<p>Fun thread to read but the controversy confuses me because I loved the finale and am in agreement with Fireandrain and MommaJ. Have watched every episode and this season was so painful (but great to spend time with my dds) and last season was equally so. Thus, the finale, to me, was my reward for enduring episodes of a show that went on two years too long. Years ago DH hypothesized that we’d only see the mother in the last moment of the show and I knew I’d be terribly disappointed if that were the case. Thus, to see the full arc, having Ted and Tracy meet earlier in the season, to see how seamlessly she fit in the circle, etc. and get to see how things worked out in the future was the perfect way to end for me. Sure, I would have liked a few more shots about their life together but time was limited. I loved how the kids gave Ted their blessing (yes, after SIX years – very reasonable and appropriate – I can imagine Ted immobilized with grief for the first year alone) to date Robin. </p>
<p>Slightly off topic, but if any fans of HIMYM missed this viral video of Jason Segal and Neal Patrick Harris on Inside the Actors Studio, it is a testament as to their talents: <a href=“- YouTube”>- YouTube;
<p>Love that video.</p>
<p>This topic made me think about how other long-running series have ended, and I think it’s just a really hard thing to do well. Cheers and Friends did a fine job. Will and Grace and Mad About You, not so much. Breaking Bad, perfect. The Sopranos–we can argue that one forever! And though I never watched Lost, I recall how infuriating many found the last episode. At least the producers of HIMYM thought about this from the start and had a plan.</p>
<p>I’ve been reading a lot of comments about the finale and some people loved it and some people hated it. I did not like it…I am the “happily ever after” type of person and would have liked to see the 3 couples old but still hanging out. However, I think I might have been okay with this ending if, rather than spending the whole season on the wedding, they actually started with the wedding and spent the whole season getting to the point where Tracy died. Having the season about the wedding, and then having a divorce 10 minutes after the wedding was painful. I also did not like the fact that Ted and Tracy didn’t get married until 6 years or so after they met… this is definitely not something Ted would do. He’s a romantic and gallant…he would marry Tracy after “knocking her up.” Finally I hated that Robin totally removed herself from the gang. These people were the closest thing to a family she had and I think she would have done anything to keep in touch, even after the divorce. This made Robin very unloveable. Finally I really don’t see Robin and Ted together (there is no way they could support each other’s love lives throughout the years if they cared for each other that much)</p>
<p>That was weird that Ted & Tracy didn’t get married for 6 years, especially since they had been planning their wedding (apparently) when Tracy revealed that she was pregnant.</p>
<p><a href=“The 'How I Met Your Mother' Finale Gets Fixed By A Fan | HuffPost Entertainment”>The 'How I Met Your Mother' Finale Gets Fixed By A Fan | HuffPost Entertainment; If you wanted a predictable, happier ending here it is. A fan “fixed” it. I liked the ending… just not the pacing of a 20 show wedding that imploded and then a rushed 15 years. I read somewhere that they didn’t want us too invested in the mother before they killed her off. </p>
<p>Then they shouldn’t have aired the “How Your Mother Met Me” episode. </p>