How I Met Your Mother Season 9: The Final Season
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How is Marhsall an a$$hole?
MUCH Better
AquaCityBoy
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All the twists and turns and almost getting back together and "okay I'm over her" and "okay no I'm not" really took away from the whole purpose (or at least what we thought was the whole purpose).
As awful as it was, it all makes sense in context now. We had to have all those episodes where Ted and Robin get over each other because Ted's subconsciously trying to tell his kids, "Hey, I'm really not in love with your Aunt Robin. I swear, guys.
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JerseyBoy23
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Looking back it makes sense that they'd plan that finale pre-Britney Spears episode. They probably should've shot a few more scenes with the kids around season 3 or season 4 in case though.
As awful as it was, it all makes sense in context now. We had to have all those episodes where Ted and Robin get over each other because Ted's subconsciously trying to tell his kids, "Hey, I'm really not in love with your Aunt Robin. I swear, guys.
Which is rather fukked up when you think about it. You mom is dead and gone. Your pops is sitting up telling you this long, drawn out story about how he met her which in actuality is a long ass lover letter to Aunt Robin.
The mom is just an afterthought. Like I said it was a nice twist, I just think it was just too long of a build over nearly a decade to just have him end up with Robin. The entire series ended up being one long ass replay of the first episode. 
The craziest part is how the kids peeped game and were totally cool with it. 
They should have shot like 3 or 4 different endings at the beginning (the actual ending, mom doesn't die, mom dies but he doesn't end up with Robin).
That was the problem. They had their mind set up on an ending at the end of season 2, when they shot the last scene with the kids, back when the show was still struggling in the ratings.
The show became a hit, had 7 more seasons where all of these relationships and character development wasn't factored into the plans. Instead of adapting, they stuck with it, meaning they threw all of the development in the bushes to force this ending.
If we got this after season 3 or season 4, probably wouldn't have been this bad.
Ex....fukkin...actly!!!!!
I been saying this all day. I get that the show was still on the bubble and thusly there were no guarantees going forward but they could have at least shot one alternate ending just in case. In all honestly they could have just scrapped that ending and went forward with a different one and no one would have been the wiser.
JerseyBoy23
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Even as someone who liked the finale I can admit this. The creators biggest problem is they never thought the show would last so long. If the series finale was three or four years ago people wouldn't have such a big problem with it.
I just got done watching the series finale. I'm glad Barney & Robin didn't end up together, I stopped caring about Barney & Robin as a couple back in Season 5 before they broke-up the first time.Barney getting 1 of the random women he slept with pregnant, make sense.
God damn, I don't think anyone saw that Ted & Robin would still end up being together. It really makes this season a waste of time.