CNN: Spoiler alert! If you haven't seen the series finale of "How I Met Your Mother," read no further
(CNN) -- In the end, it was always Robin.
That was the big bombshell from Monday night's final episode of "How I Met Your Mother," which piled on one surprise after another.
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This was such a slap to the face to fans
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They basically wasted an ENTIRE season of Robins and Barneys wedding only for them to get divorced and never speak to each other again. Destroying all of Barneys character development the past seasons have built up.
They make Robin come off as a selfish b**** near the end aswell who trades her career for her husband and friends.
The Mother was basically a plot device to give Ted the kids he wanted so him and Robin could have a family.
We spent the entire 9 years wondering about the Mother, being teased about who she is and what she is like and in the last five minutes it's like ".....oh yeah she dies.....HOWEVER Robin is around" and that's it.
Oh and getting back with Robin would destroy or severely hurt his relationship with Barney, I mean ex girlfriend fine but EX WIFE....come on thats low for the Bro Code
They should of had the wedding over and done with in the first 2/3 episodes. Then build the Mother up for the next 20 episodes focusing on her and Teds relationship, the final episodes would expand on the year gaps in the finale.
THEN...when the Mother does die, maybe a funeral episode, it would of given us the emotional impact instead. Because we knew nothing much about the Mother and because we hardly seen her in the 20 episodes we got how could you feel anything, it didn't come that a big of a shock.
Seriously what a let down. First Dexter and now this.
I was JUST getting over the Sienfeld ending. You don't build up a story for years and then reveal that the person the story was about has been dead for years.
I'm glad I got tired of watching it about two seasons ago and stopped or I would have been really mad at that season finale.
All things aside, I think the fact that the whole purpose fell through the crack is what destroyed it. The entire series is based off telling a story.... why is he telling the story?
The end it by basically saying now he has permission to go get Robin once and for all. (like stated above) It would have been better to end it on an emotional level and make the death impact much bigger. Maybe they all cry, but have a smile after he is done telling it.
I also think they wasted the opportunity to have her in a few episodes too.
I think there is a way to make it be Robin, but they pretty much ruined it with the wedding and bringing in the actual mother. Plus creating a "happy ending" is one of the hardest things to do.