So How About How I Met Your Mother Season Finale?

I just watched the How I Met Your Mother season finale, and I could say that I am very content in how the season ended. The season began rather poorly, but after the hiatus, they just hit the episodes out of the park. This has been some of their best episodes yet, and they will continue improving from what it seems. Just to recap, Lily is pregnant, Ted is single, and Barney is getting married. More on that in a sec.

So Marshall was right about his year. He had a horrible year, that started with losing his father and it seemed like it would end with him without a job. But Lily, despite her supposed food poisoning, was hiding a secret. She was pregnant. How about a way to end a season? The entire season was supposed to be based on the fact that Lily and Marshall were having a baby, and though it was cliched (and expected, just ask the people watching with me) to have this breakthrough at the end of the season, it seems like the perfect thing for HIMYM to do. This show thrives because it shows growth. It tells a heartfelt story within a story. This pregnancy will do wonders for HIMYM. Which reminds me, what should they name their baby?

Ted is single, which is huge. That means that the next girlfriend that Ted has will likely be the mother. I am anticipating how they reveal the mother. They did almost reveal the mother as a random woman in a coffee shop, but just another psych-out moment for HIMYM. But I guarantee you that Ted's next major relationship will be his last. I hope that they reveal the end of the series. It does not seem right to reveal the mother mid-story and then continue to tell the story about how they got married and so on and so forth. But, just watch out for Ted's next date. If he tells a corny shellfish joke, we have our mother.

Barney is getting married, which is a major step for our favorite Lothario. In my opinion, this character change in Barney culminated from meeting his father, who told him that the best step to having a better life is finding the right person. Now, the question is who is this person? Barney and Robin definitely grew closer to each other at the end of this episode. Robin, especially, seemed to have rekindled a lost flame that she had for Barney. But Barney, though probably still filled with feelings for Robin, also wanted to rekindle an old flame by the name of Nora. Nora has returned and she has challenged Barney. Now I get to play a prediction game. Will Barney's wife be Robin or Nora? From this episode, it could go either way. You have Nora agreeing to meet Barney for coffee, but we never know if Nora goes through with it. You also have Robin's longing look towards Barney after he asks Nora on a date. Both have shown signs of interest in Barney, but only one of their dreams will come true. Even in the wedding, they made sure not to reveal any details. Barney is the groom, but we never meet the bride. We got to see Marshall, Ted, and Lily, but where is Robin? Robin would certainly be at Barney's wedding, so why is she not out there with Ted? So there is valid reason that she is the bride. But we know that Barney is pursuing a relationship with Nora. And Robin does not seem to be pursuing Barney. So we are led to believe that Nora is the bride. But HIMYM people are tricky and they will not shy for the surprise ending, so it could also very well be that Robin is the bride, through similar logic. Just judging throughout the series, it is interesting that Ted refers to his friends as Uncle Barney and Aunt Robin as well as Uncle Marshall and Aunt Lily. It implies that there could be a marital relationship between Barney and Robin simply because of the names given to the already married couple of Marshall and Lily. But what about Robin's crush? I think that show has caught itself in a bind if they want to prolong the will-they-won't-they of Barney and Robin by introducing this crush and stating that he will come back again in the future. Does that mean Barney and Robin won't get married? No. But it definitely will mess up with the storyline going forward. So I guess (and hope) that Barney marries Nora. I think that Robin likes Barney, but nowhere near the extent that Barney loves Nora. When they broke up, they made one very important observation. They could not maintain the relationship because they were better as friends than they were as boyfriend and girlfriend. You heard it here. Barney will marry Nora. And now I can't wait for the next season of HIMYM.

How I Met Your Mother: What Will Become of Barney and Nora?

Typically, when television shows use romance to enhance the plot, I see it as trite and annoying. But this is not the case with Barney and his new found love Nora (played by the lovely Nazanin Boniadi). In today's episode, Barney has to wear a heart monitor, which will essentially track his heart during his date with Nora. Barney believes that he lied to her about wanting a family, but Lily points out that Barney lied about lying. His heart literally skipped a beat, which, though a very lame joke, made for a very heartwarming moment for Barney. He approached Nora at brunch with her parents and accepted the fact that he wanted everything that she did. Or did he? In a stunning turn, Barney envisions what it could have been, playing out the entire scenario outside of the restaurant. Barney found the person he knew he loved and walked away from her. This is typically when I would be angry at my television. Why is such a great show using such a cliched plot method to forward their episodes? I had a right to be angry because they did the same exact thing with Robin in a will-they-won't-they scenario. But there is something about Barney that makes me root for him whenever he has the chance to actually be in a relationship. I don't know if it is how well Neil Patrick Harris plays Barney Stinson, but I always want him to find true love and I thought that he found it with Nora. But this is a great storyline for Barney and that is why I found this specific plot twist so intriguing. How I Met Your Mother has been extremely good as of late, despite a weak first half of their season. They have been developing their characters very well, especially Marshall (played by Jason Segel) and Barney. Barney will be now dealing with two new people in his life. One will be his father (Jerry Whitaker played by the hilarious John Lithgow) and the other will be Nora. I don't think that this is the last we've seen of Nora. I mean, she works with Robin, so I'm sure we'll meet Nora once again. I think Nora and Barney will end up together because there was so much fanfare leading up to Nora's appearance that I can't believe that she will be a one-off character. Do I think that Nora and Barney will live their happily ever after? I doubt it, but I do think that they will give it a shot. Who knows? Maybe it is their wedding where Ted will meet his future wife and the eponymous mother? But for now, we can at least be thankful that Barney has found someone who he will love, but such a victory is bittersweet for he can not call her his own.