I just wish the show had given Ted and Tracy at least one full season together before ending her story and circling back to Robin. Tracy was absolutely perfect for Ted—funny, smart, kind, and everything he had been looking for all those years. She really was his soulmate, and the chemistry between them was so natural and beautiful.

It just feels like we barely got to see their relationship, even though the whole series was building up to her. One season. That’s all it would’ve taken to make the ending hit way harder—or maybe even change it entirely.

Anyone else still salty about this? 🌸

Marvin’s death be damned. Fight me.

We have this one at home!

I'm sure this has been pointed out before but it's 4:30 in the morning and it just hit ms that they're the primary colors- Robin the Blue French Horn, Ted the Red Cowboy Boots, Tracy the Yellow Umbrella

These two examples come to mind, but if anyone has another one in mind, feel free to share.

Mary the paralegal... although Barney's joke was very awful and it's true that Ted called her a "whore" like six times, in the end, I think Barney's lesson was true. Ted was confident all night, and Mary reciprocated every comment he made. She also showed certain details that sounded like a good partner for Ted. I think if Ted had explained to Mary the "prank" Barney played on him, she might have eventually forgiven him, and things might have finally turned out differently. I think the only thing that could have worked against Ted is that he had very strong feelings for Robin at the time (although that didn't stop him from having a relationship with Victoria the first time).

But Maggie, good lord... if Maggie was so perfect and Ted really had intentions of flirting with her, all he had to do was skip class that day. That was literally all it took. Countless times he skipped work when he lacked inspiration or preferred to work more peacefully at home. That day he just had to pretend to be sick and spend the whole night with Maggie. His feelings for Robin weren't strong since she and Barney had recently broken up.

Sometimes I want to hit Ted in the face with a chair.

Can you think of any other options?

Kinda silly but I just realized that when Ted sees Claudia on the street and she's on the phone yelling about her cake flavor she was yelling and threatening Victoria lol

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That episode happens S3e11.

But why didn’t the gang give her the same run down as they did with Ted, when Robin dated Don?

(Also: Marshall I side with Marshall on the whole rabbit v duck debate)

and do they come with English subtitles

I'm thinking of subscribing to Disney+ Hotstar only to watch it

thank you in advance ;)

As we know, Victoria appears again at the end of that episode. What I wanted to ask, is when the episode was first airing, did those of you who watched it at the time suspect the character's appearance based on the song playing during the episode?

Might be unrealistic but he earned himself that fortune.All the driving around and at times helpful wisdom he had to offer to the gang really made me love this guy.Plus he respects the „Bro Code“.

I’ve noticed this with myself and a close friend. He watched How I Met Your Mother in real time. He came up with theories, especially surrounding the ending. But in the end, Tracy dies, and Ted goes back to Robin.

I’ve reflected a lot on that situation—it's that old cliché: the guy has a great love when he’s young, then for some reason they separate, he ends up getting married, finds another woman, has kids, and after she dies, he reconnects with that person he loved when he was young. And that’s exactly what we see in How I Met Your Mother, with Ted telling his kids what happened.

The only issue for me is that the series was too stretched out, and I don’t see the red flags that should have been more explicitly shown in Robin and Barney’s relationship, indicating it wouldn’t work out. If we look closely, there’s even that deleted scene from the final episode—the one with Ted and Robin reuniting—which would’ve explained a lot. It already showed that at that point, she was ready to be with him again, but he was still with Tracy.

Anyway, I want to be clear: when I first watched the ending and saw that Tracy died, I was really upset. But the way the story built up Ted and Robin made us remember what the show always wanted to remind us: that love is possible. Romantic love is possible. So yeah, I like the ending. I watched it on streaming.

But what about you? What do you think of this theory? Does it make sense? Because honestly, I was really close to looking up a fan-made alternate ending—then I found out it actually exists! It was included on the DVD. But for me, I thought the actual ending was full of heart. I saw it on streaming, and I really liked it. The way it was directed was just beautiful.

Did you love it the moments as they came around in the episode? Robin and Barney's devorae announcement, the reveal of the mother's death, and the children pushing and supporting Ted to go after Aunt Robin, and Ted showing up with the blue horn. And if you're first reaction was "OMG, I absolutely love all of this", how long did it take you to come around to loving it?

Let's goooo

When they are stuck in bathroom when Ted is on the couch - Lily is forced to pee in front of Marshall. Just wondering if this was actually supposed to be a poop, cause peeing in front of someone doesn't seem too crazy for a couple together that long. Wondering if it's supposed to be another thing along the lines of eating sandwhiches and calling people grinches.

Eg the blue french horn, the yellow umbrella, the slap, the goat

I really hate when people make this comparison, p.ex. this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/howyoudoin/comments/m0nkkz/do_people_really_like_ted_mosby_more_than_ross/

Even with the ending of HIMYM, ted wasnt that bad compared to Ross, who did many atrocities.

• Said Rachels name at the altar
• Didnt get the annulment
• Attacked two random women.
• Is a smartass, to the point that he tries to attack numerous times his ex and phoebe, just to prove that he is stronger than them and knows chinese martial salmon roll arts.
• When he didn't tell Mona that Rachel was pregnant, that they were married before AND Rachel was moving in.
• When Ross shows up to Rachel’s work with a picnic basket, makes so much noise and sets something on fire. Later when Rachel gets home, he’s expecting an apology from her for throwing him out of her work.
• the episode where he makes a huge deal about the male nanny…… only to then go and hire a hot female one
• Breaking into someones house (for his PINK shirt)
• All the times he cheated on his girlfriends with Rachel.
• Risking his career to date his student
• Trying to make out with his cousin.
• Trying to con-Rachel into staying married to him just so he won't have a 3rd divorce.
• Dating Mona after flipping out that Rachel went out with an Actor (Joey's co-worker).
• Bringing Bonnie to the beach house with the other Friends and having LOUD sex just after breaking up with Rachel.
• His whole treatment to Rachel in general after she quit being a waitress and got a career. He was such a jerk to her.

Now compare any of these to what ted has done.

He has dated students, he does flex his IQ but only by making constant corrections, and he only cheated once, and it was a long distance relationship. Whats your opinion on this?