The ‘How I Met Your Mom’ ending was (await it) legendary. Not everybody thought so, although. Did you?
PUBLISHED Mar. 29 2024, 8:05 a.m. ET
The tip of a fan-favorite sitcom by no means comes simple for anybody. Within the case of How I Met Your Mom, followers had been really divided in regards to the finale. After 9 seasons, who might blame them for being a bit excessive?
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Beware. There are sure to be spoilers forward, so proceed with warning if you have not gotten to this a part of the present but. Do you actually need to know who wins that guess between Lily and Marshall earlier than the payout occurs?
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Followers reacted to how Ted’s spouse died in ‘How I Met Your Mom.’
After such an extended story, the demise of Ted’s spouse rubbed many followers the mistaken approach. Regardless of being a central a part of the present, she really ended up fading into the background and even received misplaced within the plot when she died. It felt like an enormous hopeless romantic wind-up to utterly nothing. A fan on Reddit wrote, “I do not like how they down-played her demise a lot. Ought to have been extra emotional. However I like how that they had a pleasant flashback to what began all of it.”
“Severely, that is presupposed to be the love of Ted’s life and he or she will get lower than a minute of Ted speaking about her demise,” another person identified. Nevertheless, some followers tried to defend Ted’s informal dialog about her demise. They identified that it was part of an overarching story he was telling and that story was about how they met… not how she died.
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“Yeah, however he’s telling the story to his children. They needed to dwell by it identical to he did. They know the ache the household went by,” one pointed it out. Her demise is nothing new to the household, essentially, however their love story was one thing they had been simply studying for the primary time.
“It is six years after she had died,” a fan mentioned. “I believe that him telling his children this story was the closure he wanted to maneuver on together with his life.” Transferring on is simply what Ted did, too.
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Robin and Ted’s love rekindling felt a bit like pandering.
After telling that lengthy, elaborate story, the youngsters identified that Ted was completely nonetheless crushing on their Aunt Robin. Any fan that watched the present is aware of that Ted focuses closely on his on-again-off-again romance with Robin who really finally ends up with Barney at one level.
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The dynamic and spark between Ted and Robin did not go unrecognized by his kids, in order that they encourage him to pursue her. “How I received permission from my children up to now Aunt Robin,” a fan mocked. Whereas many followers felt pleased to see their ship lastly accomplished, lots felt that it undermined the present general and was simply fan servicing and pandering.
Different followers supported the writers’ transfer as a result of they loved seeing their protagonist have a cheerful ending even after his spouse died. A fan wrote, “He finally ends up with Robin, sure. However not like in a dumb approach. The episode was rushed, certain. Nevertheless, he was with the Mom. For 10 years and he was tremendous pleased. You can inform how pleased he was. I liked the truth that after the story ended it was the youngsters that referred to as Ted out. Very humorous as nicely ‘That was actually only a story about how you may have the hots for Robin.’ I died.”
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Followers felt rushed by the tip.
This lengthy elaborate story was going to come back to an in depth finally, however what followers took challenge with was the tempo of the storytelling. “2005-2014 in 8.9 seasons. 2014-2020 in 44 minutes,” identified a fan. One other added: “And 72 hours in 21 episodes.”
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“Severely the whole marriage ceremony ought to have been two episodes and the remainder of the season was submit assembly. ESPECIALLY seeing as how what really occurred. After I thought assembly the mom can be the tip for Ted I used to be not sure how you possibly can proceed the story, however wanting backwards it was most undoubtedly might have been prolonged,” wrote a fan.
Some followers did attempt to argue that this expedited ending was a poetic selection from the writers. “This how life occurs. Each minute, each hour, every single day appears to final endlessly when you find yourself younger, as you get older every part flashes by,” they mentioned.