MsMojo Can Fix It: Rewriting How I Met Your Mother's Final Season
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Date: 2024-10-15
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Shawn4815162342
0: 37 sums it up perfectly. Timing is everything!
Though it's not the ending I would have loved to have seen, it did bring the story full circle. In older Ted's mind, he started the story with how he met Robin because that is where the road to meeting the mother started(no Robin, no Robin and Barney. No Robin and Barney, no wedding. No wedding, no meeting the mother. However, his kids were also right; it was a long, drawn out story confessing his feelings for their Aunt Robin. But there’s a difference between your 'true love' and your 'soul mate'. Ted and Robin were in love at first sight, but weren't ever truly happy together because they wanted different things in life; Ted wanted to settle down and have kids, while Robin wanted to focus on her job and didn't want kids (though she was genuinely sad when she was told she couldn't have any. When Ted met Tracy(the mother, he met his soul mate, the one person who he could truly be his nerdy, quirky self with and have his family with. And with his heart finally able to have the wife and kids he always wanted, his feelings for Robin were pushed to the VERY back of his mind. Once the mother died however, Robin came back into his life more and more often and therefore back into his mind. We see that Robin has an apartment in New York and once again has a mass of dogs, so we can assume that she's stopped traveling for work like she used to. Therefore, it is the perfect time for her and Ted to get together: Ted had his dream of the perfect wife and kids, and Robin had her dream of traveling the world and becoming a famous reporter. Now that they've done the things that were keeping them apart, there's nothing holding them back from being together. They were destined to be together just not when they first met.
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It's why season 9 is so drawn out; it shows just how perfect Robin and Barney are together. at that time. But when Robin gets the chance to travel for work, she puts her job before her marriage and that ultimately leads to its end. Barney reverted back to his scum-bag ways because that's his safety net; he did it after his and Robin's first go, he did it after Nora broke up with him and then again after he and Quinn broke up. The only thing able to change him for good was his one true love, the birth of his daughter. As for Ted and Tracy, sadly, 'Happily Ever After' isn't always 60, 70, 80 years down the road, and after six years, Ted realizes he is finally able to move on. If he wanted to tell the kids only about how he met Tracy, he could have started the story on the day of Robin and Barney's wedding, but instead started with the day he met Robin. 2030 Ted is retelling his entire story because he is convincing himself that, no matter how deep he buried them so that he could be happy with Tracy, his feelings for Robin are still there. And now that he IS finally able to let go of Tracy(like Tracy was finally able to let go of Max, those feelings are coming back out. Even Penny and Luke say that they've seen the way he and Robin look at each other. And after hearing their father's full story, why wouldn't they want him to finally be happy again
It's not some fairy-tale story where everything works out. it's realistic. And in reality, people revert to their old ways, lose touch with old friends, don't see each other for years at a time. Couples break up, get divorced, become widows. it's not perfect because life isn't perfect.
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0: 37 sums it up perfectly. Timing is everything!
Though it's not the ending I would have loved to have seen, it did bring the story full circle. In older Ted's mind, he started the story with how he met Robin because that is where the road to meeting the mother started(no Robin, no Robin and Barney. No Robin and Barney, no wedding. No wedding, no meeting the mother. However, his kids were also right; it was a long, drawn out story confessing his feelings for their Aunt Robin. But there’s a difference between your 'true love' and your 'soul mate'. Ted and Robin were in love at first sight, but weren't ever truly happy together because they wanted different things in life; Ted wanted to settle down and have kids, while Robin wanted to focus on her job and didn't want kids (though she was genuinely sad when she was told she couldn't have any. When Ted met Tracy(the mother, he met his soul mate, the one person who he could truly be his nerdy, quirky self with and have his family with. And with his heart finally able to have the wife and kids he always wanted, his feelings for Robin were pushed to the VERY back of his mind. Once the mother died however, Robin came back into his life more and more often and therefore back into his mind. We see that Robin has an apartment in New York and once again has a mass of dogs, so we can assume that she's stopped traveling for work like she used to. Therefore, it is the perfect time for her and Ted to get together: Ted had his dream of the perfect wife and kids, and Robin had her dream of traveling the world and becoming a famous reporter. Now that they've done the things that were keeping them apart, there's nothing holding them back from being together. They were destined to be together just not when they first met.
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It's why season 9 is so drawn out; it shows just how perfect Robin and Barney are together. at that time. But when Robin gets the chance to travel for work, she puts her job before her marriage and that ultimately leads to its end. Barney reverted back to his scum-bag ways because that's his safety net; he did it after his and Robin's first go, he did it after Nora broke up with him and then again after he and Quinn broke up. The only thing able to change him for good was his one true love, the birth of his daughter. As for Ted and Tracy, sadly, 'Happily Ever After' isn't always 60, 70, 80 years down the road, and after six years, Ted realizes he is finally able to move on. If he wanted to tell the kids only about how he met Tracy, he could have started the story on the day of Robin and Barney's wedding, but instead started with the day he met Robin. 2030 Ted is retelling his entire story because he is convincing himself that, no matter how deep he buried them so that he could be happy with Tracy, his feelings for Robin are still there. And now that he IS finally able to let go of Tracy(like Tracy was finally able to let go of Max, those feelings are coming back out. Even Penny and Luke say that they've seen the way he and Robin look at each other. And after hearing their father's full story, why wouldn't they want him to finally be happy again
It's not some fairy-tale story where everything works out. it's realistic. And in reality, people revert to their old ways, lose touch with old friends, don't see each other for years at a time. Couples break up, get divorced, become widows. it's not perfect because life isn't perfect.
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tremkl
I disagree with so much of this video. For one, most of the episodes of the final season are among my favorites. I’ll agree that you could easily cut the bed time story episode, and a couple other ones would be reasonable cuts, and adding even 1 or 2 extra episodes to that transition at the end would have significant improved the ending.
On the other hand, so much of HIMYM played with expectations, setting up one joke and switching to another. The pilot completely convinces you Robin is the mother, then playfully tricks you with And that’s how I met your Aunt Robin. It meant that the entire series, the only person confirmed to not be the mother is also the person they’re setting up along the way to also be the person he’s supposed to end up with.
Sure, two people falling in love and starting a family is an incredibly natural thing, but one of those people dying before the other is just as natural. Robin wasn’t right for Ted because he wanted a family. Ted wasn’t right for Robin because she wanted to develop her career. Ted and Robin are a much more natural pair for each other when Ted already has a family, and Robin feels like she’s done everything she needs to do with her career, and would like to have someone to come home to other than her dogs.
I definitely would have preferred they resolve the wedding an episode or two earlier, and give us more time to make the end of Robin and Barney’s marriage feel natural, or to show more of Ted and Tracy’s marriage, but claiming the Tracy death wasn’t foreshadowed is claiming The Time Travelers hadn’t happened, where they suuuuuuper foreshadowed that the mother was no longer around an entire season before her death.
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I disagree with so much of this video. For one, most of the episodes of the final season are among my favorites. I’ll agree that you could easily cut the bed time story episode, and a couple other ones would be reasonable cuts, and adding even 1 or 2 extra episodes to that transition at the end would have significant improved the ending.
On the other hand, so much of HIMYM played with expectations, setting up one joke and switching to another. The pilot completely convinces you Robin is the mother, then playfully tricks you with And that’s how I met your Aunt Robin. It meant that the entire series, the only person confirmed to not be the mother is also the person they’re setting up along the way to also be the person he’s supposed to end up with.
Sure, two people falling in love and starting a family is an incredibly natural thing, but one of those people dying before the other is just as natural. Robin wasn’t right for Ted because he wanted a family. Ted wasn’t right for Robin because she wanted to develop her career. Ted and Robin are a much more natural pair for each other when Ted already has a family, and Robin feels like she’s done everything she needs to do with her career, and would like to have someone to come home to other than her dogs.
I definitely would have preferred they resolve the wedding an episode or two earlier, and give us more time to make the end of Robin and Barney’s marriage feel natural, or to show more of Ted and Tracy’s marriage, but claiming the Tracy death wasn’t foreshadowed is claiming The Time Travelers hadn’t happened, where they suuuuuuper foreshadowed that the mother was no longer around an entire season before her death.
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esecretlangel9130
Alternative ending ideas.
1. Ted telling his kids he (or Tracy) are sick and tell this 9 year overly detailed story was his was of avoid telling them.
2. Robin and Barney are getting divorced and one of them (in this case Robin) isn't coming around as much as she used to, so Ted is trying to explain Robin's feelings.
3. Penny or Luke might want to be a reporter, so ted tells them Hey, How I met your mother links is connect to How I met your aunt Robin.
4. They have to move into an apartment for whatever reason (I wouldn't put it past ted to say I need you 2 to go stay with your cousins for a few days)
5. Maybe Barney ran off and left Ellie with them.
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Alternative ending ideas.
1. Ted telling his kids he (or Tracy) are sick and tell this 9 year overly detailed story was his was of avoid telling them.
2. Robin and Barney are getting divorced and one of them (in this case Robin) isn't coming around as much as she used to, so Ted is trying to explain Robin's feelings.
3. Penny or Luke might want to be a reporter, so ted tells them Hey, How I met your mother links is connect to How I met your aunt Robin.
4. They have to move into an apartment for whatever reason (I wouldn't put it past ted to say I need you 2 to go stay with your cousins for a few days)
5. Maybe Barney ran off and left Ellie with them.
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mohammedfaiisal
Final season was one of the worst in sitcom history. The mother should have never died. They also should have had a normal season 9 and have the wedding at the season 8 finale. They should have got the mum in the show for the entire season 9 and ended it at season 10. I always felt the mother looked a bit like a mixture of Lily and Robin. But she was the perfect choice for Ted and they ruined it by her dying, while the kids were still very young as well. The mother dying and having one weekend for the whole season were two of the biggest mistakes
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Final season was one of the worst in sitcom history. The mother should have never died. They also should have had a normal season 9 and have the wedding at the season 8 finale. They should have got the mum in the show for the entire season 9 and ended it at season 10. I always felt the mother looked a bit like a mixture of Lily and Robin. But she was the perfect choice for Ted and they ruined it by her dying, while the kids were still very young as well. The mother dying and having one weekend for the whole season were two of the biggest mistakes
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leonardolim8976
Pros in season 9.
. new set/location that takes place in a new place other than teds apartment/mclarens/robins apartment.
. more romantic tone.
. new characters such as tracy and daphne.
. in addition, daphne feels more like a movie character and it fleshes out great
Cons
. fresh out of ideas
. killing the mother just for ted and robin to happen.
. the rushed ending
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Pros in season 9.
. new set/location that takes place in a new place other than teds apartment/mclarens/robins apartment.
. more romantic tone.
. new characters such as tracy and daphne.
. in addition, daphne feels more like a movie character and it fleshes out great
Cons
. fresh out of ideas
. killing the mother just for ted and robin to happen.
. the rushed ending
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debkunkel5840
The finale ruined the show for me. Once Robin and Barney decided to divorce in the first half hour and throw out all the character growth they had, it was over for me. Tracy dying and Robin and Ted getting back together was just the final nail. It was bad story telling after all those years.
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The finale ruined the show for me. Once Robin and Barney decided to divorce in the first half hour and throw out all the character growth they had, it was over for me. Tracy dying and Robin and Ted getting back together was just the final nail. It was bad story telling after all those years.
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kelseyredford219
HIMYM had the potential to be the next Friends. People would be watching it on repeat for the next 30 years. But the ending ruined it. At least for me, the bad ending tainted the entire series. I can't go back and rewatch old episodes knowing that is how it ended.
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HIMYM had the potential to be the next Friends. People would be watching it on repeat for the next 30 years. But the ending ruined it. At least for me, the bad ending tainted the entire series. I can't go back and rewatch old episodes knowing that is how it ended.
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jessedellross3245
The writers didn’t care by the end. They knew their planned finale would be hated but did it anyway. Why else include an alternate ending in the dvd.
Years of story and character development pissed away. Worse finale in tv history
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The writers didn’t care by the end. They knew their planned finale would be hated but did it anyway. Why else include an alternate ending in the dvd.
Years of story and character development pissed away. Worse finale in tv history
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msmojo
I used to watch it every single episode. Once I saw the episode with the yellow umbrella and how things never went anywhere after a few episodes after that I stopped watching. Glad I didn't spend my time thank you for this Miss mojo
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I used to watch it every single episode. Once I saw the episode with the yellow umbrella and how things never went anywhere after a few episodes after that I stopped watching. Glad I didn't spend my time thank you for this Miss mojo
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JoanneGarcia
I'm still kind of bummed they cancelled HIMYF. It was actually starting to get good toward the end there. I would've liked to have seen how the story would have ended up. rumor has it was Sid who was the father.
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I'm still kind of bummed they cancelled HIMYF. It was actually starting to get good toward the end there. I would've liked to have seen how the story would have ended up. rumor has it was Sid who was the father.
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VanessaSamuels-v5x
I honestly enjoyed the Himym final season and had no complaints but I do understand the reason people might not like and it’s a shame Himyf couldn’t rectify this finale due to it being cancelled
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I honestly enjoyed the Himym final season and had no complaints but I do understand the reason people might not like and it’s a shame Himyf couldn’t rectify this finale due to it being cancelled
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shawnwright3551
The details we hate in life, such as death, can't be rewritten. Death happens. Tracy McConnell-Mosby passed away. But the story was great for the kids (and us) to hear from their father.
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The details we hate in life, such as death, can't be rewritten. Death happens. Tracy McConnell-Mosby passed away. But the story was great for the kids (and us) to hear from their father.
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trinaq
I wish that Tracy had been introduced earlier, since we'd have more time to see her and Ted together. Also, the entire season didn't need to take place exclusively at Barney and Robin's wedding.
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I wish that Tracy had been introduced earlier, since we'd have more time to see her and Ted together. Also, the entire season didn't need to take place exclusively at Barney and Robin's wedding.
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msmojo
I gave you my watching.
See your stories grow
And now, how you’ve repaid me
This ending has betrayed me.
Just made a spoof about how The Phantom of the Opera would be betrayed.
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I gave you my watching.
See your stories grow
And now, how you’ve repaid me
This ending has betrayed me.
Just made a spoof about how The Phantom of the Opera would be betrayed.
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briandonegan8480
How I Met Your Mother is the reason I am reluctant to get sucked in to another series just so the ending ruins another one and makes me feel I wasted my time and emotion.
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How I Met Your Mother is the reason I am reluctant to get sucked in to another series just so the ending ruins another one and makes me feel I wasted my time and emotion.
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alberton. 1601
People GROW. That's the key, but writers decided to ignore that, AFTER NINE SEASONS!
So. everything was ONLY A JOKE FROM THE BEGINNING
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People GROW. That's the key, but writers decided to ignore that, AFTER NINE SEASONS!
So. everything was ONLY A JOKE FROM THE BEGINNING
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TheMarine316
I’ll say the unpopular thing, robin & barney shouldn’t have ever happened after season 5, Barney was a much better match with Quinn
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I’ll say the unpopular thing, robin & barney shouldn’t have ever happened after season 5, Barney was a much better match with Quinn
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machabeleloka318
Will you also do Rewriting Game of Thrones Final Season (most especially Series Finale Episode) or have you done that already
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Will you also do Rewriting Game of Thrones Final Season (most especially Series Finale Episode) or have you done that already
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TylerKasch
I’ll just go ahead and say it: If you think the ending of HIMYM isn’t perfect, you weren’t watching the right show.
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I’ll just go ahead and say it: If you think the ending of HIMYM isn’t perfect, you weren’t watching the right show.
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