Good Afternoon my fellow himymers, I hope you are surviving this Tuesday with pride. It is time to talk about last night's mess, which might be putting it lightly. But the hatchet of the romantic relationship between Ted and Robin was finally buried, and I say god bless and good riddance.
- So going into this episode I knew what was coming but not like this. I will be very vocal in this review as I am a Robin Scherbatsky advocate and she just got dumped on throughout the entire episode and then flew away.
- As Ted and Robin strolled the beach to "find" Barney and I put quotation marks around the word find because neither of them gave a flying balloon where he actually was. The groom is missing but let's just talk about Ted's exes and watch the sunrise together.... sure, sounds good.
- Barney was off being Barney, teaching people how to live and passing the torch of his legacy that was 9 seasons in the making. I probably should have felt a little weird about him being in a strip club on his wedding morning but he was the least of my problems and it's Barney so, it's too be expected.
- We got to see some of Ted's exes and I was happy actually mostly to see the faces of the actresses like Sarah Chalke (Stella) is adorable as is Ashley Williams (Victoria). I loved Ted and Victoria until season eight but leave it to his exes to be smarter and less crazy and then him. When you want to give Jeanette a hug for being the sane one, you know the writers are messing Ted up.
- Back in the Farhampton Inn we had Marshall having a conversation with ghost present Lily and ghost San Francisco Lily. Which was weird because Lily is alive and ghosts are usually the deceased, but whatever. When Marshall's dad showed up I was so happy because that was such an important relationship. And leave it to his dad and ghost present Lily to talk some sense into him.
- I'm glad Marshall and Lily made up in a way that paralleled their make up in the Swarley episode of season two. I am also left wondering what was the actual point of making them fight when you knew they would stay in New York? Back in season eight there was the flash forward about Marshall becoming a judge. So besides to add drama because there was nothing else to do why blow this up in the faces of Marshall and Lily fans? I love this show so much, but thinking about this is exhausting and aggravating.
- Speaking of aggravating it's time to talk about the elephant in the room, that being the once romantic relationship between Ted and Robin. I used to love them oh so much and believed they would end up together even though in the pilot she was referred to as "Aunt Robin" and then season 6-8 happened and I grew up and started thinking logically which some of y'all need to do. I'm glad Ted let her go finally but this should have happened so long ago. Like after she got engaged he should have sat Barney and Robin down and just been like look this is how I feel, but oh no.
- What makes me mad is that Robin's feelings are never actually considered or taken with sensitivity ever. Ted is being selfish end of discussion. He dropped three bombs into her lap the morning of her wedding, didn't help her find her fiance or get the sleep she needed to be ready for her wedding day.
- And the speech, lord help me with the speech. People were praising it and I was like no, it made him sound crazy. And I love Ted but when it comes to this crazy notion that him and robin are made for each other when they are toxic and self destructive drives me INSANE. When Robin met his parents for the first time, Ted's mom said that they reminded her of her and Ted's dad, and how did that end... IN A DIVORCE.
- This episode was just so frustrating. The show is coming to an end and I should be sad but I'm more mad that this is how's it's going. We are supposed to believe that Ted and the Mother are soulmates which they are. But the writers are setting it up that the Mother is a second choice because Robin doesn't love him. And it just sucks.
Quotes:
- "That isn't the filthiest trash he's ever slept with... my future husband folks." - Robin
- "Ted... sorry force of habit, boys. Suits are cool." - Barney
- "Whatever you do in this life, it's not legendary unless your friends are there to see it." - Barney
- "When we went out on our first date, at the end of the night, did you want me to kiss you?" "Yeah, I did." "Dammit." - Ted and Robin
I apologize for this being so long and rant filled, I will now float away like Robin did until February 24th. Enjoy the Olympics if you plan on watching and see you soon :)
