10 Most Pitiful TV Plot Twists Ever Created
3. She Was Dead All Along - How I Met Your Mother
In the beginning, How I Met Your Mother worked. There were likeable characters (apart from Ted obviously), they had their own interesting and developed storylines, and the show was even pretty funny. Plus, everybody knew it would take a while before we got to find out who the mother was, but nine seasons?! Really?!
As time went on, though, the writing got lazier and lazier, but audiences had invested so much that they had to wait it out to see just who on earth the mother really was.
In the end, the reveal was so lame that it also made precisely zero sense. Seriously, watch it back, it genuinely makes no sense at all and instead creates billions of plot holes that also make no sense.
Yes, How I Met Your Mother stupidly followed she's been dead the whole time trope, a plot device that has been numerous times before and still didn't work then.