No, the ending really did ruin the rest of the show for me. I know most people here are pretending it's an alternate universe or whatever, but I just can't do that. What has been seen can't be unseen.
With that finale they killed the hole show for the majority of the audience wordwide. I think the show will follow the example of shows like Roseanna, Chuck or Alias and will fill the night programm on second row channels.
Yeah, there's no 'almost' about it. If someone actually subscribes to that final AU episode (and no I'm not "pretending" it's AU. There is no doubt that it actually IS AU. It was an ending written a decade ago for an entirely different story that CB never ended up telling. That is the very definition then of an alternate universe to the story that the series actually DID tell) and that person didn't understand the full story behind it (that it was meant for a different story that only lasted from Season 1 - Season 2) then it absolutely would ruin the entire show. But I don't know a single person who watches the show who hasn't decided to just ignore that last episode because it was something else entirely and most definitively not HIMYM.
All that being said, I think the author almost got it spot on. They're absolutely right that it didn't fit with the later seasons (and by "later" I'd say anything past Season 3 in my opinion, but definitely anything from Season 5 onward; Season 6 was unquestionably a very clear line-in-the-sand
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The finale wouldn't have fit to the show even if it would have been 1.13 but I think at least after S2 a majority of the audience could have accepted that crap. The concept of hiding the identity of the Mother and let her be dead just didn't fit together, so as they killed her they killed the show with her
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The finale wouldn't have fit to the show even if it would have been 1.13 but I think at least after S2 a majority of the audience could have accepted that crap.
Yes, exactly. I never would have liked that ending because Robin with Ted is HORRIBLE, and the Mother was never meant to die and deserved to be more than just an afterthought, especially to her kids (and husband). She was meant to be the moral of the story and the prize at the end, not just a uterus. However, it could have worked in the sense that there wouldn't have been the HUGE list of contradicting canon elements that would come in the seasons to follow, not to mention the contradicting characterization, plot, and tone.
When a couple like B/R hold your show on air you have an obligation to them as you have an obligation to the audience.
It's clear that CB (and CT by default because he let it happen) couldn't care less about the characters, ANY of the characters other than Ted. But regardless they had that obligation to their audience. B/R is how they sold the show
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"It's clear that CB (and CT by default because he let it happen) couldn't care less about the characters, ANY of the characters other than Ted." That was a point that always bothered me about the show. They did it with most minor or major character, i.e. Nora and also with most storylines, i.e. Robin's infertility.
"But regardless they had that obligation to their audience. B/R is how they sold the show and kept it alive,..." And that will make the show for most people unwatchable after that AU ending. I think CBS as Fox know that the AU ending will cost them a lot of money for syndication as for DVDs.
"CBS was too smart to take a chance on them when they see what pariahs they are to the viewing audience,..."Yeah, they lied to everyone. The audience may like some twists, also big ones as "Game of Thrones" is showing again and again, but the audience don't like to be betrayed. As CTCB are now in NY they are out of the field and as they lied also to their cast, crew and the networks I don't think anyone will give them a chance in
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This makes a lot of sense, if they never went for getting ratings and leading everyone on for years (not just recently) years we would've settled and said okay it made sense but they clearly wanted ratings and the only way to get them was to put B/R as a leading couple. That's where they went wrong if they wanted that AU ending so badly. If they didn't go for the character development it would make sense but going back to what the seemed to want all along was a very poorly done way of saying they don't care about anyone or anything but their own 'original' ending. But that's the thing that wasn't their original ending the original ending (if I'm hearing/seeing right) it's that Robin would never actually end up with Ted because of her career but to make that a way for B/R to divorce and forcing a story nobody cared about or wanted was a badly way of saying that nothing mattered at all
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Again, very very very basic writing mistakes here. If the writer has to jump through such an extensive series of hoops to get Character A and Character B together, when they're already happy with Character C and Character D, respectively, then it's forced and not right for the story
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Its utterly ridiculous any couple would divorce because of WiFi access. CFB could have at least made it more realistic and have Barney admit he hated being away from NYC and constantly on the run, away from his family and friends. The whole fight and divorcing starting because of WiFi made the plot silly and unbelievable (and make it seem as if Barney is a 5 yr old child making strange selfish demands). The fact there would be no WiFi at a hotel in Argentina in 2016 is ridiculous and the fact the writers didn't think oh Barney would easily go to a cafe someplace if needed. It should have crossed their mind how the audience would react to this plot. Not only that but was his blog really the end of the world? Why not make it a more plausible break up: ie Barney found monogamy with a wife constantly traveling to be really difficult after all or show B/R actually growing apart or something. Barney couldn't stand Robin even being gone for weeks at a time in 2015 but he was okay being divorced and not even having her as a friend??
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I do quite like this article because it sums up in a reasoned, non-ranting way all the things which make the finale nonsensical. I do wish CB/CT would read stuff like this so that they could begin to comprehend that it's not just a 'vocal minority' of disgruntled shippers or starry-eyed NPH fans who hated the finale, and that the Mother's death is actually fairly low on the list of reasons of why it was so awful.
But other than that - yeah, what everyone else said.
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All that being said, I think the author almost got it spot on. They're absolutely right that it didn't fit with the later seasons (and by "later" I'd say anything past Season 3 in my opinion, but definitely anything from Season 5 onward; Season 6 was unquestionably a very clear line-in-the-sand ( ... )
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Yes, exactly. I never would have liked that ending because Robin with Ted is HORRIBLE, and the Mother was never meant to die and deserved to be more than just an afterthought, especially to her kids (and husband). She was meant to be the moral of the story and the prize at the end, not just a uterus. However, it could have worked in the sense that there wouldn't have been the HUGE list of contradicting canon elements that would come in the seasons to follow, not to mention the contradicting characterization, plot, and tone.
When a couple like B/R hold your show on air you have an obligation to them as you have an obligation to the audience.
It's clear that CB (and CT by default because he let it happen) couldn't care less about the characters, ANY of the characters other than Ted. But regardless they had that obligation to their audience. B/R is how they sold the show ( ... )
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That was a point that always bothered me about the show. They did it with most minor or major character, i.e. Nora and also with most storylines, i.e. Robin's infertility.
"But regardless they had that obligation to their audience. B/R is how they sold the show and kept it alive,..."
And that will make the show for most people unwatchable after that AU ending. I think CBS as Fox know that the AU ending will cost them a lot of money for syndication as for DVDs.
"CBS was too smart to take a chance on them when they see what pariahs they are to the viewing audience,..."Yeah, they lied to everyone. The audience may like some twists, also big ones as "Game of Thrones" is showing again and again, but the audience don't like to be betrayed. As CTCB are now in NY they are out of the field and as they lied also to their cast, crew and the networks I don't think anyone will give them a chance in ( ... )
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But other than that - yeah, what everyone else said.
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