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Description: Ted's kids hear the end of the story of how he met their mother.
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What kind of person leaves in the middle of their best friends' wedding, leaving everyone crying?
Since the mother left shorty after him and she was in the band (45 minutes) I feel it was the end of the reception, not the middle.
This sad moment is really weird with Lily in a whale costume
And Barney immediately wanted to set them up. A true bro if there ever was one.
Let it be known that the first time they met he said, "I wonder if I know anyone I can set you up with.... Nah I can't think of anyone."
Lily has been crying in every scene
I CANNOT BELIEVE THE THEORIES WERE RIGHT. WHEN ARE THE THEORIES ACTUALLY RIGHT?!?!?!?
EVERY GODDAMN THEORY WAS RIGHT. SHE'S EVEN FUCKING NAMED TRACY.
Some one down the hall in my apartment screamed "What!?!" crazy loudly right after she said "We got a divorce." I don't think I'm the only one watching.
Lily standing in the empty apartment after Robin left was the saddest moment I've ever seen in this show :(
You mean I watched their wedding for a whole season and 3 years later they are divorced? Oh hell no.
You mean I watched
their wedding for a whole season and 3 years later they are divorced?the series for nine years and 10 years later she's dead?
fixed that for ya
"What happened?" "She's getting a boob job!" I'm gonna miss this show
NOOOOO DIVORCE NO WHY!!!!!
22 EPISODES BUILDING UP TO THEIR WEDDING AND THEY GET DIVORCED 20 MINUTES INTO THE FINALE, SONOFABITCH
Them going through the years should have been season 9. There's a season worth of stuff in this one episode.
I realized we have to find out everything tonight. The Mother's name, what happens, all of it.
Nothing happens after tonight.
Oh no.
The pacing of this is fucking atrocious. A lot of these things should have been laid out throughout the season.
I have to agree. After so many unimportant filler episodes they choose to dump all of these events into 2 episodes.
Quick heads up everyone, they revealed that the mother's name was Tracy seasons ago. The episode where Lily spends Thanksgiving at the Erikson house in St. Cloud and Ted, Robin, and Barney are volunteering at the homeless shelter. Yeah. When they go to the strip club afterwards, Ted meets a stripper. She says her name is Tracy, commentator Ted says "and that's how I met your mother". The kids shout"What?!?!?!" And Ted says "nah, just kidding". They wouldn't have believed it if her name wasn't Tracy.
"Mom's been gone for 6 years now"
WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT?!
Full circle.
I was expecting her to come in after Ted said, "And that, kids, is how I met your mother." But then they kept talking and the mother was nowhere to be seen and I thought, "Oh my god, she didn't make it"
I SWEAR THIS IS THE LONGEST EPISODE OF WHEEL OF FORTUNE EVER.
EDIT: WOULD RATHER WATCH MORE WHEEL OF FORTUNE.
I feel like I just found out my favorite love song was written about a sandwich.
I was about to say that Barney being 40 is unrealistic. Then I realized NPH is 40.
If the mother dies and Ted and Robin end up together, I'll film an alternative ending starring a lamp.
Edit: Well... Better call up Pixar. Motherfucker.
Edit 2: I really have to do this, haven't I?
Edit 3: Fine. Silence of the Lamps coming this weekend.
Edit 4: Fuck, I got gold now. First of all, thank you a lot! Second of all, this means I have to deliver. Anyone got a good narrating voice?
Why are they adding more plot points?!?!?!
They found a fucking loophole in the agreement Ted and Robin had, the "if we're not married by 40 we'll marry each other."
So why wasn't all this story explained throughout the season instead of rushed through in the finale?
NPH just killing it here per usual
That scene where he's holding the baby made me cry so hard. "You are the love of my life..."
So this entire season has been leading up to their wedding and then... they get divorced. Whattt
Douchebag HIMYM: spends a whole season centered around a wedding, couple gets divorced 3 years later
edit: comma
Maybe we will get lucky and FWBL will be an early April Fool's joke, and the finale will last another hour.
So right when Barney held his daughter I saw it going a different way. That the baby mama was going to die during childbirth (sad) but then Barney became a single parent, forcing him to finally grow up. And that would be the twist, the mother died, but not THE Mother. And that way Ted was sad at the inn because his "niece" was going to grow up without a mother. Fast forward to ted's wedding, robin shows up and is ready to settle down back in New York. There she rekindles her relationship with Barney now that he's changed for good. Then the mother does fall ill, but SYKE she recovers and it ends with Ted saying "and that's why I never take a moment with your mother for granted" and the mother comes up behind him and says "are you still droning on in here? It's time for dinner" CUT TO BLACK. Or something like that
EDIT: whoa thanks for gold! whoever you are, you're as adorable as the slutty pumpkin
So Barney and Robin were married for 19 minutes...
borumlive 604 points · Apr 2014
this is Ted's parents all over again.
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