Thread:Mygeto/@comment-1753748-20140401174603/@comment-1363526-20140401225301

Yeah, the finale was awful. You really can't have 22 episodes dedicated to a wedding, only to break it up 10 minutes into the finale.

Also, massive regression of character development from Ted, Robin and Barney. All the maturity that Barney received in the past 5 seasons when he found the woman he loved? Gone, he even made a new playbook. He only got some rushed character progression literally thrust upon when he somehow slips up and gets a nameless woman pregnant (But I have to say, NPH was amazing in those scenes. Even though I don't agree with the story, he definitely was the best part of this finale.)

And Robin has always been career vs. love-life, and as Robin progressed, she's began to lean towards love. But out of no where, Robin regresses back to how she was in season 1 to the point of destroying a marriage (you woulda thought Barney would screw up) and to even abandoning her friends. Robin was completely unlikable in this finale.

And then Ted. I mean, someone can make some BS statement about how Ted and Robin is true love but it really isn't. Ted would have been a much stronger character if this story was about how he moved on from Robin, but to just have the final scene just him literally going backwards, it's just awful. Craig and Carter must be HUGE RobinxTed fans, to the point that they let the story suffer for it.

Also, what the hell is wrong with Ted's kids? Ted's telling the emotional story about their mother, and all they can do it laugh and crack jokes? They felt so artificial. I mean, a nice sad scene regarding the love of Ted's life passing away should have been there, but nope, right after the viewers find out, Ted's kids encourage him to go bang their aunt.

I say that the biggest problem was that this ending was made during season 1 or 2, so Ted ending up with Robin made sense then, but not in season 9.

I wanted the happy ending with Marshall and Lily, Barney and Robin, and Ted and Tracy all sitting on the porch, playing cards, and watching the sunset. I do have to give it to Craig and Carter for pulling this crap, they must have known the backlash wouldn't be positive.

I honestly would have liked this finale if they had spaced it better. I mean, why have 72 hours be in 22 episodes, but then have 16 YEARS be in the final 2? If the 9th season premiere was the wedding, and the rest of the season was all of those big moments (the divorce, Marshall's judgeship, Barney being a dad, the death) then that would have been great, and I would have been fine with the ending. They seriously messed up.

I'll always love this series, and I'm gonna miss it, but I'm gonna have to come up with my own ending.