[Martian]

I loved the episode! The only disappointing thing was the fact that Robin is now marrying Barney (?)
I still hope this is a hoax though, and maybe he forgot they were different weddings or something, because come the fuck on: Robin and Barney? No way. And as the Narrator said when Quinn was introduced: 'And that's how we met Quinn' Thats not something you say if it's a girl who is in the show for 10 episodes. So no, I choose not to believe.

I like the arch with Ted and Victoria though. They will probably end up together. I like Ted making stupid mistakes for love. That's what he's supposed to do, and only with Robin and Victoria he did. Now that Robin is out of the way, he should marry Victoria(even though the writers would have some 'splaining to do).

Can't wait for next season!


And damn: Robin's legs. Would

[ConfusingJazz]

I loved the episode! The only disappointing thing was the fact that Robin is now marrying Barney (?) I still hope this is a hoax though, and maybe he forgot they were different weddings or something, because come the fuck on: Robin and Barney? No way. And as the Narrator said when Quinn was introduced: 'And that's how we met Quinn' Thats not something you say if it's a girl who is in the show for 10 episodes. So no, I choose not to believe. I like the arch with Ted and Victoria though. They will probably end up together. I like Ted making stupid mistakes for love. That's what he's supposed to do, and only with Robin and Victoria he did. Now that Robin is out of the way, he should marry Victoria(even though the writers would have some 'splaining to do). Can't wait for next season!

1. You didn't see this coming from a mile away?

2. Ted isn't ending up with Victoria.

[Mudkips]

Guys. We already know Victoria isn't the mother

No. We don't know anything.
The writers for this show have exactly zero integrity - they can and will pull stupid twists out of the air to fuck with you. Anything that conflicts with something stated/revealed before can be "Oh, did I say that? I meant this." or "Yeah kids I just said that to keep you interested.".

[smokeymicpot]

I loved the episode! The only disappointing thing was the fact that Robin is now marrying Barney (?) I still hope this is a hoax though, and maybe he forgot they were different weddings or something, because come the fuck on: Robin and Barney? No way. And as the Narrator said when Quinn was introduced: 'And that's how we met Quinn' Thats not something you say if it's a girl who is in the show for 10 episodes. So no, I choose not to believe. I like the arch with Ted and Victoria though. They will probably end up together. I like Ted making stupid mistakes for love. That's what he's supposed to do, and only with Robin and Victoria he did. Now that Robin is out of the way, he should marry Victoria(even though the writers would have some 'splaining to do). Can't wait for next season!

Robin and Barney were always going to happen.

Ted will not end with Victoria. She did not go to college in the city and was not in his class. If she was some how in his class she would have said something I am pretty sure. Ted just pulled the same shit Stella pulled with him. Chances are Marshall will tell him he is a dick and she will actually get married to the person she is supposed to be marrying.

[Sketch_Turntable]

http://tvline.com/2012/05/15/how-i-m...eason-8-scoop/


UGH i do not like the way Season 8 is shaping up to be.

[JerkShep]

Disappointing finale to a disappointing season. Let's hope Season 8 is the last one. Man, it's so sad, the memory of the awesomeness of the first seasons is the only reason I'm not dropping this show.

[M.D]

Barney realizes his mistake, and goes after Quinn instead of marrying Robin.
Ted, as her best friend, comforts her. She realizes he is the only one that truly loved her all this time. Ted and Robin are marrying at that weeding instead of Barney!

ROBIN IS THE MOTHER, BECAUSE THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO DAMMIT!

[Bowser]

http://tvline.com/2012/05/15/how-i-m...eason-8-scoop/ UGH i do not like the way Season 8 is shaping up to be.

Until then, he’ll have to deal with his guilty conscience when he learns in the Season 8 premiere that Victoria didn’t leave a note for her jilted fiance, and he turns the car around to rectify that. “The episode shows all of the ramifications of that decision.”

lol

[Joni]

The marriage plot sucks. It needed to be Barney and Quinn, she is a real asset for the show and Robin + Barney equals no chemistry. Those two don't work together. Quinn is cute and she is fiesty enough for Barney. The fact Becki Newton is gonna be on another show, might mean they had to change the plot; but I would be happy with minimal Quinn yet still a Barney/Quinn wedding.

[Dutch Mafia]

no one ever said that Ted is talking to HIS kids.

[smokeymicpot]

no one ever said that Ted is talking to HIS kids.

Yeah but its the house he bulit and he holds his daughter a few episodes back.

[TripOpt55]

Wasn't very good. I expected Barney to be marrying Robin. Doesn't mean I'm a fan of it. Ted running off with Victoria seems odd. Not sure what to make of all of this.

[Lone_Prodigy]

Someone posted this on reddit:

This is my comprehensive guide -- Why all that crazy shit that happened actually makes a whole lotta sense. PART I: HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER To understand the season finale, first we must understand the show as a whole. It sounds simple, but it's shocking how many people really fail to grasp what this show is actually about. Let me be clear: this show is NOT about how Ted Mosby meets the mother of his future children. Dispel that delusion from your mind immediately. The story of how Ted meets the mother of his future children is simple and incidental -- he meets her at his friend's wedding because it's raining and she has a distinctive yellow umbrella. He could have met her at the St. Patrick's day party. He could have met her in Econ class. He could have met her when he dated her roommate. It doesn't matter. What matters is at those points in the story, Ted was not ready to meet her. "How I Met Your Mother" is about how Ted becomes emotionally prepared to settle down and have a serious relationship. So to understand how he becomes emotionally prepared to do that, we must understand why he is not yet emotionally prepared to settle down and have a relationship. Why isn't Ted ready? It's Robin. Victoria: There is a reason that it didn’t work out between you and me, but it’s not Germany. And I’m willing to bet it’s the same reason none of your other relationships in the last six years have lasted either. It’s Robin. Ted: No. Victoria: Yes. She is so much bigger in your world than you realize. "How I Met Your Mother" is not about "how I met your mother," it's about "how I got over Robin Scherbatsky." So how does Ted get over Robin? Well... PART II: BARNEY AND ROBIN Barney and Robin are two main characters on the show. We, as an audience, care very deeply about them. They both show up as strong-minded, one dimensional characters -- Barney is no more than a simple player looking to get laid as much as humanly possible, and Robin is an independent, career-oriented woman looking to make it big in New York City. As the show progresses, we gain more insight into their true personalities. Turns out, they both have their fears and insecurities. They both have problems with commitment and abandonment, stemming from their daddy issues. In a lot of ways, that first relationship between Barney and Robin was them trying to work out their own internal struggles. They confronted their demons... but sometimes in life, you stumble. Those two weren't ready. You can't just turn your whole identity around in a few months. It takes time, hard work, and struggle. They broke up because in reality, neither of them could handle a serious relationship at that time. They kept trying, with others. Throughout the seasons, you can see them both grow individually with every new partner... yet throughout it all, they always cared for each other. Barney: I can't have any single female friends around, my Dad will be all, why don't you marry Robin? You guys were cute together. Deep down you know you were never happier than when you were with her. - Season 6, Hopeless Robin (in truth voice): I wish Barney were my boyfriend again. (back to regular voice) No thanks. Lily: Wait a minute, that's your truth voice. - Season 7, Best Man By season 7, they're both coming around to the end of their character arcs. Barney's come to terms with his daddy issues. Robin has gotten over her inability to commit. They have, as Lily aptly puts, the kind of chemistry that doesn't go away. The only other thing they need, she says, is timing. So the scene is set for Barney and Robin to get back together, but in good storytelling fashion, the writers decided to throw a bunch of other obstacles in the way of their relationship in Season 7 -- bad timing. These obstacles serve to show that Barney and Robin really are ready for each other, and really do care about each other. First, they're about to kiss, but Nora calls Barney. Then later, Robin starts to get serious with Kevin just as Barney and Nora are winding down. It's all bad timing. This is where Quinn comes in. We know, as an audience, that Barney is going to get married at the end of the season. We know it's not gonna be Nora. In fact, we're all pretty sure it's gonna be Robin. It HAS to be Robin. So what do the writers do to make the story suspenseful? They invent Quinn. Quinn is not a real character. They throw her into the story, and we as an audience are TOLD that she and Barney are good together. We never see it. We don't see them dance like Barney danced with Robin in the Season 7 premiere... we just hear him talk about how serious he is with her. This is done simply to build the tension and make that final reveal so much more satisfying. Sometimes it's hard to remember things that happened earlier in the season, because in our lives we watched those episodes like 4 months ago... but if you actually re-watched season 7 before the finale, you can see that the romance between Barney and Robin is heart wrenching. "Tick Tick Tick," is just... something else. They really did a wonderful job expressing how these two people cared for each other. That's why Robin was the bride, and that's why they needed to show Barney proposing to Quinn before they revealed it. PART III: SMOKE AND MIRRORS -- QUIN AND VICTORIA As I mentioned, Quinn was not a real character. She was a plot device. She was shoehorned into the story to make it dramatic. Victoria is the same way. Think about Ted's romantic interests. We know that none of the ones we've met are the mother... but in each of these romantic interests, we are led to believe that they help him grow and develop so that one day he will be ready to meet the mother. We think that they are important to his emotional journey towards a place of self-respect wherein he will meet the mother of his future children. They are not. It's Robin. Period. Ted needs to get over Robin... but we know as an audience that Ted does not get over Robin until she gets married. He gets over her because she marries his best friend and he wants them to be happy together. That's it. That's how he meets the mother of his future children. HOWEVER, we are still hearing the story from 2012. Ted isn't ready to get over Robin yet. Re-watch the last 3 episodes of season 7. Ted misses Robin. He's still in love with her -- he even jokingly says it in the hospital. He knows he should put things to bed with her... but then along comes Victoria, and what a beautiful distraction she is. Victoria, like Quinn, is all smoke and mirrors. She is Ted's way of distracting himself from the fact that he's still in love with Robin. She is Ted's way of procrastinating his own emotional development by providing him with some feeble rationalization so that now in his conscious mind, he can say "Of course I'm over Robin... I'm dating Victoria!" even though he knows somewhere in the back of his head that he's not over her. PART IV: CLIMAX The beauty of this show is that we know how it will end, but that doesn't make it any less exciting when it does. In Season 8, Ted will date Victoria. She will distract him from his current infatuation with Robin for a while... but eventually it will become clear to Ted that he is STILL in love with her. He'll have to leave Victoria for Robin... again. Ted and Robin may or may not date. Barney's with Quinn... maybe Robin will need to distract herself from that fact for now. It's mostly irrelevant. At some point, Barney and Robin will get together. Ted, who has already realized that Robin is in love with Barney, will have to come to accept it. This will take time, but eventually, when they get married he will grant them his best wishes... sincerely. THEN, Barney and Robin will be happy together, and Ted will truly be able to move on. He'll get serious with the next girl he meets. He won't pine over Robin during his relationship with her. He'll finally have the closure he needs to fall in love with somebody else. PART V: TOO LONG; DIDN'T READ Barney and Robin were made for each other. Literally. They were written into the story with the intent that they would one day get married, so that Ted could get over Robin. So stop getting your mind blown over that thing. Quinn was written into the story to make you think that Barney wasn't going to marry Robin. She is not a real character. She is a plot device. Stop obsessing over her. Victoria's reentrance into the story makes complete sense. Ted is not ready to get over Robin, so he's looking for a way to procrastinate. Just like when you procrastinate a paper, you check Facebook, then you check reddit, etc. Ted is going back to his browser history and looking for a good distraction. Victoria is the only loose end. She is the last unclicked link on Ted's proverbial front page. After that, he knows he's gotta get down to business and write this paper get over this Canadian.

http://www.reddit.com/r/HIMYM/commen...perfect_sense/

[Incendiary]

What gets me the most is that we know from the narrative that Robin never has children, yet they've been pushing Barney toward wanting to be a father for the past couple of seasons. So much for that, huh?

Maybe that's the importance of Quinn? Maybe the break-up isn't terrible and Quinn is the surrogate mother for Barney/Robin's kids? Hey, it sounds like something the writers would do.

[Black-Box]

the reddit post doesn't make me feel any better.

Ted hasn't changed at all who he was, and I don't understand how Robin can only be with Barney for Ted to get over her

and everything Ted does just makes him a bigger douche than before

there is no reason this show needed 8 seasons

[Slime]

I usually disagree with the people who say that they should just get it over with and reveal the Mother, because to be honest I kind of like the ride and even the dumb episodes that don't have to do with anything (i.e., most of this season). But after last night I'm actually really craving an endpoint.

I want to give the writers the benefit of the doubt, but now having both Barney and Ted in relationships that won't go anywhere feels so blatantly like filler it's kind of annoying. The thought of them maybe dragging this wedding thing out like another year or more is nauseating. I hope it happens midseason at the latest and we get to know the Mother over the rest of the season, but we'll probably get a tease in the finale and a reveal in the season 9 premiere (if we're lucky).

Yeah, I think I'm definitely in the "just reveal the damn Mother" camp now.

[giga]

Probably going to quit this show now. New Girl is better.

[pulga]

This show has gotten far too stupid for me.

[Slappy967]

Fully expecting the Robin backs out on Barney & admits she loves Ted twist. Also really hoping we get some more quality shots of the baby in Maclarens.

[eastmen]

Didn't like this. Felt like they were throwing out twists just for the sake of shock value and that cheapened it. The Victoria thing is scummy and just drags Ted's character down as we know they don't end up together, so Ted just ruined a wedding at the behest of a whim planted by Robin.

the reddit post doesn't make me feel any better. Ted hasn't changed at all who he was, and I don't understand how Robin can only be with Barney for Ted to get over her and everything Ted does just makes him a bigger douche than before there is no reason this show needed 8 seasons

Growing up never finishes and there are allways set backs .

His friends just had a baby , his other friend is getting ready to settle down , the love of the past 7 years has rejected him for the last time.

The guy is hurt and vunerable and a beautiful amazing girl from his past showing up when he is all alone willing to give up everything to run away with him is just to tempting.

I don't think he is a douche , i think he is just a normal guy

[cartoon_soldier]

Growing up never finishes and there are allways set backs . His friends just had a baby , his other friend is getting ready to settle down , the love of the past 7 years has rejected him for the last time. The guy is hurt and vunerable and a beautiful amazing girl from his past showing up when he is all alone willing to give up everything to run away with him is just to tempting. I don't think he is a douche , i think he is just a normal guy

Oh Victoria I know how it feels to be left at the Altar. So let us do that = inconsiderate douche.

[eastmen]

Oh Victoria I know how it feels to be left at the Altar. So let us do that = inconsiderate douche.

And ? Your telling me in your life time you've never done the opposite of what you think is right ? You've never had someone doing something negative to you that you've then repeated on someone else ?

It doesn't make you a douche , it makes you human. And I'm not saying that ted isn't acting like an asshole. It doesn't mean he hasn't had any character progression. Hell we know next season starts on the same day and ted brings her back to the church.

[Mudkips]

So who do you think we'll meet first?
The kids's mother? Or TF2's Pyro?

And ? Your telling me in your life time you've never done the opposite of what you think is right ? You've never had someone doing something negative to you that you've then repeated on someone else ? It doesn't make you a douche , it makes you human. And I'm not saying that ted isn't acting like an asshole. It doesn't mean he hasn't had any character progression. Hell we know next season starts on the same day and ted brings her back to the church.

It makes you a douche.

[Xenon]

Oh Victoria I know how it feels to be left at the Altar. So let us do that = inconsiderate douche.

Sorry bro!

[Joni]

To be fair to Ted: he knew he was being a douche, he just cared more about love prevailing. Too bad for him she'll probably go back to Klaus in the first episode next season.

[saunderez]

To be fair to Ted: he knew he was being a douche, he just cared more about love prevailing. Too bad for him she'll probably go back to Klaus in the first episode next season.

That's what he deserves too.

[pseudocaesar]

She does, the creators said pretty much that

[vicissitudes]

Actually not only is Ted a douche, so is Victoria for bailing on her own wedding. The only reason she's getting married is that the guy she really wants to be with is in love with someone else?

Well, the writers have made me hate all the characters in the show now. Good job writers.

[Grassclipper]

I know that I'm in the minority here but I just hate Victoria. She is boring as hell. And the Barney - Robin relationship was one of the worst executed storylines in this entire series.

What a crappy finale.

[eastmen]

So who do you think we'll meet first? The kids's mother? Or TF2's Pyro? It makes you a douche.

and so everyone in the history of the world is a douche then.

[Kamek]

No. We don't know anything. The writers for this show have exactly zero integrity - they can and will pull stupid twists out of the air to fuck with you. Anything that conflicts with something stated/revealed before can be "Oh, did I say that? I meant this." or "Yeah kids I just said that to keep you interested.".

Yes, yes we do know things. Zero integrity is absurd. Ted might sometimes be an unreliable narrator but that's more with small details and the when of the situation (goat incident). Victoria WON'T be the one. She's the last major door Ted has to close before moving on. In fact in the most recent interview Bays/Carter says just that.

[jasonng]

Scumbag Ted: tells sob story about being left at the alter. Runs off with someone's bride.

[123rl]

Yes, yes we do know things. Zero integrity is absurd. Ted might sometimes be an unreliable narrator but that's more with small details and the when of the situation (goat incident). Victoria WON'T be the one. She's the last major door Ted has to close before moving on. In fact in the most recent interview Bays/Carter says just that.

Except they already did this story and Victoria was supposed to be finished. They provided a resolution to that story and then just recycled it again

[ConfusingJazz]

And ? Your telling me in your life time you've never done the opposite of what you think is right ? You've never had someone doing something negative to you that you've then repeated on someone else ? It doesn't make you a douche , it makes you human. And I'm not saying that ted isn't acting like an asshole. It doesn't mean he hasn't had any character progression. Hell we know next season starts on the same day and ted brings her back to the church.

Yes, I have done stupid things in my life. Something as crass as running off with a bride is not one of them, so I feel comfortable of calling Ted a douche in this case.

[Diprosalic]

the writers can do nothing right from now on.


1) victoria is the mother, which would completely destroy every logic ever, since they established a million times that ted never met her after he met victoria.

2) it should have been victoria

[Black-Box]

Growing up never finishes and there are allways set backs . His friends just had a baby , his other friend is getting ready to settle down , the love of the past 7 years has rejected him for the last time. The guy is hurt and vunerable and a beautiful amazing girl from his past showing up when he is all alone willing to give up everything to run away with him is just to tempting. I don't think he is a douche , i think he is just a normal guy

a normal guy?

he only dates girls, because he thinks shes the one, than he breaks up with her, and than begs pretty much each one to go out with him AGAIN when something doesn't isn't easy.

he isn't vulnerable, he will jump on any chance to date a girl he thinks is the one, he ever dumped Victoria, because he thought Robin was the one.

he is a douche

[Zabka]

Jesus Christ. So season 7, which was all leading to this wedding, was actually just the buildup to the next season which will actually lead to the wedding, but they'll have to go through several dead-end relationships before they get to that. SOUNDS GREAT.

I think I'll just read what happens next year.

[Black-Box]

the writers can do nothing right from now on. 1) victoria is the mother, which would completely destroy every logic ever, since they established a million times that ted never met her after he met victoria. 2) it should have been victoria

I agree, like there is nothing wrong with Victoria, I wonder how Ted is going to F up that

[Enosh]

What a copout :/ Surely Victoria can't be the mother? She doesn't match some of the clues given by the writers...

it's not like the writers give a shit anymore going by this ending

fuck this show, I'm most probably out next season

[ConfusingJazz]

Jesus Christ. So season 7, which was all leading to this wedding, was actually just the buildup to the next season which will actually lead to the wedding, but they'll have to go through several dead-end relationships before they get to that. SOUNDS GREAT. I think I'll just read what happens next year.

You know, you don't need to use spoilers after it airs on the east coast.

[vicissitudes]

I agree, like there is nothing wrong with Victoria, I wonder how Ted is going to F up that

"Well......I don't have a good reason but......you're just not the one."

[ConfusingJazz]

I agree, like there is nothing wrong with Victoria, I wonder how Ted is going to F up that

Sure there is, she just dumped her fiance for a guy she has spoken to twice in the last 6 years. A guy who cheated on her and dumped her for another woman.

She seems stable.

[Zomba13]

So who do you think we'll meet first? The kids's mother? Or TF2's Pyro?

They are one in the same.

[Martian]

I just rewatched some episodes from season 7, and I just have to say that the writers really stepped up their game (continuity-wise).

ie. in episode 9 there is a segment about 'how you've never truly lived without someone putting up a sign because of something you did' and they show a picture of the casino(in the final episode) with 'No motorcycles on the casino floor'. Neat touch!

And in episode 2 (I think) you see Marshall getting drunk on the casino floor (to illustrate Marshall would get drunk again), with Barney with a shocked expression on his face (because Lily's in labour).

Nice continuity in season 7, which makes rewatching even more fun!

[Milchjon]

I finally watched the finale. Neither the Barney/Robin/Quinn reveal (obvious as it was) nor the Victoria story made me happy.

That being said, I still preferred the seventh season over 5/6, mainly because I always hated the Barney-Robin relationship. And now they have to bring it back.

I'll always love HIMYM and I watch a lot of reruns, but it's at least two seasons past its due date. I hope they can wrap it up nicely.

Quinn :-(

[Mudkips]

Yes, yes we do know things. Zero integrity is absurd. Ted might sometimes be an unreliable narrator but that's more with small details and the when of the situation (goat incident). Victoria WON'T be the one. She's the last major door Ted has to close before moving on. In fact in the most recent interview Bays/Carter says just that.

It's like you haven't been watching the show for the last 3 seasons.
What's next? You'll tell me you've got high hopes for the next season of Dexter?

[Deadly]

It's like you haven't been watching the show for the last 3 seasons. What's next? You'll tell me you've got high hopes for the next season of Dexter?

At least it'll have Yvonne Strahovski in it!

[big ander]

Random bump: Last Words was just on some channel and I rewatched it. Definitely one of the best episodes of the series. The entire Marshall losing his dad arc alone keeps season 6 over 7 for me.

[Trent Strong]

Lily has the neck of a 100 year old.

[soepje]

Lily has the neck of a 100 year old.

Lol, that was worth the bump :p