It was my fave sitcom that was airing at the time, and for seven seasons it was great. Season 8 and 9 had their moments, but were kinda buttcheeks (which makes sense, since the show was airing for so long), but that finale retroactively hurt the show so damn much. I remember thinking after it aired "I won't even watch re-runs" and 3 years later, that turned out to be the case.
However, one thing led to another, and today I started watching a lot of clips and was really reminded of why I loved the show so much. I just don't understand why they would wreck everything so badly in the ending.
I don't even hate the fact that the Mother died, that was sufficiently foreshadowed in a previous episode ("Time Travelers"), but the way they breezed through that death, the Ted x Robin twist, and the fact that Barney and Robin had to divorce was just too much for me. Completely killed the show. You can't spend half the series building up towards a Barney and Robin wedding, only to break them up in 10 minutes over an issue that isn't true to either character. Such shoddy writing. They had a plan in season 2, but the show was going in such a hugely different direction that it would have been way smarter to scrap it.
It was a show about the journey, rather than the destination. Ted twisted through all these different experiences and moments in his life that led to him finally meeting the mother of his children... but then it turns out that all of it was just his way of telling his kids that he wants to bone the ex who never loved him. It undermined the whole show and ended a great series on such a sour note. It's such a damn shame.
However, one thing led to another, and today I started watching a lot of clips and was really reminded of why I loved the show so much. I just don't understand why they would wreck everything so badly in the ending.
I don't even hate the fact that the Mother died, that was sufficiently foreshadowed in a previous episode ("Time Travelers"), but the way they breezed through that death, the Ted x Robin twist, and the fact that Barney and Robin had to divorce was just too much for me. Completely killed the show. You can't spend half the series building up towards a Barney and Robin wedding, only to break them up in 10 minutes over an issue that isn't true to either character. Such shoddy writing. They had a plan in season 2, but the show was going in such a hugely different direction that it would have been way smarter to scrap it.
It was a show about the journey, rather than the destination. Ted twisted through all these different experiences and moments in his life that led to him finally meeting the mother of his children... but then it turns out that all of it was just his way of telling his kids that he wants to bone the ex who never loved him. It undermined the whole show and ended a great series on such a sour note. It's such a damn shame.