Em Burnham

But maybe that's the one that's not as much of a mystery, but all the others are like when the whole show is hinged on a reveal.

and the reveal doesn't land, it does tarnish the rest of the show.

Because How I Met Your Mother is like a perfect show until the last season, really.

Because the last season is all the lead up to Robert and Barney's wedding.

So already it's a bit off kilter compared to past seasons.

And the build up to their wedding is so intense.

Only for us to find out they got divorced soon after, which we kind of all knew.

And then they make such a big deal about introducing Kristen Miloti's character as the mother.

And having her fall in love with Ted and him fall in love with her and be the mother of his children.

And it works on the show so well because she is such an interesting, like lovable actress.

And she was such a good pick for that role because you do kind of fall in love with her as the audience instantly.

Which is hard because we've known Robin for so long, which is the other kind of contender for the mother, even though we know she's not the mother.

Yeah, exactly.

So you know that's not going to happen.

So you're like, oh, he doesn't end up with her.

And you find that out in the first episode.

So already Robin's off the table, but she's also kind of shaped to be the love of Ted's life.

So the plot device is so good.

Yeah.

But then we find out that the mother's dead.