Watching ONLY the FIRST and LAST episode of *HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER*

[@talic-os5899]

"they just got married, tho", now imagine watching a whole season solely of that wedding, to have it fall apart in 15 minutes of the very last episode.

[@MegaSpideyman]

Yeah, that was infuriating and incredibly disappointing. Made no sense to give up so easily after so much time and effort to finally get back together and be married. Just didn't fit and, unless I'm mistaken, the alternate ending doesn't even fix this, but just hints that they might get back together again. It doesn't change what they did by needlessly breaking them up again, especially after so much time spent on getting them back together and most of the season spent on their wedding.

[@MegaSpideyman]

Maybe it wouldn't have been as bad if the final season hadn't spent so much time on the wedding. Just feels like they wasted the audience's time.

[@talic-os5899]

@@MegaSpideyman the last two seasons were all about robin and borney's relationship. It is so stupid when people try to defend the last episode by saying "but the creators filmed the vhildren saying those things years before", if that end was so important, why focus on the true love of barney and robin right before it??

[@kaleandseeweed]

As someone who never shipped Barney and Robin (plz dont hate me) i thought it was completely random and confusing too 😭

[@oOAleex]

the whole wedding season is literally full of scenes that clearly show how in love ted still is with robin and barney even says ted would be better for her right before the wedding, i did not expect barney and robin to last even though i loved them together

[@emcoates9290]

the thing about barney is after 9 seasons his character didnt just mature when he had the baby, there was 9 seasons of character DEVELOPMENT..... that the series finale just RUINED in seconds. and turned him back to S1 barney. to then "mature" him again in 5 seconds. it was criminal how they ruined his character

[@notowen__8667]

I just think it had to with relapsing back to his old self as a result of his divorce. It was his coping mechanism. To me, the regression made sense.

[@duduhardman]

@@notowen__8667 You read it perfectly Owen

[@PunkRockJ]

@@notowen__8667 thank you

[@blueblack3591]

Oh god agree

[@NeighborhoodStreetrat]

As someone who's relapsed before, they did it realistically.

[@amaranta8650]

I just had war flashbacks to the BETRAYAL I felt when the series finale came out. I felt just as confused and annoyed as you did, but I put in way more than one hour into it. trust me, dedicating a whole season to a wedding and having them divorce the next episode doesn't work. it also doesn't work to have a season where you show us how great the mom is and then have her killed off. I swear, it started feeling like they just added her in so Ted could have kids and then go back to Robin

[@Remarkable269]

Yeah fr

[@cynthiaxwangcomedy]

mhmmm it was *Ted's* perfect ending. Tracy gave him the kids he always wanted that Robin couldn't give him...and then he still gets to end up with Robin.

[@keishaanna]

I think that's exactly why they added the mom in. Hit the nail on the head. Gosh I hate the last episode. TnT

[@An19941]

Uuuuugh it hurts so much to relive this all again

[@feelstora3]

The worst thing? Didn't they say they planned this from the beginning? They could have basically ended the whole series with the first episode. Everything else was for nothing (including Barney's character development). I felt betrayed too.

[@jennywarren4736]

“did I just skip 9 seasons and not miss a thing!?” Literally! All that character development just to go back to a concept they clearly had at episode 1! 💔

[@hiddenmagnum9590]

Yup. And i can't believe people actually defend this horrid ending.

[@OliverSierraW]

@@hiddenmagnum9590 you can defend it because the whole idea of the show made it so they had to end it like this. They recorded all the scenes with the children early on to stop them from looking older, and had no idea it would go on for 9 seasons. They probably should have written the show to fit with the ending, but the show as a whole would probably have not been as good. At least with this ending you can ignore it and just have a really good 8 (11/12) seasons

[@otter011]

@@OliverSierraW or they could’ve just not used the last clips of the kids and end it in a different way that satisfies the viewers (and logic 😄). For example, they are doing flashfowards, so they could’ve asked the kids‘ actors to come back as Ted’s adult children. Or just not use them because they didn’t in lots of other episodes. Their planning went out the window the longer the show got, I think it’s just poor judgement (and lazy) to come back to this ending. If they had to have this ending, they would’ve known that during season 8 - so they could’ve gone in a different direction there and not spent two season on Barney and Robin’s character development and love… sorry I’m getting mad at them again already because I honestly don’t get how they went from simple comedy to comedy with a heart and character development back to simple comedy and ignoring every development and character‘s feelings

[@Dilly_Dil1y]

@@hiddenmagnum9590ending was so bad. Let’s spend the whole series to bring out the mom just to kill her off so Ted could be with robin? Let’s spend all season about robin and Barney’s weddding just to divorce them in one episode 😂

[@diya3822]

⁠@@OliverSierraWthey actually had two endings for the show, one where the mom doesn’t die and Robin and Barney stay together but they clearly went with the more horrendous ending

[@alexahansen4343]

The problem with the ending is that the writers had locked themselves into it. With the format of Ted telling the story to his kids in the future, they had to film all the time of him talking to them a the beginning so it wouldn't look like they aged. The problem is they didn't have the entire show written out at that point. They couldn't predict how the characters would develop and grow, so when they got to the end they had to bend back their character arcs to fit the original ending instead of creating a new one that fits their development which is why it's so unsatisfying for the viewers. Personally, I think they should've let the kids age and just leaned into it for comedic effect. Like the jokes where the kids say "it feels like you've been telling us this story for years" they also could've said "yeah I feel like I've aged four years" and that's just part of the joke because we've seen them age but in the story it's still this one night that Ted decided to tell his kids how he met their mother. It would've been meta and funny! Then the writers would have more freedom to come up with a more satisfying ending. God, you can really tell this was a good show that fell through on delivery. This entire comment section is full of paragraphs lmao.

[@LoveableNiki]

That's a cop out though. They could have shown the kids sitting on the sofa with old footage. When they spoke, the camera could be on Ted.

[@radhiadeedou8286]

@@LoveableNiki yep there were a lot of ways to fix, they should've filmed multiple endings from the beginning, why lock yourself like that

[@madison5431]

i totally thought they did film a few endings. did they really not?

[@anto4380delaguaridaa]

@@madison5431 no, it was only this one. the editors almost edited the whole robin thing out but then they decided to stick to the original ending

[@creatingpulsars9979]

actually they did film an alternative ending that you can find that is SO MUCH BETTER but they decided to stick to this one which was the original idea even though it literally just undid all of the character's growth throughout the show, especially Ted, Barney and Robin

[@IluvUFCgirl4eva11]

what really sucks about the last season is both Barney and Robin had so much development and it focuses completely on their wedding and how they’re perfect for each other just to be thrown out in the last two episodes for no reason

[@denzell6818]

Its called life

[@junehoneycrisp]

@@denzell6818 No it's called bad writing

[@itsanoformethanks6277]

They should've had a little girl show up as Barney's daughter without the divorce. Maybe her mom left her or died. Then the child could still come in and Robin could adopt her and have a kid.

[@ez3748]

@@itsanoformethanks6277 i thought robin hated kids though?

[@Dan-jp8jr]

That's what happens when you record the ending to a show years before it actually ends. All the character development that happened over those years goes to the shitter.

[@aaangelicaaa]

"Don’t spend nine years making us get excited about a character, spend a season making us fall in love with her and then giving her a death off screen for a ship that sunk years ago", as someone put it.

[@BabyKagome16]

Perfectly said

[@imaspecialgirllalala]

I’m still crying about this

[@YZ_ACM]

I think it was a good ending.

[@lehonk6026]

@@YZ_ACM how? I’m actually asking what makes you like it. I’m assuming you’ve heard many people say why they hate it, but there’s not a lot of people that say why they like it

[@joelgomez2016]

@@lehonk6026 The whole time Ted spends talking to his kids, he is reminiscing about how he came to know the mother in a way that subconsciously makes you wonder why he's so inclined to tell the story in the first place. Kind of like he is trying to release some guilt by letting the kids now how he met Robin then their mother. In one episode in an earlier season, Ted wishes he would of met her sooner so he could have had more time with her. The whole time during the story, he talks about Robin and almost none of it is relevant to their mother. You can get a hint that he's thinking fondly of Robin after it having been some time after the mother passed. The story about him meeting their mother had so many life lessons covered in humor and sometimes no humor at all, to tell us of life's melancholy and how we still maintain hope and stay open to love. The show had too much realism for you to not suspect there wasn't a picture perfect ending, which is why I loved it and cried. It was soo similar to what actually happens in life at times, that i suspect most people were upset they didn't give us an escapism with a picture perfect ending. It was a cue for us to keep hope and love through all our tribulations, and the blue horn at the end with Robin was the silver lining. I don't really get how so many people hated it.

[@cristinabrando5924]

dylan saying “is he attractive enough to be this insane?” is like barney’s hot/crazy chick diagram lmaoo

[@ni2077]

the doppler dahmer theory aaaa I remember this

[@jonathansendker7871]

@@ni2077 If I may be that guy, not quite - the Doppler/Dahmer theory is that actions will be seen as psycho or romantic depending on whether one is attracted to the other person, whereas the hot/crazy scale is just a scale to map people on - the crazier they are, the hotter they need to be for Barney to sleep with them lol. From the wiki: "As Barney explains in How I Met Everyone Else​, a person is allowed to be crazy, as long as they are equally hot. Ideally, you want your date to be above the diagonal line, indicating that they are hotter than they are crazy."

[@ni2077]

@@jonathansendker7871 yes you may haha, but I just meant that that theory was what the person was referring to

[@alexare6655]

@@jonathansendker7871 both of you are wrong. It's dobler. Lmao. As in lloyd. Not the weather affect.

[@tom_d-_-b]

@@alexare6655 It's also weather effect, not affect. Remember that the difference between affect and effect, and the no food rule on the fiero are the only two things Marshall is serious about.

[@monimoo88]

What a lot of us hated about this show is it essentially spent two or three seasons maturing Barney only to have him revert back to season one Barney in a span of a few seconds. As well as the entire final season being based around robin and Barney’s wedding only to have it end in divorce. Like wtf were the writers doing? And the mother was introduced on the final episode of the eighthseason I believe. She appeared in almost the entirety of the final season sporadically.

[@selmadjeziri8285]

Yeah... The fact that they killed off the mother and made Robin and Barney get divorced just so that Ted and Robin get back together was so dumb.

[@orbit354]

Barney didn’t really change, he tricked Robin into falling in love with him, he was still egocentric, manipulative and they were both equally stubborn. A marriage like that just can’t work out and that the most important thing for Robin was her career was ALWAYS clear. Barney wanted to have a child, and he was meant to be father. Just look at how he fell in love with james son at first sight. He was never able to have a good relationship, same things with nora and Quinn…

[@selmadjeziri8285]

@@orbit354 i agree on everything except the fact that he manipulated Robin, he manipulated everyone on the show but not Robin, or maybe i don't remember it.

[@orbit354]

@@selmadjeziri8285 He faked a whole relationship with Patrice just that Robin would fall in love with him 😅 I guess you call that manipulation. I love him as a character but he’s just not made for a long-lasting relationship. As a father he is perfect imo

[@fatoumatacisse3796]

@@selmadjeziri8285 what do you mean, he literally manipulated her for weeks. He pretended to be in love with patrice and LIED to her for weeks. Then he proposed and she had every right to be mad, idk how she quickly changed her mind and said yes like dambn

[@LoveAnnie98]

the way the mother was built up for 8 SEASONS, i had such high expectations and they absolutely exceeded them. she was perfectly cast (the actress was just gorgeous and wonderful and made the character even better than i could have ever expected), perfectly written and i adored her- i didnt even mind her ending bc i feel like it made sense that that was the reason he was telling the kids how they met like if tracy was alive then why hadnt she inputed into this long ass story? idk i feel like her ending could have been evocative and beautiful (like the scene in season 9 where robin's mother turns up and ted is telling tracy the story in the future and tracy goes "ofc she showed up, what kind of a mother wouldnt be at her daughters wedding" and ted starts crying.... i cry every time fr) but my god was it bullshit that he went back to robin like it very much felt like she was used as a way for ted to get babies bc robin couldnt have kids... they should have just ended it with "and that kids is how i met your mother" like it would have been heartbreaking but at least i would have felt something other than blind rage also robin and barney were SUCHHHH a fantastic couple who were actually so perfect for each other especially in that last season and having them divorce in 2 seconds after having a literal season of the show all about their wedding and their love??? just so stupid and unnecessary. AND SO DAMN RUSHED!!! plus barney's entire character development from the last 3 seasons being thrown out in 40 minutes... bye literally top 3 worst tv show ending of all time for me

[@lheilapierre117]

I know, I was so sad when they got a divorce, I only watch the show for their love development. it was definitely rushed, nobody likes ted.

[@shelby4771]

Lol I just wrote a paragraph about how you get to choose an optimistic or realistic/pessimistic ending, and I 100% agree this ending was sad, but was realistic in my opinion. But I also agree that the alternate was 100% good and feel-happy even though friendships still fell through. I just love how this finale still gets so many passionate opinions like ours 🤣

[@didakissy]

Robin and Barney getting divorce was the most upsetting thing😭😭

[@dylancrowley7685]

Yeah i agree with this, the mother dying wasn't the problem with the finale, the way they handled things is just awful and the ted and robin bullshit could have been completly skipped lol

[@hayleyoesch1313]

YES! Couldn't have said it better myself! The death didn't bother me, the going back to Robin did. Why did the mother, who was a perfect match for Ted in every way, have to be boiled down to the babymaker? Ugh.

[@kyleebrooksbank928]

The fact that Dylan didn’t sit through the 9 seasons that we all did and STILL hated the ending just as much really says something about just how godawful it was.

[@Danie_pixie]

Lmao that was my exact thoughts

[@Powered1Buttercup]

My sister has been watching the whole show lately and we got to the last season and the last episodes and oh my god I hate it so much, so much character develpment of SEVERAL characters completely out the window, it's so unnerving. And I'm not even gonna talk about how disgusting it is that Barney turns around "for the better" only when he has a child of his own considering that Robin couldn't have kids, it's just *screams*

[@alja4991]

THANK YOU. This is why the ending sucks. If even someone who sees Ted and Robin before all of their "we need to get over one another" and "I don't love you"s thinks it's bad, it's BAD.

[@andrewosborne7544]

Pissed me off how bad that ending was

[@aracelypradinett2159]

I don’t live in the usa so when i read about the finale, I was so mad that until now i haven’t watched it. I felt betrayed

[@sophieamandaleitontoomey9343]

Honestly maybe Tracy dying wouldn’t have been so bad if it was just a fond look back on everything she gave Ted. And how it took him so long to talk about it because he was grieving, but now he’s finally able to be at peace about it. The whole thing with Robin soured it completely.

[@HuntingViolets]

I was hoping she would live and get a spinoff where she tells the kids about her pre-Ted life. Ted even did that part, because she was dead.

[@blueblack3591]

Yeah

[@furansu_chan]

This is why the alternate ending works so much better

[@Anomyron]

@@HuntingViolets This is what How I Met Your Father should've been

[@debuthunter5389]

@@HuntingViolets - Why would he tell the story across multiple seasons to his kid, without Tracy (their mum) being there for ANY of it, when they would be LIVING in the SAME house together. Haha.

[@amalhassan4996]

Do you guys remember that episode where Barney literally explained the whole show in 52 seconds? 😭

[@itzluh5369]

yeah to his stripper fiance😂😂

[@Remarkable269]

Yeah i like that episode

[@TheAfricanGrey]

Never seen this show so I thought u was talking about Barney the dinosaur for a sec 😭

[@trinaq]

Yep, it was truly legan...Wait for it... Dary!

[@Remarkable269]

@@TheAfricanGrey lol

[@khristianrachelle2941]

“Maybe it worked.” As someone who watched all 9 seasons, it was infuriating. It did not in fact work that we had all these little hints to the mom, throughout the last season we learn about her and love her and then they’re just like “this great love story we made for Robin and Barney? Nope. This woman we slowly made you love who was perfect for Ted? Nope. This relationship that was toxic and didn’t work (Ted+Robin)? Yes.”

[@fadyalhachem]

Exactly I didn't like this at all. Didn't make sense and so morbid

[@indigo150]

it definetly felt like they made Ted and Robin get back together for fan service or something because that ending felt very random

[@KangarooMonkey]

They spent an entire season hyping up two relationships, both of which were broken up in the finale.

[@neomu-multi]

@@indigo150 not even for fan service, cause honestly, who besides the writers wanted them together?💀 it was pure laziness on their part, they just didn’t want to remake the end that they’ve had prepared since season 1

[@nerddwarf]

I think it's best described as They wrote a beginning, and an ending. As they went through the story, the story strayed further and further away from the ending. Oops

[@eee_baek]

I am still mad about the ending. How could you get Ted and Robin back together?! The amount of times she rejected him, the amount of times they showed how wrong they are for each other, and the part that really disappoints me is how can you end Barney and Robin!😭 We spent 9 seasons waiting for Tracy and then she meets Ted, gets married, has children and dies within the span of one episode. Like at this point it should be called How I ended up with Robin? Because this isn’t what I signed up for when watching this, other than that its a good show! Just pretend the last episode didn’t exist!

[@bluesideace]

Right??? Literally so disappointing😭😭

[@CalistFitness]

The biggest problem was that Ted wanted kids and Robin didn't, Ted has kids now so he doesn't need to have kids with Robin

[@mercedesmercado4231]

I agree the amount of episodes dedicated to how wrong Ted and Robin are for each other is too damn many for a grown ass Ted to be jumping in a relationship with her one more time when you’re supposed to be wrapping the show up. Especially after how they built Tracy up in the last season so everybody was invested in them meeting. That last episode is why I still haven’t watched the reboot.

[@eee_baek]

@@mercedesmercado4231 same! I haven’t watched the reboot either bc anytime I think of himym all I can think about is the train wreck of the last season! And I don’t want a similar thing like that to happen with the reboot bc I will be pissed!

[@Schaemia]

The one thing that bothered me in particular was taking the photo in the bar with her wedding dress... AND THE MOTHER WASN'T IN IT!!!

[@_ChoccooMilkk_]

Bro this show didn’t deserve that horrible ending it got. I don’t think they needed to kill Tracy, she could’ve stayed alive and showed up in the future to tell the kids that dinner was ready, she then would say “is he still telling this story?” And then we go outside and see the old gang one last time. That’s my ideal HIMYM ending.

[@Kristianalexis1]

Omg that would’ve been perfect

[@Luka-st4uf]

Tbf while the ending sucked they literally backed themselves into it since the first few seasons. They made no development between Ted and Tracy, just rushed into it. It literally was a story of everything but meeting their mother. It was a dumb concept that I realise now that I grew up instead when I was watching it as a kid.

[@LSG101097]

It's one of the best sitcom endings. It's perfect and makes so much sense. Nobody "killed of Tracy", she was dead before the show started, cos it's all about Robin since ep1. Your ending would be too stupid sry.

[@ComingSoonOnVHS]

@@LSG101097 the ending was one of the lowest ranked finales to a show before Game of Thrones took the top spot. It was awful, it made it feel like the whole time Ted was with Tracy was just "good enough" or like he was never truly in love with her because he was always just waiting for his turn with Robin. And that really sucks, it's like "hey kids, let me tell you the story of how I met your mom that was never really the most important person to me, because it was really my friend the whole time"

[@lolkail5800]

​@@LSG101097arrest this guy. He hiding meth he be smokin'

[@jaycievictory8461]

"is he attractive enough to get away with something this creepy" Dylan inadvertently pre-empting Barney's crazy/hotness scale 🙃

[@amberderepentigny6965]

See I think Barney is attractive, BUT rewatching it recently, it was really creepy and f*cked what he did to all those girls . I realized how inappropriate it was and not ok😬

[@jaycievictory8461]

@@amberderepentigny6965 Yes, both Barney and Ted treat women appallingly but Barney was much more open about it.

[@sofiaboo6739]

@@jaycievictory8461 yup, and I've always thought ted was worse exactly for that reason. barney is gross but at least he knows that, ted, however, is also gross but he and the show itself are convinced he's a saint which just makes me SO MAD

[@jaycievictory8461]

@@sofiaboo6739 So true

[@nooneknows19]

@@sofiaboo6739 Essentially Barney is a fuckboy. Ted is a r/niceguy.

[@hattyg123]

I love HIMYM - it's one of my comfort shows - but I always stop the finale with five minutes to go because I don't think it makes sense that Ted ended up with Robin. Barney and Robin were perfect for each other, and throughout the series it was so obvious that Robin wasn't the right girl for Ted but Tracy was. Also they gave Barney so much character development when he finally decided to stop chasing girls and go after Robin ending in the Final Page, and that was undone by their divorce.

[@annaoberon3244]

They also had the whole last season about Ted letting Robin go and them both finally understand they weren't made for each other. The scene on the beach was all for nothing. And they stuffed so much depressing plot into the last two episodes, they could've at least spread it across the season. I always stop watching at the final season, it doesn't make sense to me to watch it.

[@KarolinaK00]

I stop at Ted meeting Tracy. That way everyone's happy and with who they're meant to end up with.

[@3dstuff654]

I always stop before the last 2 eps

[@cynthiaxwangcomedy]

mhm and Barney only learned to respect women because he had a daughter *eyeroll*

[@re-hz4xd]

i just wanna talk to someone involved with the show like HOW DID THEY THINK IT WAS A GOOD IDEA I'M CONFUSED

[@jameslockman7664]

“They’re not gonna kill her are they” I laughed for about 30 minutes

[@alizd1096]

😭

[@paddy7818]

time

[@NoThankUBeQuiet]

See that didn't bother me but they threw away any scenes that made that ending work and still tried to force the ending

[@naodamdetsyon6929]

This show did such a good job at maintaining consistency with Lily’s hair. Like it’s actually insane how it’s always accurate especially since they don’t make this effort with anyone else.

[@sebastiansilva8490]

just watching this but YESS omg I got so happy anytime they would flashback/forward and Lily's hair would actually match a different era, it was so fun to follow!!

[@NPCarlsson]

I love that, despite missing all of the chemistry and all of the build-up to Robin and Barney and only getting a brief glimpse of their wedding, you can still see, clear as day, that they're a better match than Robin and Ted are.

[@debuthunter5389]

At that point of time in life, yes. It also doesn't mean specifically that Ted and Robin ended up together. It shows the complexities of life and relationships, which is what the entire show was about.

[@PastelCrimson]

They did the mother wrong with that ending, Robin and Barney should of stayed together, they were literally meant for each other

[@jeilee3860]

They spent 9 seasons tell us all the reasons Ted and Robin were terrible for each other then like 3 seasons (I can't remember when they first got together) telling us all the reasons why Robin and Barney were perfect for each other then took an entire 20-22 episode season to show us their wedding weekend just to break them up 10 minutes later and have Ted and Robin be endgame?! Like what sense does that make? Am I supposed to believe Robin and Ted are going to have a good relationship now? They were always better as friends and Robin and Barney were amazing together romantically. Robin and Barney should've travelled the world together as a couple and come back to visit the rest of the gang for the big things. That would be the best ending.

[@trinaq]

Precisely, Robin and Barney were mirror images of the other, and understood the other's viewpoint extremely well. I always prefer the "Alternative" ending, where it's implied that they get back together.

[@eee_baek]

They spent majority of the season showcasing Robin and Barney’s wedding only for them to divorce a couple years later like wtf! How many times throughout the show are you gonna show us how Robin and Ted aren’t meant to be, the amount of times Robin rejected Ted bc she was in love with Barney and all of sudden just bc Ted got with Tracy, thats when she realizes Ted is meant for her like huh? They made Robin look so selfish because she always wants what she can’t have!

[@PM.0000]

Barney deserved to be alone. That's the point.

[@requiemforanali]

but they didn’t ;) Ted and Robin>>>

[@chipialvarez7941]

I feel like we could have all accepted Tracy’s death (aka the mother) if Robin had not broken up with Barney and ended up with Ted because it completely destroys Barney’s character arc. And I actually kind of like that Ted’s wife dies because it gives this immense feeling of pain and reason to why someone would want to tell his kids about their mother, I just hate Robin and Barney’s break up

[@alexwright4930]

Also if they hadn't gone from a single line about Tracy's death in mere seconds to the kids encouraging old Ted to date Robin. After a whole season of making the audience love Tracy. Talk about mood whiplash.

[@DirtyPrancing]

Not to mention the kids reactions are super weird. Like, just because your mom's been dead six years doesn't make the whole story and your dad wanting to date someone else a flippant joke

[@shannond7437]

Yeah they forced their original planned ending rather than giving us an organic ending. Would love to see Barney be Kim Catrall’s “Father” on the new show but it won’t happen.

[@zebawarsi8894]

I just love ted robin ended together

[@winterfromwisthollow]

I agree with this, but if they wanted Ted to tell his kids about the mother, they should have incorporated more of her and her backstory. We never see her parents or hear about her childhood. It would have been awesome to see Ted introduce her to his own family, or vice versa. It left a huge hole in the show imo.

[@Prior2Popular]

“Is this endearing? I think no. But she’s kinda into it? Then again... she’s been written to be into it.” Dylan describing almost all female love-interests 😂

[@paingoret6]

Haha yes and this is why some real men get confused when real women don't react the same way as fictional women do to certain scenarios. Hence why we have crap like "friend zone" because in the movies being nice to the hot girl got the guys laid 🙄

[@purpletee6874]

The last two episodes just felt SO wrong. It was a big slap in the face to the fans who dedicated a whole decade watching this show, growing to love these characters and growing up alongside them as well. Granted not every show has to have a happy ending, but this is a comedy and it just made no sense: it was rushed and completely flushed years of character development down the drain. One of the big points of the show is the friendship between these characters. Having them be estranged was horrible. Such a shame because the show itself is so good and a comfort series to many. The fact that Dylan was able to detect how horrible it ended when he only watched a few episodes says a whole lot about the ending. This video just re ignited my frustration LOL. Great video Dylan, glad to have you back!!!

[@vaishnavisingh9244]

I have never watched this show and honestly, I kinda feel you. Dylan was talking about the office but it had pulled through in the end where everyone was happy with their choices and just vibing in the end

[@AmaraEmme]

Honestly I hated the last season’s pacing but I realized that the pacing probably allowed the audience to empathize with the characters a lot more. I think Robin, Barney and all of their friends probably felt just as betrayed and frustrated as the audience, and probably more, because the RobinxBarney relationship that they had invested so much time and effort into and thought was endgame was torn away from them so quickly in relation to how much time they had invested into it. It was like a longer version of the episode where Marshall’s dad died- where everything was great and then at the very end it was unexpectedly ripped away from him. This emphasis on the sudden shock of loss makes sense given how the series was inspired by 9/11.

[@winterfromwisthollow]

This is exactly why I never watch the last two episodes, or even the ninth season, really. It is a comfort show for me, and the way it ended is just depressing. And to add insult to injury, my boyfriend thinks it's a good ending, smh.

[@FatesUtopia2]

One million percent agree! I loved this show so much, and have ignored the end because it was just too inappropriate for the show

[@SecretKindOfLife]

I don't necessarily agree, as I got older I actually appreciated the ending more. It was pretty realistic, life can suck, people die, friends who were once really close grow appart as they get older, that's life. I liked the ending with Robin and Ted. It made sense, they were not right for each other when they were younger, the timing was never right, they always wanted different things. He met Tracy and was very happy with her for many years and she was everything he always wanted. Sadly she passed. Again that's life. There is not just one person for you. You can have several "soulmates", there is not just one person who can make you happy. He mourned his wife for years and realized it was time to move on and the timing might now be right with Robin. The look on her face when she saw him stand outside her window was really touching. The show started with that and ends with that, knowing everything that happened in between.. I think its beautiful. And I never was a Ted and Robin "shipper", I just loved all the characters. I remember being frustrated at the time that we didnt see Tracy more after all the build up. But then realized that I got it all wrong all along. It never was just about Tracy, it was about Ted's journey. Searching for love, finding it, losing it, losing hope, finding Tracy thanks to fate, losing her...and opening his heart again. Asking his kids if its ok for him to open his heart again to a woman who was also one of the greatest love of his life.

[@MocaLykke]

The producers and Ted did the exact same thing, they had that familiar, comfortable story and they couldn't see how wrong it had become for them and let it go. I know they had filmed the children's "you like aunt Robin" scene all the way back in season 1 to avoid having to recast different kids after the actors would've grown up but they were many ways around that. Like Ted, they just couldn't step back and see that after 9 seasons Ted/Robin didn't fit or make sense anymore. I wish they would've just scraped that scene, gotten the kids' actors back all grown up, sat them in that couch and had them joke that "Dad, you tell us the same story every year". Either with the mom peeking inside the room to joke with them and look at Ted lovingly, or still dead and a bittersweet comment from Ted about his love for her or not forgetting her or something.

[@eskreskao]

It's worse than that, they apparently filmed the "you like aunt Robin" scene during production of Season 2. Which started with Ted and Robin together. It would've been half-way understandable if Robin remained "The one that could've been", "The one that got away" etc., but they've immediately shot themselves in the foot by introducing the having them already be exes.

[@scarship8250]

Actually... I never thought of them doing like a older version of the kids saying "you tell us this story every year"... But it's amazing. A really great idea and it sounds like such a wholesome and great way of end things

[@Sabrina.682]

your idea with the kids getting older is SO much better!

[@sofiaboo6739]

honestly, random person on a youtube comment section, you did a way better job than the producers could ever dream of doing

[@marammaaroufi6093]

your version is soo amazing! wth

[@lizkoroskenyi4387]

Love the fact that he had the exact same reaction as alot of fans... But he had the joy of only wasting an hour or two of his life and not 9 years like some of us did.

[@a.velderrain8849]

I had the joy of only wasting the 28 minutes it took to watch this video.

[@hwlsgrl]

unpopular opinion i liked the ending

[@josaete2297]

HIMYM was a fantastic show that didn't end in the best way, but I wouldn't say by any means that those 9 years were "wasted"

[@LegioXXI]

​@@hwlsgrl ​ @maeve You liked having the character and relationship development of 9 seasons being thrown out the window within the last two episodes? Because the death of the mother wasn't the problem with the ending, the forced setback to season 1 was.

[@LSG101097]

It was the best ending. I don't understand why people keep whining. If you want only pointless and silly happy ending - watch cartoons. If you don't ant to see anything realistic - watch cartoons for people under 5 years old.

[@rvnclwqn]

Why i hate the ending so much is the fact that the ending made Tracy a "step". The biggest problem between Ted and Robin is the fact that one of them wants kids and the other doesn't. So the ending just makes it like the mother is just a way to make Ted have kids and for Robin not to be the mother of those kids. It makes it like Tracy wasn't Ted's soulmate or the love his life, she was just a STEP to have Robin and Ted end up together. One of things that piss me off is the fact that there are so many references in the show about how Robin and Ted arent meant to be together (for example the olive theory being disproved because Robin started to like olives) and also why the hell does Marshall keep trying to convinve Ted to go after Robin. Does he not get that ROBIN DOESN'T LOVE TED ANYMORE. To me that was one of the worst things Marshall did to Ted. About Barney and Robin though you can see they were always in love with eachother while with Ted and Robin it was one-sided

[@FirstNameLastName-wt5to]

The biggest problem between Robin and everyone is she’s a narcissist.

[@amandachaves-sp8de]

The lesson is: things changes, things will work if you just accept life for what it is

[@LSG101097]

It was his soulmate. It just life and people die. It is normal. You always be just a step in the story for someone who outlived you. This is the point of the show - live doesn't end with the death of your soulmate. Don't bury yourself before your time.

[@edadragneel1569]

And even when Robin DID like him back, it was ONLY when he was with someone else. She even said in an episode that it was a problem, and that she only wants things she can’t have.

[@juliesnoot2818]

my thoughts exactly!!

[@dumisalengwati3068]

This is basically how to find out everything that's wrong with the series finale of How I Met Your Mother, without having to watch all 9 seasons 😂😭

[@fishnewt1331]

Truth.

[@andm9766]

Not gonna lie tho. Just watching the first and last makes the ending much better because I had watched the re runs and saw the last then first and it didn’t seem as bad. Wasting time with the whole 8th season is what makes it bad

[@minakorei]

I still think the reveal should have been that Ted was dying, not Tracy. It would explain why he would take take so long to get to the meeting of the mother, because he wanted his kids to know his story. There’s that scene in the last season when Ted starts crying when Tracy mentioned a mother not being there for her daughter’s wedding. The gang always made fun of him for being effeminate so it would have been a gag in a dark humor kind of way that Ted sees himself as the mother of the bride, instead of the obvious crying because Tracy is dying. Then they wouldn’t have had to ruin 9 seasons of character growth. The last scene could have been the gang plus Tracy surrounding Ted and telling him that they love him, and we as the audience gets to see that yes, they’re still close, that we heard this story to understand that this is why he wants them by his side when he’s on his deathbed.

[@nguyenkhanhhailinh1721]

It's an interesting take, but honestly just way too dark I'd prefer it if it just ended with "And kids, that's the story of how I met your mother", they have a somber scene about the mother passing away, then there's a knock on the door, the gang shows up, laughing, Lily says something like "Ted, are you pestering your kids with those stories again, it's Thanksgiving, stop blabbering and come help me with the Turkey" Then the camera shows everyone with their family, Robin with her dogs sitting at the same table, just eating, having a great time The camera zooms out, maybe Ted narrates something along the lines of "Kids, I never told you this, but of all the wonderful things your mother gave me, the one thing that got me through all of it, was an amazing story to tell you all someday". I have no idea why the ending had to be about Ted and Robin, or any individual at all And the kids were wrong, this wasn't a story about Ted and Robin, it was a story about a group of friends and their bond, their crazy stories So why not end with that ? Why not end with a shot of everyone together even at the end ? Even with the already filmed footage, just film new footage without the kids

[@SM-dq3ix]

This would have been SUCH a better ending!

[@OGT1069]

@@nguyenkhanhhailinh1721 I like your take on the ending and I don´t know if you are aware but they actually made an second ending that cut off everything after Ted and Tracy's wedding where, Bob Saget (the narrator), starts explaning how he feels about the meeting each other. I think that was the ending they should have chose because it ends thing in a good note. Also, there's a moment when they hint at the possibility that Robin and Barney would get together again.

[@leanashine]

That's a good idea! Maybe a bit dark, but good!

[@DelightfullyGrace]

I cried reading this comment. That’s such a good premise, you’ve hurt me T-T

[@sendtherain]

I am DEFINITELY interested in seeing more first-and-last sitcoms from you, and you're 100% right that the ending did not work. Fans and critics alike felt like it was a betrayal of the series and the premise, and disrespectful to not only the protagonists (Robin and Barney especially, who had to throw away years of character development to make it work) but also to Cristin Milioti , the actress who played the mother. She was introduced at the end of S8 under the assumption that the entire final season would build her love story with Ted, but instead she was just a prop the whole time for Ted and Robin. YUCK!

[@snowbeast4463]

Watching it this way really shows how little Ted changed over 9 seasons and how he just repeated the same toxic cycle over and over again.

[@robertpchaoticking5703]

The wedding thing didn’t work, at all. It pissed off most of the fandom. The fact that they spent the whole last season (takes place over a single weekend by the way) setting up for Barney and Robins wedding and giving Barney some really great character development only to yank all of that way just for Ted and Robin to end up together is the worst. Ted and Robin barely had an chemistry during the entire show. Just the worst finale to any show I’ve ever seen

[@rainestar82]

the abrupt switch of character Barney has from all the rest of the set up to immediately after the wedding....yeah, they literally pulled that out of their asses For The Drama. They both changed so much individually and as a couple over the show, it was such a slap in the face. And it erases ANY moment of growth from Ted too. 3/5ths of the main cast no better off than they were the 1st ep. As a writer myself I'm so personally offended by the ending...

[@debuthunter5389]

@@rainestar82 - May be a writer but unsure if you also grasp the complexities of life

[@MissJasmine305]

@@debuthunter5389 You do realize that a TV show isn't real life... right?

[@kitana5583]

This show has truly the worst finale ever. Every other show with a bad finale makes it so you can at least still watch the rest of the show again but this one makes it impossible to even rewatch this show without thinking "WHAT WAS THE POINT????"

[@Remarkable269]

Yeah

[@lapetitlapearl7114]

Exactly!

[@adamisajoker]

That's how I feel about Game Of Thrones.

[@jujuaurelus]

@@adamisajoker out of all the people to be king, fucking BRAN???

[@meridzs]

@@jujuaurelus i think bran would've made sense if it was set up more but the last few seasons were too rushed. if the books are ever finished, it'll probably make more sense in them. the whole series started with bran after all

[@fromcheska]

The Mother was introduced in the last season and like everyone else in the show met her before Ted and like they really made her so likable and wonderful and well, you kind of have to do that since you hype up this character for 8 seasons before that... and they just KILLED HER OFF LIKE THAT. The pain. The agony.

[@debuthunter5389]

She obviously was gone. Where would she be throughout the entire story telling? Also, remember Ted's monologue to her before we were even introduced to her...?

[@angel-ec3rh]

In the first half you seemed adamant that Ted's behaviour was creepy though at one point you asked if he was endearing and an episode of HIMYM actually talks about it, the show says that if both people are into each other, then a big romantic gesture works: Dobler, but if one person isn't into the other, the same gesture comes off serial-killer crazy: Dahmer. I've always thought it was so interesting that this concept directly applies to Ted's one-sided relationship with Robin in season 1

[@JosephPatrick-m9d]

Robin doesnt really find Ted creepy, she was into him but she really just wanted something"casual"

[@divinelangene6813]

​@@JosephPatrick-m9dthat's cause Robin is built different 😂

[@ptolover7]

I spent 8 years of my life watching this show and I came to the same conclusions you did after only watching the first two and last two. The series finale actually aired on March 31st and I genuinely thought it was an April Fool's Day prank. Like, I waited all day the next day for them to announce it but they did not. Essentially what happened was that the creators filmed those last scenes of the kids way back when they were filming the first season so they could use them in the eventual finale since the actors would be much older then and wouldn't be able to film them at the time. Their goal at the beginning of the show was for Ted and Robin to end up together. The issue ended up being that as the show went on and characters grew and evolved, it became clear that they weren't right for each other, but they really didn't want to give up on that pre-recorded ending so they forced it which meant they had to make all of the characters revert back to who they were in season 1. Huge mess.

[@noush4835]

exactly. i think the disaster could have been avoided only if they had pre-recorded multiple scenarios or possible endings just in case anything changed (which, as we all know, did)

[@alexisd6106]

They legit could’ve just made it a joke. I mean they make almost fourth wall jokes a few times throughout the show. They could’ve used the same actors and they could’ve gone “dad I feel like I’ve aged 8 years since this story started.” And literally we all could’ve moved on from it and accepted it. It would’ve been funny and not that big of a deal.

[@miguelcmr54]

No

[@pamelaroldan8384]

omg I forgot about the april fools day thing!! I remember staying up all night and going on so many forums full of people waiting with baited breath for the writers to say APRIL FOOLS! and it never came

[@PhoenixIsntHere]

Very Friends of them.

[@adrienrenaux6211]

Barney's character arc is actually one of the best parts of the show and a lot of his running jokes are great too. But this can only be seen through seeing the whole thing.

[@angelashinner]

And if you skip the last two episodes or he’s just a playboy that ended up with a child

[@ZimtPorridge]

His arc to commit to Robin was amazing. I hated his arc in the final episodes. The whole "NOW I see women as people because I made one myself!" Thing is awful and still sexist.

[@prachimishra1677]

He had no character arc.

[@Hikayuhuy]

@@prachimishra1677 he did until the last few episode. All the lessons about commitment and finding important things in life, all down the drain in a few hours and he turned into a caricature of himself. The marriage he worked toward for seasons after season, gone because of something they already solved. I’m upset again.

[@EzraDair]

No

[@idoltina]

I don't know how I never anticipated you doing this show for this series, but I'm so glad you did. It's nice to see someone come in with fresh eyes and call out what we all did back at the time of airing. They spent 8 seasons writing their character arcs and developing relationships and giving us one example after another of why Ted and Robin didn't work, and then the entirety of season 9 was the weekend of their wedding. The Mother make appearances throughout the last season since she was in the wedding band and they do a lot of time jumps back and forth, but yeah, it's just- The writers had this ending planned from the get-go, and filmed with the actors who play Ted's kids, and rather than recognize that they wrote themselves beyond their original plans, they belligerently stuck to their original plan and flushed NINE SEASONS worth of character development down the drain in 45 minutes. Like, you hit the nail on the head. The show on the whole is still an enjoyable experience, but it's all bittersweet now knowing the way it ends.

[@brianluttrell]

Most fans hate the last 2 episodes because of how they ended it. They filmed those clips with the kids in 2005 or 2006 and Ted and Robin were still together. So after they broke up they didn’t know how the show was gonna go by the end they had to somehow get them back together. And they did in the most rushed 2 episodes in the history of television. Most people agree that the show was still pretty decent until those episodes.

[@thatsFforU]

Dylan blessing us with his presence and looking like a prisoner...

[@vedarao_0]

I mean he did say he's never been cau- i mean he's never committed a crime... ofcourse...

[@rosegardenmadisonsquare]

I wish Dylan could’ve reacted to Robin giving her dogs away for Ted bc that was one of the most infuriating things i’ve ever witnessed in a tv show

[@swarleyyyy8206]

and when he said Robin didn’t make men feel needed.

[@QueenOfTheZombieApocalypse]

Very representative of how he never actually loved her, just the idea of her. She needed to give up a lot of who she was if they were going to be together. (I hated that part of the finale even more than the mom dying)

[@sunnydaydlite]

Tbh it was probably because it was too much work to film with all the dogs so they needed a story get rid of them

[@amityislandchum]

Ugh, yes. When Dylan made the joke, "Are we canceling Ted in 2022?" I wished I could reach through the internet and tell him that we actually canceled Ted way back in 2005. Ted was ALWAYS creepy and unlikable, even for the very shallow standards of the early 2000s. I always disliked Ted, but my extreme hate for him was solidified with the dog episode.

[@maymuunnunow9627]

@@sunnydaydlite Apparently the actor for Ted is severely allergic to dogs. They even had paramedics on the set whenever he had to be near them. So they came up with that storyline to get rid of them.

[@karlacutie69]

It was interesting to me how they brought Robin, a woman who didn't want kids, back to this man(Ted) with kids. Ya know who else had a kid that would've been older by then? Barney. You know who we all would've loved to see get back together since their back-burner divorce? Robin and Barney. I just found them to be far more compatible and Barney probably would've had continued development as he raised his child.

[@Cabamacadaf]

They only broke Barney and Robin up so they could get her together with Ted. If they were going to go for Robin and Barney they wouldn't have made them get divorced in the first place.

[@sueoshea2131]

grown kids...

[@canuck21]

Ted's kids are teenagers, Robin won't need to take care of them constantly like young kids require.

[@karlacutie69]

We all knew that Ted and Robin were end game from the beginning. They filmed the ending around season 2. I'm just saying they would've been better. Ellie is 10. Penny and Luke are 15 and 13. Grown? Won't need to take care of them? Her sister Katie was 17 when Robin tried her best to help her stay out of trouble with her ex-boyfriend, Kyle.

[@shanzemadhani6418]

They hinted at the mother's identity and then in the last season all of Ted's friends met the mom before he did so as an audience we loved her already

[@AmelieMews]

Worst finale EVER with "Game of Thrones" and "Supernatural". ("Dexter", "Lost"?). 😩💔📺 P.D. At least "How I met your mother" has an alternative ending; you can watch it on KZbin. For many that one is the official/canon ending.

[@BhBc8f8]

nah this was a comedy so expectations were tempered. GoT however

[@lauratroy13]

You never watched supernatural then. That's the worst finale

[@AmelieMews]

@@lauratroy13 I haven´t... Does Supernatural wins the first, second or third place?

[@AmelieMews]

@@lauratroy13 Just added it ;)

[@lauratroy13]

@@AmelieMews i never watched got but supernatural had imo the worst finale I've ever seen in a show

[@hotdogwater9060]

you’d think that dylan had already seen this show, but i guess he can still surprise us

[@trinaq]

Indeed, I could have sworn that he'd watched it already, but no!

[@the_nikster1]

I can't tell you how satisfying it is to see someone who didn't watch the whole series understand how much of a let down that series finale was. they completely phoned it in so no Dylan, it wasn't fine. it wasn't fine at all. they basically divorced Barney and Robin and killed off the mom so that Ted and Robin could be together, totally negating the purpose of the show to begin with. and I really loved the mom's character too. I was so pissed! anyway, please do more of these. they are some of my fave videos you do! ❤️

[@SomewhereInIndiana1816]

Agreed!

[@missserenity1090]

While I loved Barney getting to have his daughter and getting to him react to her for the first time I hate that they had to break up him and Robin. It threw the entire last season in the garbage as well as the growth he went through.

[@Aylinlalalalala]

The whole thing about Barney becoming more mature after his kid was born was weird I agree. Also he had that already with robin. He fell in love with her around s3/4 and it kinda never went away. They had issues but always found their way back to eachother. And then they just ended it like that

[@mbanerjee5889]

The fact that Dylan got mad at the ending having only watched 3 episodes of this proves what a stupid ending it was. Imagine the fans who waited 9 years for that finale. WORST. FINALE. EVER.

[@debuthunter5389]

I liked all of it. Ending was great.

[@red0silver0blue]

I love the show, but I still have not forgiven the writers for this ending. And the fact that the entire last season built up to the wedding, only for Robin and Barney to get divorced in a 10-second scene. Yes, there were hints that they would split up eventually, but I happily ignored those. I was so done with the Ted/Robin relationship because they tried and failed so many times. Rewatching it with you was fun though! It‘s good not to suffer alone.😂

[@orbit354]

They always failed because ted wanted to have kids and Robin didn’t. She wanted to be successful instead!

[@leonamvinoy3008]

@Rini Rin This sums it up so precisely

[@lastquarter3992]

Yeah, it felt like a waste of everything we'd been rooting for. At that point, the whole show was about Ted letting his feelings for Robin go. The alternate ending is a bit better.

[@PaintSplashProductions]

Fun fact: the ending got so much hate when it originally came out that for the dvd they redid the whole ending which is actually much more liked by the fans. Sadly it’s not on the version they use for Netflix or Disney+ I believe so only a small percentage has seen the good ending

[@peftasteriao3]

OMG how does it go??

[@PaintSplashProductions]

@@peftasteriao3 I haven't watched the dvd ending (because I've only watched the streaming version which uses the OG ending) but from what I've heard, they remove the whole "You want to get with Aunt Robin" thing and had the ending focus on Ted and the mom and his great amount of grief he still has at loosing her. I think they even do a montage of clips of her while he narrates how much he loves and misses her

[@SupermewX300]

@@peftasteriao3 Basically just leaves out the mother dying and Ted getting back together with Robin parts (and kind of implies that Barney and Robin might get back together).

[@Jellybeansatdusk]

@@PaintSplashProductionsit doesn’t touch on the grief because they don’t kill her. It ends at the bus station with the TM umbrella bit, fade to black

[@misterwhyte]

Actually the alternate ending was made before the backlash and was almost the one we got. The writers said that while editing the last episode, they had both endings ready and they had to make a choice. The fact that they made two endings makes me suspect they knew their original idea was bad. Sadly, after nine years they couldn't let go of it and went for it anyway. This is ironic considering a big part of season 9 is how Ted learns the importance of letting go.

[@SweenyTodd98]

No series finale has ever infuriated me more. The very first episode of this show told us that Robin was Aunt Robin meaning that she and Ted don't end up together, which is now an absolute lie. They spent years developing Barney and Robin just to undo it all in seconds (after an entire season at their wedding). Both Robin and Tracy (the mother) deserved better.

[@ren55mira57]

i disagree about robin... Tracy definitely deserved a better ending and a more prominent role considering she is what the story's meant to be about. I never really felt like robin was invested in her relationship with either barney or ted. Right before her wedding, she was seriously considering running off with ted or just running off, while barney was debating which tie she would like better. She really played them both over 9 years (i.e. choosing her therapist over barney, when he gave up Nora for her)

[@Peace4Leisure91]

I disagree in the sense that I personally would have been ok with Ted ending up with aunt Robin if we hadn’t seen all this character development, the direction they took for Robin, Barney and Ted absolutely did not match the ending!

[@menoguchi]

@@ren55mira57 That seems like an oversimplification tbh. Robin and Kevin were already dating before she cheated on him with Barney; and the reason why she decided to stay with Kevin instead of going back to Barney was made pretty explicit in that episode. Kevin suited her emotional needs and understood her much better, at least at that point in her life. Barney still had some growing up to do. I really dislike Ted and Robin together because I feel like Ted is chasing after an idea of Robin that he has in his mind rather than the real girl, and I feel like Barney was also going through something similar at that point. Eventually, I believe he started to understand Robin for who she was, but I don't think he, at that time, was ready for that monumental kind of commitment. Also, Robin was panicking before her wedding because, up to the last minute, she wholeheartedly believed Barney couldn't commit to another person and settle down with her (and the season finale pretty much justified her fears. Ugh. I hate that ending so much). _She_ believed _he_ wasn't invested in the relationship, because Ted was the one who actually tracked down her necklace, not Barney. But Robin and Barney talked it out afterwards, and Robin realizes that her fears were unfounded (if only...). _That's_ what made their relationship so great, imo. Their shared history wasn't just thrown out the window when they decided to get married. They still had issues, they clashed with each other and they had previous personal knowledge about the worst traits in one another, but they worked so much harder than any other couple in that series in order to make their relationship work, and it frustrastes me to no end that the writers decided it all should be flushed down the toilet.

[@AmaraEmme]

Honestly I hated the last season’s pacing but I realized that the pacing probably allowed the audience to empathize with the characters a lot more. I think Robin, Barney and all of their friends probably felt just as betrayed and frustrated as the audience, and probably more, because the RobinxBarney relationship that they had invested so much time and effort into and thought was endgame was torn away from them so quickly in relation to how much time they had invested into it. It was like a longer version of the episode where Marshall’s dad died- where everything was great and then at the very end it was unexpectedly ripped away from him. This emphasis on the sudden shock of loss makes sense given how the series was inspired by 9/11.

[@trinaq]

How to waste everyone's time: By forcing together two people after spending nine years pointing out exactly WHY they don't work as a couple!

[@itzluh5369]

LITERALLY

[@chiefpurrfect8389]

Tracy deserved better, Robin deserved better- and all for Ted to get everything he didn't

[@Imyourcherryybomb]

They should have just stayed friends. WHY IS THAT SO HARD FOR THEM!?!?@?&#£×+₹

[@tarynwilson1223]

Exactly!!

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

They tried to play it in the end like they were right for each other all along, and the only thing in their way had been Ted wanting kids and Robin wanting her career. Except the show kind of....forgot to show that. At all.

[@monie802]

“They spent the whole season, setting up a wedding, only for you to be like, yea it didn’t work out”….. oh no. It wasn’t ONE season. The first time they tease “the wedding” is like season 6 or something. They spend like 2 seasons teasing and leading up to a wedding, which ends up being Robin & Barney’s, a whole season planning it, then they break them up again within two episodes. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@debuthunter5389]

Yeah, because of the pacing. The wedding itself was mostly a backdrop for other events, interactions, relationships etc.

[@jesaea]

Yeah it was the first episode of season 6, Punchy's wedding LMAOOOO

[@notnat4435]

I love how dylans reaction is equivelant to someone who watched the entire show, and was enraged

[@skipscoop]

the INSANE thing is that all of the development you expected in the finale, barney growing up, robin moving on, the love story between ted and the mother, they happened!!! all of season 8 and 9, and its actually happy, the pre-moving on, filled with natural, unrushed development, and exactly what you want. and then, for some, god forsaken reason! it is completely, completely undone, and redone sloppily, in these last two episodes. literally the most incredible fumble

[@PassTheMarmalade1957]

I really don't know why they so stubbornly clung to the ending they'd decided on years ago when it clearly didn't work anymore. The pre-shot stuff with the kids was fine. Ted telling them the story because their mother died and he's finally ready to move on was fine - It makes sense when you remember that he spent SO long telling this story. It was clearly for an important reason. Everything else, like Ted going back to Robin and Robin and Barney's divorce, could have been changed.

[@gimmesumghosty5404]

they literally cancel out all of Barney’s character development in the last episode for no reason 😭 but him ending up a single dad makes sense for reasons, cuz its just what he gets. ANYWAY, i hated the ending, but watching the show was still worth it. barney and robin should’ve ended up together :( they really did ted dirty by killing off his wife after he searched for her for years 💀

[@bbjj0909]

just so you know the pacing of this show is more insane than anything else. all of season 9 up until the last 2 episodes are within a weekend. yes, about 26 episodes showing a story that took place in 2 days. and the last 2 episodes take place in the next 10 years. i dont think ive ever hated a conclusion to a sitcom this much

[@missserenity1090]

I think it was because some of the cast didn’t want to come back but I still think that they should’ve just ended with how he met her and then cut to them later on when he’s talking to their kids or just ended up cutting it off when they met completely. Maybe they could’ve even had them meet up in Chicago and the rest of the cast could pop in every now and then.

[@bbjj0909]

@@missserenity1090 i was just hoping to see a lot of ted and the mothers relationship. we only got 2 episodes of their relationship. it wouldve been way more emotional to see her die if we watched them together for a whole season than to just slap that news on our face

[@AmaraEmme]

Honestly I hated the last season’s pacing but I realized that the pacing probably allowed the audience to empathize with the characters a lot more. I think Robin, Barney and all of their friends probably felt just as betrayed and frustrated as the audience, and probably more, because the RobinxBarney relationship that they had invested so much time and effort into and thought was endgame was torn away from them so quickly in relation to how much time they had invested into it. It was like a longer version of the episode where Marshall’s dad died- where everything was great and then at the very end it was unexpectedly ripped away from him. This emphasis on the sudden shock of loss makes sense given how the series was inspired by 9/11.

[@debuthunter5389]

I agree that the pacing was the worst thing. In the end, who cares about if Blaumann is at the wedding, or if Marshall needs to sing rhymes on a bus. They ran it a season too long. Shoulda got to the point sooner.

[@bbjj0909]

@@debuthunter5389 well you see the last season for 22 episode do you know how much time has passed? About 4 days. the whole of last season is based on robin and barney's wedding and they just kept on dragging the show. and after the wedding was over, they make like a 10 year jump into the future. i might be wrong because i havent seen the show in a long time but i remember thinking how much they messed with time in the last season. and usually how i met your mother was known for messing with time but not to that degree. so it just really messed the pacing

[@andrewderocini8028]

This man was frustrated with the finale after watching 2 prior episodes. Imagine how we felt after watching for 9 years

[@matheustran8009]

the beauty of this show is that every inconsistency can be explained as "it is Ted's story telling", like when Barney is talking about Carl right in front of him but carl does not hear him, it makes some sense since this is Ted telling the story and not actually what is happening Also everyone in the group met the mother before Ted, that's why Lilly thought that she was a perfect match for Ted And Barney does vow to always tell the truth at his wedding

[@alli1222]

Ohhhh that makes a lot of sense now

[@zacharymorin4634]

To add, he vows that because he was a pathological liar who lied alot to get women to sleep with him and it’s basically how he got Robin back

[@HellenBeddQueen]

The biggest thing for me was that they spent soooo long just hamering it into our brains that Robin and Ted are not meant to be, shouldn't be together, and that she was meant for Barney and then they completely erased seasons worth of character growth in the last few minutes of the show. I'm personally fine with what happened with the mother since it was fun to go back and see all the little clues but I kinda wish that was where it ended

[@jeekim7495]

also on another note, this was EXTREMELY cathartic/validating to watch a live reaction from another person watching the most controversial finale episode in the history of sitcoms because i had the same jaw-dropping disbelief reaction at that last bit.

[@PsychoMantis308]

You clearly haven't seen the finale of Seinfeld

[@hospitalgal101]

Okay, but Barney saying "cuz you're a pirate" is so on brand for him through the rest of the show

[@Cookie_-tw8ld]

Once you watch the whole show it even makes less sense. At least by skipping from the first to the last episode you can see correlation to the finale, but after 9 seasons it makes ZERO sense. Ted and Robin were NEVER perfect for eachother. Ted almost saw Robin as a prize that he had to win; he made her out to be his idealistic girl when she was not. Ted's whole story arc was lettting go of the idealistic girl (Robin) and moving onto someone he truly cherished (Tracy). Robin and Barney's storyline go hand-in-hand which is why they work as a couple; you see them go through ups and downs, but they love each other through all of it. The writers got us invested in these two couples to just slap us in the face. It was a beautiful journey, but the ending left a bitter taste in my mouth because I felt as though 3 of the 5 main characters regressed in the finale. Anyway, I love this show, but they could have handled the finale so much better.

[@adrianazashen]

They had the ending done years before and didn't care to change or develope it to keep the twist, but it didn't work out lol

[@Peace4Leisure91]

YES! They even had an entire episode in season 9 dedicated to Ted finally letting go of Robin, which I was still mad to watch at that point because to me that was already a closed chapter! But they reopened it in the final season signifying that it’s done just to do…..THAT? smh

[@fabiocastelblanco2207]

Dylan: So you they spent an entire season on this wedding, and then they broke them up in the second to last episode. Who knows, maybe it worked. Narrator: It did not work, people were pissed.

[@childofvenus3781]

😂

[@debuthunter5389]

Worked for me.

[@k9feline2]

28:20 "Maybe it worked. Maybe it worked." No, it didn't work. No, it didn't work. For us, it's real gratifying seeing someone who didn't have the nine season long investment that we did feel the same "WTF? This is dumb," reaction we did (just without the rage). I'm especially pleased at your "Eh," reaction to Barney "redeeming" himself by having a daughter. The Mother was actually introduced in the previous season finale and made scattered appearances throughout the season, meeting everybody else except Ted, and that part worked. The actress was phenomenal, she really brought the character to life, we all fell in love with her (even those that didn't like the final season liked her) only to end with, "lol, Mom's been dead for six years, now go plough Aunt Robin like a cornfield!"

[@cecilia_henry]

That last sentence had me rolling ngl

[@noisyjodie2]

The fact that someone who’s watched just 4 episodes agrees this should’ve ended on episodes 22 speaks volumes,, the ending of this show was tragically disappointing

[@banaqos]

No way, this show deserves a whole watch 😭 It’s so good

[@GrimmDelightsDice]

Imo the first watch through was pretty good but rewatching it twice to show it to my husband and a friend it lost a lot of luster.

[@nyghtcinema]

Well I'd like to disagree. The first seasons were very nostalgic but became formulaic and boring from season 4 and 5

[@Becksnnc]

Looks shit if this is the level of humour it has lol.

[@beccalinnea]

I've watched it (except last two episodes) about 5 times but when I compare to other shows it honestly isn't THAT good in my opinion, also except for the ending I just can't stand Ted either

[@banaqos]

@@Becksnnc Not at all. It gets so good, the running jokes throughout the seasonings are great. And it also just gets very serious in general with the end of the season. I would really recommend it, with an open mind

[@multi-fannishpotato]

I have actually only watched the first and last episode of himym and my disappointment was immeasurable that time. I can only sympathize with the loyal fans of himym lol

[@ducksauce9187]

i mean for me the show was never about the overarching story about the mom. Like most episodes are about completly different stories including the friends and the stuff they do doesnt even revolve around the mom. it was just a comedy show on tv with different stories every episodes.

[@sanictheheadgehagoon]

I swear man, Had to sit through 9 god damn seasons for that ending

[@carysdavies2603]

They spent the whole season building up to the wedding… then they got divorced the next episode

[@DLeuther14]

Was rough man

[@midnightscara]

As someone that has rewatched the show multiple times, I just skip the ending and pretend it never happened.

[@lizcamp16]

literally just sat here cackling the whole time as he got closer and closer to the finale’s reveals. not because i like them. but because i’m glad we’ve found someone else to suffer thru the pain with us.

[@ViperTrixx]

My favourite part of the show is the way they use colours and the background gags. purple is used as something bad and yellow is used as good. Once you see it, you can't unsee it and you would see the story unfold completely

[@gummidusa1076]

My ex boyfriend based his entire personality off Ted and I was his “Robin”; he was in love with me for years before we started dating. He was like a whole sociopath so watching it now is so weird cause I can see how he copied Ted’s mannerisms, tone of voice, everything. Totally in the uncanny valley

[@forthefrogs]

im so sorry xx

[@gummidusa1076]

@@forthefrogs thanks boo❤️ he’s in an MLM now so I win lmao

[@Princessbuttercupish]

That's so creepy, hope he didn't end up stalking you or anything scary.

[@gummidusa1076]

@@Princessbuttercupish there was one situation where the police had to get involved. It ended up mostly being a misunderstanding but still, not fun. Thanks for the well wishes tho:)

[@anaromano3801]

It's okay Dylan, that ending is probably the most hated in history

[@CharlieLuzy]

Only on pair with game of thrones 😂 another garbage

[@TheSuperNats]

I think Game of Thrones dethroned this show

[@WynneL]

@@TheSuperNats Nah, Game of Thrones is the worst ending not made by the original creators, while HIMYM is the worst ending made by the original creators.

[@rockpaperskizzers]

I hated that they had a whole arc for Robyn and Ted to realize that the reason they kept getting back together was because they were both scared to move on and take risks. They basically had a whole conversation about how they didn't really belong together but were each other's comfortable back up choices; and that in order for them to be truly happy they needed to leave that aspect of the relationship behind...And then the show made them end up together! It was frustrating as a viewer but even worse is that from a story perspective, it made it sad instead of romantic to see both of them "settle" for comfort rather than reach for happiness. It was a whole ass mess.

[@menoguchi]

The entirety of season nine was just an excuse for Ted to learn to definitively let Robin go (which frustastes me in the first place, because I feel like Ted's character inconsistently ping-pongs between letting go of Robin and desperately clinging onto her, or onto the idea he has of her). But sure. I'm always over the whole Ted and Robin soap drama by the time season 9 comes around. But, like, _sure_ . Ted has trouble letting Robin go, she's the girl from his dreams, alright. But season 9 is such a monumental moment for Ted's character arc. It's when he finally internalizes everything he told his friends for the past idk-how-many years: That he and Robin don't belong together. So it feels specially ironic that the writers would put such a HUGE step for Ted's development literally a few episodes away from his complete regression into season-1-Ted. It feels so fucking cheap.

[@rockpaperskizzers]

@@menoguchi Yes exactly! They just threw away all that character growth so they could pay off some stupid joke from the pilot!? And not even just for Ted but for all the characters. The finale rolls around and suddenly Robin doesn't know how to commit to a future with someone, Barney's back to womanizing, and Lily's back to not knowing how to live without her friends in her immediate vicinity. What's the point?? If the whole middle of the show didn't matter AT ALL they could have just made a 2 hour movie instead of wasting 9 years of our lives!

[@Allicatxo13]

"Maybe it worked!" Nope. No. You were right the first time. It did not work and we all pretend the last episode doesn't exist

[@ghostcollectorobscuro]

real, in all our minds barney + robin = together forever

[@jmgidk1481]

i was completely ok with tracey dying. it made a lot of sense for teds story and the plot in general. the problem is honestly just barney and robin breaking up and robin and ted ending together.

[@nolanstanley-horn4112]

i would have been fine with tracy dying if a) we got to see her way more b) ted didnt end up with robin afterwards

[@beccalinnea]

@@nolanstanley-horn4112 same. I think her passing away could have made sense for why he told the story in such detail, but if it was better writing. Also since he got back to Robin it just makes it seem like Tracy's whole purpose was to give Ted the children he always wanted which is kinda misogynic. Same goes for making Barney have a child in his 40s with a like 25 y/o stranger the writers don't even care to give a name. It's just so freaking gross

[@filiporvik2782]

Totally agree! They assassinate Robin to make it happen and then she magically falls in love with him too. So sad for her character.

[@beccalinnea]

@@filiporvik2782 agreed.. I also think the kids reaction is the problem. Like seriously, WHO TF would not only be that nonchalant after listening to the life story of your DEAD MOTHER, but also say "dad, don't you see this is actually a love story about you and this other woman?". Ugh, it's just so wrong it kinda destroys the whole show to me

[@filiporvik2782]

@@beccalinnea How would you like them to do it? They should just think in the manner of it being obvious what it was all along?

[@just_a_person8436]

this is genuinely one of my favourite sitcoms of all time. The characters, the inside jokes, the character development, the jokes, I just love it. the ending was a giant disappointment, they could have ended it literally any other and it would have been better than what we got. I just don't watch the ending whenever I'm rewatching the show.

[@Judessin]

Just watch the Alternate ending instead :)

[@breakdownsandmore]

@Khalil Chouarfia I don’t mind it! Isn’t it weird how negative the internet is? Sure the ending isn’t the best but it’s still easily one of my favorite shows ever. People take things so seriously it seems like haha.

[@vinnicinhus44]

@Khalil Chouarfia No, but I would say that probably only 10% of the fans liked it

[@LordSteeleCastleClashPsteele68]

When I rewatched it I stopped at 8 saw Tracey episode and then the fan ending

[@debuthunter5389]

Sadly the pacing of the last 2 seasons kinda had a lot of "meh" moments, but did drop a few great scenes in there.

[@steph66062]

I actually always really liked the way HIMYM balanced humour and drama. It has great jokes, but it got pretty real at times, and the cast always nailed those scenes. That really sets it apart from other sitcoms for me. Totally agree with your disappointment over the ending though. I feel like there's a way they could have gone with that ending and pulled it off - But cramming it all in at the final episode, after a whole season devoted to Robin and Barney's wedding, was the dumbest move. Enjoyed hearing your takes on it!

[@debuthunter5389]

The pacing of it all was the worst part for me. A bunch of pointless episodes, then cram so much "wowzers" into the finale itself.

[@collinschoenfelder677]

They did an alternate ending to the last episode because soo many people hated what they aired on TV

[@peftasteriao3]

Oh? And how does that ending go?

[@sofie3161]

@@peftasteriao3 it’s when Ted and Tracy first meet at the train station. They didn’t shoot new scenes so that’s just where the show ends

[@LegioXXI]

The "alternate ending" dosen't fix anything, because the death of the mother wasn't the main issue. The main issue with the ending is that it undos all character and relationship development that people were invested in for 9 seasons. Season 9 especially is basically just the story of Ted finally letting Robin go and at the same time Barney maturing into a loyal husband... And within the last two episodes, they just undo all of it. There is no true conclusion, just a forced setback to Season 1 - cutting out the death of the mother and Barneys and Robins divorce in the alternate ending dosen't fix that, because the conclusion is still missing.

[@Lo0serx3]

@@LegioXXI the death of Tracy was my biggest issue, because there was no time with her at all before killing her off

[@ameenaftab2803]

​@@LegioXXI Exactly. I don't like the alternate ending too. First of all it's rushed, no new scene. They just put it together in 2 mins because of the backslash they got. Also I want Tracy to die, so that my fav episode The time travelers makes sense(the last scene - Ted's speech). And you already pointed out that in the alt too the character development all goes back to S1 like in the original.

[@lilil9752]

Wacthing only the first and last episodes is the ONLY way to NOT get pissed off with the finale

[@soskywhatsup]

Yet he still got pissed off lol.

[@debuthunter5389]

I liked the ending. And I'm not the only one. And, I watched every episode... maybe 10 times?

[@ThatSirabu]

As someone who absolutely loved this show and its story, I cannot properly explain how much of a kick in the throat those final two episodes felt to me. It's somewhat similar to the massive disappointment that was the final season of GoT or even Dexter, but somehow even worse. The creators really made the viewers who had followed this story for 9 years feel so immensely let down and unappreciated. To me, the story ends with the third last episode, when Barney and Robin's wedding celebrations come to an end. Btw, really loved this video Dylan!

[@orbit354]

Did you see the alternative ending? Personally i love the ending because it shows how life is not always as expected. Loved ones die, relationships sometimes just don’t work out but in the end there’s probably still a happy ending although completely different from the one you‘ve wished for…

[@ThatSirabu]

@@orbit354 Yeah I did, and I also understand why some people enjoyed the ending. I think that premise could be good, it's just the way the final season was produced that clashes with that premise. If they were going to split Barney and Robin then why spend the entire last season focused on their wedding and how two people who didn't believe in marriage started believing in it after falling for each other. Further, why spend 9 seasons explaining how Ted and Robin do not work as a couple for then to throw that out the windows to fit an ending that was made during the first season of the show. I would have been okay with the mother dying and Barney and Robin splitting if it was done in a proper way, however, in my opinion it was not.

[@fatoumatacisse3796]

@@orbit354 the ending makes tons of sense but it was very rushed like they could’ve had an extra episode or another season instead of everything happening in 5 minutes

[@orbit354]

@@fatoumatacisse3796 I totally agree! I think they wanted to make another season bit the actors, especially Jason segel, didn’t want to make another season. But more episodes would‘ve been great

[@brandyanderson3522]

@@orbit354 for me it's the fact that they seem to have forgotten that they already have the ending planned out. We know that because they did all the filming of Ted's kids in the early-season so that they wouldn't age. And I understand that Jason wanted to leave but I think it would have been much better to have had season 9 be Marshall and Lily leaving and then doing another season where they could completely wrap up the show with the ending they had pre-planned. Instead they went into panic mode and gave us this

[@pline.99]

19:49 the fact that there was LITERALLY an episode where they thought carl was a vampire😭

[@ctuten5275]

I really appreciate how entertaining you are. I have a condition that leaves me physically debilitated where I can’t get out of bed, and your videos have been able to distract me from what’s going on and provide great entertainment. Very glad I discovered this channel.

[@lonelylonelylonelywhale128]

There is an official alternate ending (replacing like the final five minutes) that was recorded with the narrator which does not have the mother's death of the scene with his kids, and instead actually ends with their first conversation on the train platform. It still leaves it open enough that you can imagine the mother does die (a common fan theory based both on the show's premise and on some foreshadowing done in earlier seasons), and there is also a vague implication that Robin and Barney get back together after their divorce (though I would rather they hadn't made them get divorced in the first place). It can be found online quite easily.

[@angelicy2493]

my villain origin story is the way how writers f*ck*d up with mother's ending and how they ruined barney and robin they were literally perfect for each other and i never even a second shipped ted and robin they were just perfect as friends so im angry at ending so badly they just messed up sm

[@barborakralova4588]

I'd love it if Dylan watched the highest and lowest rated episode of a sitcom or a show with an easy premise. I feel like it would work a lot better than first and last seeing as in most sitcoms the setting doesn't change all that much, plus he can actually roast stuff like that

[@runningowl]

that would be so interesting omg

[@angelpaige1003]

I remember watching all 9 seasons with my roommates and how extremely upset the last episodes made us all!!! It was almost like how people act when their fav sports team is losing and they're just screaming at the tv telling them how to win... I'm still not over it and not sure i ever will be.

[@mmem4264]

The mother was introduced in the previous season finale and s9 shows her interacting with other members of the group until we finally show her meeting Ted in the finale. But what's cool, and I wish there'd been more of, is that throughout s9 we get to see moments of Ted with the mother, like their first date, her being pregnant, etc. I'm pretty sure the consensus is the creators forced an ending that would've worked more in the earlier seasons but no longer made sense for the characters after like s3/4. I could just feel myself getting frustrated watching you reacting to the finale without having seen all the good stuff that happened in btw the 1st two eps & last two eps lol. Its crazy how passionate I still am about this show lol (minus the creators' inability to let Barney stop reverting back to being a creepy womanizer & to let the playbook go). I guess that's why the show ended the way it did, the creators were just unable to let go. It could've worked, if they did the execution way better, like seriously, who thought having the whole last season take place during the wedding weekend only to speed through the rest of the story in the last two eps. How did no one stop this from happening?!

[@ismatahmadd_xx6629]

Dylan, 2 minutes ago I finished watching *all of us are dead* and I'm currently bawling my eyes out. Then I get a notification that you finally posted after weeks, thank you for your always impeccable timing. Although I have an ocean full of tears in my eyes right now, seeing my phone light up the thumbnail of your face made everything a lot more better. THANK YOU!!

[@heidi_1love]

I finished watching it a few days ago and I absolutely loved every second of it.

[@es-jm5fg]

such a good show 😭😭😭

[@anika1200]

I'm planning to watch it , is it like a thriller ? Romance? Completed?

[@lindaamb]

felt the exact same after watching last episode of Euphoria and then came here

[@hyunjinsredlips1761]

@@anika1200 it's a thriller with elements of drama and a bit of romance. it's a little corny tho if you ask me.

[@nonofyb]

The problem with the finale was that the writers had planned the ending (the mother dies and Ted goes back to Robin) from the start, but as you said, they for sure didn't write 9 season in between. So when the show finally ended, they still clinged to their originally planed ending, and therefore they had to undo all the character development that happened inbetween. If the show had just 3 seasons it might have worked, but they build up to meeting the mother over 9 seasons and we only see their life together in a montage right before she dies (Just like the relationship between Barney and Robin, their characters and relationship developed over several seasons, heck their wedding weekend developed over several episodes, just to be over in the next). It's just to much built-up for barely any pay-off.

[@bovinejoni4243]

I’d forgotten how aggressive the canned laugh track was in the first season of this show. It’s single-camera but, like, they REALLY wanted you to think it was shot in front of the Married With Children studio audience.

[@Kristianalexis1]

Yeah me too. I genuinely forget that HIMYM even had a laugh track otherwise because they made it more subtle

[@v7580]

Who’s gonna tell him that we as a collective society have accepted the alternate ending as the real ending because this one is just not it 😭😭

[@gresiim8104]

ikr 😭😭😭

[@debuthunter5389]

I will not be a part of your collective.

[@xoCrazyFruitttxo]

Mother came in the 9th season, and she was the sweetest, and her and Ted had an amazing story and great chemistry and adorable scenes. My gosh, even watching this made me mad at the finale all over again :(

[@abfma9]

Continuity was def this show's greatest quality, where older sitcoms like Friends failed in keeping up with birthdays and plot holes, HIMYM barely has any inconsistencies in the story arc, and way more inside jokes (like the slaps). And it's even more satisfying after they really got into the whole time jump thing as a narrative device, both forward and back, so you could see maybe a future scene that would only be explained episodes later, maybe even seasons later, or something happening that needed "context" so we had to back up a little, and that was great and for me, it's what sets it apart. But seriously, the ending makes it so annoying to re watch. I just get frustrated everytime Barney-Robin-Ted happen because I just know it won't matter and the resolution will suck.

[@MarnieLuna]

Like you know they can write good episodes with brilliant details. Like when Marshall's dad dies and in the background all the numbers shown are counting down until he finds out about his dad.

[@nguyenkhanhhailinh1721]

I still kinda like the "if I see boob" joke, after seeing how far Barney's come with his character, it's kinda comforting to see that some parts of him never changes

[@xkarenfromfinancex661]

Aside from the horrible finale, the storytelling in this show is actually incredible. There are so many episodes that are told in such a creative way which I think is what makes this show so good.

[@ms-fh8ed]

I used to watch this on tv with my mum when i was a kid, and i didn't understand why it was such big deal to say "i love you" on a first date. Now i would be absolutely terrified by a guy like ted WTF

[@jonjacob6237]

Lmao same but with friends

[@ms-fh8ed]

@@jonjacob6237 yeah tbh ross is kinda greasy too

[@westinshire]

@@ms-fh8ed fr Ross is so annoying and lowkey creepy.. i don't get why people don't see it.. Joey deserved a happy ending not Ross

[@akshaya6770]

That's so true, and this is coming from someone who only realised that this is a red flag in her early 20s . If a guy says the L word on the first date ... run

[@populationme]

i cried so hard watching how dirty they did barney in the last episode, i will forever hate that episode and i am so sure that nothing can change my mind, this is probably the most genuine nothing can change my mind sentence in my whole life, and AAGDHAHSUWHSHD dylan really did a first and last episode to the worst last episode there is, but thank you because i get to watch and attack the episode with you and the others :D

[@evergreentree8042]

The entire last season was a let down. It just dragged on and on.

[@vinnicinhus44]

@@evergreentree8042 thre last season had Tracy, fam. Couldn't have been a let down

[@Powered1Buttercup]

yeah even the alternate ending doesn't change how dirty they did him, because he and Robin still divorce and he still goes around trying to score and only changes because he got a kid, it's so bad.... even more disgusting considering that it was sweet that he was changing completely because he loved Robin so much but then the writers turn around and make him change with a kid, the one thing Robin couldn't have, I can't stand it dude

[@evergreentree8042]

@@vinnicinhus44 oh yes, you have a point there.

[@vinnicinhus44]

@@Powered1Buttercup I just can't see where you guys thought that Barney and Robin was gonna work. When they first hinted their relationship, I was already going "What the fuck is this? A group of friends or a fucking Roman Bacchanal? Everyone is gonna start fucking everyone and it's okay?" That woman shouldn't even be allowed into the group after the first fling with Ted.

[@haileerolofson9495]

The ending of this show still makes me absolutely feral you have no idea. Imagine that disappointment times all the hours of investment in watching every single episode

[@AnonUnlimited]

TBH I can mentally respect the idea of the ending. They did hint at the ending (mothers death/robin end game) several times, and the main factor in why Ted and Robin broke up (wanting different things) was basically resolved. But, the show has come too far for that ending to be satisfying. The build up for Barney/Robin is amazing. Those characters were great together. And, Tracy was so easy to love. She was charming and the perfect wife for ted/ addition to the group. Passed the front porch test with flying colors. There was even a whole arc about Ted letting Robin go. + the way it was executed just rubbed salt in the wound. There was no way for anyone to like that ending.

[@radhiadeedou8286]

I don't see how it's resolved, if someone doesn't want children why would they want stepchildren?

[@breffni02]

@@radhiadeedou8286 that's exactly what i always thought. like if robin + ted got together, she would still have to be a huge part of the kids lives + pretty much help ted raise them. it never really made any sense to me

[@MsMaggyW]

@@breffni02 Well they look like they're nearly adults, she wouldn't have to raise them much.

[@breffni02]

@@MsMaggyW i mean they're 15 + 13 so she'd still have a pretty significant amount of years before they move out, + parents really have to be there for kids in so many ways during teenage years. + even then, tbf a parent doesn't stop being a parent when the kid moves out. i know plenty of people who've had to move back home as adults, due to financial difficulties, housing complications, etc. idk maybe her + ted would've worked out some agreement but either way she would've been a guardian to those kids://

[@AnonUnlimited]

@@breffni02 I understand your points, but it seems like Robin is already close to both of them based on what we've seen. And, since they are older it's a lot different from having kids together from the start. She doesn't rlly have to change the way she acts with them just bc she is dating Ted. I've seen a lot of situations like this where the gf/bf will take a more relaxed approach (letting the kids parent(s) do the actual parenting and what not). Usually it is the parent that prefers it that way too. I'm sure the relationship would be less strained by it bc Ted wouldn't be expecting or hoping for babies+mothering from her atp. And when you look at the main reasons for her not wanting kids it doesn't rlly apply anymore. She has already accomplished her work related dreams+ her being uncomfortable and afraid when around kids (we can't be sure if it's totally resolved but..) she is already comfortable with these specific kids.