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In S2 Ep11 How Lily Stole Christmas, when Marshall is telling Lily about how Ted remembered the Easy Bake Oven as the perfect gift.

Lily says “I can’t believe Ted remembers after all these years”

Marshall then says “yeah and after all that weed”

But then the show refers to weed as eating sandwiches moving forward?

Was there push back from the networks or fans or something about this? The sandwich gag is great but they said weed at least once, so why change it?

Let’s start with this: I used to hate the ending of this show.

However, as I have rewatched the show over the years, season 9 and the ending has grown on me. There are so many great moments in the final season and the ending twist despite all the character development Barney gets is not that bad. If you watch the show start to finish you realize how it’s going to end. I’m not saying the ending is perfect but it has grown on me and now season 9 is one of my favorites.

Would love to hear your opinions.

I’m going to a HIMYM trivia tomorrow night. I feel pretty good about it.
What questions tripped you up?

Warning: spoilers

My wife says I'll get downvoted to hell for this, and she's probably right, but here is my reasoning. It is fairly simple:

• The kids are right when they say the show was barely about their mom. The overarching theme is Ted's love for Robin, not their mother. It would have been weird for the show to end with the Ted and Robin part forever over yet unresolved.
• A "happily ever after" ending would have felt too trite for a show that went deep into the ups and downs and complexities of life. I like that it ended on the note that life can really suck, yet it can also be beautiful and hopeful all at the same.

That's really it, I guess. I can see why people may have felt differently watching it in real time, though. I watched it over a period of months rather than years, so I didn't have as much time invested in waiting for the big reveal at the end. I can see why it would feel like a letdown for all that to happen in the course of a single episode after waiting for so long.