I want to start by saying I normally do not review anything, yet alone single episodes. However, being HIMYM is one of my all time favorites, I felt the need to.
This finale could have been perfect, if not for the last 3 minutes. I cannot get over them killing off the mother! I had heard the speculations, but I hoped it was not true. After almost 9 full seasons of Ted looking for her and finally finding her, they writers kill her off, it makes no sense to me. Worse so even is the fact that we barely saw her, the flash forwards were cool yes, but throughout the show the mother was almost made into a "mythical creature" of sorts, and I felt more scenes with her were needed.
Ted going back to Robin?!? I am not even going to go into it, its so ridiculous.
Lastly, the worst part is the writers had this ending picked from the pilot, which I find ridiculous. How can you make an entire show about one mans journey to find the love of his life, finally find her, and kill her off?!? You might as well change the title of the show, its actually beyond ridiculous they wrote an entire series with that ending in mind. All the close calls with Ted and the mother over the years almost feel wasted.
The show should have ended with them at the train station, we didn't even need to see them together after that scene, but simply not have her get sick, show them together at the station, and close out with "and that kids, is how I met your mother." May have been a predictable ending, but a much, much better one.
There was also a lot of character development with Barney that went to waste. It did improve slightly when he held his daughter but overall seemed wasteful. I didn't know such a good series could be thrown away in the final episode, wait...rather final 3 minutes of a finale. Maybe this is all an April Fools Joke? Barney's last play? Most of us fans can only wish.
This finale could have been perfect, if not for the last 3 minutes. I cannot get over them killing off the mother! I had heard the speculations, but I hoped it was not true. After almost 9 full seasons of Ted looking for her and finally finding her, they writers kill her off, it makes no sense to me. Worse so even is the fact that we barely saw her, the flash forwards were cool yes, but throughout the show the mother was almost made into a "mythical creature" of sorts, and I felt more scenes with her were needed.
Ted going back to Robin?!? I am not even going to go into it, its so ridiculous.
Lastly, the worst part is the writers had this ending picked from the pilot, which I find ridiculous. How can you make an entire show about one mans journey to find the love of his life, finally find her, and kill her off?!? You might as well change the title of the show, its actually beyond ridiculous they wrote an entire series with that ending in mind. All the close calls with Ted and the mother over the years almost feel wasted.
The show should have ended with them at the train station, we didn't even need to see them together after that scene, but simply not have her get sick, show them together at the station, and close out with "and that kids, is how I met your mother." May have been a predictable ending, but a much, much better one.
There was also a lot of character development with Barney that went to waste. It did improve slightly when he held his daughter but overall seemed wasteful. I didn't know such a good series could be thrown away in the final episode, wait...rather final 3 minutes of a finale. Maybe this is all an April Fools Joke? Barney's last play? Most of us fans can only wish.