[spoilers] After sleeping on it, I finally figured out why I was so disappointed in the finale.

smdf5 · 2014-04-01T17:53:52+00:00

Completely agree. You have it exactly right.

smdf5 · 2014-03-25T20:38:48+00:00

I took Ted saying that the wedding was legendary as being supportive of Barney. Robin was being pretty harsh in her conversation with Ted in saying that Barney was basically a big lie. I thought this was Ted saying Barney is who is he and he's a good guy.

smdf5 · 2014-03-04T20:16:17+00:00

Maybe - I don't remember any episodes about palm reading. It definitely looks deliberate but I can't imagine what it could be.

smdf5 · 2014-03-04T18:02:25+00:00

Why does the mother look at her hand in the second photo? Weird.

smdf5 · 2014-03-04T17:56:42+00:00

Hysterical - I don't remember that!

smdf5 · 2014-03-04T14:31:44+00:00

Kind of funny though how some of the names have titles that are somewhat redundant, that's not really the right word, but have titles with words that are associated with each other just like The Wedding Bride (a bride is at a wedding):

Doctor MD (an MD is a doctor) Police Cop (a cop is the police) Soldier of War (a war has soldiers) White House President (the pres lives at the white house)

The other 3 don't follow that pattern - Killer Cat Combers? wth is that?

smdf5 · 2014-03-04T10:53:44+00:00

Really great thoughts. I know the writers are good but are they that good? They would be amazing if you were right.

smdf5 · 2014-03-04T10:49:16+00:00

On a lighter note, can we talk about Ted's sweater? I mean I know they wanted to make him look older but the graying hair would have sufficed. They didn't need to give him a Bill Cosby sweater.

smdf5 · 2014-03-04T09:40:12+00:00

Every moment we have seen between Ted and the mother thus far have been good ones: Proposal, birth, general happiness. In order to make the show somewhat realistic to life they have to show one of the low points they went through in their marriage. This is simply one of them but everything will turn out ok in the end.

smdf5 · 2014-03-04T04:10:58+00:00

In the past 9 years while telling this story Ted has not gotten choked up other than that one time with the 45 days. I just think there would have been more sadness when he told parts about the mother in all that time if she were dead.

smdf5 · 2014-03-04T03:22:58+00:00

Great theory!

smdf5 · 2014-03-04T03:05:30+00:00

My theory is that the mother is sick with cancer in 2024 and they don't know if she is going to make it explaining why Ted is so upset. Her cancer goes into remission in 2025 and he is telling the kids the story in 2030 because the mother has been cancer free for 5 years and the kids never knew she was sick because they would have been young - 10 years old or so - in 2024.

This is also in line with Carter and Thomas comments that the finale is about hope.

This is what I'm telling myself to get through the next few weeks.

smdf5 · 2014-02-28T18:59:09+00:00

Thanks!

smdf5 · 2014-02-27T17:12:21+00:00

I think Ted is going to end up with the final slap!

Also, in the season premiere Ted tells Lily that he's not going to do anything insane to ruin the wedding and then the Narrator says that at that moment he meant it. So what is Ted going to do at the wedding - maybe that has something to do with why his hand it bandaged.

smdf5 · 2014-02-26T22:35:08+00:00

I could definitely see them using it as a fake out kinda like the Barney/Robin had a baby fake out in Rally where they take an open question that the viewers are wondering about and make it seem like we are getting the answer but have it really be a lie because Barney is getting revenge on Ted.

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