Unlike a lot of other How I Met Your Mother fans, I am actually OK with how the series finale turned out.
However, I am not OK with the fact that there are still lingering questions about the mother.
We may finally know her name (Tracy McConnell) and when she was born (September 19, 1984), but we still don't know where she was born, where she grew up, who her parents were, or even if she had any brothers or sisters. We also don't know why ending world poverty was such an important issue to her. Did she grow up in poverty and not want anyone else to experience what she went through? Or is it because she just doesn't like to see anyone suffer? Also, we never found out where Tracy's little yellow bus came from, or why it was so important to Ted that he kept it in his office. Did Tracy make it or did Make give it to her? How did she and Max meet, and how did he die? And where did she get her yellow umbrella? The list goes on.
The creators were dishonest when they said every question would be answered after the finale. We know what happens to all the characters, including the mother, yet they failed to give her as much a backstory as the five other major characters. This is totally unacceptable since her name is in the very title. The show is not called How I Met Robin or How I Met Barney or How I Met Marshall and Lily yet we know more about them than we do about Tracy.
Just because the show has ended doesn't mean we can't get more answers. Back in 2007 right after the release of the last Harry Potter book J.K. Rowling revealed to HP fans during a Q and A session that Dumbledore was in fact gay. Carter Bays and Craig Thomas should do a similar Q and A session for fans of the show or at least reveal information on the HIMYM wiki site. But perhaps the best way the creators can satisfy us fans would be to do a prequel-spinoff series with Tracy as the main character called How I Met Max. It would take place before she dies and be about her telling Luke and Penny the story of how she met the last love of her life before meeting their father.
Last Forever was supposed to reveal every unanswered question fans have about the show. Bays and Thomas failed to live up to that promise, and until they answer a few more questions about Tracy, I and other fans are going to be left unsatisfied.
However, I am not OK with the fact that there are still lingering questions about the mother.
We may finally know her name (Tracy McConnell) and when she was born (September 19, 1984), but we still don't know where she was born, where she grew up, who her parents were, or even if she had any brothers or sisters. We also don't know why ending world poverty was such an important issue to her. Did she grow up in poverty and not want anyone else to experience what she went through? Or is it because she just doesn't like to see anyone suffer? Also, we never found out where Tracy's little yellow bus came from, or why it was so important to Ted that he kept it in his office. Did Tracy make it or did Make give it to her? How did she and Max meet, and how did he die? And where did she get her yellow umbrella? The list goes on.
The creators were dishonest when they said every question would be answered after the finale. We know what happens to all the characters, including the mother, yet they failed to give her as much a backstory as the five other major characters. This is totally unacceptable since her name is in the very title. The show is not called How I Met Robin or How I Met Barney or How I Met Marshall and Lily yet we know more about them than we do about Tracy.
Just because the show has ended doesn't mean we can't get more answers. Back in 2007 right after the release of the last Harry Potter book J.K. Rowling revealed to HP fans during a Q and A session that Dumbledore was in fact gay. Carter Bays and Craig Thomas should do a similar Q and A session for fans of the show or at least reveal information on the HIMYM wiki site. But perhaps the best way the creators can satisfy us fans would be to do a prequel-spinoff series with Tracy as the main character called How I Met Max. It would take place before she dies and be about her telling Luke and Penny the story of how she met the last love of her life before meeting their father.
Last Forever was supposed to reveal every unanswered question fans have about the show. Bays and Thomas failed to live up to that promise, and until they answer a few more questions about Tracy, I and other fans are going to be left unsatisfied.
Brilliant post. I agree with you and the How I Met Your Dad coming up should be with Tracy as the lead character.
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