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Originally Posted by Jamie

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The point in context of the story? It was basically what the daughter said, he was telling them this story about how he was in love with Robin for years, through all the other women he dated before he met their mother, as a way to prepare them and guage their reaction to the idea of him dating Robin now. It may not be the most satisfying ending, but it actually makes more sense in the context of the series as a whole. If Ted and the mother live happily ever after, then why is he telling this story that's mostly about him being in love with someone else?

Where they ****ed up was this filler season, where they let you get too invested in the mother as a character. If this whole season was three episodes at the end of last season I think it would have come across a lot better.

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I thought the mother's character was handled pretty smartly in the last season. Only thing that seemed to work. And now it makes sense why we only saw her in doses. The episode "How your mother met me" turns out to be maybe the best episode of the entire series. The Max storyline pretty much gave full license for Ted to move on after the mother passed.