But it was definitely jarring to learn that the Mother was, as one of my guestbloggers joked in a more positive assessment of the show four years ago, a MacGuffin - a goal he chased for 208 episodes, only for us to find out she was only a plot device. It was not quite a surprise when we learned, as many had predicted, that their happiness was cut short by her illness and death. After a rocky beginning to its finale, we finally got to see the joys of Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) and Tracy (Cristin Milioti), the woman who would become his wife, together: getting pregnant, going to robot wrestling matches, and seeing each other on their wedding day. “How I Met Your Mother” almost pulled something special off.
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