How he met the mother is the question that millions of people around the world have been waiting almost a decade to know the answer to. Instead of How I Met Your Mother, a better name would have been “A Really Long Story About My Love Life, With Little To Nothing To Do With Your Mother”
When asked about his opinion on the finale, Rahul Miriyala said “I think that they ruined the reputation of the show somewhat, they had a lot of options and they picked the worst one.”
On March 31, almost exactly nine and a half years after the series debuted in September of 2005, How I Met Your Mother ended in a way that almost no one saw coming. The show, which had received critical acclaim in the past by receiving awards like Emmys and People’s Choice Awards to name a few, ended on possibly the lowest note of all.
The Mother, who had remained unnamed until the finale and hadn’t been seen until the end of the eighth season was one of the focal points of the show, without ever really being in it. When she finally gets a leading role in the finale, she is promptly killed off after about forty minutes of screen time. The character, who had been built up for close to 10 years, was killed in her first and only episode as a main character. After ruining her character and taking away her big moment, the writers of the show then take the focus of the show completely off her and leave her in the dust as Robin once again becomes the main woman in Ted’s life.
For a show that in the past has been raved about for its originality, skillful acting, and brilliant writing, How I Met Your Mother ended on what appears to be the lowest point in its nine year run. Viewers in general responded to the finale very negatively and as I watched it, I couldn’t help but feel that the show left a bad taste in watchers’ mouths instead of a proper farewell.
By Jake Gallucci
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Dan Frockington • Apr 28, 2014 at 8:40 am
I dont feel like reading all of the stuff Camila said but she is probably right
The Tom Weiland • Apr 22, 2014 at 8:27 am
WOW! Great Article! I totally agree! They didn’t make the finale as good as they could have!
Camila Guerra • Apr 22, 2014 at 8:06 am
Although I understand the disappointment that fans of this show were exposed to in the season finale, I don’t think it’s fair to say that the entire show was ruined or left without a point. We found out how he met the mother! It was resolved. The fact that he ended up with Robin was only throwing people off because there are particular people who got it in their heads that they’d never end up together and stuck with that belief (me being one of them actually). Initially, I was upset. I was really fond of the mom and felt that her and Ted really clicked! (I mean they got married and had two kids, they obviously had a connection) People expect that the show would end and it’s all happy and Barney and Robin stay together and Ted and Tracey stay together and it’s all fun and sunshine, but isn’t the whole point of the show (aside from meeting the Mother) to see the bonds that these friend’s make and what they go through? It’s to entertain and be able to relate to the show and the friend group. Since the finale, people have completely pushed aside all the feelings they had before it, the good ones. So a tragedy happened. A real tragedy, that could happen in real life, just like when Marshall’s father died or Barney’s relationship with his father etc. etc. Obviously the show is a tad exaggerated, but we have to also understand that it’s a story that Ted is telling. Of course he’s going to add his own flourishes and details and that’s what we see as an audience, but it’s real life! The show tried to do something interesting and unexpected and plausible yet they’re being punished for it? Are we forgetting how much we loved the show and it’s characters and their relationships? The gang, MacLaren’s, the halloween party, the playbook, the apartment, everything!! Just because the show ended less than satisfactory? It’s all still there. And we can’t expect Ted to stay alone forever after Tracey died. Is that really what fans wished for him? The whole show practically revolved around Ted being alone and after (if I remember correctly) six long years of being alone AGAIN do you expect him to just end up that way? Of course not. This show will forever be one of my favorite shows. Every episode had the opportunity to take different turns than it did but it didn’t and how can we blame the writer’s for creating a show we kept watching after nine long seasons? I’m sorry, I feel really strongly about this mostly because no matter what anyone says, we’ll always remember the story Ted told and realize how much we actually love it. And I mean… Is ending up with Robin REALLY the worst thing they can do? Haha