We were all just left at the alter with the series finale of HIMYM. The final season came in three parts. Part I: a sad extension/recycle of every other season ever, but with a bizarre everything happened over 2 days, and collection of lost-esque flash forwards (13 episodes). Part II:The Mother, a beautiful culmination of the entire series, where the groundwork laid by Carter Bays work over 6 seasons comes together, with points of extreme Joy and sadness and the final two slaps (Nearly 11 episodes). Part III: A tacked on plot recycle, nearly “happy ending” which brought the entire series back to the first episode (3 minutes 30 seconds). I appreciate the cycle, I do, its a sitcom and you can’t end it in depression, but I would argue that part I and part II can be thrown out and the entire series stands on its own. Furthermore a few full episodes with the courting of the mother would have been very welcome and setup the unique sadness of the ending.
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