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How I Met Your Mother Series Finale
We bid adieu to our favorite sitcom comedy last night! After nine years, fans finally got some answers on the series finale of How I Met Your Mother. But not everyone was pleased with how their favorite sitcom ended. Actually, the outrage by fans almost crashed the internett!!
SPOILER ALERT: We know that the mother is Ted’s wife, Tracy. The two met on a rainy train platform after Barney and Robin’s wedding, where Tracy played in the band. Well, what we didn’t know is that the whole story Bob Saget was narrating as Ted in 2030, was really Ted explaining to his kids how he met their mother, whose been dead for six years. Some fans speculated that she had passed from earlier foreshadowing in the show, but let that all sink in!
Shortly after their long-engagement, marriage and kids, Tracy died leaving behind Ted with his two kids. As he’s been guiding them through the story of how he met their mom, he also wanted their blessing to go date Aunt Robin, who he’s been in love with the whole time. The kids admit that while this was initially a story of how he met their mother, it’s also of how he fell in love with Robin. “C’mon dad, it’s been six years since mom died. I think its time,” the kids tell him!
Like many of their TV-couple’s before them (Ross and Rachel for example) Robin and Ted top the list for most on-again-off-again moments finally resulting in their happy ending. Truthfully, I always believed these two would be together in the end, but not like this. I hoped Robin would be the mother!!!!! In a way, I guess she now is. Ted’s journey of finding love has been and interesting one, proving that sometimes, finding your one true love comes with many bumps and hurdles along the way. Ted– six years a widower, with grey hair— rushed to Robin’s window with the blue French horn he stole in episode one to impress her. The show came full circle.
We find out that Robin and Barney’s marriage fell apart because of Robin’s huge success as a TV anchor. Barney finally met the love of his life— his baby– a result of a one night stand following the divorce. Marshall becomes a judge in the Supreme Court and the two have their third child.
The reaction to the finale was filled with utter disappointment. Others applauded the creators, Craig Bays and Craig Thomas for writing a realistic ending. Really, the tweets from upset fans are probably the greatest part of this whole finale. I mean, just look up #HIMYMfinale and you’ll read some of the funniest things in the world. There’s literally mobs forming and people praying that this was just an April Fool’s joke.
But alas, it wasn’t. The creators are sticking by their finale, tweeting many thanks to those who continued to watch and be part of the journey for 9 seasons– no matter what they thought of the finale. The actors are also personally satisfied with the ending.
Interestingly enough, the children (played by Lyndsy Fonseca and David Henrie) filmed the scenes where they were sitting on the couch talking to their father in 2005 in order to keep the children looking the same age throughout!
“We shot this last little section nine years ago. It was so long ago, I don’t really remember what I said,” Fonseca told People magazine.
Can you believe it? They knew how the show would play out this whole time!!!
What did you think? Are you satisfied with the ending of HIMYM or completely disgusted with the direction the storyline took??? But most importantly, will you miss your friends- Barney, Ted, Robin, Marshall and Lily? I know I will. And I’ll be the first to admit, I did shed a couple of tears. Alright, I cried uncontrollably!
And lastly… are you excited for the spin-off, How I Met Your Dad? After the negative feedback this finale got I’m not sure too many people are. Plus there’s always the possibility that the writers might ruin a good thing with a failed spinoff. But than again, there was also much doubt for this show after Friends, and look where we are now!
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Photo: CBS/How I Met Your Mother
The rumors have been circulating for quite some time now, but neither Jesse Lee Soffer nor Tracy Spiridakos ever acknowledged them—no confirmation or denial from either party…until now, it seems.
If their Instagram posts are anything to go by, they may have just given fans a massive hint at the status of their relationship with an upload on August 29, 2024 that had the internet buzzing with thoughts.
Both Soffer and Spiridakos—whose characters Jay Halstead and Hailey Upton were married on Chicago PD–shared shots from their European vacation together. And yeah, sure, former co-stars can remain friendly and vacation together, but it was Soffer’s caption, “Europe is is kinda cool ,” that made heads turn and jaws drop.
The duo also looked smitten with each other in several of the selfie-style photos taken in the city streets and beaches of Lisbon, Portugal—and fans definitely took notice in the comments.
“They are a real life couple. Yayyy…. That makes me smile ” someone wrote of the alleged confirmation, as another noted, “real ones know they’ve been dating for years.”
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Someone else suggested this was the duo finally “hard launching” their romance.
Back in January 2024, The Post confirmed that the duo was dating after appearing on the show together for six years.
Soffer left the police procedural in 2022 after 10 seasons, while Spiridakos followed shortly after in season 11 after signing on as a series regular in season 5.
While things didn’t turn out well for the on-screen couple as their characters broke up and filed for divorce, fans are hoping things work out better in real life.
Soffer previously dated his Chicago PD co-star Sophia Bush for about a year. She departed the series in 2017 at the end of season 4.
Summer 2024 is going to be one without Belly, Conrad and Jeremiah.
During Amazon’s Upfront event on Tuesday, which was attended by writer Jenny Han, Lola Tung, Gavin Casaelgno and Christopher Briney, it was revealed that the highly-anticipated third installment of the series is being delayed, with an expected release next year in 2025.
While that isn’t ideal for everyone waiting to see how this love triangle pans out (you should probably just read the book, if you haven’t, at this point), there is some good news on the horizon.
Minimal details about what to expect have been revealed, however, to make up for the long hiatus—season 2 aired its last episode in August 2023 making this a two-year gap—the third installment will come with an expanded episode count: 11 episodes instead of the previous 7 and 8 in season’s 1 and 2, respectively.
And as an extra little something-something for fans, the official TSITP X account shared a video of the cast playing beach volleyball with the caption, “see you in Cousins in 2025.”
https://twitter.com/thesummeritp/status/1790393767330984091
And even better—the series has already begun filming, which means that while there’s a wait, there’s also momentum and excitement.
me with no the summer i turned pretty until summer 2025 pic.twitter.com/sHzUuspRrs
— ash (@swiftbeers) May 14, 2024
As for those who have read the book series—avert your eyes if you haven’t—it’s unclear if the 11 episodes will span the entire third book, We’ll Always Have Summer, which finds Belly making a choice between the brothers—or if it will divert from what’s already been established to something more fitting for television (and maybe even appeases the fandoms a bit more?).
I guess we’ll just have to wait and see!
Tracker, CBS’ new hit series starring This Is Us actor Justin Hartley, was an instant hit amongst audiences after it premiered in February.
And now, 13 episodes later, the first season is coming to an end.
Fans will have to say goodbye… for now… to Hartley’s Colter Shaw, a lone-wolf survivalist/reward seeker on May 19, 2024, when the series airs its season 1 finale.
Titled “The Storm,” the 13th episode’s synopsis notes: “Colter investigates the disappearance of two amateur storm chasers that the local police have written off as an accidental drowning; Colter’s expert tracking skills lead him to uncover the seedy underbelly of a small town resort.”
Of course, fans are already looking forward to the episode’s guest star and Hartley’s former co-star Jennifer Morrison, who is just one of several recent A-list appearances on the thriller drama. Earlier episodes of this season saw Supernatural’s Jensen Ackles and Manifest’s Melissa Roxburgh guest star as Colter’s siblings, Russ and Dory Shaw, respectively.
You can check out the season finale promo below, which finds Colter working against the clock to find his friend’s daughter alongside Morrison’s character. “She could still be alive,” he dramatically concludes as the teaser ends, reminding fans that he never gives up on those he’s helping.
Many fans hoped for a romantic pairing between Hartley and Morrison, which never happened, but maybe this is their second shot at love. Even though he’s a nomad driven by wanderlust and the need to help citizens and police solve crimes, he still needs a romantic interest. For now, the chemistry has mostly been with Reenie (Fiona Rene), a firecracker lawyer who helps him get out of plenty of close calls, but there’s always a chance he’ll meet the “right one” during one of his many stops across the U.S. that will encourage him to settle down or join him.
Check out the promo below and tune in next Sunday to see how the first season concludes:
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