HIMYM - How I Met your Mother, series finale....

[ICF]

I wish this last season had focused more on the mother and her relationship with Ted....her "death" seemed almost an afterthought in the closing minutes.

Given the last few weeks, I think most of us knew she was dead....but still didnt like the ending or most of this final season.

 

[Andrea464]

I did NOT see those coming (but I haven't searched for spoilers or anything and didn't watch religiously).
I teared up when Barney was talking to the baby. Oh my word...so sweet!

 

[Maggie7313]

I've been bored with HIMYM for a few years but actually really liked this season. I've thought the mother was going to die for a few weeks (DH thought I was crazy) so wasn't totally shocked by it. The tears were rolling, though. I just wish that they had left it at the end of that story. Sad, yes, but sometimes that is life. Tossing him back to Robin for the final three minutes just felt cold. Not a good way to end.

I did love Barney with his baby and his lecture to the two bar girls. The end also made me wonder - wouldn't Barney's Bro Code throw a wrench in the Ted and Robin happily ever after? although that would take another nine seasons to work out.

 

[Hannathy]

That sounds terrible.

It sounds like they said "oh we can't be predictable and do what it seems we should do , we have to do something artsy and unexpected"
It sounds very contrived and trying to make a name for the finale instead of playing out a good story. Oh no have to go for the "effect"

The only show that did that and succeeded was Bob Newhart and he did it masterfully and since then all the others are weak attempts that fail.

 

[SarahWeasley]

They filmed the ending with the kids around the second season of the show. I think it might have seemed like a better idea back then. After nine seasons of the Ted-and-Robin turmoil, plus the whole season of getting to know the mother, they should have discarded the idea of Ted and Robin ending up together. Maybe it could have worked if they could have made it feel more organic, like Ted and Robin were very close friends at this point in their lives and it was naturally becoming something romantic, which is probably what the show was going for, but instead it felt like, "Now we can finally get back to what REALLY matters: Robin."

 

[JanaDee]

What was the significance of the blue french horn? I haven't watched since the beginning of the series, so thought it may have been something from the very beginning.

 

[wvjules]

I, for one, thought it was a perfect ending.

 

[Flamingeaux]

I was glad they killed the mother. Ted was a jerk.

 

[pezheadmeg]

What was the significance of the blue french horn? I haven't watched since the beginning of the series, so thought it may have been something from the very beginning.

Ted steals the Blue French Horn for Robin after their 1st date in the pilot. When they originally break up it goes back to the restaurant.

Was I the only one who realized who the "kids" at the next booth were on Ted's wedding day?

 

[Janepod]

Ted steals the Blue French Horn for Robin after their 1st date in the pilot. When they originally break up it goes back to the restaurant.

Was I the only one who realized who the "kids" at the next booth were on Ted's wedding day?

I thought they were strangers. Who were they?

 

[cabanafrau]

I was glad they killed the mother. Ted was a jerk.

Aren't you in the other thread claiming you couldn't get into the show? Why would you watch the finale -- and post in two different threads about a show you couldn't get into, so presumably wouldn't bother watching?

 

[pezheadmeg]

The patrons were, but the guy that turned around was David Henrie. Thought that was a great cameo seeing that his scenes were all filmed 8 years ago.

 

[DawnM]

I haven't watched the show for a couple of years. I decided to watch the finale. UGH. I agree......very bad ending.

 

[JanaDee]

The patrons were, but the guy that turned around was David Henrie. Thought that was a great cameo seeing that his scenes were all filmed 8 years ago.

David Henrie wasn't the one that turned around and talked in the booth.

 

[JanaDee]

I haven't watched the show for a couple of years. I decided to watch the finale. UGH. I agree......very bad ending.

I didn't like it, either. People on Twitter didn't like it, either.

 

[Minnesota!]

I liked the ending, but it went way too fast and I wish they had spent more time on the mom.

 

[luvmy3jewels]

Guess I'm in the minority, but I loved it. I couldn't help but get weepy during several scenes and I thought it ended just as it should have. Ted obviously loved his wife and it wasn't like she died and he immediately hooked back up with Robin. Six years was a long time to grieve and I thought it was great that the gang would end up back together.

I think they limited how much they showed the mother because they didn't want viewers to bond too much with her character.

 

[pezheadmeg]

David Henrie wasn't the one that turned around and talked in the booth.

Thought it was too good to be true. That was at the end of drinking my tootsie roll.

 

[winterman]

I loved the finale. I was in tears at the end. The only thing I didn't like was that it took Ted and Tracy 5 years and 2 children to get married.

 

[RunningGirl]

I loved the finale. I was in tears at the end. The only thing I didn't like was that it took Ted and Tracy 5 years and 2 children to get married.

Hated it. But then I don't like Robin, so that's probably a big part of it.

We saw it all coming a while back, but were hoping they were throwing out some red herrings. I hate that the mother died, I hate that the whole point of telling all those stories was to convince the kids that he should be with Robin. Loved when they called him out on it and said if this was supposed to be about our mother, why was she hardly in the story? That was the only good part of the show. And why did his voice suddenly change to his own last night?