How I Met Your Mother: 25 Best Moments From The Finale
3. The Kids Finally Have Their Say
Most shows find a hard time justifying they knew the ending all along; although the showrunners insisted otherwise, Lost is forever marred by an ending that bears little narrative resemblance to the show it started out as. Bays and Thomas dont have the same issue here; they recorded some of the final scenes years ago. When it became apparent the kids were going to age much faster than would be customary in one afternoon, their role in the show was severely cut down (notice how in Season 3 onwards the appearance of Luke and Penny is solely stock footage). But not before a final scene was shot. Weve been hearing about this scene for years, so it was incredibly gratifying to finally see it.
2. The Blue French Horn
Coming back from killing the titular character to end on a some-what high note, Last Forever did what every fan had secretly hoped at one point or another and culminated with Ted and Robin getting together. Its not the easiest development to swallow, what with us only just having seen the end of Tracys story, but it feels genuine to the show thanks to the closure to the characters it gives us. This is no small part thanks to the iconography the scene employs, with Ted once again stealing the Pilots blue french horn (you really think the restaurant would have nailed it down in the intervening twenty-five years), a symbol of the show second only to the yellow umbrella itself.
