How I Met Your Mother: 7 Mistakes Made In Season 9

1. Ted And Robin End Up Together

"And that, kids, is how I met your mother." That should have been the final line of the series. But instead we're given an additional scene, where Penny says one of the most ill-conceived lines of the show: "This is a story about how you're totally in love with Aunt Robin." Robin and Ted were never supposed to be together. Maybe that's what it seemed like in the beginning, but the characters have both been through so much. Although they're great as friends, they do not work together as a couple. They had their shot, it didn't work and they both moved on. That's life, that happens. This was the original ending planned for the show, but with everything Robin and Ted had been through, for them to circle back around in a repeat of the series premiere just felt so out of place. Tracy, who had been the love of Ted's life and the mother of his children, was unceremoniously killed off in this finale just to make room for Robin. Tracy's death just became another obstacle for Ted to overcome on his circular path back to Robin. Nine years of character development and growth was just completely rejected in favor of an ending that the show had long since outgrown. Ted's constant circling back to Robin was always a mistake, and Robin only ever brought him back to the wild-eyed hopeless romantic who wasn't right for her. Ending the show with the revelation that Tracy has passed away is one thing. But glossing over that point just to get back to Robin was a cruel joke. And it's not like the creators were against changing things€”Bays and Thomas said that if the show ended with season eight, the Mother would have been not Tracy, but Victoria. Given how disappointing this final revelation was, perhaps we should be grateful the creators didn't also decide to tackle the mystery of the pineapple.