Marshall getting a job as a judge, ultimately running into the mother and convincing her to stay with the band.
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How I Met Your Mother Ending (Spoliers)
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Marshall getting a job as a judge, ultimately running into the mother and convincing her to stay with the band.
I've been an uber fan of HIMYM since about season 4. When I discovered it, I started watching at season 1, watching 2-3 episodes a day until I was caught up. Then I started over and watched them again. It is by far my favorite show of all time.
That being said, I agree with a lot of the others. I was pretty disappointed in the final season and especially the ending. A whole season of one wedding weekend got a little old and drawn out. The best episode of the season was the one centered around the mother's background. I thought that was a fantastic episode.
I'm also a bit peeved that the entire season was a build up to the wedding, only to have them divorce.
But my biggest disappointment is that so little time was devoted to the mother, and her and Ted's relationship. I would have liked a good 4-6 full episodes devoted to getting to know them as a couple.
But, it's over.
That being said, I agree with a lot of the others. I was pretty disappointed in the final season and especially the ending. A whole season of one wedding weekend got a little old and drawn out. The best episode of the season was the one centered around the mother's background. I thought that was a fantastic episode.
I'm also a bit peeved that the entire season was a build up to the wedding, only to have them divorce.
But my biggest disappointment is that so little time was devoted to the mother, and her and Ted's relationship. I would have liked a good 4-6 full episodes devoted to getting to know them as a couple.
But, it's over.
Also a nice way to shore up DVD sales
HIMYM is a show I've always enjoyed, even despite its slight decline in quality over the years.
That being said the ending annoyed me.
The wedding scenario for the final season was mostly a fail. I've probably already forgotten half of it. The writers managed to get away with giving us absolutely **** and tedious episodes which were only worth watching because they'd occasionally contain a nugget about the characters future lives or something about The Mother.
That being said, I don't necessarily object to the ending. It just wasn't expanded upon properly. Robin and Barney getting a divorce? Super big deal, but it got about 5 minutes coverage? A bit of a slap in the face considering how they played that season.
The Mother dying? Probably the most important aspect of the story, yet it's slipped in at the end to justify what happens next.
Robin/Ted was more annoying then Ross/Rachel. It became too convoluted over the series, the writers just didn't have the chops to pull it off
The creators didn't say they filmed an alternate ending, they said they changed the ending through editing, so no extra filming was required.
Should be interesting to see what the difference is..almost anything will be better than what we had now.
liked it - i nearly stopped watching, because episode 17 of the last season was so bad - even by the already low standards of seasons 8/9. also the mother was so annoyingly forced-cute/boring - still it had emotional impact when they killed her off - that's what the best himym-episodes had.
i think it was a worthy last episode - funny, with some "inside" jokes and surprisings (like the mother's death) - but i am also glad, it's finally over.
i think it was a worthy last episode - funny, with some "inside" jokes and surprisings (like the mother's death) - but i am also glad, it's finally over.
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I finally watched the final episode this past weekend and here are my thoughts...
I was in utter disgust with the ending of this show that I'm at a point where I don't even want to watch any of the episodes I have missed, which is several episodes of season 1.
My main complaints are:
Despite all of the character development in the last 3 or 4 seasons, Barney's life is wasted with him going back to his old ways.
After a couple of seasons alluding to Robin and Barney's wedding and an entire season leading up to the wedding, they get divorced within minutes of the final episode. Shock value or not, this was an absolute disservice to the viewers who endured this lead up.
Robin walks away from the group? Wasn't it established in future scenes that the entire group stays together?
The mother is dead? I recall there being a scene in the future where Ted is much older and at a college reunion and looking for his wife, presumably the mother. Is this something the writers overlooked or are they just going to say that it's Robin?
Lastly, Ted and Robin ultimately ending up together. Over and over and over the show makes it clear that Ted and Robin cannot end up together. It is even made clear in the episode where Ted lets Robin go with that horrible blue screen of Robin flying away. However, he ultimately ends up with her? If that were the case, this show should have been called "How I Met Your Step-Mother".
It's really a shame that a show that had 9 seasons of building up such a climax could end so horribly. Looking back at my complaints, I could live with how things transpired for these characters if Ted had not gotten that damn blue horn and ended with that train scene with Ted saying, "And that kids is how I met your mother".
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So that means that we still get a lousy outcome for Barney, Robin and Barney divorced, Robin the loner, a train scene with Ted saying "And that kids is how I met your mother", then the credits.
This ending is still terrible and shows the laziness of the show's creators.
I was in utter disgust with the ending of this show that I'm at a point where I don't even want to watch any of the episodes I have missed, which is several episodes of season 1.
My main complaints are:
Despite all of the character development in the last 3 or 4 seasons, Barney's life is wasted with him going back to his old ways.
After a couple of seasons alluding to Robin and Barney's wedding and an entire season leading up to the wedding, they get divorced within minutes of the final episode. Shock value or not, this was an absolute disservice to the viewers who endured this lead up.
Robin walks away from the group? Wasn't it established in future scenes that the entire group stays together?
The mother is dead? I recall there being a scene in the future where Ted is much older and at a college reunion and looking for his wife, presumably the mother. Is this something the writers overlooked or are they just going to say that it's Robin?
Lastly, Ted and Robin ultimately ending up together. Over and over and over the show makes it clear that Ted and Robin cannot end up together. It is even made clear in the episode where Ted lets Robin go with that horrible blue screen of Robin flying away. However, he ultimately ends up with her? If that were the case, this show should have been called "How I Met Your Step-Mother".
It's really a shame that a show that had 9 seasons of building up such a climax could end so horribly. Looking back at my complaints, I could live with how things transpired for these characters if Ted had not gotten that damn blue horn and ended with that train scene with Ted saying, "And that kids is how I met your mother".
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So that means that we still get a lousy outcome for Barney, Robin and Barney divorced, Robin the loner, a train scene with Ted saying "And that kids is how I met your mother", then the credits.
This ending is still terrible and shows the laziness of the show's creators.
1. It was how he met her, not what followed after he met her.
2. It was obvious he was always in love with Robin, but she could never give him what he wanted (kids, she wanted a career round the world). The locket was making that pretty obvious.
3. Last season introduces the mother, which he met because of Barney and Robin's wedding. If they hadn't gotten married, he'd never have met her (or at least not in those circumstances..). And it's modern life, folk who look like they belong together get divorced. And I loved Barney being back to the original character he was at the end!
4. Barney will always be a bachelor. It's what made his character so awesome.
5. What would make their dad happier? His former lover who he still cares a lot for and she cares for him, or for him to wander the streets hoping to find someone new? It wasn't like he cheated on his wife before her death with Robin, and he was portrayed as very much in love with the mum. Have you never loved two woman before?
The last few seasons have been very cheesy and crap, but the final episodes I enjoyed a lot because they went back to the roots, it had the old charm about it, the characters back to their roots. And they tied it up completely, you can't argue about that!
The TV show has always been about Ted and Robin more than anything. I think the writers must've had that ending as an idea back when they came up with the basic plots.
5. What would make their dad happier? His former lover who he still cares a lot for and she cares for him, or for him to wander the streets hoping to find someone new? It wasn't like he cheated on his wife before her death with Robin, and he was portrayed as very much in love with the mum. Have you never loved two woman before?
Considering how much time the show spent showing how they don't work the only conclusion I can draw about his future happiness is that the new relationship will crash and burn within a few months to a year, and then Ted ends up losing both Barney and Robin as friends. And that is a really depressing ending for a comedy.
No. While the relationship wouldn't work when they were younger, the reasons for that disappeared by the time they got back together.
He wanted kids, she didn't. He had kids with Tracy and can now accept that Robin doesn't want kids and she won't object to the ones he has as they're nearly grown.
She wanted to travel, live in other countries while pursuing her journalism career. If they had pursued their relationship, she might not have been able to do that and have a family like Ted wanted. She got to do that, and could still do that since she wouldn't need to be home to help raise the kids.
Perhaps they should have taken more than five minutes to show that as based on what was shown in the show she hadn't changed, that was part of why things didn't work with Barney.
Remember, Robin and Barney only lasted 3 years, Ted and Robin getting back together was quite some years after that (I don't recall the timeline but the kids were older so some time had passed). That is a lot of time for someone to change, for their career to change (for Robin to get an anchor job in NY rather than traveling reporter). A traveling reporter wouldn't have 4 dogs to care for in NY.