never got over Robin, some girl to be with until she dies and he could be with the true love of his live.
It was not the final of "How I met your mother" it was the conclusion of "How I've always loved Robin, have you with your mother then due to some sad circonstances finally got back with Robin"
I'm exaggerating a little, I know but that's how the final made me feel.... I think I wouldn't even be upset if the final just stopped before he went to Robin's place. I was a litlle upset with Barney/Robin breaking up because they showed us in S9 that they were perfect for each other but I know those kind of things happens (+ I loved Barney and his baby girl). The the mother dying was really plausible no matter how sad it was. So really the only punch in the guts was making it like the mother didn't matter, only Robin did.....
It had nothing to do with "ships", it was about ruining the entire reason ofthe show
No, I have not changed my mind and I hated it still. I read the comments as it being mainly a shipper thing and I have to say that was never the case for me. I was invested in Ted's happiness. The man who gave the best 2 minute date, who threw himself at love and always saw the best in women, who followed his heart. He went through a lot of dark times over the years and I wanted him to be with someone who made him happy, who could be generous and kind like him and who was the best.....that was the mother. Robin was too selfish and toxic and just a horrible human being in the end. Ted deserved better, the fact the show did not know this was their downfall, they gave up on Ted and that is what is really disappointing. Oh well.
ReplyDeleteYou mean How I Met Your Mother Who Bared Me Two Children Robin Couldn't Have Then Conveniently Died So I Could Still Get Together With My Dream Girl Robin. Yeah no I'm going to say I still hate the finale and have no desire to watch reruns of the show anymore and if I had owned any of the DVD's I would have sold them. What a terrible ending to what was a fun show for a long time.
ReplyDeleteNo. It is still perfect. It was a bit rushed but in the end it was spot on!!
ReplyDeleteNot everyone is damn shipper! There are people who are able to watch a show without being shippers.
ReplyDeleteNo, I still think it should have ended with Ted and the mother meeting, or her death. Nothing beyond that.
ReplyDeleteAlthough I was a Barney/Robin person I hated HIMYM's finale for so many other reasons. 1) the trashing of the growth of the characters, especially Barney. Yes, you can make the case that when Barney's relationship with Robin flopped he reverted to the horndog, misogynist that he was, but within the show Barney had moved from that before work deciding he wanted Robin. He stable if unsuccessful relationships with both Norah and Quinn so Barney suddenly going back to his season one persona didn't fit. 2) All the women suddenly being reduced to their reproductive function. The Mother was important only because she gave Ted the kids he wanted and Robin didn't want and couldn't have. Lily had her brief year in Rome and settled down to pushing out kids, taking care of them and Marshall and supporting Marshall's career. If she did anything else, they never gave any indication of it. 3) The trashing of Robin's character. The second Ted gets married Robin suddenly becomes a bitter lonely woman who has no relationships and only has her work and eventually her dogs. Robin was self-confident, pretty, and smart. She had other relationships after Ted and wasn't embittered. The message that Robin was incapable of having a happy life without a man and incapable of having relationships because Ted had moved on was horrible. 4) They spent an entire season on a marriage that didn't last 20 minutes on screen. And the breakup wasn't in synch with who Robin and Barney were. Barney liked travel he was also capable of living on his own while Robin worked.. I could see them splitting up because of infidelity, or the fact that although Barney had grown he hadn't done it enough. But Barney was supportive of Robin's career throughout the series. For him to suddenly pull a Ted and be unable to cope with it was SO OOC. 4) The total devaluation of mothers. The mother of Barney's child was only designated #31. And The Mother, the supposed subject of Teds narration? Her kids didn't give a damn about her. She died when the oldest was 11 and the youngest was about nine. By the time Ted was telling his story their memories would be getting cloudy. It would be hard to remember her voice, or what perfume she wore. But did they want to know anything more about her? Heck NO! Why would they care about their own mother. She'd done her thing, given Ted children, then had the grace to go off and die leaving him free to pursue Robin. They weren't the least bit interested in the woman who was their mother. All they cared about was encouraging Ted to get laid by his old girlfriend.
ReplyDeleteThe finale was so full of horrible messages, especially about what a woman's role is and how we measure then women are or are not important. The finale threw away character development and reduced women to things to make men happy. The worst part was that the show itself hadn't had that message until the finale. Not only did TPTB not nail the landing, they went down in an epic crash and burn that left no survivors, IMHO. I hate the ending and I pretty much always will. As others have said, for me, it was so bad I can't even watch reruns. I'm not going to get the DVD's to see how they try to "fix" it because I don't think anything can, baring the Mother waking up and having Ted tell her it was all a bad dream.
I think that we are a dying breed I'm afraid.
ReplyDeleteStill hating it.
ReplyDeleteNO, the finale was crap, Ted and Robin don´t match together, they shouldn´t have killed the mother and they should have let Barney and Robin be happy, they had a lot of chemistry, and a whole season just to see Barney and Robin get married and 20 minutes later they are divorced, WTF?!?!
ReplyDeleteI still hate it with burning passion, sadly
ReplyDeletei'm still pissed about how it ended, but not AS mad as I was at first
ReplyDeleteYou truly nailed describing everything that went wrong with the finale; kudos! I agree 100%
ReplyDeleteNo, I still hate it!! The worse series finale out of all my favorite past TV shows.
ReplyDeleteThis finale was completely rushed (and shoved too many flash forwards/scenes of the future), destroyed 9 seasons of wonderful character development in one episode and killed off the most important character in the series.
It was just a complete mess, like something that was filmed at the last minute and the script was written by amateurs.
I agree with Elen (who made a comment below). The finale should have ended with Ted meeting Tracy at the train station or with Tracy's death/funeral.
Thanks to God I've never been interested in watching the show. I saw a few episodes and that was it. This finale .... ouuuuggghhhh :( I feel sorry for many of you.
ReplyDeleteNo. It is still the worst series finale I've ever had the misfortune of watching. Although it has spread because now I can't even bring myself to watch reruns without a bad taste in my mouth.
ReplyDeleteI respect that people have different opinions, but it still interesting to me that there is such a huge gap in those opinions.
ReplyDeleteYou think it perfectly encapsulated the 9 seasons of the show, while I thought it ruined 5 seasons of character development to stick with an ending that no longer worked for their show. If that was the finale and the show ended in the 3rd season, it would've been more appropriate, but with where the show and the characters were at, it was the worst possible thing (in my mind) that could've happened.
I'm glad you enjoyed it so much, I don't want to take that away from you. It just sucks for me because watching reruns of the show (if I even do) leaves me with a sour taste in my mouth.
Yes, this is basically the jist of the finale thanks for explaining this cause it really really needed to be talked about more. The women got the short end of the stick, they didn't care at all about what the woman wants or should have in their lives. And, Idid like Barney's baby story but only for a minute I just plain hate it now cause they not only trashed the women they made Barney out to be a fool who wasn't good enough for anyone so they gave him a baby so someone could love him like nobody else would. Please, give me a break.
ReplyDeleteNo I still hate it, yes I've come to a conclusion that I just don't care anymore. There wasn't anything memorable to it, the only thing I truly did like was the umbrella scene at the train station. Everything else was a waste of time especially with the way the season was made out to be. Every single season, episode was something either special, sweet, bitter sweet, sad or very funny this just left me feeling sick. Literally I was painfully think and feeling sick to my stomach after this aired.
ReplyDeleteNow, I'm good but I just want all the memories of this horror show episode ender to go away. All I wanted was a happy at least decent finale that wasn't what I got or hoped for.
Nope still hate it. It was worse than Dexter's for me.
ReplyDeleteYou pretty much nailed why I hated it, that and it killed Tracy.
ReplyDeleteI still hate Lost finale and it has been 4 years. The same goes to HIMYM.
ReplyDeleteDitto, can't watch reruns and use to love them. Knowing how it all turns out just kills the fun of the old eps. Makes them feel pointless. Glad they didn't go ahead with the Dad spin-off.
ReplyDeleteVery sad that so many are still so scarred from the finale.
ReplyDeleteI understand the pain of enjoying something and having it ruined. Although I can;t think of a show like that for me personally. Even with a finale that leaves me wanting, everything that made me like that given series on first watching is still there after the finale I disliked.. It has not changed so I still can enjoy it ...
A lot of people share the sentiment that the ending could have worked after Season 3 or maybe even Season 5, but not after the last two seasons. I think it only worked because of the last seasons. Their journeys led them to being able to accept life and happiness in whatever form comes, even if is something unexpected...
The show was never about the mother (as even the title denotes) or the expected happy ending. It was about the journey to the unexpected ending that leaves you as happy or even more happy than you ever expected to be.
Nope, still think it was worst series finale ever.
ReplyDeleteI still can't watch a HIMYM rerun because all I think about when seeing their faces is "god why did you have to end it like that?".
ReplyDeleteHate it, I certainly won't pick up a Bays/Thomas product in the near future
Yes, now that i've had the chance to let it settle i like it even less than i did back in April
ReplyDeleteI am neither and i really disliked it
ReplyDeleteWhat did they do to Lilly and Marshall?
ReplyDeleteUnfortunatelly :(
ReplyDeleteNo - it's still crap
ReplyDeleteStill hate it, so much
ReplyDeleteWorst series finale ever!
ReplyDeleteWhen you promise something to the fans like how i met your mother you expect to see the mother more that just a couple of episodes in the end season. And to end it like this to me is stupid. No my opinion has not changed since the series ended. If they wanted to end like this why did they name it the way they did? So final answer NO.
ReplyDeleteLily and Marshall came out relatively unscathed, especially Marshall. I had some issues with the fact that Lily was portrayed as totally giving up her career after she went to Rome and simply had children and took care of Marshall. The show was deeply critical of Lily for daring to follow her dreams before marrying Marshall, but at least they let us know she had dreams, that included using her art background to establish a career for herself. Having her seemingly give it all up was part of the message that I hated in the finale. The message was that women need to give up ideas of a career and should settle down and get married or at least devote themselves to a man to be happy. The Mother ends up living Ted's dreams. We are told Robin is miserable because she didn't hop to it and marry Ted on his timetable. Lily finally gives up her foolish idea that her interests should be as important as Marshall's. Certainly it was less prominent with Lily because he did go to Rome with her, but in the end, we are told Marshall gets his dream and becomes a judge, while the only thing we know about Lily is that she had more kids. It was disquieting to see that message being propped across the board for all the female characters.
ReplyDeleteHaving watched some other of their products like "The Goodwin Games" I can tell you it's not worth it; even if they didn't screw the finale of a new show they proved that they peaked with HIMYM
ReplyDeleteIt is worse than Dexter because after such putrid seasons you just saw it coming with Dexter, but not with HIMYM
ReplyDeletenope i don't even watch there-runs anymore
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ReplyDeleteLily was stuck with three children and we have no clue what was up with her job status after Italy. She and Marshall were barely even in the finale, and they were practically isolated from the others (which happened to everyone else too but still).
ReplyDeleteNo, I liked it when I first watched, and I still like it!;)
ReplyDeleteNot going to vote in the poll. My feelings haven't changed, but I was okay with it from the get go. lol
ReplyDeleteI used to loathe it with all my guts, then I started to abominate it and now I hate it from the bottom of my heart. Yeah, I guess my feelings changed a little bit...
ReplyDeleteNo I still hate it I didn't mind the mother had die I hate how they completely destroy Robin character
ReplyDeleteStill think it's the worst finale to ever finale. Won't be watching the show for a very long time either, if ever.
ReplyDeleteStill love it too xD
ReplyDeleteYeah, my feelings have changed. When I first saw it I felt like the ending wasn't what I wanted to see, but it was appropriate, and I was satisfied that the writers got to give us the ending they wanted. However, over time and rewatches I feel that the ending really just wasn't appropriate any more, and I'm disappointed that the writers didn't see that and go in a different direction.
ReplyDeleteIf we had gotten that ending back in Season 3 or 4, it would have still made sense and have been perfectly appropriate. But ever since that ending sequence in "Right Place, Right Time", the planned series finale no longer worked. The Mother suddenly meant too much to Ted for the ending we got to make sense. Maybe it still could have worked if they changed the execution some, but that would have been difficult itself.
Why do you hate Lost's finale?
ReplyDeleteIt's coming out when the DVDs release. Which is going to be around the end of September or so.
ReplyDeleteStill can't watch the previous seasons because of the finale, every time Ted talks about the mother in an episode, can't help but thinking "bullshit"...
ReplyDeleteIt's coming in the DVD of season 9, which will be released on Sep 23.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry, I hate it so much that I'm gonna have to write again, because no words can be enough to describe the atrocity that was made on the finale. I hate it so much that it pains me, and I'm not kidding. The writers tried to be original and geniuses, but they killed the show for me with that morbid piece of garbage. I feel cheated, deceived, betrayed and disgusted, and, again, I'm not kidding or exaggerating. That is spot on how I feel. I know it's just a show, but I was emotionally involved and led on for a lot of time, and they went and did that... I still can't believe it...
ReplyDeleteNo. I still hate it with the passion of a 10000 suns
ReplyDeleteI like how we all agree on this one guys :3
ReplyDeleteGG was so dissapointing :/ and I was aching for some Becki Newton
ReplyDeleteI echo the sentiments of the other two replies. It seemed like Lily's career became unimportant, and she was a woman who was all about following her dreams. She lost that and had another kid. To me it was incredibly unfair. Marshall was barely in the episode either, so it wasn't exactly a celebration of the friendship between these five characters.
ReplyDeleteI tried to watch "Right Place, Right Time", one of my all time favorite episodes and I was left feeling sick; it just didn't make any sense at all if you account the finale, and that made me feel bad beyond words. I'm even sad now that I'm remembering it.
ReplyDeleteI've avoided every rerun of HIMYM since then
I mentioned in my review of the finale that among the things the show did wrong with the finale there was the pacing, the directing, the aging make up, the crammed storylines, making the character go through a regression to their season 1-3 personas, making season 9 essentially pointless, changing the meaning of some endearing episodes, among many others reasons that has nothing to do with shipping.
ReplyDeleteBut now that we're talking about relationships, let's tackle a huge mistake there: if seasons 8-9 build up Barney and Robin's break up and Ted and Robin's reconciliation towards the finale it wouldn't have been so horrible- it would have the whole directing, pacing and make up troubles, but let's forget about that-, but episodes like "Sunrise" made a statement that Ted moved on from Robin and "Down the Aisle" (the last episode before the finale) made a commitment to Barney and Robin, and it even ended with Ted saying "and it was legendary". Then the finale comes along and it destroys all that; so it's not about the couples actually, it's about how the writers said one thing and next thing you know they say something completely different, altering the meaning of the show altogether.
Lily and Marshall got the better end of the straw, but it was still pretty bad; after going to Italy Lily's art career was immediately shut down and her only function was pushing out babies for Marshal; maybe she got into art again, but the finale didn't even bother stating that. As for Marshall, it was pretty sad seeing him going through corporative law again, even if it was just for a moment, why was there any need to add that? It wasn't funny, it was plain sad. And then both of then quickly became very isolated to the group, with Lily showing a lot of sadness over the group's inevitable drift.
ReplyDeleteSo it wasn't as bad as what happened to Ted, Robin and Barney, but it was still pretty sad and- in my opinion- the show never built up to such grim note with the characters; we knew they were going to drift, but there was far too much sadness portrayed there, they went too far with it for my taste
Wow, after reading this now I realize how much Carter Bays and Craig Thomas hate women; no wonder they made a character like Barney in the first place, it all makes sense now!
ReplyDeleteI doubt that's going to change anything, but if the alternative ending ends with Ted and the mother meeting and that's it, I'm willing to upgrade my F grade to a D+
ReplyDeleteOk guys, most of us are depressed about remembering the finale, so I brought you something to cheer you up :)
ReplyDeleteIt is very rare for me to have a finale or something in a show to hurt or ruin a show for me. The Shield's finale is probably the first that I thought was horrendous and I can't watch the show anymore. Nip/Tuck just fell apart near the end. Dexter's final season and the series finale were all kinds of awful and that one still irks me if I watch any of the past seasons.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good point about being able to accept life and happiness even if it unexpected, but I like it when it goes with who the people/characters are at that point. All of them reverted back to their first couple season personas, basically erasing all of the previous seasons' character growth. For me, it was unexpected because it made no sense with where they were.
This is definitely my own fault, but the show was also about the Mother to me. Even though she was never shown, she was referenced a lot. The show was about all 5 of them, but it was also about Tracy. The fact that they made her this super likeable person (I hated the whole final season, so she was one of the only likeable characters at that point) only to kill her off off-screen and barely shown/referenced was a slap in the face.
The whole time we have Ted as this hopeless romantic who talks about his happy ending, and we're led to believe that it's going to happen for him, otherwise why bother listening to this story? To have this unexpected ending that put together 2 people who were horrible together (hated any story involving them romantically after the pilot) made the entire story worthless.
Odd you mention The Shield's finale as another bad finale...
ReplyDeleteI liked that finale as well! I did not expect to happen as it did, but I thought it was so appropriate that it was almost poetic.
A lot of people see it the same way as you, that all the characters reverted, but I don't see it that way at all.
Lily was always striving to achieve her art career and always stating she would not have more than two kids. While struggling on the path to her dream life she discovered that the art career simply did not mean as much to her as her life with Marshal and the kids - the 3 kids.
Marshall ended up being a Judge and not the environmental lawyer he always thought he'd be. Judge Fudge was never his goal, but once he was there he realized he was meant to be Fudge Supreme.
Barney's relationships with Quinn and Robin were key to him realizing he was never going to be able to give all of himself to a girlfriend or wife. The surprise came when after years of mocking parents he realized he could give himself completely to one woman after all, to his daughter. After decades of daddy issues Barney realized he was meant to be a dad.
Ted of course did get his dream. He got the woman he always imagined and his kids.. Everything he always wanted, but it did not last. That's life. After having everything he always wanted and losing Tracy, he realized that there was more to his story. In fact, telling his story to the kids was what lead him to the very realization that he could find happiness and love again in Robin.
So to me all of the characters continued to evolve.Each character's evolution allowed them to be happy with their lives at the end of the series.. The finale also explored three themes that recurred throughout the series: Sometimes the journey is more important than the destination, timing makes all the difference, and you may not always end up where you expected, but that does not mean you shouldn't be there.
Ted ending up with Robin could have never worked at the beginning of the series since both were different people looking for different things at that point in their lives. Both Ted and Robin did eventually get what they were looking for. Everything they experienced in their lives on the way to their dreams changed both of them. It made them realize things about themselves and life in general. It made them the very different people they are at the end of the series. Journey, timing, and unexpected ending.
I do completely agree with you and so many others that think the show made an error the last season. The mother was designed to be a McGuffin and not to be part of the show directly. Introducing her changed things for many people. She should have ever been introduced in my opinion... at least not as a realized and active character.
As to why even tell the story if he was not gong to end up with Tracy...
I get why you and others always saw it as about the mother or at least moving towards the mother in the end, but the mother was the vehicle for storytelling. The very title implies that as soon as Ted meets the mother his stories end. So the series could never have been about the mother. It was all about his journey as he looked for her.... About everything he experienced during that period of his life. In that time of his life Robin was arguably the most important person.
I just cannot see it all as worthless in the end since the show was always about the journey, not the ending to me. All of the events are still important since they events and the outcomes shape the characters into who they are in the end.
*Shrug*
Oh well..
I'm not trying to persuade or convert you, just explaining my views.
didn'tlike it then and still think it was too poor
ReplyDeleteMy biggest problem with the Shield finale (going off topic for a moment) was that Vic was always about the group, protecting each other and looking out for each other. Shane screwed things up. But the fact that Vic sold out Ronnie in the end made Vic unredeemable and it was completely out of character for me.
ReplyDeleteNow back to the topic. I'm with you, not trying to persuade or convert you, we're just 2 people with views on opposite sides of the spectrum explaining why we feel the way we feel. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, we may not entirely agree, but I would never try to take it away from you. I appreciate you responding to me with such detail in your explanations, it makes me understand your side of the aisle much more.
It's perfectly fine we don't agree, and I am very glad that you enjoyed the finale and got much more out of it than I did.
Nope. Still perturbed that they had Barney and Robin break up. But other than that...I was good.
ReplyDeleteYes - before ''awful'' now ''mega-awful''.
ReplyDeleteNope, loved it then and still love it now! Despite the flaws in executing the finale/entire final season. The entire season set over the wedding weekend was never a good idea, especially with the ending they had in mind. But I've watched the final scene numerous times and it still makes me happy!
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts as well. I loved it then and my feelings about it have not changed!
ReplyDeleteWell thought out response! Hit the nail on the head in my opinion!
ReplyDeleteIf the creators wanted Robin to end up with Ted they shouldn't have started the hole wedding scenario in the first place and never have made such a mystery about the identity of the Mother. The only problem would have been that the show hadn't survived S6 without the wedding scenario and without the mystery about the Mother it wouldn't even been picked up.
ReplyDeleteBut the biggest problem I have with the finale is that HIMYM started as a show that would have been different from other shows, mainly because the main character would not end up with the girl he met during the pilot. Instead HIMYM would show that Ted and Robin would not be right for each other, but Ted and the Mother would love each other for what they really are and not for some crazy dream, in the later seasons also Robin and Barney. The message after the finale is that you could settle with someone you not really love and that you should follow your obsession for someone else, even later in life. That is really a great message (Sarcasm)!
It wasn't an encapsulatio. Ted and to some degree Marshall got what they wanted, not what they needed by destroying all the other characters and the story told right from the start.
ReplyDeleteThe ending exposed the creators as blatant liars towards the audience, as the cast, crew and even the director of the show.
It is an great message indeed (also sarcasm).
ReplyDeleteIt's sad, this show was the thing that got me in a better mood every time I went through a bad break up, and now it's like a bad joke :(
You're views are absolutely wrong. HIMYM started as a show that would have been different from other shows,
ReplyDeletemainly because the main character would not end up with the girl he met
during the pilot. Instead HIMYM would show that Ted and Robin would
not be right for each other, but Ted and the Mother would love each
other for what they really are and not for some crazy dream.
Also your view that the ending would be about the journey, timing, and unexpected ending is absolutely wrong. The way the finale showed it (and the creators said themself) nobody would ever really change, so Ted always wanted Robin and he just settled with the Mother. They undermined that point at the other side as Robin had completely changed her character to deus ex machina fell in love with Ted without any reason. So no really journey. The only aspect that speaks for timing is that at some point the Mother Ted tried to love died so he could be together with Robin again. Ted also ended up exactly where he expected right from the start: in a relationship with Robin.
All this combined is the finale about personal regression, settling with the wrong person and obsession for a relationship that can never work out. It negates everything the show was about before!
It's really sad, the hole positive message that also if sometimes in love and life things go wrong, at the end it will turn out right is gone! I can hardly watch reruns anymore!
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