Nine years. More than 200 episodes. In that time I've grown to really love my fake, imaginary friends who week after week put themselves thru wacky hijinks, silly jokes and emotional teases. For me, HIMYM was always the strongest when the focus was on love, rather than on laughter. And in the last 2-3 seasons, they also reminded us that usually, life doesn't work as we plan it.
That is why I believe Last Forever was wonderful. It was sad that Barney and Robin got divorced after seeing how far they've both come with their character development, but that's something that happens. It was heartbreaking to see Barney go back to his old ways, but that's probably what would have happened in real life as well (also - knocking up some random girl). It was beyond beautiful to see him reject those ways for his greatest love of all - Ellie. It felt so real that Ted and Tracy never got their big wedding, because that's also what happens.
In the end, we have to remember the very beginnings. Ted has a (supposedly brief) conversation with his children about how he met their mother. He doesn't talk about their time together, because they know that already. He doesn't mention the (probably agonizing) last 6 years, because they've lived them together. And knowing Ted and his vast capacity for love, we simply know he cannot be without his one true love, or at least the closest one there is.
Maybe Ted and Robin make it. Maybe they don't. That's life, and that's what we got from this episode. I know they've made me cry, made me think and, above all, they made me feel. A lot. And I believe that was a major accomplishment (MAJOR accomplishment!)
That is why I believe Last Forever was wonderful. It was sad that Barney and Robin got divorced after seeing how far they've both come with their character development, but that's something that happens. It was heartbreaking to see Barney go back to his old ways, but that's probably what would have happened in real life as well (also - knocking up some random girl). It was beyond beautiful to see him reject those ways for his greatest love of all - Ellie. It felt so real that Ted and Tracy never got their big wedding, because that's also what happens.
In the end, we have to remember the very beginnings. Ted has a (supposedly brief) conversation with his children about how he met their mother. He doesn't talk about their time together, because they know that already. He doesn't mention the (probably agonizing) last 6 years, because they've lived them together. And knowing Ted and his vast capacity for love, we simply know he cannot be without his one true love, or at least the closest one there is.
Maybe Ted and Robin make it. Maybe they don't. That's life, and that's what we got from this episode. I know they've made me cry, made me think and, above all, they made me feel. A lot. And I believe that was a major accomplishment (MAJOR accomplishment!)
