HIMYM, series finale, wrapped up, all neat with a bow. kids filmed back in season 2. pretty much a series finale planned out from the beginning, and stuck trying to fit and fill the middle inbetween. but wow, all wrapped up. and purposeful. i watched it, with the foreknowledge of the dying, and I'm sure that eased the feels a bit, but still stung. I did not have any spoilers about the very ending though, so when the robin thing came around I was pissed. I was sad. The mother is so great, why couldn't we, why didn't we spend more time with her? she seemed awesome? and I kept thinking about it. It, like all my favorite shows and movies and books, sticks with me. And of course it's always the melanchcoly, the drama, the love and tears and loss and sacrifice. but I kept thinking about it. I kept pondering. Started thinking of the position stated between compatibility and chemistry. how Tracy was all about the compatibility, all about checking the boxes, while Robin, Robin was the chemistry. Although Ted might have had it with Tracy as well. Or maybe it's a statement about chemistry in spite of incompatibility. And then it got me thinking on soulmates, and if we only have 1. But then I read over some old journal entries and came across a reference to Sleepless in Seattle, and a line in that movie about people who loved before are more likely to love again. And how that applies to Tracy after Max died. How it can apply to Ted after Tracy dies. But seriously full circle. But watching season 1 again, and Ted's 2 month relationship with Victoria, and they had chemistry there too. Across a crowded room. They shouldn't have done long distance, it could have been interesting if she came back in 2 years, and they got back together, without the baggage of Robin. But Ted had Robin, Victoria, and Tracy. And I'm not sure who else, I haven't made it past the 1st season again. But seeing that, it's starting to get murky. Oh, and Robin and Barney, compatibility again. But see how that turned out? And in the end, Ted was 52. Robin, probably similar aged, right? 27, and 25 years later. And after all that time, still? And didn't Tracy not want him to live in his stories? Isn't that what he did? Isn't that what he's doing, chasing old stories? I don't know, I'm still watching, still processing. But Friends didn't do this to me. Has any other TV show done this? TV Show?