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Does <i>How I Met Your Mother</i>’s finale ruin it for all time?

TVReviewsHow I Met Your Mother

Does How I Met Your Mother’s finale ruin it for all time?

[Warning: Major spoilers for the complete run of How I Met Your Mother follow.]

Emily Todd VanDerWerff

4/01/14 9:20AM

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<i>How I Met Your Mother</i>: “Last Forever”

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How I Met Your Mother: “Last Forever”

If you’ve come this far with How I Met Your Mother, I bet you consider these characters your friends. I certainly…

Donna Bowman

3/31/14 9:08PM

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<i>How I Met Your Mother</i>: “The End Of The Aisle”

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How I Met Your Mother: “The End Of The Aisle”

Of all the supporting characters on this show, the one whose developmental arc means the most to me is Barney. I’m…

Donna Bowman

3/24/14 8:24PM

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<i>How I Met Your Mother</i>: “Gary Blauman”

TVReviewsHow I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother: “Gary Blauman”

Back when the three-days-in-Farhampton gimmick of this season was announced, one of the reasons I got excited was…

Donna Bowman

3/17/14 8:43PM

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How I Met Your Mother: “Daisy”

With four half-hours of HIMYM remaining, it’s time to start paring down the season’s conflicts. This week is devoted…

Donna Bowman

3/10/14 8:39PM

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<i>How I Met Your Mother</i>, “Vesuvius”

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How I Met Your Mother, “Vesuvius”

Storytelling has always served as the gimmick of HIMYM’s premise. “Kids, let me tell you …” the narrator begins, and…

Donna Bowman

3/03/14 8:32PM

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How I Met Your Mother: “Rally”

Do you think the HIMYM writers have a giant notebook—heck, a whole shelf of ‘em—filled with loose ends and character…

Donna Bowman

2/24/14 8:35PM

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How I Met Your Mother, “Sunrise”

I always knew that this last season of How I Met Your Mother would be an emotional gut-punch. Years of anticipation,…

Donna Bowman

2/03/14 8:30PM

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<i>How I Met Your Mother</i>: “How Your Mother Met Me”

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How I Met Your Mother: “How Your Mother Met Me”

Time flies when you’re connecting all the dots, doesn’t it? That felt like the fastest episode of this season,…

Donna Bowman

1/27/14 8:55PM

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How I Met Your Mother, "Unpause"

When a show gets canceled in between seasons, fans tend to bemoan the fact that its creators didn’t get a chance to…

Donna Bowman

1/20/14 8:25PM

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<i>How I Met Your Mother:</i> “Slapsgiving 3: Slappointment At Slapmarra”

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How I Met Your Mother: “Slapsgiving 3: Slappointment At Slapmarra”

The slap bet that began in the episode “Slap Bet” (aka “Robin Sparkles”) may be the most inspired overarching…

Donna Bowman

1/13/14 9:00PM

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<i>How I Met Your Mother: </i>"Bass Player Wanted"

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How I Met Your Mother: "Bass Player Wanted"

We’ve had a good long run of weekly episodes in this last season of How I Met Your Mother. They haven’t all been…

Donna Bowman

12/16/13 8:35PM

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<i>How I Met Your Mother: </i>"The Rehearsal Dinner"

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How I Met Your Mother: "The Rehearsal Dinner"

The magician Teller has said that one of the secrets to fooling the audience is to “make the secret a lot more…

Donna Bowman

12/02/13 8:40PM

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<i>How I Met Your Mother: </i>"Bedtime Stories"

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How I Met Your Mother: "Bedtime Stories"

Eight seasons in, with the episodes rapidly flying by on our way to the finale, we’d all be surprised if the…

Donna Bowman

11/25/13 8:40PM

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<i>How I Met Your Mother</i>: "Mom And Dad"

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How I Met Your Mother: "Mom And Dad"

From the very beginning, How I Met Your Mother has been a sitcom where style shares top billing with characters and…

Donna Bowman

11/18/13 8:35PM

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<i>How I Met Your Mother</i>: “Platonish”

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How I Met Your Mother: “Platonish”

Last season I wrote about the biggest challenge HIMYM’s creative team had to overcome in bringing Barney and Robin…

Donna Bowman

11/11/13 9:05PM

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<i>How I Met Your Mother</i>: "The Lighthouse"

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How I Met Your Mother: "The Lighthouse"

I take it all back.

Donna Bowman

11/04/13 8:40PM

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<i>How I Met Your Mother</i>: "No Questions Asked"

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How I Met Your Mother: "No Questions Asked"

At the end of last week’s episode, Daphne forced the issue of Marshall’s secret judgeship by texting the news to…

Donna Bowman

10/28/13 8:40PM

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<i>How I Met Your Mother</i>: "Knight Vision"

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How I Met Your Mother: "Knight Vision"

Earlier this week on another site, in the comments of a review of the recent Carrie remake, someone finally asked a…

Donna Bowman

10/21/13 8:40PM

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<i>How I Met Your Mother</i>: "The Poker Game"

TVReviewsHow I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother: "The Poker Game"

Weddings make such reliable sitcom fodder because at weddings, the minutiae of etiquette and custom collides head-on…

Donna Bowman

10/14/13 8:55PM

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