This finale was so terrible for so many reasons which have all been mentioned already. But I will say that Ted ending up with Robin really strips any sympathy the viewer should have about the mothers death. I mean the whole show is about how ted met the kids MOTHER. Then we are left with a 5 second oh yea she died and there's just zero feeling there.

Also as for Barney and Robin, I thought they went very well together. They are both selfish people who we watched change over time and learn selflessness from each other. Then they erased all that character development in about 10 minutes.

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Posted by lsufan251875

Member since Jul 2008

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Posted on 4/1/14 at 7:29 pm to Finkle is Einhorn

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This finale was so terrible for so many reasons which have all been mentioned already. But I will say that Ted ending up with Robin really strips any sympathy the viewer should have about the mothers death. I mean the whole show is about how ted met the kids MOTHER. Then we are left with a 5 second oh yea she died and there's just zero feeling there.

They had an emotional goldmine on their hands story-wise. We know everything about Ted, and we know JUST enough about the mother.

Can you imagine the ending just being "Kids, that's how I met your mother. And as amazing the 9 years I spent leading up to just meeting her was, they were nothing compared to the joy I had in the 10 years I spent with her."

They could have shed the tears of EVERY person watching.

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Posted by Warfarer

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Member since May 2010

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Posted on 4/2/14 at 7:11 pm to Finkle is Einhorn

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Also as for Barney and Robin, I thought they went very well together. They are both selfish people who we watched change over time and learn selflessness from each other. Then they erased all that character development in about 10 minutes.

This is my biggest hang up with the whole thing. They have spent two to three years having Barney grow up and took away the number 1 thing about the show for years to only have him revert back after a failed marriage that he wanted to work.

The finale just felt like a clusterfrick that they could have done over the last few episodes instead of wanting to spring a surprise at us and end it quickly at the end. Did they even show any of the wedding or just up to it and then in the middle of the reception when Ted decided to leave?

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