All I can think is that this is the MM approved worst case scenario ending. lol.
Ted is still alone, he's still hung up on Robin, barely any funny moments, mostly just 2 min clips of random crap, and the mother's dead. Did I miss anything? I actually didn't mind the past season for the most part, but dh and I are both feeling very let down by this finale.
I know I am supposed to hate it, but I didn't. Except that we had to spend a zillion painful episodes on one weekend and cover 20 years in one episode.
My H predicted the whole episode from start to finish several weeks ago, so I was prepared. But when there were only two minutes left and the mother was still alive, we were like, "Woo hoo, she LIVES!!" and then she didn't. That was kind of a bummer.
It was kind of obvious, though, at the very beginning when Lily said that anyone who hooked up with Robin had to marry her. Barney did and then Ted had to, too. (At least I assume they are eventually getting married.)
I feel like I am so upset I can't give this Friends with Better Lives show a chance and I loved Dawson when he was on the B in Apt 3.
The New York Times review was AWFUL
Which made me sad because I loved JvdB in Don't Trust the B also so I hoped it had potential. But I don't think I could watch anything with anyone from Entourage anyway.
I liked it. I haven't watched a single episode all season but enjoyed this. I felt like the original writers wrote this instead of all of the stupid filler episodes. I was expecting the mother to die and call me a hopeless romantic, but I'm glad that Ted and Robin ended up together. Thumbs up.