How I Met Your Mother’s Ending is actually good

The ending to HIMYM is often called one of the worst endings to a TV sitcom. I understand why people have this sentiment but I just blatantly disagree with it. The arguments I always see against it are that they killed the mother and they wasted our time with the wedding just to break Robin and Barney up an episode later. Here are some counter points.

Argument: They killed off the mother.

Counterargument: This was heavily foreshadowed and even if you missed it the first viewing (I did), it makes sense. A lightbulb should go off giving you cognitive resonance because something should’ve always felt off from the beginning. Why was Ted telling his kids this story in the first place when they already knew the short version? Because he’s finally accepted their mother’s death and is ready to move on. Ted going after Robin should be a bittersweet moment, not rage bait. If this part of the ending upset you, you haven’t matured enough as a person to accept the reality of the world or grown emotionally stable enough to understand that people can find love after the death of their significant other.

Argument: They wasted our time with the wedding

Counterargument: This statement is actually true but that’s not why you’re mad. You’re mad at the last 2 episodes. Those episodes are perfectly fine. In fact, they’re too short. The wedding itself should’ve been shorter so the epilogue encompassing Barney and Robin’s divorce, Ted and Tracy’s wedding, and Tracy’s death couldn’t been at least 1-2 episodes longer. It felt too short. The ending was good. They just didn’t budget their time correctly.