The gawker ending is about as perfect ending as you can get. That's how I will remember it from now on.

I've been trying to find a statement or reaction from the creators of the show, but all I've seen is a generic tweet that doesn't really say anything. I mean before the finale they were going on and on about how beautiful and special it would be. Clearly they completely didn't anticipate the nearly universal hatred for it. I am curious as to what they have to say about all this. Has anyone seen anything from them?

They're probably too busy diving into their pool of money Scrooge McDuck style.

http://www.hitfix.com/whats-alan-watching/series-finale-review-how-i-met-your-mother-last-forever-how-they-conned-us-all#kAvtIv8zEqim6BfZ.99

http://www.cinemablend.com/television/How-I-Met-Your-Mother-Craig-Thomas-Addresses-Finale-Reactions-63115.html

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I'll say this was the problem with taping the ending so many years ago.

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They didn't tape the ending, they taped footage they chose to use as the ending. They could have not shown the kids at all, or used stock footage of them and dubbed voices in, and no one would have really cared. The problem is that they made poor decisions, again. They were only as boxed in as they chose to be.

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I'll say this was the problem with taping the ending so many years ago.
They didn't tape the ending, they taped footage they chose to use as the ending. They could have not shown the kids at all, or used stock footage of them and dubbed voices in, and no one would have really cared. The problem is that they made poor decisions, again. They were only as boxed in as they chose to be.

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Thank you. I should have been clear. I only meant the ending related to the reaction of the two kids which was taped several years ago.

How did the gawker link end?

They took it down due to copyright.

It ended with Ted narrating how much he needed to love the mother every second that he could and showed them under the yellow umbrella when they were talking. "And that kids, is how I met your mother" and never showed the kids.

I would have even been fine if it was continued on and it showed the wedding and the fast forward through their life and her in the hospital bed and everything and just ended it like that even. The finale was even fine for the most part up until then and they could have not changed anything else and I would have given it at least a B. But the last few minutes ruined the entire episode and thus, the entire series.

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But the last few minutes ruined the entire episode and thus, the entire series.

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lorenz+2

I insist that if they had just given the Mother's death a little time to sink in (show some flashes of the funeral, Ted in mourning, etc), and then shown Ted finally making a decision to move on, the Ted & Robin ending would've been accepted by most viewers. But it was too much too quick.

Story is fine, execution could've been much better.

I'd agree with that. Viewers have been fine with events that were not "happy ending" type events in the past (see Marshall's dad, Marshall and Lily breaking up, Barney and his dad). They just didn't give this one its due time (not even close). Spend less time at the wedding and more on Ted/Tracy growing together.

Ted with Robin is a deal breaker for me, regardless of how it's portrayed. They went to that well so many times over the years that I got sick of the idea of them together. His longing for her and grand gestures toward her became pathetic.

agree with double

i am a ball of rage

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How did the gawker link end?

They took it down due to copyright.

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http://vimeo.com/90831483

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But the last few minutes ruined the entire episode and thus, the entire series.

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So you don't think slap bets are funny anymore because the last five minutes (out of 90 hours) wasn't what you wanted? Because that's what this show was always about, dumb, funny jokes like slap bets and saying the word moist and Lorenzo von Matterhorn. I'll say again, if you were watching the show for the love story, LOL.

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slap bets and saying the word moist and Lorenzo von Matterhorn.

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That you didn't come up with a bit that had been created within the last 5 years is quite telling with respects to the quality of the comedy this show has been putting out the last few seasons.

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I'll say again, if you were watching the show for the love story, LOL.

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it's the fact they beat us over the head over and over and over again with it. an entire season focused around one weekend for barney and robin's wedding. a cringe-worthy episode where they had robin float away like a f'ng balloon. the last several seasons sucked because of all of this and instead of wrapping it up nice and clean they pissed in everyone's cheerios one final time.

not a big deal, the show hasn't been good for a while but i felt i might as well follow to the end to see how it ended which was basically just an eyeroll from me.

oops...forgot the wittiest part of your post, LOL.

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Thinking that Barney and Robin had the maturity of character and unified goals in life to make a marriage work is laughable. The entire final season set them up for failure. Viewers should have known they would divorce.

But I think it's stupid to think Barney wouldn't like traveling the world. It's established this season that he flips on the people at his company making a deal with the Feds, so he has no job after that. Why would a world class partier like Barney NOT like travelling the globe??

Also I completely agree with the beating over the head idea. They filmed the kids in 2006, so they probably thought they had 3-4 seasons and they were good. However they ended up being a huge hit and going 9 seasons which meant they had to drag things out for a lot of years, all while having to occasionally touch on the Ted/Robin thing in order to keep the ending they already had afloat. It backfired though and after 9 seasons we all became so disgusted/annoyed that they kept Ted/Robin going when we KNEW she wasn't the mom and were led to believe the series culmination was the mom, so when they threw Ted/Robin at the end we were BEYOND tired of that crap.

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I'll say again, if you were watching the show for the love story, LOL.

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The first five seasons or so I agree. The love story is what kept me going through the final seasons though.

I enjoyed the finale, and think it was a fitting end for one of the best sitcoms of the twenty-first century.

I appreciated the excellent writing that the show's writers displayed during the course of the series. They earned the right to end the show however they wanted. It wasn't what I would have written, but I'm not a television writer who has written more than 200 episodes of one of the most successful series in the modern era of network television.

I was entertained, satisfied and given closure. Not sure that I'm entitled to expect anything else, especially for the price.

Lastly, nobody is closer to these characters and their stories than the writers.

The fact that so many of us feel that we have some degree of ownership in the outcome of the show is itself a credit to the writers, producers, cast and crew of this unique American television show.

I will miss it and will remember it fondly.





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I enjoyed the finale, and think it was a fitting end for one of the best sitcoms of the twenty-first century.

I appreciated the excellent writing that the show's writers displayed during the course of the series. They earned the right to end the show however they wanted. It wasn't what I would have written, but I'm not a television writer who has written more than 200 episodes of one of the most successful series in the modern era of network television.

I was entertained, satisfied and given closure. Not sure that I'm entitled to expect anything else, especially for the price.

Lastly, nobody is closer to these characters and their stories than the writers.

The fact that so many if us feel that we have some degree of ownership in the outcome of the show is itself a credit to the writers, producers, cast and crew of this unique American television show.

I will miss it and will remember it fondly.

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Yep, I completely agree. I thought it was good!

Marathon gets it

i forgot tracy was one of john sacrimoni's daughters.

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you forgot to add IMO.

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I appreciated the excellent writing that the show's writers displayed during the course of the series.

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Excellent comedic writing? Sure, especially through the early seasons. Some great jokes and plots then. But excellent dramatic writing? Hardly, especially the lazy writing that started popping up the last 3 years or so.

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Sure, I agree. No one said any different. But we have just as much right to tell them it sucked as they do to end it like that.

You are right that many people are going to have an opinion because it was such a popular show. "Entitlement" doesn't have anything to do with it. In the end, I honestly think the writers probably had a plot planned for 3 or 4 seasons when they started that they were able to successfully stretch through 5. But then they just fizzled though the remaining seasons as there was little character development outside of Barney. They decided to stick to their ending, although the show had evolved. The audience had been beat upside the head with the pathetic Ted/Robin relationship that they just finally revolted when the writers threw one last grand gesture at us.

I have watched it a second time since my initial reaction, and it just drove the point home how well the rest of the episode was written to wrap everything up before the last 4-5 minutes. I'm not going to judge anyone for liking it, but that ending is not for me.

Lorenz gets it.

I can be unhappy, even angry, with the way they ended the show, without feeling entitled to anything. Am I on the phone with my lawyer and insurance company? No, I am voicing my displeasure on the internet.

The writers didn't earn the right to end the show however they wanted, they owned it from the beginning. This is not really an issue, so I am not sure why anyone would feel the need to bring it up.

what QA said


PS, that was the worst ending of any show in the history of humanity and **** the writers


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Question for those of you pissed about Ted/Robin.

Did you watch Friends? If so, were you also pissed off about Ross and Rachel ending up together? Because that show was on for 10 seasons, and they were together I think 2 of those seasons. In the others, were were constantly shown how dysfunctional they were, how they always fought, etc. There'd be the occasional hook-up like with Ted and Robin, but nothing ever came of it. Rachel even dated Joey for a while, a-la Barney and Robin.

Granted, it's not a 1-to-1 comparison as they did have a baby together in the later seasons, but you see my point. I didn't see this much uproar about that ending.

it is a decent comparison because HIMYM was basically a rip off of friends (20 something friends having adventures and life experiences in NYC!!!)
also decent comparison because friends was only good for 1-2 seasons before becoming a terrible chick show. HIMYM was good for maybe 3 seasons.
where the comparison fails is that nobody really watched the terrible friends ending and decided that it ruined the entire series for them. lots and lots of people (both here and throughout the media) have said this about HIMYM