Timing Is Everything

I didn't like this show in the beginning, was watching it just for Hilary but since the last few episodes, this show has picked up, the jokes are landing, story is getting better and the romantic tension between Jesse and sophie is great, cast of this show is likeable except Hannah (Sid's gf). Overall, the story in the finale episode was typical, predictable but still good and that guest appearance was the best part of the finale episode.

I'll keep this simple. Amazing finale. I am definitely looking forward to season 2 now. If this episode was bad, I would have dropped this show. Fingers crossed that the writing keeps improving.

I will get downvoted for this but I have to say it again. I have not laughed once at any joke Ellen has told this season. I do not like her character. I hope they replace her or just figure out a way to phase out her character.

I don't want to give any spoilers, but it's nearly impossible to write a review that is spoiler free if your opinion on what a spoiler is mirrors that of Frank Costanza's.

With that being said, this episode does what HIMYM did best, and that is connecting seemingly unrelated things from past and present episodes in a skillful, emotionally moving way. This episode was the first or second that truly felt like a product cut from the same silk of HIMYM, rather than a sitcom just holding on to the namesake. Fans of the original will not be disappointed, I think.

I rated this episode a 10/10. While I know that's a perfect score, I do think that there are a few jokes that weren't hilarious or didn't land quite well, but I think that as this is a laugh-track sitcom, it is assumed that not every joke will land and therefore the 10/10 is relative to other episodes in this series and other laugh-track sitcoms, and not just a general 10/10.

I've been optimistic about this show since the beginning, and it was good to see each episode being better than the last, and seeing people liking the show more and more as it went on.

We all knew though that the season finale would be the decisive factor in whether or not people were going to be looking forward to season 2.

Well I'm glad, because this season finale was not only good for How I Met your Mother's fans (for obvious reasons that I will not spoil), but also really good on it's own. The comedy was better (still not as creative as the original show's, but better), the conflicts were all interesting, and it's a great setup for season 2. Hopefully, with the extended number of episodes, season 2 will get to be more creative and explore different dynamics.

As it stands right now, I'm really excited.

Also Ellen is funny and that's a hill I will die on.

Without mentioning the biggest spoiler which is clear now and enough to give this episode 10/10 this gave me very good nostalgic feeling and I loved the roller coaster in the relationships I didn't see that coming especially with sidd and hannah and of course the brilliance twist in the captain and becky's story that's a really good writing!