Even though I watched Robin throughout all the 9 seasons of the show, I ended up liking Tracy way more (only after a few episodes).
I didn't realize it at first but when I decided to watch the show a second time around, I hated Robin. She was so mean. Ted was probably a little too attached to her but geeze, I felt she was sooo messed up at times.
I liked Tracey although I could see her as a Mary Sue character in being too perfect. I never disliked Robin, but I don't see anything that would appeal to Ted still in 2030. Like I get the initial attraction based on appearance, but then why?
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I definitely felt Tracy was more suited to Ted and they should have left the Robin & Ted storyline back in season 3, they weren't compatible.
From what I gathered from the ending, she's still travelling everywhere and he now has two kids - lives they both wanted just not with each other, so I never understood what changed.
I always figured that even though Ted and Robin got together in the end, they probably never married. So I feel like Ted got his marriage and his kids and she got her career and is traveling, and they both continue those lifestyles and date but never marry. Just my theory though.
shareThat's how I felt too. I can't imagine they stayed together after a while of getting back together.
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"Our families are in there! Our, uh, mothers and... and tiny, tiny babies!"
Craig thomas and Carter Bays...
Never saw her coming...
The problem is they made her too likable...
After killing her in the finale...
It left the fans with a bad taste in their mouth...
Infinitely better...
shareI liked Tracy a lot more. Tracy and Robin both had their odd little quirks, but Tracy came off as a much kinder person than Robin did. And her quirks matched Ted's quirks, Robin's didn't.
shareProof positive you can make a character loveable in only a few episodes.
It worked so well...
It bit them in the a$$..
I really loved Tracy - she was so perfectly cast too, Cristin Milioti was brilliant. She injected some real warmth into the character. I would have absolutely preferred an ending without Tracy's death, and without her kids saying "sure Dad, go bone 'aunt robin' and thanks for telling us a story that clearly showed how you were obsessed with robin, forget about Mom" to Ted. Yep. Still pretty bitter about that ending.
shareYep. Still pretty bitter about that ending.
Yeah, for me, I don't even watch re-runs of the show any more because of what they did with the Mom (and the kids reaction to Ted basically talking about how he loved Aunt Robin all along). The last few seasons weren't up to par and what they did to the Mom was horrible.
sharei want to inject some real warmth into cobie smulders.
I really loved Tracy - she was so perfectly cast too, Cristin Milioti was brilliant. She injected some real warmth into the character. I would have absolutely preferred an ending without Tracy's death, and without her kids saying "sure Dad, go bone 'aunt robin' and thanks for telling us a story that clearly showed how you were obsessed with robin, forget about Mom" to Ted. Yep. Still pretty bitter about that ending.
I really loved Tracy - she was so perfectly cast too, Cristin Milioti was brilliant. She injected some real warmth into the character. I would have absolutely preferred an ending without Tracy's death, and without her kids saying "sure Dad, go bone 'aunt robin' and thanks for telling us a story that clearly showed how you were obsessed with robin, forget about Mom" to Ted. Yep. Still pretty bitter about that ending.
i guess the one positive is people still talk about it.
i suppose it is a credit that it ending wasn't boring and generates debate. personally i utterly hated it, to the extent that it ruined the whole series for me and i don't watch any re-runs.
How is that a credit though? That it's angered people enough to avoid watching reruns but making someone feel something strongly is still a plus? I'd say the Friends ending played it pretty safe and you know what? I don't think that's turned off viewers from watching. Since the goal is to remain popular to get syndication, leaving things open for debate on a sitcom seems like the worst way to go. Maybe for more artsy dramas, debate is good, but not for a show like this.
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I didn't necessarily like Tracy as an individual character more than Robin, but I MUCH preferred Tracy/Ted to Robin/Ted. I never thought Robin and Ted were remotely compatible and honestly they as a couple should have been abandoned in Season 3.
shareEven if you were to ignore the last episode of season 8 and the entire season 9, and assume Tracy never happened, I still never found Robin to be that easy a character to identify with.
Not that I didn't like her, but I just didn't see her character as somebody I'd be in any way romantically interested in. Nothing against the actress, who I believe to be talented. Just the character of Robin Scherbatsky just wouldn't be my type. And I didn't really buy that she'd be Ted's type either. So I didn't find the fact the he was so hung up on her to be the relate-able in any way.
And I didn't really buy that she'd be Ted's type either. So I didn't find the fact the he was so hung up on her to be the relate-able in any way.
Agreed. You can see why Ted would be initially attracted to Robin--the actress playing her is beautiful, and when you're young and hormonal, that can be the driving force in pursuing a relationship. But throughout the show, we saw that Ted was desperately trying to justify the relationship beyond that, and his reasons fell flat. Yes, maybe he and Robin shared those "Army Rank" jokes, but lots of people have in-jokes with a friend--it doesn't mean you have this deep soul connection.
It just seemed that after awhile, Ted would have (*should* have) matured enough to realize that while he and Robin had enough 'points' to make good friends, there just wasn't the connection to make them life partners. And a lot of it was Ted was trying too hard to make *any* relationship work. You always got the impression he was mentally doing this, "Well, we have about 50% in common, I'm sure I can change myself to work on the rest!" With Tracy, you could see the relationship happening organically. Ted wasn't 'list-making', he was relaxed and going with wherever the moment took him.
Agreed. You can see why Ted would be initially attracted to Robin--the actress playing her is beautiful, and when you're young and hormonal, that can be the driving force in pursuing a relationship. But throughout the show, we saw that Ted was desperately trying to justify the relationship beyond that, and his reasons fell flat. Yes, maybe he and Robin shared those "Army Rank" jokes, but lots of people have in-jokes with a friend--it doesn't mean you have this deep soul connection.
With Tracy, you could see the relationship happening organically. Ted wasn't 'list-making', he was relaxed and going with wherever the moment took him.