So I just finished How I met your mother and I would like to address the downhills and uphills of the show.
¡Spoiler alert!
So at the beginning it’s very intimidating. You have Ted - a guy believing in true love and especially the one at first sight. Then he meets Robin and it doesn’t go as expected. I love how their characters are opposites of the stereotypes of how women are all about marriage and guys not ready for commitment.
I think Robin and Ted should have gotten together earlier because by the time they did I was already against the idea of them two together. Eventhough I could have accepted them. After they got separated that was it for me. Every moment between them after that made no sense. I know, I know “Love is not supposed to make sense” but honestly it didn’t work the first time why continue?
Of course here comes the dilemma with Barney. Yes, Robin did try again with him but in their defense the first break up between Barney and Robin was just bad writers’ choice and for no good reason. It was a BIG downfall when they broke up because both their characters wouldn’t have ended up that way. But I cheered for them from the moment they hooked up until the last seconds of the show and they are still end game to me.
Lily and Marshall’s relationship was built very well. They had their pits and turns which showed the reality of being in a marriage/ serious relationship. No complains there. I loved their characters.
Now Barney’s character I really enjoyed observing and analyzing. He was very different from everyone else and always gave the show a bit of spice. And when he got together with Robin I loved how they both grew up together, how they figured things out together.
When they broke up it’s like Barney went to stage one as if making no progress. I can see either as bad writing again or as a coping mechanism. After Robin and Barney get divorced and he is just the same... It breaks my heart. The way he became father - COULD HAVE BEEN AMAZING AND SENSUAL but we didn’t even know the mother and we had no time to get it through our heads.
So let me start on the whole last season. It started very strong. It had everything. Though I couldn’t shake off the bad feeling that the writers are gonna separate Robin and Barney which ended up happening anyway. But I would have loved it if they stayed together and build a family.
So everything is LEGEN - wait for it - DARY until the last two episodes.
They just hit you. Ted having a baby before getting married. Ted’s relationship with the mother. Ted meeting the mother. Barney and Robin’s “it’s great!”. Then Lily and Marshall have another baby. Then Robin and Barney GET DIVORCED. Barney has a child from a random hook up. Then Ted gets married and obviously Robin is a bit like stranger in that scene. The mother is ill. Then she dies. Then you see the kids as if their mother’s death doesn’t affect them ( even though it’s 6 years) and suddenly it’s Ted and Robin again.
Yes, the series started with them but come on dude! It’s just not gonna work. In the end none of the characters made any progress. If you look at them in the begging and in the end they are the same people. And in 10-15 years you change A TON.
In conclusion Robin and Ted could have been end game if they got together A LOT earlier and could make a compromise about the marrige and kids thing. Barney and Robin were better because they wanted the same things and believe me if Barney sacrificed getting married, Robin could have sacrificed working just in New York or Barney traveling with her would’ve been that bad. The series were WAY too long. Should have ended at season 5. I was so annoyed at the end because we were always talking about meeting the mother and we were never meeting her actually. AND IT WAS ROBIN IN THE END AGAIN! The mother’s character was way too perfect even though I liked her. Before Barney and Robin’s wedding Ted’s relationships were total crap. And the story with that bakery girl ( I forgot her name) was so out of place.
In the end everything was just out of place. It felt disconnected.
Could have been an amazing series and at least save it with the last season but writers decided to ruin it in the last two episodes.
