That was very nice. I also liked the bit where Ted was talking to the Mother on the phone and Lily watches for a little bit and says "Not like this"

And her constant interruptions of his re-proposal. She was a delight, through and through.

I didn't hate the HIMYM finale. Sure, the ending felt a little tacked-on and unnecessary - it reminded me of the epilogue of Harry Potter that way - but it didn't upset me the way it appears to have upset many. I found it totally believable and not really a betrayal.

Of course, if they had left off the part I consider the epilogue, then there would be a fair bit of plot from the rest of the finale they could have left off as well, which would have provided more quality Ted-and-the-mother time for us to enjoy. But on the whole, I actually thought all of the character development and plot of the finale were pretty well-done and believable. Except for most of the Barney stuff; he went too far backwards then too far forwards, both too quickly, for that to work completely.

I kind of wish they had put more the flash-forward stuff earlier in this season, rather than trying to cram it all in the end. Their desire to stick with the surprise ending messed up the pacing there. But honestly, plot-wise, I'm okay with all of it.

And by God, the actual meeting was glorious.

I suppose they also could have had another alternative:

Ted & Robin end up together AND they have changed dramatically over the years. A former colleague's first wife died early in their marriage after they had 2 kids. A few years later, he met his wife and they were married for 20+ years.

At his 30th (40th?) high school reunion, he re-connected with his high school girlfriend, left his wife and married the reunion woman.

Think about the life course of this and how people have changed over decades. I can buy something like that occurring. But it seems the show couldn't pull that off either.

Am I the only one who didn't know about the format for tonight's Community?

In any case, I LOVE THIS SHOW.

No, it took me completely off-guard too. And once again they use animation to make a serious point while having fun at the same time. The character names alone were worth the episode.

In closing, what Teppy said.

I've been rewatching the earlier seasons of Community, because Community; and I never noticed before how they snuck the live actors into Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas. Well played, Dan Harmon.

I fucking loved tonight's episode. I was (am) a huge fan of old school GI Joe, so to see the old characters was hilarious. Zartan's side mutter, "called it" was HILARIOUS.

how they snuck the live actors into Abed's Uncontrollable Christmas.

The what now?

I was seriously confused for the first maybe minute. Like maybe I was on the wrong channel?

That was glorious. Although 40 is a little lower than I was thinking...

I was seriously confused for the first maybe minute. Like maybe I was on the wrong channel?

I knew they were doing a G.I. Joe episode but even I was like what the fuck even is this fucking episode until they finally threw me a sorta bone as to some sort of in-show explanation as to what was going on.

I think my favorite part was the commercials. "Innocence not included. Comes with Reversible Ethics."