It's been 12 years since How I Met Your Mother aired one of the most divisive and controversial sitcom finales ever.
’s ending proved particularly divisive 12 years ago today. It is tough to end a beloved TV show in a way that will satisfy its entire fan base, and this task is even harder when the show in question is a sitcom.
that viewers regularly revisit, so the prospect of saying goodbye to their main characters is tough enough without a show’s creators also needing to make this farewell feel funny.thanks to the show’s central sextet of lovable main characters. However, on March 31, 2014, the show squandered almost all of its audience goodwill with the infamously divisive ending of’s entire final season made things pretty hard for the show. The whole season took place over the weekend of Robin and Barney’s wedding, with only the finale itself jumping forward into the future to tell viewers what happened to the main characters in the future.r’s main characters barely even shared any screen time in the show’s final season, and this awkward choice meant their prized interplay was kept to a minimum. Whilemade matters worse, the decision to split the story of the final season didn’t help matters. Ted barely even spoke to the titular mother until the last episode, only for her to be unceremoniously killed off in a flash forward soon after.makes it clear that this was the show’s planned ending all along. Cristin Milioti’s character proved so charismatic that viewers resented how late she appeared in the series, but this was ultimately because the sitcom was really about Ted and Robin’s love story, not Ted’s love story with the largely unseen mother of the title. Since Ted and Robin had dated, broken up, gotten back together, and broken up again so many times over the course of the show, it was hard for viewers to be shocked by the finale’s big twist ending. However, it is equally unfair to claim that’s nine seasons, the show consistently focuses on Robin and Ted more than every other character, and neither of them can find lasting romantic happiness with any other partners. As such,’s finale was justified in bringing the couple back together, even if the rushed execution and the criminal underuse of Milioti’s long-awaited character meant this revelation was terribly mishandled. Season 2 of Stephen King’s Hit Horror TV Series Needs to Finally Bring in a Major Element From the BooksNetflix’s New #1 Is A Must-Watch For Thriller Fans Get access to exclusive stories on new releases, movies, shows, comics, anime, games and more!Why Carla & Dr. Cox Are Hardly in the Scrubs Revival
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