How I Met Your Mother tribute: Mother Death Foreshadowing and clues scenes

[@negevasaf6161]

Wow, nearly 1.5 millions views! And for those who were wondering why I decided to not speak in the video and I did this "lazy writing", that's because I think speeking during the scenes destroy all the feeling. I am glad you liked it!

[@SuperRosePower]

Watching for like the 10th time. My favorite show of all time! Thanks for making this!

[@meetroushan2727]

So does this mean ted never truly felt the German thingy (idk what it's called) for robin?

[@negevasaf6161]

@@SuperRosePower Thank you! I am glad you liked it!

[@negevasaf6161]

@@meetroushan2727 yes, he actually felt it only for Tracy

[@DragonScytheX]

The text is a brilliant choice

[@tarunchavali]

Josh Radnor killed it when the Mother says "What mother is gonna miss her daughter's wedding ?" His acting is amazing

[@mariejosephine2046]

absolutely amazing

[@Platina_]

When I watched that scene again and understood what it meant, I cried so hard. Josh Radnor is an amazing actor.

[@Gags1303]

Till now i cant watch that scene without crying

[@alitantawy5688]

@@Platina_ first time watching this scene i didn't understand why they were so sad..then the second time as soon as she said "what mother would miss her daughter's wedding" i just..wow

[@olivertabot]

I honestly thought he was crying because his mom died and therefore didn't get to see her son's wedding. But i suppose that was a lousy assumption as Ted's relationship with his mother wasn't as strong and close as shown in the series.

[@Walkingonsunshine130]

That “what mother is gonna miss her own daughter’s wedding” sucker punched me in the guts and I still haven’t recovered

[@BiologicalComputer]

Hannah I thought it was maybe cause his mom missed his wedding and I didn’t realize until I saw this and it HIT HARD

[@villanellepollastri8894]

My mum died when I was 16, now I'm full on sobbing

[@jadap1789]

Same

[@danieldejun2137]

Rewatching it for the second time is when it fucks you up. Just watching this video now made me fucked up

[@jawdonxtrahero6673]

Damn. After it was explained, I kinda found it hard to cope after they started crying

[@rohanbmusic16]

The first scene was one of the most depressing scenes in sitcom history

[@RedShinobi13]

This scene is my actual life...

[@salvadorochoa8602]

I have always considered that one to be the most depressing episode ever Not sad, sad was when Marshalls found out his dad died Sad was when Barney's time stopped when she saw Robin arriving with someone else, or when he tried to take the basketball hoop No This is depressing You see everything fine, you thinking that maybe everything is fine but suddenly without warning you feel Alone Left behind Abandoned And hopelessly try to hold on to what made you happy, only to realize, it's just a mirage

[@kalanik9493]

Salvador Ochoa Cisneros yo that’s deep. It was indeed depressing and I stay away from that episode when rewatching himym

[@Gainjey]

So true... Gets me every time

[@katherinescobbie5954]

I know it’s so sad🥺

[@jhonniotkrs]

top 4 saddest moments in himym history - ted running to the mother's apartment to confess his love - ted and the mother talking about their daughter's wedding she won't be attending - barney coming into the bar just to see robin with kevin - marshall getting the news about his dad's death

[@JohnGuitarNoises]

What about robin telling her kids the story about how she can't have kids?

[@jakedennis5941]

I really felt sorry for Barney then

[@annagelnhausen4027]

100% agree

[@onur_osman]

Don't forget "a kid needs a hoop"!

[@denizarc5521]

Suburban dad talk hitted me so bad back then

[@TheSwordThain]

"What mother would miss her own daughter's wedding?" Josh's silent acting was beyond superb in that scene. A subtly and power he's never shown before.

[@cathy4505]

I cried when that scene came up

[@judeannethecandorchannel2153]

Sword Thain *Absolutely*

[@tim.van.emmerloot]

Hes a very good dramatic actor actually

[@heinemagerman1619]

Just ugly cried to this scene.

[@adamnick_]

I never fully understood why Ted and Tracy both started to cry after Tracy said, 'What mother should miss her own daughter's wedding?', now I know, that is some incredible foreshadowing

[@lorettaaa_reacts]

Adam Marshall when I first watched it I thought about Teds mom maybe being dead but after the finale, i understood.

[@heyyats386]

@@lorettaaa_reacts ME TOO!

[@sheilarizzato7852]

lorettaluvs I thought the same. Understood when I saw the end

[@notsogoodgamer]

when i first watched it i thought teds mom missed the wedding

[@SexiSchnitzel]

Lol I caught it immediately... I thought it was pretty clear, especially after Teds monologue

[@kamcalste]

the scene where he runs to the Mother's apartment and talks about how much he just wants more time with her...always kills me. instant floodgates.

[@smurfyday]

Didn't work for me. Imagine a totally random guy showing up to your door and saying that. You wouldn't think oh how romantic. I hope.

[@maddied4953]

smurfyday But it was his imagination. It’s what he wanted to do, what he wanted to say. It didn’t actually happen.

[@estrellaalvarado7728]

smurfyday he was imagining it because she had already died like he would give up anything to see her again even those early 45 days

[@moving.quotes]

And the background music is perfect.

[@blink831forever]

Same here.

[@archit617]

Can't believe we watched the entire last season for Barney's wedding to see him get divorced on very next episode. What a waste.

[@JoseRufus]

Yep. My biggest issue with the last season

[@silva3658]

what a great plot twist, and also predictable.

[@ikramlalune7346]

u guys didn't get it, ted talked about the wedding in a whole season because it was Robin's wedding and he was pissed and he felt like a year passed in this two days , he even said it was a very looong weekend which refers that he was still not getting over her

[@josevillasenor5946]

Man, that's life. I mean, it's more real, not everything has to end perfect like in disney movies

[@charissimpson235]

yeah i hated that. i hated the whole ted goes back to robin. robin should’ve stayed with barney, they were good for each other. ted had moved on and i feel it was insensitive to just kill the mother off like that. like i love the series and cry at the end every time but i just don’t like the ending.

[@prestowitch]

I would've loved the ending if the mother still died, but Robin and Barney stayed married. It didnt feel right for Ted to go back to Robin after all of that time, and Barney and Robin separating makes the entire 9th season feel like a waste of time to watch.

[@goldenapple3952]

IKR? All that character development, a whole season on their wedding went to trash. I loved their relationship and i never liked robin and ted thing. It felt so forced

[@celesbianmegastar]

Totally agree!! I think that the mom dying made sense and made it emotional, but Barney/Robin was built up almost as much as the mother, it was stupid to break them up. Plus Ted getting with Robin made the mom’s death feel like an excuse.

[@NeoMKG]

The problem is they filmed the stuff with the kids seasons ahead of time and had to write the other characters to fit the narrative they had already planned out so the characters ended up regressing into who they were when the finale was written around season 3

[@celesbianmegastar]

Ger Vang It feels like an excuse because it seems like the writers were like “Oh, we want Ted to end up with Robin, but now he’s found the mother. So we need to get her out of the way - let’s kill her off.”

[@goldenapple3952]

@Ger Vang they spent an entire season for their wedding and broke them off in 30 fucking seconds.

[@jackheris687]

Ted never refers to the mother in the present tense.

[@_bre.nicole]

But that's because the show is about the past.

[@tagelingaker]

@@_bre.nicole But there's a lot of talking about Marshall, Lily and Barney, even random extras, in present tense. He's talking about her like they all know that she's dead.

[@qiujib5072]

Tage Lingåker What do you mean? Of course they know she’s dead, but I’m a bit confused on who you’re referring to.

[@qiujib5072]

Jack Heris That’s because the mom is dead.

[@berkeberke2057]

@@qiujib5072 Yes that is the point. Tage Lingaker also tried to say that. It is also a clue for us. It could be in the video.

[@pratheekbayari4255]

Things I wanted to see in this series -How Ted asks Tracy to go out on a date -how their all interests are similar -how they moved together -how Ted proposed her and give the new to others -how they give news that she's pregnant 1st and 2nd time -how the babies taken care of -how she was sick and taken care of -how they comfort Ted after she dies -and finally even after Ted goes to ask Robin for a date , he asks Tracy on his balcony that should he move on, and she gives a signal by a wave of wind

[@namename8315]

Pratheek i think i was better without all that, because leaves it up to us to imagine that perfect relationship, in our own way. Without all the inherent disilussions of actually the real relationship, so it can remain with that almost fairytail vibe of what we think our perfect match and relationship would look like.Besides, the show is called how i met your mother not how your mother and i lived together.

[@pratheekbayari4255]

@@namename8315 agree on that, but that makes Ted's 45 days speech useless

[@muzafferelbeyli2756]

And also Marshall and Lily's second and third kid,what happened to them.What happened to Barney,is he a womanizer forever.I mean he gave advices to young women but what then?

[@pratheekbayari4255]

@@muzafferelbeyli2756 and even what about Barney's daughter Ellie and his wife they never showed future Barney or revealed his partner

[@muzafferelbeyli2756]

@@pratheekbayari4255 I think he doesn't have a partner.His illegitimate daughter and he lives together but her mother is separate.Actually they made it vague Idk.But yeah what about Ellie?

[@Ok_Let_8933]

Another hint : when Ted talks to Tracy about the 45 days, it's the same song playing in the background as when Tracy talks to her dead boyfriend Max.

[@athena8030]

Yeeeees! Max was for Tracy like was Robin for Ted! I mean she loved Ted sure, and he loved her... They were similar, just perfect together but life isn't about how we can be with people who looks like us! Tracey joined max, her true love just as Ted go back with robin his true love! Everyone gots what he wants! Barney got a daughter too (his everything and his true love) ♥️

[@clementyau7192]

@@athena8030 yea i just thought of this too now that i rewatched it a second time. Max allowing tracy to move on from him when she gets proposed to is like Ted asking for his kids permission to go after robin. not a fan of the whole ted and robin thing but i guess this makes it make a bit more sense

[@svantessembuya1579]

Name of the song?

[@caremaki]

oh my god just oh my god

[@wenbluepirate3954]

​@@athena8030 " Max was for the Tracy like was Robin for Ted!" you mean Tracy was for Ted was Max was for her. The one before meeting the next one (and robin)

[@Beanhill_94]

I know Ted is talking to himself when he says look around Ted you're all alone. But that shit hurted. This first scene hurted a lot.

[@souphater6428]

_hurted_

[@alexmiwe8127]

I knowww

[@cr5cc]

But just knowing the show... Ted didn't real like robot vs wrestling... Barney wouldn't have been helping robin look for a caterer ( it would've been lily or ted) also if anything ted would've been upstairs with lily and Marshall with lil marvin... It's only one scene were ted is alone and that's the robin episode... So I think that this part was really was supposed to be for that episode but they couldn't fit it in and just made an episode about it

[@joshuabuswell9481]

that scene always made me feel sad when i would watch it. it reminds me of very real fridays i had. i wanted to go hang with friends, party, but didn't have anyone to do that with. not that i didn't have any friends. Even on nights when I got exactly what i thought i wanted, i still felt unsatisfied.

[@KveruLars]

@@joshuabuswell9481 Welcome to the world of introvertion or/and depression.

[@eddiejoe4227]

The 3 scenes of himym that make me depressed 3. When Marshall's dad dies 2. In the episode where James meets his dad and barney realises how much his mom does for him 1. The scene where Ted imagines talking to tracy abt the 45 days

[@Radroth]

Weirdly, one of my depressed scene is when Barney is at the door of the cafe imagining meeting Nora's parents. Not the only one of course, but this one hit me hard

[@jacopopinton4726]

The first one of the video is the one that hit me the hardest...only writing about it gave me goosebumps

[@lildraspberry4760]

I cried at Marshall's dad dying

[@ernie325]

@@jacopopinton4726 For me the saddest episode is Episode 1, ted doesn't suit up when barney asks him to come down the bar suited up

[@jacopopinton4726]

@@ernie325 ahahaha

[@giulianaherrera7775]

“What mother is gonna miss her daughters wedding” HOW DID I NOT SEE THAT WHY AM I SO DUMB

[@5.0Toni]

Giuliana Herrera I always thought that meant Teds mom died, but then wen we found out she died... I was like ohhhhh while crying

[@chiarealista2069]

Toni Torres me too!!! This is crazy :/

[@elpsycongroo15]

I used to think that Tracy's (Mother's) Mother Missed Her Wedding. That's why they're crying

[@nathandebue9209]

I thought Ted Cried because his mother didn't come to theirs (maybe because she had passed away) turns out I got it wrong

[@johannesalbrecht2503]

I actually took this hint, but I really don't wanna accept it. :(

[@jaceygaither2581]

Honestly Tracy's ending wasn't horrible it was tragic but that can be a good thing. It's just the fact that he ended up with Robin that killed it for me.

[@rosegoldberg2469]

Same. A perfect ending is one where Tracy dies, but Barney and Robin stay happily married. It makes it bittersweet and incredibly tragic, but in a heartfelt way

[@ryndanriley5348]

@@rosegoldberg2469 I also think it would have been great if Ted was dying and the mother hadn't died. That way it would explain why he chose to go into so much detail with his kids about his friends and maturing. It would be more on theme with the show anyway that keeps going back to the idea of life being about who you spend it with. The ending could have revealed that the show was really him telling them how he became the person that was ready to start a life with the mother in his formative years with his best friends.

[@tauhid9983]

exactly...that felt really off. I know they probably wanted the story to go full circle or perhaps from the start of the story they wanted robin to be the one who ended up with ted. But...after all the times of rejection and ted moving on and barney being perfect for robin shows development and then finally they flip the script for no reason at all and went all the way back to the beginning which was off.

[@TheWarriorLV]

@@ryndanriley5348 wow, that’s a really dope perspective. I would have chosen that.

[@yourelovin]

@@tauhid9983 this comment pretty much sums up why i despised the ending

[@CGZ26]

Imagine being able to hype a character for so long, choosing an actress who fits perfectly for the part, introduce the super-hyped character and your audience actually loves her, something incredibly hard to do, and then... they threw it all away in 10 minutes.

[@nhlanhlashamase3453]

Still better than game of thrones final season

[@mpr1193]

@@nhlanhlashamase3453 I know the last season of Game of Thrones was really horrible, but people focus too much on it. The show had been on a steady decline since Season 5. Season 7 was just as horrible as Season 8. We should have seen it coming.

[@EnhancedNightmare]

When I rewatch the series it seems obvious to me they wrote the ending way before and were probably forced to extend the show way to long so that ending made less and less sense over time.

[@adeelbabar4032]

Not 10. Just 3 minutes. Had they cut the screen to black in the finale when the camera pans to Ted and he says "that kids is how I met your mother" it would have been acceptable still.

[@madowl-hatter799]

@@adeelbabar4032 what truly ruins it is the fact that we get this EMOTIONAL story over how the gang grew as people, how ted and robin would never work and how he only truly can have a happy relationshio with tracy. Yet, as the previous comment said, they already planned the ending, but as time progressed and, with it, the characters as well, the ending as it was planned made less sense. Sure, sometimes not all stories are happy, but what truly ruins it is the fact that the kids just come to the conclusion that ted still loves robin and that they should be endgame. Which is also, imo, very creepy considering that he had a wonderful marriage with tracy

[@strangeunidude]

One of the earliest foreshadowing moments for me is the episode where Lily and Marshall run a competition to see who will be Marvin's godparents. One of the questions they ask is how will the godparent tell Marvin about lily and Marshall's death. Ted says that he will use professor infosaurus, a dinosaur hand puppet, which will be a big hit with kids. The scene then cuts to "present day" where professor infosaurus pops up saying "isn't that right kids." For me, that's basically saying Ted used the professor to tell the kids about Tracy dying.

[@AlexandreFortesYT]

Exactly. I kinda suspected since the beginning that the Mother was dead (I don't know why, tho) but that moment definitely confirmed it to me.

[@jessepinkmanWhite]

I think that was just a joke, that with this twisted perspective may match

[@bulinandi4414]

How did I not notice

[@microcosmic]

OMG

[@drfifteenmd7561]

great comment!

[@elijahglasswood8342]

Wow the song she got introduced to is called “the funeral” and yet no one saw it coming

[@djej6185]

But no other song could capture the mood

[@axothegremlin]

I got distracted by how good the song is.

[@paroxysm_brian7817]

It's not like everybody watched it with subtitles. And it's not like the lyrics they sang in that short preview was "She's dead. She's going to die. Bye-bye mother".

[@Syntherus]

I'd wager because almost no one who watched the episode knew the title of the song.

[@mariamatedei]

It could have easily been an idea just like Brendon Urie's "death of a bachelor" where death signifies the end of an era, only for a new one to start after, not like a literal death of the character that's being introduced. I mean that's not the only possible meaning that scene and soundtrack could have gone for, but okay.

[@evelinalang1961]

so nobody remembers the episode when Lily bets Marshall that Ted and Robin won't end up together and Lily prompted Marshall to pay up to which he replied "Not yet."

[@jamaisjeon]

marshall knew all along......

[@matthewloma1215]

in the final 2 episodes ( dont remember which one) one of the scenes shows marshall paying lily the 5 bucks. Its not really the focus of the scene but you can see marshall handing her 5 bucks. But in a deleted scene from the final episode after ted and robin get back together marshall gets paid lol

[@athena8030]

@@jamaisjeon how he don't! He's his best friend and he knew it! Robin is ted's true love. ♥️

[@mcfuckinanotheraccount808]

@@athena8030 not really, tracy was the love of his life and always will be

[@par8678]

@@mcfuckinanotheraccount808 like the old bf of Tracy

[@v1besdv]

I’m just happy mostly everyone agrees that Barney & Robin shouldve never gotten a divorce

[@kuhh_9414]

It ruined barneys character development and robins change of heart in terms of unconditional love and the writers stuck with an ending they wrote during season 2 time and wanted to have the kids in the ending, they didn’t change it.

[@cctomcat321]

I don't see why it is so bad. Ted and Robin were never in the right place but they still loved each other. Barney and Robin still loved each other the same way Ted and Tracy did, they just grew together and then grew apart. It also kinda helped everyone get what they wanted. Sometimes two people are right for each other but it takes a while to get to the "right now" part.

[@Chemical_Argentum]

Esspecially since they dragged out their wedding for an entire season, only so that the divorce can happen 5 minutes into the last episode. I mean, it's kinda like if they would make a sequel to Terminator 2, and John Connor gets killed right away... oh snap

[@Black_pearl_adrift]

The divorce felt inevitable just because of who the characters had proven themselves to be despite the final few season. Some people never change. But the timing was soooo fucked

[@Chemical_Argentum]

@@Black_pearl_adrift I agree, but yeah, could have been executed way better. We got an entire season that centered around the wedding (which started to get really boring after just 2 episodes), and then they used the finale double episode to wrap up a ton of story.

[@mezgo4537]

The rest of the hints: subtle and symbolic The last one: MoThEr ToMbStOne

[@mertgunes9854]

Goddammit so true

[@defne_onen]

mamaaaaaaa

[@mezgo4537]

Ayşe ooooooo 😂

[@Lucille22]

I feel like they gave and just said “Put “Mother” on a tombstone and thats it”

[@TrollAxeThrower]

What?

[@mattwho81]

The problem with HIMYM is the ending was decided in season 2. Years more character development were thrown aside to force an ending that no longer fit. We have watched Ted grow over years into someone who can let Robin go and Barney into someone who can move past his daddy issues and be monogamous. Then in the last five minutes of the show the writers chuck that out and turn them back into the characters they were in season 2. It’s the Jamie Lannister of endings.

[@starlyghtdrifter66]

They really did my boi Jaime dirty in the last season didn't they. He shouldda stayed with Brienne. That ending threw his character development ark in the bin.

[@doesntknowbetter6415]

Pedro Marques You dumb as hell 😂😂

[@vgcvvgsxtufzg837]

Ngl I kinda see why he went back I mean the first time I watched it I kept thinking the fuck bro it’s your 10th time going back to robin even during their wedding

[@billyfox6368]

Throughout the whole thing, Ted continued to return to Robin because he hadn't moved on and Barney did end up being monogamous; even with Robin, he wasn't entirely, er, normal about stuff. I mean, he was monogamous, but he still kind of looked at other women and retained the Playbook. They didn't forget about the ending and force it in at the end; they'd built it around it and I think that it was perfect. Each to their own, though.

[@airconditioningsounds9316]

@@billyfox6368 I think they were making a point out of it. They didn't throw the character development ark away. They built on it. Showing that you're always going to be the person you where before. Bad explanation but I hope you understand what I am trying to say.

[@PremiumF0X]

“Look around Ted. You’re all alone” God... that & the 45 days speech will forever break me down...

[@HerrFrutex]

Everytime. I know it's coming but nah, always tears and/or a sore throat.....same goes for Barney yelling at his "lame suburban dad". I always need 5 minutes of calm after those.

[@laurenmatarazzo459]

Yes, it's so heart breaking!!!! That Ted, the one who always believed love conquered all & who had been looking for "the one"... and all the while, Ted has his friends to talk to & be with while he was waiting for "the one", going to robots & wrestlers and other silly things like that. And then for him to be sitting at their bar, in their booth, all alone with tickets to something they all went to together, while his best friends are all happily spending time with their significant others (who are ALL his best friends, paired up with each other, including the woman he loves). It's really heart breaking.

[@feliciaeris7721]

and some people hated Barney for it lol Barney wasn't even really on the screen its just Ted's mind

[@marcellkovacs6573]

its like a thriller/drama crossover scene.

[@charlottewagner666]

this show was so much more than just a funny sitcom :(

[@chickenlegsTV]

yeah this show really messed with my emotions

[@gjlipana881]

This show is the best sitcom ever for me.

[@15faraz]

Charlotte wagner it is more about how mysteriously universe works

[@AcornRiot]

I always enjoy comedies like that, that know when to take themselves seriously and have true emotional moments

[@kartiknegi3787]

This was the first american tv series that i started with.

[@MohammedAdamShow]

it weird to think how the mothers first boyfriend died and she was heartbroken and couldnt move on until she found ted then she died and ted went back to robin

[@jasmineowo8286]

It took 6 years though

[@cepheus9856]

ONLY 6 years to move on? It would have been acceptable ending if Ted had just stayed single after the mother's death, I still prefer the mother not dying. If he really wanted to bone another chick then fine but not Robin. Such a big waste of character development. 'Letting Robin go' only an episode later boning her tf? This is simply bad writing and no excuse to defend it.

[@tsvh383]

@@cepheus9856 well to be fair, they were still very young when tracy died. It would be weird if he didnt go back to looking for love and robin does make sense. They have such a history together. Doesnt mean i dont hate the ending though, i really loved tracy as a character because she was perfect for ted and it gives that worth the wait kind of feeling while robin is like the complete opposite. But still, with tracy dead robin is the only logical thing with how everything went

[@luisgaspar4079]

@@tsvh383 Young? Ted was 46 years old that is not exactly young xD

[@tsvh383]

@@luisgaspar4079 not young in general. However it is a young age to stop looking for love. Thats what i meant.

[@cloud2537]

Not a clue to her death, but a neat little thing. In season 1, when Ted and barney go get dinner at the strip club, the stripper leans over and says her name is Tracy then Bob Sagat Ted says "and that's how I met your mother". That's hilarious in retrospect.

[@xLamonarx]

Garrett's Apple and N U T Crumble bob sagat

[@quipgaming1790]

I watched the series again after I finnished it and was shocked when I heard that! I was so confused at how I never realised it. The kids wouldn't have been so shocked if her name wasn't Tracy!

[@cloud2537]

@@quipgaming1790 Exactly! Its hilarious! Also, that means they've had shit pinned down since the very beginning and you can totally tell by how tight the continuity is.

[@vickyb177]

@@cloud2537 They had to have it all down from the beginning because the kids never age - they always knew how it ended because they filmed all of their scenes at the start :)

[@calebgonsalves3866]

Very true I’ve pointed this moment out to so many friends a cool little details

[@ethaniel7551]

I always thought that "What kind of mother misses her daugther's wedding" was in reference to the fact that Ted's mother never made it to their wedding??

[@sharangans4836]

LMAO

[@Flarezap]

This is literally what I thought as well. Do I need to watch season 9 again?

[@lascaanito]

I remember when I first saw the scene, I was with my sister, I understood, I don't know how, but I did and she didn't and I started crying and she thought I was being dramatic, but I didn't want to ruin the ending so I didn't explain it to her.

[@bluezoomc]

I think that's intentional. When you don't know that's how you interpret it, but once you do it takes a different meaning. I could easily be wrong though.

[@mizzyys262]

Omg that’s what I thought too when I first watched the episode!

[@Gaby-wr2qr]

She literally said “What mother is gonna miss her own daughter’s wedding?” And Ted broke down in tears. How stupid am I? I didn’t see it coming!

[@petranaruscons0936]

No, you're not stupid. I'm stupid! I didn't even paid so much attention in this episode, I thought this was a joke.

[@brodynbc2355]

Bruh I was like “why is he crying like does someone’s mom not make it or something” I feel stupid lmao

[@otaieb48]

what if ted was talking to her ghost and thats why he broke down?

[@DanielJBarragan]

@@otaieb48 he starts weeping, because she has cancer and they both know she’s gonna die soon

[@Rachel-uy7pv]

it was so sad

[@Pamekeb]

This show is a masterpiece. How to make a sitcom a life teacher. Things doesn't always go right, life is life. Enjoy it as it comes, don't live in the past. Make every moment legendary and then let it go.

[@maryg4143]

MaaanuS couldn’t have said it better

[@efoxkitsune9493]

Beautiful, beautiful 👏 I fall deeper in love with this show after every rewatching.

[@rehanaisnin2365]

I always love HIMYM. And I think the ending, if not to many fan's liking, actually shows that things don't always go as we plan, things don't always end in happy endings, or to our liking. So even though I would like Tracy to live, I understand that this story is about Ted's journey to maturity

[@GiraffeBlues]

@@rehanaisnin2365 yes thank you I fucking love the ending

[@imshooketh1500]

Yeah I learned so much from it, Ive been in the same situation as Ted and Victoria and Marshall and Lily when they broke up and this kinda helped me go through it

[@Dannydarko27]

Holy shit that was The Funeral playing when they introduced the mother. I got the chills

[@revrachu13smn]

DannyDarko27 it gives me chills everytime I listen to it

[@christianjuarez7618]

Plus I guess it’s the whole “umbrella in the rain at a funeral motif”

[@jillybeangaming]

I never realized that's what the song is called, but as soon as i read that in the video, i totally got goosebumps as well!

[@jillybeangaming]

@@christianjuarez7618 true.. good point.

[@reptilianoamable2657]

@@christianjuarez7618 HOLY CRAP

[@anumj2547]

i love HIMYM, but i do actively chose to pretend that the last two episodes didn't happen

[@KittenGoesGrr]

I always go to KZbin and watch the ending that they had had planned

[@zarmeenhaider8182]

Because of the last 2 episodes I started hating the whoLe show

[@MikeD8318]

Craig Thomas and Carter Bays have since said that the alternate ending on the DVD is the REAL ending of How I Met Your Mother, I just wish that Bob Saget appeared on screen as Older Ted so his narration wrapped up properly

[@KittenGoesGrr]

@@mathgeek5698 I don’t have the link, but it’s on KZbin 😊

[@mathgeek5698]

@@KittenGoesGrr yess i was able to find it!😄

[@Dante02d12]

You missed _one_ clue, a very subtle one. Well, it's a clue towards a clue, actually. The episode in which Tracy says "what mother wouldn't be at her daughter's wedding?" is named Vesuvius. Earlier in the season, Ted randomly says "Vesuvius". It is passed as a joke, but it was actually a way for the author to say "focus on the Vesuvius episode, it's the most important one". It is subtle, but it is there. That's how I knew the events of Vesuvius were important. Also, Vesuvius is a volcano, that by itself implies that there's something huge in that episode. It implies that something will shake the story, as a volcano.

[@smurfyday]

This needs to get voted up and up.

[@edwardlafferty8796]

Episode 2, of Season 9....Ted is doing a crossword puzzle and the answer is (not) Vesuvius; the Mother talks about his "showboating".

[@sammyyiieiieieieie]

I always thought it was a kinda weird title for an episode and I had wondered what was its relevance in that particular episode. At least now I know

[@conorfilm]

when I first saw that i thought Ted's mum died

[@jonask.9727]

Ted and robin gave each other a promise. If they will be 40 and single ...

[@Kaya112345]

The fact that no one picked up on the fact that Ted was telling this story to his kids in the first place as a giant, blinking, neon, clue that she died still amazes me.

[@AMCTKate]

Reading your comment gave me the greatest epiphany, you're so right 😂

[@elevatedlife3884]

Meh, I feel you but at the same time Ted is forever a sappy, hopeless romantic. I believe many of us believed that he was just super nostalgic and sentimental about their amazing love story. I also believe many partners tell stories about how they met their significant other. This is traditional, especially at weddings

[@elevatedlife3884]

Also, there’s a scene in Season 2 where Ted expresses to his parents that when he tells his kids about how they met, he will tell them everythiiiing.

[@markuscraig7945]

You must be a detective. 👍

[@diodaon4898]

Nichole P. Yup, i dont see anything weird with explaining your kids how their parents met and ted has always been the one who loves storytelling.

[@sleeplesstortoise]

Well, i simply thought that Ted cried in the second clip because his mother already passed away and didn't attend his wedding.. But... there's also clue in that scene, pay attention to all that glass of water.. What Tracy sip in that cup was water, and yet her expression was weird.. Hint: Taste changes is one of side effect of chemotherapy..

[@tugce558]

I was looking for that comment... :/

[@VahZen41]

Oh god you're right how did I not pick up on that. Gosh that makes this scene that much more painful. That look that ted gived her when he is ready to break down. The delivery of their lines, the expressions.. Definitely one of my favourite moments of the entire show and it is a deleted scene. 😭

[@Bruh-ez8ij]

I taught it was a tear in her cup

[@benwalker4305]

I always thought it was Tracy’s mom who died because obviously who’s mom won’t attend there “daughters” wedding

[@benwalker4305]

I always thought it was Tracy’s mom who died because obviously who’s mom won’t attend there “daughters” wedding

[@Lagonas_]

The sad thing about HIMYM isn't watching it all enfold. The sad thing is watching it a second time when the puzzle pieces finally fall into place.

[@Quellification]

6:42 one of the coolest transitions of all time. The music kicks off , the scene shifts, the rain, the thunder !!!!! So well planned..

[@brodynbc2355]

I was waiting for a comment like this 😂 perfect transition

[@WALZ97]

After the 1:40 scene aired, i remember going on a forum and saying i believe the mother will die because of how Ted reacted. I was then downvoted into hell and everyone responded with "No way would the writers do something like that to us". * sigh *

[@ShootingStarASMR]

I didn’t know the mother died I watched HIMYM last year for the first time, I also picked up on that foreshadow!

[@mvpandrew93]

When you're here you're family ™ @WALZ97

[@joshg9470]

I was starting to like her then bam she’s gone.

[@Jardin777]

It's amazing how stupid people can get over a Theory right? Especially when it comes to pass.

[@joshg9470]

Lucky_Sevin yeah

[@woolypuffin392]

Making Ted and Robin get together again is ruining ALL the progress and character development.

[@or8977]

Exactly! I felt so proud of barney when he finally fell in love for once

[@Demonstraction]

No it doesn't. Think about why they broke up. Ted wanted kids, Robin wanted to put her career first. This happened right at the beginning of the show, and the middle of the show shows them both trying to pursue their 'primary' goals. They both got what they wanted most, and they came back to each other when they were ready for it.

[@eIIie_stole_your_toast]

I disagree. The whole point of the story (show) is to tell us about Robin so that we (and his kids) can love her the way he does. It's a tough pill to swallow because of the title of the show but going all the way back to episode one it was all about robin. He very deliberately told the story from the moment he met robin because that's the story were supposed to understand. I think one of the things the show does really well is that it doesn't shy away from the real moments and in reality things are messy. His relationship with robin was messy. As a viewer it's easy to see that and roll your eyes when they wound up together. But it makes perfect sense to me.

[@teemup9247]

@@eIIie_stole_your_toast I agree with you. The Finnish name of HIMYM is actually just "Ensisilmäyksellä" "at first sight" so basically "(love) at firs sight".

[@franzdelrosario6488]

@@eIIie_stole_your_toast Damn! Your comment just clarified my perspective of the ending. Thank you so much! Cheers mate!!👍

[@LiesGreedMisery]

STAR WARS SPOILER ALERT: I find it odd that no one thought about the star wars correlation here. Ted wanted to name his kids Luke and Leia, in Star Wars, the mother dies.

[@nunungo9788]

Their daughter's name is Penny and both of them are huge coin fans :)

[@LiesGreedMisery]

@@nunungo9788 I know, I didn't say it wasn't. But Ted did want to name his kids Luke and Leia

[@AN-filmandmusic]

Wow good spot

[@Hamentsios10]

Ah now THAT explains the deeper voice when narrating.

[@shyamsundarrajan2469]

Whoa spi you blew my mind

[@devolvy1542]

More foreshadowing I found: - The fact that Max, Tracy's first love, died. Since Ted and Tracy are like soulmates they share a similar fate with this. - S09E19: Tracy says to Ted: "Your the love of my life but I just worry about you. I don't want you to be the guy who lives in his stories. Life only moves forward." As you've mentioned in your video, Tracy knows she is dying at that time and she tells Ted to move on after that. Also the song at the end of that episode "She might think I've forgotten her" - S09E21: On their first date, Ted suddenly stops. Tracy asks what he is doing, Ted looks kinda sad and says: "Remembering this"

[@AisteOsinskyte]

Also there was a scene where other kids from alternate future were sitting on the sofa and Stella came into the view, however, the mother wasn't even hinted at being around during scenes with Ted's real kids.

[@fifagamingbykerimlulululu5233]

The College Reunion was in 2020 But she died in 2024

[@BeautyIsJustAMask]

Good points on the other things but the reunion is before she dies and he asks where she is and laughs because they are high

[@devolvy1542]

@@fifagamingbykerimlulululu5233 Sorry, my mistake. I'll edit my comment.

[@cedric8119]

@@nenhumlaranjo9178 she dies 2024 because when the kids are talking about their mother and that she passed away 6 years ago plays in 2030

[@ddreamm]

I am feeling so stupid for believing that the scene where Tracy said what kind of mother miss her daughter wedding was for Ted's mother for missing His and Tracy's wedding 😭

[@gt362gamer]

It was done in purpose I think, I thought the same, even though I already knew the ending, which is even stupider.

[@bramsteenhoek2674]

Omfg i just realised this. Its so fucking dark and sad.

[@canyonko]

@@bramsteenhoek2674 same 🤒

[@debora-jq7rc]

Sameee

[@fa-gr8zz]

Or you know, maybe ted’s mother died and missed his weeding..

[@anandiganguly3086]

Ending sucked balls. Tracy shouldn't have died. But even if she did, Ted and Robin shouldn't have been together and Barney and Robin should've never broken up.

[@dompham.]

I think there’s a bigger story to tell than your classic fairy tale ending... just something to think about

[@chaosprism144]

The ending does not suck. I appreciate the fact that is a realistic ending and not an "happily ever after". It makes the series more deep and good, even sad for some reasons

[@papabumba478]

I’d be fine with Ted and Robin, I always felt like they were the Ross and Rachel. They knew they belonged together, but had to live their own lives and follow their own dreams first. My issue was that they should have had season 9 be about Ted and Tarcy and 2 episodes about Barney’s wedding. Rather than an entire season building the wedding and 2 episodes with Ted and the Mum.

[@imshooketh1500]

You need to make peace with the fact that Ted telling his story to his kids so many years after Tracy died was about him moving on and preparing them for it, not actually a himym

[@thatrainbowgirlash]

I hate swarkles

[@GrayShadowOfNight]

I have another one. When Ted wonders about how things would be if he had married Stella instead.... The kids and the house... It's all the same, except Stella walks into the scene and jokes with her kids and Ted. That's the difference. Because when Ted tells his story to his kids in the show, Tracy can't show up since she's already dead.

[@TheLauren800]

I though of this as well

[@abcdefghrfgs]

Which episode is this ??

[@brookewilson1950]

Honestly it felt like ...Tracy was just a vessel so Ted could get married and have kids like he wanted, and Robin could get the kids experience without the responsibility like she wanted, then killed off the mother so they could be together. The whole show it was like "oh we're so different with different goals we'd never work" and then they gave them everything they both wanted just to end up together after all was said and done. A complex solution for a problem that should've just meant they never ended up together. Tracy was perfect.

[@user-bj2ub8tv1d]

Brooke Wilson 🤭🤯

[@Absynthe23]

Tracy was perfect. Life isn't.

[@salvadorochoa8602]

Tracy shouldn't have died Even Lilly realized Ted never fell for a girl the way he fell for Tracy I think that For Tracy and for Ted, both Tracy's ex and Robin where that weird concept, the thing that is almost what you want, but not quite, and that's the point of that dialogue and the point of the whole story, how Ted tried to hold on to what was almost what he wanted, but not quite But sometimes I'm a pessimist and I feel like Tracy just settled for Ted

[@Dante02d12]

I read a lot of people claim that the story kept "proving" that Ted and Robin would never work together. They're so wrong. First, Ted and Robin were obviously the main couple of the series. They were Rachel and Ross (literally, they're a rip-off of those characters). Then, they kept falling in love with each other despite their issues. And more importantly, they made that deal that if they wound up alone in their 40s, they would marry each other. That was the main clue that they would wind up together when they would be old. Finally, characters, as persons, evolve. Things didn't work out when they were young because they had different goals. But Robin became more invested in her emotional life, and Ted got the kids Robin didn't want. So the story actually leads to Ted and Robin being together. It makes sense, really. The problem wasn't the end of the story, it was the way it was told. Too much time spent on Robin and Barney, and too litte time spent on the Mother.

[@pitnf3644]

He tought that robin was the love of is life. But that one guy said: "if you have to think about it, then she wasnt the one. Tracy was. She died and he grieved for 6 years before moving on.

[@claymountain1300]

Another one: when Ted imagines what his life would be like if he had married stella you see 2 blonde kids sitting on the couch and stella coming up behind them interrupting the story. This implies that if the mother was still alive, she would be there to hear/interrupt the story too.

[@tempbees4713]

Isabel Kleijberg Damn...never thought abt that

[@kaeyamilk637]

I hate that the mother died😭

[@negevasaf6161]

Do you know in what episode this scene appears? Maybe I will make another video...

[@RamiMagdiali]

@Negev Asaf also 7 & 12 here lifestyle.diply.com/article/clever-details-favorite-tv-shows?publisher=recommendations&config=13

[@eikentina]

Bullshit The Mother could be everywhere maybe in a Trip With her Girlfriends and Ted uses The Chance to Tell The Kids His Side of The Story without being interrupted

[@riki6185]

I think that the writers are eating a sandwich when they are writing that ending...

[@mathewfrancis957]

Haha damn took me a while

[@debangshupatnaik7561]

no . think about it. it isnt that bad . its logical plus everyone has a happy ending. the writers are much more knowledged than you anyway. the had the ending decided by the 2nd season or so maybe

[@michielp1922]

the problem is that they had the ending decided by season 2, that's why all characters suddenly look like how they were in season 2, like if all their character development from the passed 7 season is thrown out of the window

[@thekat2784]

@@debangshupatnaik7561 Yeah that's the problem. They wrote it before there was any character development which is why their actions didn't make sense

[@willis_davies6348]

@@debangshupatnaik7561 Barney and Robin divorce was the worst idea in television

[@alteredninja]

I must have watched this show with my late wife at least 10 times. It was one of our favorites. I turned her on to it and she ended up loving it more than me. The first time through was when we were planning our wedding and over the last 5 years, we would always come back to it. I never knew I would end up actually being in Ted’s shoes.

[@ESJonas]

Oh man. I feel for you.

[@z3n_z]

I’m sure she’s looking down on you for being the greatest husband any woman could ask for. I know you’re time together must have been LEGEN-wait-for-it-DARY. May she R.I.P. 🙏🏽❤️

[@TheLauren800]

I’m sorry to hear this. I loved the show and found the ending sad but now I find it Sadder as I’m now a daughter who’s mom won’t be at my wedding

[@wangchung2157]

As someone who just got married after 6 years of dating my wife im genuinely sorry

[@brolygoku116]

Should have 1 dedicated season for the mother. We've waited many years and she was only shown for 1 season with limited screen time.

[@lisaandothers]

If the wedding lasted half a season and the rest was about connecting to Tracy, losing her and dealing with her loss, they could have pulled that finale off. Hell, they could have spent at least an episode to show Robin coming back having learned from her past and connecting with Ted all over again

[@memandi2]

So many others: 1. In one episode in the earlier seasons, Ted & Lily & Marshall are at their college reunion & they're getting high & Ted laughs asking "where's my wife?" 2. In the same episode where they're discussing "What mother would miss her daughter's wedding?" Tracy also tells Ted that she's worried about him, that she doesn't want him to live in his stories, "life only moves forward". 3. And also in that episode, Ted says, talking about his move to Chicago & how the group reacted to the news: "In a moment like that, when what's really happening is too intense to deal with, sometimes it's best", to which Tracy says "To leave it unspoken and just enjoy each others company instead." and they look at each other & hold hands. 4. This one is slightly weaker, but still. When Ted gets left at the alter by Stela, he talks about what would have happened if he went & talked to Tony instead of Stella. And there's a 'simulation' of what his life would have been, and he's talking to his (now blonde) kids and Stella appears immediately in the scene, something that never happens in 9 full seasons with Tracy.

[@anonym5898]

But wasn't the reunion in 2020, 4 years before the mother died?

[@sammyyiieiieieieie]

@@anonym5898 yeah it was, but it's still more of a foreshadowing, kinda like the second scene shown in this video

[@rowan4573]

In one of the earlier seasons Ted, Barney, and Robin spend Thanksgiving at a strip club (Can't remember what the episodes called), and the end Ted meets a stripper named Tracy and jokingly says "And that is how I met your mother" causing his kids to go "WHAT?!" (like they do all the time), of course the only way they'd believe this is if their mothers name was Tracy. Not related to her death, just a hint that gave us her name before the finale

[@tmgee4367]

Yesss season 1!

[@booksrock9678]

It was Belly Full of Turkey I think

[@abcabcx10]

figured this on a rerun! gave me chills

[@daddyceedayboy1779]

It was the thanksgiving Pe in season 1

[@BFG-hv2ml]

went to rewatch that episode, and you are right :)

[@midoribushi5331]

when Tracy died I felt for Ted, I really did, man. I lost my wife 7 years ago...this show is great and made me laugh and cry... And they are right about that special someone, you just know without a shadow of a doubt when you find that perfect someone. It hits you like a tidal wave and overwhelms you, but in a definite good wave.

[@Caallina99]

My sincere condolences

[@jacksmith2504]

Damn dude I feel that Love you man

[@emmah2516]

I forgot how much this show put me through an emotional trip, it was so funny but when they had emotional scenes I would feel my heart get heavy. This show is the true beauty of a comedy.

[@jaysmythe154]

It's a tragyromcom; laughter through the tears!

[@ChattGM]

So true. I love how I have so many memories of laughing nonstop till my ribs hurt and also have the same amount of memories when it came to the pulled at your heartstrings scenes that left you in tears. Main one that comes to mind is when Lily tells Marshall his dad passed away. So much grief came over me during that scene and it caught me by surprise. Just goes to show how immersed you can be in a story and how much of a connection you can develop with the characters as they go through tough times in their lives.

[@ahennoclips]

This show got me through my parents divorce and really helped me learn about life

[@rainycloud10]

This show holds a special place in my heart. This show made me cry, laugh, and cry laughing. This is definitely one of the best shows out there. Also, I loved the ending so that's a plus for me.

[@jameswillypiss6241]

RainyCloud 10 same bro literally

[@chrisperrywv]

RainyCloud 10 the ending was terrible.

[@littlebamboo1699]

I also liked the ending, was not a big fan of the execution, but I liked where all the characters were

[@mari-iw6gj]

this will always be my number 1 show

[@Grizlymonstret]

How could you love the ending? Almost wish I've never seen it xd

[@Me-wk3ix]

I think the ending would have been terrible if they hadn't found someone as perfect as Christine Milioti to play the mother. Some have said she was too good and made it difficult to accept the ending. I say her having that ability to make you love the character in such a short time really put the mother on equal footing with Robin. It made me feel like she wasn't just some plot device to pop out some kids for Ted so Robin didn't have to, and then go away. Tracy being so 3 dimensional made me feel like she and Ted had a real life together and deep love. They didn't get much time together, but we're never promised that. Later on, it ended up that the timing was finally right for Ted and Robin. Ted had never stopped loving her, but that didn't mean he loved the mother any less. It's just that life only moves forward, as Tracy herself said. And often we fall in love with more than one person over the course of it.

[@ricssousa5964]

who the fuck is Christine Malati

[@mollyh753]

C.Ronaldo Argentina the woman who played the mother

[@jimcarrey6928]

The ending was shit.

[@generalkenobi8654]

@@mollyh753 I don't know who Christine Malati is. But I do know Cristin Milioti, the woman who played tracy mosby.

[@hyort3613]

edmund suarez she was amazing as Tracy

[@federiconovolissi7067]

The biggest foreshadowing to me is the fact that ted tells the story alone, even when he tells from the mother prospective, why couldn't she tell the story herself?

[@anaygupta2345]

Ohh, yeah, never thought about that, ig it all makes sense, the ending is not baad after all

[@anaygupta2345]

Here after rewatching, the ending isn't bad except the Robin part

[@rodolf21]

it´s been 4 years now since the last episode and I still rewatch it, feel the chills and shed a tear, BEST SERIES EVER, it´s LEGEN-----DARY!!!

[@Abstravels122]

rodolf21 4 years?! 😳

[@dumahtheangelgamer7529]

rodolf21 the ending is shit lol

[@justmarlen]

holy shit 4 years already ???? wow

[@theshelbianfox7195]

Your so right

[@LGsson]

Already 4 Years?? Wtf time flies

[@boldkenobi]

I miss this damn show. 😭 Thank you for taking the time to put this together!

[@negevasaf5606]

Brittney I am glad you liked it :)

[@peasome7227]

Wtf

[@massivemike7358]

I agree. For me the best written and emotionally deepest sitcom ever. Think I'll rewatch it once completely.

[@LuckyVarma11]

4:38 it really breaks my heart to see Ted like that, I mean he's been through hell and back just to meet his soul mate but she leaves him too

[@sophiehayes5201]

josh radnor is such an amazing actor

[@criscabrera9098]

Not everyone believes in life after death and what not and people believe in different things too but from the bottom of my heart I’d like to believe that he met her on the other side and they ended up having a beautiful eternity together

[@TexMackerson]

​@@criscabrera9098 i mean, in the HIMYM universe 2 things are cannon: 1, Time travel (Marshal) 2, Afterlife (The mother dead boyfriend)

[@omnissiah7859]

One more thing i noticed is that in the same episode as the "what mother misses her daughters wedding" quote Tracy also said to Ted that she doesnt want him to be the guy who lives in memories and that life moves on. Idk if thats just me but that seems like 100% foreshadowing.

[@mauia88]

I caught that too.

[@lascaanito]

I remember when I first saw the scene, I was with my sister, I understood, I don't know how, but I did and she didn't and I started crying and she thought I was being dramatic, but I didn't want to ruin the ending so I didn't explain it to her.

[@omnissiah7859]

@@lascaanito oof yeah thats rough

[@Rurusa11]

I love this show but i hate the ending. Here's what I think shouldve happened. Robin and Barney should've stayed married not just because the entire season 9 would be a waste but because to show how they've matured and really did love each other compared to their relationship before. Maybe even adopt a few kids or smt. Ted in the end shouldve just given his kids a hug and cried a little or smt but never got remarried or went after another woman. It would make the best bittersweet ending in my opnion.

[@epadilla8555]

I totally agree. I was so upset when Barney and Robin broke up

[@noahcamuso2562]

Actually, yeah. I was ok with the end till I read this

[@jomama7819]

Despite how the ending went, the blue horn move was a great piece to put in if the ending adding that romance spice

[@Rurusa11]

@@jomama7819 i get what you mean but i prefer the yellow umbrella

[@nasty9058]

To be honest I hated the ending. The last couple seasons they really made Robin into this pyschopath who kept switching and playing her partners. It was also really unfair to Ted to have the girl he was waiting for so long pass away. I think they did that because there was still a group wanting Ted and Robin to end up together and they decided to take the middle way. The whole series was great but the ending was a total bummer to me

[@jackheris687]

We never see the mother in any of the flash forwards.

[@darkwyve]

Plus in the flash forwards he always refers to her in past tense, not current tense like he does the others. Some say we don't see her (like Andy H. below) to not spoil who it is, but they could have easily show her from the back, or at an angle where you can't see the face, but they never do. There are so many (perhaps subtle then), but glaringly obvious hints that the mother has passed on by the time Ted is telling the story to his kids.

[@matiidesign]

Andy H. Hate to do this...... Barney is the mother

[@alyraminoy]

He does mention her though at their college reunion when Ted marshal and lily get high, and he asks " where's my wife?"

[@orphic7427]

Nataly Ramirez oh that sounds so sad in hindsight..

[@GoOdTaStE2123]

But that would have also revealed who she was. It's quite clever!

[@sydneymerrifield2176]

My "holy crap this is my wedding" moment was when my dad and i were walking up the stairs towards the sanctuary as my bridesmaids were walking down the isle. I stopped and said "my whole life is about to drastically change" and my dad squeezed my arm and said "for the better"

[@spencergrout6320]

That’s adorable 💝

[@gabriellepica6117]

I remembered when I watch that "what mother would miss his daughter's wedding" scene, I cried so much even though I had no idea beforehand that's the mother would actually die. The way Ted looks at her just give it away.

[@Gingerm0nster]

Me in 2012: Awwwww this is so sweet! Me in 2019: Barney and Robin waited until 45 DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING to book a caterer?!

[@RogueBoyScout]

LOL. The real crime committed that season 🤣😉

[@TheSabit98]

I want to see this serie for the first time again.

[@5andramv]

SAME

[@ssimms8995]

saltysandra I hav by seen it before, so I have no clue why I am watching this video

[@GrandMasterLynx]

I never seen it so I can see the series for the first time 😎

[@gerardojasso9259]

TheSabit98 I’ve never seen this show before and I have no idea why I’m watching this lmao

[@sketchncartoonist]

Yess if I can watch any series for the first time it'll be HiMYM because friends can give the vibes again but HIMYM its not as good second time cuz you will know how things escalate

[@milkd8251]

The music they chose for the show always fits SO well. Not only is the music timed and executed perfectly, they songs are so good even just by themselves.

[@Olivia-cl6ww]

The ending pisses me off so much. Everyone loved Tracy. I used to ship Ted and Robin so much until she married Barney and we met the mom. I was so mad that the mom died and he ended up with Robin to the point that I don’t even really like Robin anymore. This was the story about the yellow umbrella, not the blue French horn. I’m always gonna be salty about this...

[@matthewgrobler3208]

agreed

[@dy1ss244]

That's why the shows amazing we all knew Ted loved robin

[@fushigibliss]

same.

[@cutielol0]

Yep. Same.

[@lucaselting2946]

L

[@shin-te1xr]

Ted has worst luck, can't get his love of life. friend gets his love of life and friend marries her. then he finds another love of life and she dies after amazing years together. I don't blame fans for wanting a better ending.

[@andybetz4169]

Life is way we can not see! Everthing happends everyday...Not all has a happy ending

[@blueyes6474]

KZbin putting this in my recommendations: you wanna cry tonight? Me: sure, why not

[@einsofkvikna]

4:37 to 4:52 might be the most heartwrenching moment in television the way his expression slowly changes without further context, just a hint of what's happening... he's a great actor

[@taccos3524]

How did I not notice the “what mother will miss her daughters wedding” one!

[@berlininspired7974]

When I watched it for the first time I thought that maybe for some reason Tracy's mother missed her and Ted's wedding...

[@teacherjessa8372]

At first I thought they were referring to ted’s or tracy’s mom who was not able to attend their wedding.. gosh floodgates

[@bulinandi4414]

When i heard it I thought Ted's mom missed he's wedding not Tracy missing her daughters wedding

[@apilbista2948]

Is it only me who can watch all seasons and all episodes million times, but is really really afraid to click the play sign for the last and final two episodes? :( :( I don´t even have the word how I feel when I´m near the last episodes....

[@taryn3917]

apil bista holy fuck i relate to this comment so hard i didn’t know anyone else felt this way!

[@apilbista2948]

@@taryn3917 right right...thankgod there is atleast two of us who feels the same way! ;)

[@Komische1Frage]

It's not just the death of the mother but everything. Their apartment is empty, they move apart, Lilly cries hard as Robin pretty much ends their friendship (they are also showing at the wedding how much Lilly wanted Robin to be a part of the gang because she loves her so much), Barney is alone except for his doughter and doesnt date anymore because he knows he will love noone as much as he loved Robin, the mother dies and the ending gave me the feeling that Ted spend his whole life with the wrong woman. You should look for the deleted scene with Marshall and the bet he won, it's sweetening the ending

[@surayaranjber4740]

apil bista I do the same thing. I watch up until they meet or maybe just until the wedding. It becomes difficult to watch the ending

[@thisguyhd6591]

Taryn .... you.... you have a very very small mindset....

[@MylingCyrus]

WHY AM I WATCHING THIS???? I am not ok!!!! .. once Ted knocked on the door and she opened I knew the mom would be dead.

[@MylingCyrus]

Pepe his eyes were so tearful. Not happy tears but extreme sadness. He wouldn't react that way if she was still around. And the whole "more x seconds" with her just sealed her fate

[@gvn598]

DementorsKiss I mean a man would say that about the woman he loves no matter what the circumstances, because those would be seconds that he would get to spend with her that would be completely unique and special no matter where they were in the present. That's how much each second you spend with that person is worth

[@l3ossTharatep]

Pepe The scene Tracy told him to move on and that was what Tracy wanted for Ted. And to do so, he needed to wait for 6 years to ask his kids permission.

[@Fireballfree]

I dont think wanting more time with the person you love the most means that person is already gone. If I somehow found out who I was going to marry I'd get to that person as soon as possible.

[@iamthebatman6557]

He says he wish he could spend those extra 45 days with her, if she was still around they'd still be spending their time together so those extra days wouldn't really mean so much if she was still around.

[@charlesdeichman5115]

So, that second one where she says “what mother is going to miss her daughter’s wedding?” I originally took it as the MOTHER’S mom not showing up to her and Ted’s wedding, and Ted still feeling sad for her because of that. Not that the mother herself was going to die.

[@utsavadhikari4430]

The "Pardon my French" guy in the wedding suit is actually Joey's Hand Twin from FRIENDS.✋😉

[@theycallmeemimi2397]

WHAT!? I NEVER NOTICED THAT!

[@AlanGarciaC.1093]

Holy crap... .-.

[@simonfb9332]

Thats insane omg!

[@Ok_Let_8933]

I knew he reminded me someone !

[@Lanegan2010]

I knew it when he said "Pardon my French" and show his hands. XD

[@justomolet6521]

Just finished watching the show today for the first time, I feel lost, I always wanted Robin to be their mother, but after I met Tracy, I loved her and was very happy that she was their mother, she was everything Ted wanted, and it was really sad that she died and seeing all this stuff adding up, it breaks my heart. After getting to know Tracy I didn't think about Robin being Ted's wife anymore. Tracy was THAT good for me. Really an emotional show.

[@damiracle7328]

I finished yesterday, what a coincidence lol.

[@debbyguzman5958]

justo molet Inlike tonthink it this way Ted look for Tracy during all the seasons but he could only find her after letting go of Robin for real this time because even if the timing and their goals in life werent the same she was his almost perfect and he loved her and never thought he could find anyone better for him he really look without hoping to find some better for him and is in this train station that he realizes that Robin is not his long life treasure she is the almost perfect and after he finds Tracy he loved her and marry her and have a family and his happy and he would nhave stay with her until the end of times but then she dies and he needs some years to grief the woman he lose his perfect match but then after he has process this his asking his kids if he can gonback to his almost perfect because he knows Robin is the only one he can be with after Tracy she is his almost perfect now remember in this moment Robin has achieve proffesional success and Ted has his kids the obstaclues for them are gone they got chemistry and finally the timing is rigth because remember timing is a bitch

[@markuscraig7945]

I just finshed it today. God so many emotions. I'm really sad that i have no more episodes to watch.

[@gjlipana881]

You forgot about season 4. Ted told his kids if stella and him ended up together. The kids were blonde and different then suddenly stella walked in and talked to the kids as well. Tracy never did that for 9 years.

[@camelots7539]

tracy was dead when ted told the story to the kids

[@rutger2930]

Gj Lipana you can also see it as Stella coming in at the end of the story but the story hadn’t really ended so the mother didn’t walk in

[@negevasaf6161]

Yeah I know, I thought about adding those clues, but I decided to put only the clearest ones.

[@na9640]

The story wasn't told through out 9 years tho the kids stayed the same age so must've been around a day or so

[@pheebeetwo]

Also, Ted didn't tell the story over a period of 9 years. It was literally just one evening for the kids and Ted.

[@sawfal5403]

The ending just shows how right Victoria was even the mother couldn't get Ted over his obsession of Robin

[@honestperson3042]

This would have been true only if the mother had been alive, Tracy is always Ted's first choice, she is his soul mate, it is clearly explained in the speech with Klaus. Robin is a consolation prize

[@ericstorm6582]

He isn't even obsessed with Robin in the future, he's just in love with her

[@silviabeatricevaretto9449]

That's that makes no sense! I always wondered: if poor Tracy hadn't died, are we sure that Ted would not have broken up with her eventually, to be with Robin?

[@mattlarrubia]

@@silviabeatricevaretto9449 how can you guys see all these scenes and still think that Ted didn't truly love the mother? He loved her a lot, that's why he told all that story, but he is allowed to move on

[@kylienychole7678]

"You're all alone." Gets you right in the heart everytime.

[@Bela1132]

There is also an episode, i don’t remember which one but Ted is talking about how Zoey ruined crossword day and there’s an image of a newspaper and in the corner it says something like “no one is safe; not even the mother”

[@mlefun1303]

That's pretty scary

[@a.gluecksbringer]

I just looked it up... it’s S06E08 Right at the beginning. The Article is about the Cacamouse. And it says in big letters: No one is save not even your mother This just blew my mind! Also: Article on the left is about DOWISETREPLA. This is something I really love about HIMYM - the Details!

[@noodles7193]

Anna B where in the newspaper? I can’t find it

[@a.gluecksbringer]

Rico A. You can see it on the right when it zooms out and you can see the crossword.

[@grumpy_doctor]

I knew it when Ted's in tears about that extra 45 days. But i don't want it to be that way,I refused it to be true. But then again,don't we all?

[@citizenfourteen2781]

Grumpy Doctor let it go doctor 😄

[@citizenfourteen2781]

Mattis me too

[@WillyG38]

You know they released an official alternate ending where she doesn't die right? The first ending pissed everyone off.

[@LJ3783]

I'm still in denial about that last episode xD

[@0948-o5w]

I don't refuse. I am glad the bitch is dead. Wish Lili was dead too. Or be replaced for actress who plays Donna in Suits, that woman is awesome and show would have been even better.

[@reaganbainable]

The music selection throughout this entire series is impeccable, the ‘Lebenslangerschicksalsschatz’ scene gives me goosebumps every time i watch it. Same goes for the scene where Ted gets upset when Tracy says “what mother is going to miss her daughters wedding” with Bob Dylan playing, absolutely perfect. This show has affected me more than i ever thought possible. (I hope I got the affected/effected right for teds sake)

[@seanmcneil349]

RAVEN Remember Affect Verb Effect Noun You had it right 🤝

[@nurannahadiislam7940]

The lily actress already told us that there was even a funeral scene that got cut.

[@sjoerd9169]

Where did she say that, i wanna see it

[@nurannahadiislam7940]

I read it in google

[@charwsome118]

She said it in a tmz video, i forgot the title but it's about she feels about the ending of the show

[@ננקידליןלומברוזו]

They should have definitely made a funeral scene with the group coming would have make so much sense

[@MrHellknown01]

I don't think i will ever show that because when Marshall's dad died and they show the funeral and it is very emotional. If they show the funeral of the mother viewers would flip out due to a short presence of the mother, and all 9 season we only get to see her in like 5 or 6 eps.

[@yeiiid6633]

I cried the first time i watched the "what kind of mom misses her daughter's wedding day?" scene. A little bit over a year later i cried my eyes out. Again. I'm not okay.

[@vikitubej4307]

But i dont understand why hes crying il just stupid but i really dont get it what makes him cry?

[@coolcoolcoolnodoubt2527]

Vikitube J because they both know tracy’s going to die and so miss her daughter’s wedding. so when she says ”what kinda mom would miss her daughter’s wedding?” (talking about robin’s mom) ted gets uncontrollably sad knowing tracy’s going to miss her daughters wedding even though she’s a great mother

[@anniewu2102]

The "I don't want you to be the guy who lives in stories" scene makes me cry for like 20 minutes the first time I saw it. Probably because the whole show is based on Ted telling past stories. It almost felt like that scene isn't real, or Ted altered his memory (which is not an uncommon thing in this show). It felt like Tracy came back and tell him that he needs to move on. That why I don't feel that upset about the ending. This whole show is meant to be a tragedy.

[@MisterWhat]

Ala Tracy asking Max to move on?

[@sakthisd5565]

I felt the same way. But I really wanted a happy ending. I mean Ted and Robin is a story in his past too. He should've moved on... Tracy and Ted :')

[@brodynbc2355]

Sometimes I wish I never knew about this show so I could discover it, binge the whole thing in 2 months, and cry at the end all over again.

[@morix_437]

2 months?? Rookie numbers. Try 2 weeks

[@amrithas182]

I don't care what anyone says. This will always be my fav show

[@ZuckerfreiTV]

Because it is the best... its not a series you can just watch.. you gotta feel it lol

[@kaeyamilk637]

Same

[@whywelovefilm7079]

I think people hate on the ending not because it was bad. But because it was such a gut punch that people didn't know for to react and just decided to hate it. It really was shocking. But with that being said. It was kind of stupid to have all this happen with Ted and Robin and finally trek everyone its not her. Then go and kill the real Mother and have him end up with Robin anyways. They should've ended it right after he says, "Kids, and that is how I met your mother." Not have the story end just to have the kids telling Ted to call Robin. Hearing Bob Saget as Old Ted, but sunny the task Old Ted threw me off the ending also.

[@BlackParade01]

Same. I've watched many great shows like Bojack, Futurama, The 100, Stranger Things, etc but nothing will ever come close to this

[@BlackParade01]

Gianni Brown I don't mind that they killed of the mother, but ending was too goofy. It should've ended with "that's how i met your mother", not with "you totally have the hots for aunt Robin"

[@LilSiannyBean]

Not gonna lie. The ending annoyed me immensely. You wonder who the mother is, watch Ted go back and forth to Robin, find out about Tracey, kill her off and go back to Robin! I thought her and Barney were better suited

[@nachiketpargaonkar8646]

Shana Louisa Try looking at it from Ted's perspective. The love of his life died 6 years ago. He has to move on now, even Tracy wanted that for him. He always felt for Robin. Explaining this to his kids in direct words was difficult, so he tells this story to them, only with a facade as to how he met their mother, when the intention of his story always was he wants to get together with Robin. That's why the story begins with Robin & the show ends with him & Robin being together. Even Tracy had moved on from her "the one" after he'd died. The ending of the show was quite deep! & Robin & Barney were never suited together. They were only perfect as friends, not as a couple. They failed before & they failed now, because both were too independent & Barney still kept secrets from Robin, even on the day of their wedding (when they had to delete the text from Lily's phone)

[@Talaxianer]

If you can say one thing for sure: Barney is better suited

[@alicealice4310]

I loved robin and barney and the end was just horrible to Me. I cried the entier last 2 ep.

[@andrescolmenares218]

Yah I hate what they did to Barney. I don’t understand why Barney and Robin didn’t just stay together

[@TX51]

@@andrescolmenares218 what they did to Barney at the end of the series really illustrates to me that the creators were fully unprepared for Barney's character arc... they had this clear idea of what they wanted from the start but as they kept writing Barney's character they lost sight of their objectives but decided to achieve the original version anyway, even though Barney has the best character arc in the entire show and that it didn't fit the ending. in short they wrote themselves into a corner and didn't have the stones to change the ending.

[@lidiafsr]

The first scene always gets me goosebumps and then I cry. Every damn time.

[@intrepidnick2939]

I was watching this on the toilet and crying. Odd moment for me that’s for sure. lol

[@femslashyuri4all457]

With who he is talking?

[@angieeemmmarie]

FemslashYuri4All his future wife, the mother.

[@bloojkl4520]

That moment when Barney tells Ted that it was all a memory... man I cry every time ... about how everyone is growing up and has their own lives and then about how emotional Ted gets imagining he’s running to meet his dead wife

[@felix_zero]

I dont really cry at any kind of cenima but because of the love i feel for my own wife who changed my life that scene gets me as well

[@kyle3817]

This video just makes me sad. Tracy is literally the perfect women and they just kill that character off.

[@victorpradha9946]

“Love is not love which alters it when alteration finds, or bends with the remover to remove: O no! It is an ever fixed mark that looks on tempests and is never shaken; it is the star to every wandering bark whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks within his bending sickle's compass come: Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, but bears it out, even to the edge of doom." Shakespeare's Sonnet 116. Ted's love for Tracy is THIS...whether she is physically with him or not!

[@Jred657]

There’s a seen early in season 9, where ted is describing to Tracy how he was doing his crossword and said I will come back here with you. The word ted yells while doing the crossword is Vesuvius. Vesuvius is the title of the episode where “what kind of mom misses her daughters wedding” happens

[@cupcake7534]

omg

[@philipludvigsen76]

But them visiting in Vesuvius was like the Third (fourth?) time they went back to Farhampton. 1. One year later 2. Getting engaged 3. Luke being born 4. 2024, Tracy is dying

[@silkyslleep6427]

The biggest indicator that she was going to die was how little prominence she had in the actual story. The entire show is just a bunch of stories compiled into one with the theme being Ted's life before he met Tracy. The story of meeting the mom is almost the last one told, It is a short-lived story, just like Tracy's life and the time they spent together. It's a symbolic parallel. The title of the show is a misdirect, it shouldn't be called "How I Met Your Mother", that isn't the main theme of the story, it should be called: "My Life Before Your Mother". Or in other words: "My life *Without* Your Mother". This shows how Ted had life and happiness before he met Tracy, and he has to find that again without her.

[@marinayanthan1068]

Worst title suggestion. Lol

[@tylalynn9726]

I should have stayed in bed the title takes out all of the mystery

[@awsome182]

Actually, I always had the feeling that he told this entire story to explain his kids why he is still in love with Robin. That he truly loved their mother and always will, but if Robin and Ted had the same future plans (he wanted kids, she wanted career), they would probably have stayed together. They didn't break up because they stopped loving each other. They broke up because both wanted different things in their lives. So, that's why Ted told this entire story.

[@EpicCouchPotatoes]

Kaugummiqueen Bloggerin thank you! Finally someone who got. the Ending.

[@olivejuice1985]

Should’ve been called how I met Aunt Robin

[@hoangpham2658]

There's one more scene, when Ted, Lily and Marshall were eating sandwiches at their 50 years uni reunion or something, Ted laughed and said "where's my wife?'. I think it's s3e5

[@Ephemerthefish2525]

i think that the writers still did'nt plan on killing the mother at that time

[@fierceblade2]

The writers had the "kids" film the final scene during the 2nd season and had to sign confidentiality agreements to not reveal the ending. It was planned from the very beginning. The 50 years is probably referring to a possible 2nd wife.

[@NeverNedDead]

yeah I think that more just a stupid joke that they can't show the mother yet and Ted makes fun of that. Kinda 4th wall breaking, but I don't see it as a hint, because he said it laughing

[@dumahtheangelgamer7529]

Its been awhile since i watched that but if I remember correctly it was just a joke from the father to the kids as a way of saying he wont get married, but he was high so his reasoning for it could be laughing off his sadness

[@enchantedtonight]

I'm pretty sure that reunion took place in 2020 so the mother hadn't died yet. I could be wrong though.

[@MrPabgon]

13 year old girls: 😭😭😭😭 Me, an 18 year old guy: 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@joshkhan8947]

So true 😂😂😂😂

[@mailviolence6003]

Jesus lmao

[@Pepe__-ze6qx]

Dude i'm 30, i just cried for an hour straight watching the last 2 episodes. And i'm a guy.

[@cristopherflores6195]

22 year old male here, same thing. I don’t feel like only the really young age group are the only ones that probably won’t cry to this cuz they don’t know yet, they just don’t know what’s coming yet what life is really like and what makes it worth living it anyone else as old as they are they’ll get it and it’ll hit them hard in a place no one else can reach but you’re own conscious and these writers

[@asaprabbit8305]

44 years here 👋 and was kinda sniffly myself lol

[@deusvult296]

I actually HATE lovestories. I think they‘re sometimes too perfect, too cringy or just boring at all. But THIS ONE, this one was incredible. I‘ve never seen myself sitting before the screen watching Netflix, while holding my hands on my heart, every time Tracy‘s on screen. This character did something NEW and UNNATURAL to me, why tf did they just waste literally EVERYTHING they‘ve built in these 9 seasons by killing the character that became one of my favorites after 3 seconds of screentime. I didn’t even find her that attractive, but I could already tell her personality matches Ted‘s perfectly. So why kill her off instead of making like 2/3 seasons more with her & Ted (marriage, kids), Marshall and Lily (Italy, kids) and Barney and Robin (NOT FUCKING DIVORCED, maybe adoption) That text’s long af lol

[@danir8953]

I agree the final it's hurtful, but exactly this disturbing detail makes the final of this series so memorable. Like Titanic, The Notebook and other classics...

[@ByBobba]

I agree with you but what in the world were they going to show in those 2/3 seasons lol

[@AnuragSingh-bm9oq]

No Barney got what he always wanted and that was a child. Robin finally realizing that she should've been with Ted. And Ted ending up with Robin is the complete arch. Show was never about Tracy even though it's in the title. It's about how Ted and Robin end up together.

[@honestperson3042]

@@AnuragSingh-bm9oq Tracy was the love of Ted's life, his soul mate, if Ted had to choose he would always choose Tracy first and then Robin. It is explained in the talk with Klaus, your thinking is related to a period after Tracy's death, if Tracy had been alive Ted would never have thought of Robin

[@katherynconsuegra5759]

Ted should’ve never gone after Robin I mean hear the own show “Lebenslangedschicksalsschatz is not something that develops over time, it’s something that occurs instantaneously..” At first only Ted was attracted to Robin and it took time for her to feel the same way. When Ted and Tracy met it was an instant connection. He should’ve realized that and never gone after Robin.

[@ayushdeshmukh284]

This would only be true if Tracy was still alive. The leiberwhatever makes her the best thing for him. But she's gone. Robin is the next best thing and he is the best thing for her

[@MisterWhat]

That and...Ted and Robin did had instant connection. She wanted the dick right in their first date. It was only postnoted because Teddy Westside let the forbidden words slip. Even after that, she still gave him the move to kiss her but he didn`t saw it. Robin was the best next thing in the universe right after Tracy. Tracy was the fantasy perfect girl and Robin was the perfectly unperfect girl. They are, in total, the only two women Ted was said to love right away and mean it and subquently the only two women he would ever love for most/all his life.

[@SupachargedGaming]

@@MisterWhat As Daniel Sloss, the Scottish comedian, puts it... There are 7.6 billion people in the world. To assume that there is only one "Lebenslangedschicksalsschatz" in the world for you is rather naive and narcissistic.

[@nadinealexandra690]

By the way: Lebenslangeschicksalsschatz means Life long fate treasure love ❤️

[@chasegeller1616]

She gave him the signal on the first date, seems like a connection to me

[@AmitKumar-xt7eq]

I know its a sitcom but still breaks my heart

[@gianlucascuzzarella7704]

this show is - and always will be - more than a sitcom imo

[@lillie2203]

Same I'm in tears

[@jonathanguito1168]

I think that the ending made perfect sense and I called it a full year before the finale aired. It's not exactly difficult to infer if you think rationally and understand narrative structure. Ted is telling his kids about the story of how he met his mother, but why only Ted? Why when they're teens? Further, the first episode of the series introduces Ted to Robin, who's clearly the focal point of where his story begins. Why would it begin with him meeting her? Why not when he met Marshall in college? Or Barney? And why did he want his kids to know so much about Robin, and his relationship with her, if he was married to Tracy? Why wouldn't the kids ever yell for her to give them her version of the story? Why wouldn't they call their dad out on being fixated on a past flame that's still a major part of their lives? And why would he narrate the story with such melancholy in his voice? Putting all these pieces together, the only logical conclusion one can draw is that their mother is dead and Ted is telling them this story as a way of getting their permission to finally move on, and with Robin, and exactly why he feels that way. Personally, I think the story is beautiful. Tragic, sure, and the final season could have been executed better. But the overall narrative of love and loss and yet not giving up on the power to love again is beautiful.

[@kyla2395]

Also, if you think about it even more, he tried to tell the entire story without tearing up in front of his children. It took him, what, 5 years to tell his kids that without breaking down? I think he was trying to figure out if he was ready to move on after their mom.

[@jonathanguito1168]

@@kyla2395 Great point. He wasn't just sharing the story of him and Robin in context for his kid's sake, he was also retelling the story to himself and processing his feelings as he went. Remarkable story telling. It's true that both the last season as a whole and the finale had issues with too much filler and sometimes, poor execution in areas. But the story itself is touching, heartbreaking and profound.