SPOILERS AHEAD
This was the final episode of 'How I Met Your Mother' ever and I have super mixed feelings about it. So basically to sum it all up *HUGE SPOILER* Ted winds up with Robin *SPOILERS OVER*. But first it takes us on the path to getting Robin, which in a way was what I wanted. Not the path to getting Robin, but the years of Ted and the Mother's lives playing out. Along the way there were a few bumps, such as Lily and Marshall's third kid, Barney's kid, and Barney and Robin's divorce. The episode started to lose me when the revealed that Barney and Robin divorced, as it essentially negated this whole season. There was no real point to it with them getting divorced. And then seeing Barney get back into his old womanizing ways was horrendous, because I personally loved this new, loving, and human Barney. But he seemed to revert back to new and improved Barney when he had his kid. The moment when he met his kid was beautiful. But that was one of only a few scenes that were beautiful. A few great parts from this episode were when Ted actually met the Mother (whose name we learned was Tracy) and basically their interactions. Their chemistry once again popped off the screen. It was by far the best parts of the episode. The last three minutes is where the show as a whole fell apart. They should've ended at the train station with Ted and Tracey and I would've been satisfied, even with the ambiguity of it all. Instead they have Ted finish up his story (where he says kids that is how i met your mother... also an acceptable ending) and then the kids called him out on the fact that he was essentially asking the kids for their permission to date Robin. That is where the show is ruined for me, because it really deletes the whole point of the show. I guess at its core the show is about Ted finding his one true love, and that during the whole show it was Robin, but it felt like a cheesy, cop-out to me. The only point of Tracy being in the story was so that Ted would have kids to tell the story to (because Robin cannot physically have kids). I also don't really like it, because I loved Tracy. She was the perfect match for Ted. She was a better character than Robin ever was and her and Ted just worked so much better together. I know they dropped hints about this happening all throughout this season, but I was really hoping this wouldn't be the way it ended. I never was a fan of Ted and Robin. They didn't work great ever, and Ted deserved better then Robin. On the other hand, I'd feel wrong if I say I hated it. I feel like that last shot with Ted holding a blue french horn for Robin really brought Ted's story full circle. Even though that negated his development with Robin this season. The main problem lies with all the contradicting the show did and basically reverting all characters, sans Marshall and Lily, back to season one and two forms. I feel like maybe I could come to love this finale if I watch all the seasons again, but for now I just don't know how to feel. So many things right (Tracy was especially my favorite part of this season) and so many things I feel are wrong. I cannot in good conscience give this episode a score or even highlights, because of all the feelings I'm having. At the end of the day, though, 'How I Met Your Mother' was one of my favorite shows and I am sad that it is gone. What do you guys think?
This was the final episode of 'How I Met Your Mother' ever and I have super mixed feelings about it. So basically to sum it all up *HUGE SPOILER* Ted winds up with Robin *SPOILERS OVER*. But first it takes us on the path to getting Robin, which in a way was what I wanted. Not the path to getting Robin, but the years of Ted and the Mother's lives playing out. Along the way there were a few bumps, such as Lily and Marshall's third kid, Barney's kid, and Barney and Robin's divorce. The episode started to lose me when the revealed that Barney and Robin divorced, as it essentially negated this whole season. There was no real point to it with them getting divorced. And then seeing Barney get back into his old womanizing ways was horrendous, because I personally loved this new, loving, and human Barney. But he seemed to revert back to new and improved Barney when he had his kid. The moment when he met his kid was beautiful. But that was one of only a few scenes that were beautiful. A few great parts from this episode were when Ted actually met the Mother (whose name we learned was Tracy) and basically their interactions. Their chemistry once again popped off the screen. It was by far the best parts of the episode. The last three minutes is where the show as a whole fell apart. They should've ended at the train station with Ted and Tracey and I would've been satisfied, even with the ambiguity of it all. Instead they have Ted finish up his story (where he says kids that is how i met your mother... also an acceptable ending) and then the kids called him out on the fact that he was essentially asking the kids for their permission to date Robin. That is where the show is ruined for me, because it really deletes the whole point of the show. I guess at its core the show is about Ted finding his one true love, and that during the whole show it was Robin, but it felt like a cheesy, cop-out to me. The only point of Tracy being in the story was so that Ted would have kids to tell the story to (because Robin cannot physically have kids). I also don't really like it, because I loved Tracy. She was the perfect match for Ted. She was a better character than Robin ever was and her and Ted just worked so much better together. I know they dropped hints about this happening all throughout this season, but I was really hoping this wouldn't be the way it ended. I never was a fan of Ted and Robin. They didn't work great ever, and Ted deserved better then Robin. On the other hand, I'd feel wrong if I say I hated it. I feel like that last shot with Ted holding a blue french horn for Robin really brought Ted's story full circle. Even though that negated his development with Robin this season. The main problem lies with all the contradicting the show did and basically reverting all characters, sans Marshall and Lily, back to season one and two forms. I feel like maybe I could come to love this finale if I watch all the seasons again, but for now I just don't know how to feel. So many things right (Tracy was especially my favorite part of this season) and so many things I feel are wrong. I cannot in good conscience give this episode a score or even highlights, because of all the feelings I'm having. At the end of the day, though, 'How I Met Your Mother' was one of my favorite shows and I am sad that it is gone. What do you guys think?