Bothered me that I had the thought if Ted had feelings for Robin while with Tracy but that’s impossible. As many fans had predicted, the mother (Tracy Mosby, née McConnell, portrayed by Cristin Milioti) has been dead the entire time that Ted has been telling his story. The entire series would not make sense without ending up with both women. That doesn’t make Robin Ted’s soulmate – but considering that his soulmate was dead, he was looking for the next best thing: the person he had been in love with for years before he met that soulmate. She excitingly says yes, and she gets a very nice dress. The sums in question are often around $500: easy for some to pay, impossible for others. I’ve just re-watched the last season and the last episode. Read on for more about why I think you’re all crazy for being so upset, but SPOILERS are below for those who have been living under a rock since the finale aired March 31! During the first seasons, I always felt like they were so stupid for not realizing it. So much attention was given to the wedding, I can imagine … Utopian Relations: Intersectionality in ‘Orange is the New Black’ and ‘Black Mirror’, Objects in Breaking Bad: If Things Could Talk, Daria and the Clichéd Representation of Teenagers, The Good Fight: The Real, The Plausible, and Donald Trump’s Legacy, 'Sayonara Watashi no Cramer' Reveals Additional Cast, Original TV Anime 'Odd Taxi' Announced for April 2021, Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Anime Film to Debut Dub Alongside Subbed Version in U.S. Would fans have been more or less annoyed if they had gotten divorced? What’s the hook of Korean romance dramas? He spent 11 amazing years with Tracy, while he spent 8 years with Robin around (2005-2013). We saw Ted and how he spend the summer getting over her and later in the episode she said she spent many days crying ov Ted may have made the story sounded better then it was because who doesn’t do that when telling stories. Tracee Ellis Ross, 48, Looks Spectacular In Animal Print Bikini, 8 Pics Of Joseph Baena Recreating Dad Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Iconic Bodybuilder Poses, Jennifer Lopez Received 'Sexist, Racist & Vicious' Attacks While Dating Ben Affleck, The Most Creative Zodiac Signs Are Artsy-Fartsy In All The Right Ways, Game of Talents: Wayne Brady-Hosted Mystery Variety Series Sets March Premiere on Fox — Watch Promo, The Best Online Classes for Personal Development, Happy Birthday Michelle Obama — A Look Back At Her Most Powerful Outfits Over the Years. After Future Ted explains to his children “the true story” of how he met “Aunt Robin”, the idea of Robin being the mother is completely rejected. Like watching a mystery that you think you have figured out and then having a character give a 15 minute speech about a whole bunch of stuff that comes out of the blue to invalidate pretty much everything you thought up to that point. On New Years Eve Ted's date points out that she can tell he is in love with Robin and that she clearly likes him back. Instead, Ted goes to her apartment and buzzes up. Ted struggled for years, got heart broken and finally found Tracy at the age of 34 to loose her again in few year! Ted always had to fight for Robin. From the very first episode of the series, Ted is retelling this story after already loving and losing both Tracy and Robin; this information not revealed to the audience until the finale. (I bring up real people as examples because I cannot be convinced that TV isn’t real life.). I think the moral of the story is that there is no “one”. I hated it at first, but the more I think of it, the better it gets. Ted never would have met Tracy if it weren’t for Robin and Ted would never have ended up back with Robin if it weren’t for Tracy. Prove you are human, type cats in singular form below: The Artifice is a long-form writing platform that covers a wide spectrum of art forms. That’s life though. Well, now we know that it's because Robin ended up being the one to take the seat next to Ted. ... Who does the captain end up with? 1) First break up with Ted - it was a mutual breakup. Do you agree with me, or do I need to look behind my shoulder, as always? Ted being so romantic and family oriented person, deserved to have “The One” in his life. Tracy and Robin had different roles to play in Ted’s life. It wasn’t until she fully decided to let Max go that she met Ted. I may now have to watch the series again (for the 10th time). Fans of the show will remember that in How I Met Your Mother Season 7, Episode 17 entitled "No Pressure" it was revealed that Marshall and Lily were having an ongoing bet involving Ted and Robin; basically Marshall bets that Ted ends up with Robin, where as Lily believes the opposite. Sure, it meant that he got some stranger pregnant and the birth of his child changed him back into a mature adult, but it totally cheapened his once-meaningful relationship with Robin. And finally, to disgress just a tiny bit because this is “Amanda Says” and I do what I want, the only part of the series finale that I truly took issue with is Barney’s storyline. I think that as someone whose finished the series I can definitely look back and say the whole story came from a place of love and lost but towards the end we didn’t get to feel it as much as the beginning. Seriously — is that such a big deal? Where the sailor sees the girl across the crowded dance floor and turns to his buddy and says ‘see that girl? Victoria is portrayed by Ashley Williams. The umbrella found him, and when he ultimately lost it we see it blowing away, symbolising loss and moving on. Were you satisfied by the ending, or did you hate it? Directed by Pamela Fryman. Robin pursued her own life, love, and career, as did Ted — and in the end, they found each other after the very same kind of extraordinary coincidences that landed Ted with Tracy in the first place. Ted and Robin dated early on in the show's history, but the producers had made clear that Robin was not the "mother" of the title. And for those of you who felt cheated by the finale, we’re definitely with you on one point: Barney Stinson’s (Neil Patrick Harris‘) character was dealt a bad hand. Since Ted has been telling his story, the mother has been dead for 6 years. It felt like we didn’t get to see him mourning, moving on and eventually being in a place where he could love again and ask out Robin. Ted professes his love for Robin the same way he did when he first met her: standing under her apartment window holding the stolen blue French horn. The love among each other wont be the same, The gang wont be the same. For me, the message was loud and clear: Tracy was the one. The season was near perfect, and then they’ve butchered it, by last episode. Who really was his soulmate? (Well, ti certainly did for me…). But it may not seem that way with most couples in real life because we can’t see what they see in each other. Ted and Robin fell in and out of love a few times over the course of HIMYM‘s nine-season run, and now they’re back in love. Ted for his part looking back doesn't ever really give Robin up, even in season 9, Robin knows this but it doesn't change the fact she can't have kids.. she even feels that Barney might not be right for her, Ted showing each and every time he's there … That did not mean, however, the idea of Ted and Robin was completely shut out. The mother should’ve lived. Ted being friends with women isn't the problem, Lily is fine obviously, but Robin and Ted had so much history and specifcally Robin had been a roadblock to Ted's relationship with Victoria before. The two … As the main character, Ted is a hopeless romantic, and in the very first episode, he spots Robin across the room and immediately falls for her. Hey, Ashton Kutcher was once married to Demi Moore and now he’s engaged to Mila Kunis — does that mean he was in love with her all of his life? The title of the series alone is a misdirect, the viewers finding it hard to grasp the fact that future Ted’s happily-ever-after is not permanently with the mother of his child. if Tracy didn’t die, I don’t think Ted would ever try to be with Robin again. Afterward, Ted and Robin break up seemingly for good, but Marshall isn’t convinced that their romantic story is over. Tracy is Ted’s perfect woman: she played bass, loved the Renaissance fair, and they had the same goals and same dreams. Ted also welcomed a child followed by the birth of Barney's daughter. Anyway, despite all the mistakes and hardships that Ted and Tracy made through their life, the fate brought them together and that’s how they met each other! Really put me at rest for being so depressed on how the show ended. They both symbolise his very different love stories: Robin’s which he controls, and Tracy’s which fate controls. ‘HIMYM’ Finale: Does Barney Introduce Ted To The Mother? Tracy was the one for young Ted, the Ted who wanted children, a marriage, and a happily ever after. Six years later, they meet again, and Victoria ends up leaving a man at the altar for Ted. This may have been a clue: when Ted wishes the group could grow old together in an early episode, he and Robin are together. The Ted/Robin reunion—dad and aunt, ... having spent nine seasons invested in the relationship between Ted and Robin, would want him to end up … At midnight Robin kisses Ted (The Limo​​ Ted's two friends are getting married, and Ted asks Robin to be his date. That, and the fact that it appears to perpetuate the idea that women are like a prize in a cereal box — given enough time and persistence, they’re all yours! We just fell in love with Tracy for us to not really see their life together just a montage of scenes that didn’t seem to do her justice and then she passed away. So much will be changed. The whole point of the series, in my humble opinion, is to believe that there’s true romance and your other half is somewhere out there, even though there’s no evidence of it right now. Ted never loved nor will love anyone nearly as hard as he loved Tracy. Basically, my point is that life isn’t linear; it doesn’t follow a straight line or a set path. As much as the finale will pain most fans, it did justice to the entire series, because Ted’s story has always been about Robin. Unlike Ted and Robin who were always being torn apart by bad timing, Ted and Tracy’s paths have continually crossed for years before they even met each other, clearly fated to meet just at the right time. Ted never would have met Tracy if it weren’t for Robin and Ted would never have ended up back with Robin if it weren’t for Tracy. It doesn’t mean that he was pining after her all this time, nor does it mean that he didn’t truly love Tracy. Who was ‘the one’ for Ted: Tracy or Robin? 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Ted wraps up the story, revealing the mother has actually been dead for six years, and his children believe the reason he told this story was to get their permission to ask out Robin. I completely agree with you. I admit, I felt cheated. With Tracy, it was just a perfect, sure thing. Probably not. Since the beginning of the series and well past the finale, there has been the argument by fans of whom Ted was really meant to end up with. As a long-time fan similar to many I was annoyed by the ending of the show, but through reading your points here it has definitely made me question my original opinion. How I Met Your Mother can be looked at from the angle of ‘what do you do after you’ve been with the one?’ Tracy believed her one was her late boyfriend Max, so for Tracy, Ted was her ‘after the one’. He loved her, but their relationship never quite worked. After Robin’s break-up with Kevin, a lonely Ted confesses to Robin that he’s in love with her. Still, throughout the entire time of this all happening, her friendship with Ted seemed to be non-existent, purely just unfulfilled romantic tension, and dishonesty. © Copyright 2021 HollywoodLife, LLC, a subsidiary of Penske Business Media, LLC. Already accepting a job opportunity in Chicago, Ted finally decided to let go of Robin for good and leave New York City for a fresh start. Ted gave away the blue French horn but always went back to retrieve it. Episode 16 of Season 9 had Tracy show she believes “each of us only gets one” and she “got” hers already so she was on “permanent hiatus” in the “love department”. Actor Josh Radnor's character Ted meets the mom, played by actress Cristin Milioti, on a rainy train platform after his friends Barney and Robin are married. It’s a complete slap in the face after having to suffer through a terrible season focused on a single wedding, to then have the marriage fall apart instantly. It then shows Ted realising he still has feelings for Robin, and Robin realising she still has feelings for Ted. Even if he went back to Robin, things wouldn’t have been the same. He was lost without the mother and so went back to what he knew – Robin. It doesn’t mean that Ted didn’t love Tracy — this is what a lot of fans are upset about. Click to Subscribe to Our HollywoodLife Daily Newsletter, Kim Kardashian’s Kids Hilariously Fight Over Candy While She Tries To Promote New Perfume, ‘Bridgerton’s Phoebe Dynevor Admits She Watched Her Sex Scenes With Grandparents, These Patches Help Treat Frown Lines For Less Than A Quarter Of The Price Of Botox, Christie Brinkley, 66, Goes ‘Swimming In The Rain’ In Black Swimsuit On Turks & Caicos Vacation — Watch, Gabrielle Union & Dwyane Wade’s Daughter Kaavia, 2, Shows Off Her ‘Shady Baby’ Attitude While Eating Toast, Kelly Rowland Shows Off Baby Bump In Figure-Hugging Catsuit & Thigh-High Boots: ‘9 Mos. While telling the story, he realized how much he still cared about Robin, his past love, and his children encouraged him to go after her. The series premiered in 2005 and we only properly met the mother in 2013, in the show’s 8th season. Ted telling his kids the whole story I thought showed how much he trusted his kids’ maturity and judgement – he was completely honest about everything. "It's not that people cracked some code," he said, acknowledging that some viewers correctly predicted Ted would end up with Robin. Also how your meeting with that person pans out is a great deal about timing. Ted wanted to track down her old best friend. Ted and Tracy work well together, and him meeting up with Robin at the end was satisfying. I’m gonna marry her someday’.”. Tracy went back to Max, and Ted found his way back to Robin. It operates independently with the writers collaboratively building and maintaining the platform. With Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris. In contrast, the yellow umbrella represents the mother, love coming in unexpectedly through fate. I, a fan of the series for years, have always sided with the argument that Tracy is Ted’s ‘the one’, but after looking deeply into it, my answer has changed. Robin was truly Ted’s love. And that, kids, is how Ted Mosby ended up with Aunt Robin. Too often in life, people have dreams and wishes and expectations but it that doesn’t mean each of them is gonna come true. ... Robin smiles. On the other hand, Ted eventually does end up with Tracey who is cool with Robin, though at that point she wasn't around very often. Ted only began considering moving on from Tracy 6 years after her death. Future Ted’s voiceover together with present Ted’s fixed romantic gaze sets the tone for the rest of the series: “And there she was. If Robin were Ted’s soul mate, the series would lose all meaning, however if Ted did not end up with Robin the series would also lose all meaning. Ted, in the end up being a standup friend in this situation. After all, Ted was pining for his kids' "Aunt" Robin even in the re-telling of his very long story. If we calculate, Ted spent more of his happy times with Tracy than he spent with Robin. Ted and Tracy were a bundled soul separated at birth (little thing I learned in philosophy) they were LITERALLY perfect for each other. But she died, and had been dead for six years at the point when Ted was telling the story. Ted needed to perform a rain dance to win Robin, however, when he met Tracy it was already raining. Tracy was Ted’s soulmate and Robin is the love of his life. In 2030, Ted has had his kids, Robin has had her career, Tracy has been gone for many years, and now Robin is the One. I always thought Robin and Barney were meant to be together. Even though Tracy was perfect for him, his love for Robin never changed. On any given night, more than 450,000 people in the United States are locked up in jail simply because they don't have enough money to pay bail. So Robin leaving Barney and eventually going to Ted means the end of the B/R fairy tale. Took the words out of my mouth! So every one of our favorite characters should’ve ended up with their dream. Neither of them are ‘the one’ because Ted was never meant to be with one or the other. It’s not a victory of Robin over Tracy, it’s a victory of true love. The title of the series alone leads audiences to believe that the entire focus will be on the mother, however, it’s more about the timing and the journey Ted has to go through and not meeting the mother. They shouldn’t have killed Tracy and Barney and Robin shouldn’t have gotten divorced. We see all the clues, we see the lessons they’ve been trying to teach us and overall, I’ve grown to really like the ending. However, that’s not what happened here. Wish robin was just a close friend but if Tracy really had to die and that was fate I guess it makes sense that he’s with Robin. In the end, everyone ended up with who they were meant to be with. Kevin proposes to Robin, but will he take it back when Robin tells him she can't have children? Life can be really scary and the search for the one can be really messed up, I’m only a teen so mine hasn’t started yet. What do you think, HollywoodLifers? The children urge Ted to pick up the phone and call Robin. Good read. It has been four years since the finale premiered and I feel the heat has cleared to finally investigate this question fully. The blue French horn led to the yellow umbrella. Something like that, yes. I think that Ted was never meant to end up with either since there is no “the one”. Episode 17 Title: “No Pressure” Original Airdate: February 20, 2012 Right after Ted declares his love to Robin, she has to leave on a weeklong work trip to Russia. 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