Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea First of all, spoilers. MASSIVE SPOILERS! How I Met Your Mother is a popular sitcom that has been running 9 years, teasing its audience the whole long way with the riddle of the identity of THE MOTHER. But with its recent finale and the mystery resolved, the reaction was mixed. Did Ted end up with who he was meant to all along? Or did the creators pull a fast one, and produce an ending that was unearned? With TV audiences notoriously fickle, TV producers must consider a responsibility to the fans, and balance that with making the show they want. So was the ending of HIMYM a success or failure? Watch the episode and find out! Vote for us in the Webby Awards! http://pv.webbyawards.com/2014/online-film-video/video-channels-and-networks/first-person http://pv.webbyawards.com/2014/online-film-video/performance-craft/best-web-personalityhost Assets: 0:29 http://www.docstoc.com/docs/151211137/The-Garden-of-Forking-Paths-by-Jorge-Luis-Borges 1:04 How I Met Your Mother: The Series Finale Sucks! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pFojTnfWE0 2:18 https://twitter.com/eburjoski/status/450840996772052993 2:19 https://twitter.com/karyissel2442/status/450831918859182080 3:22 http://www.patheos.com/blogs/frankschaeffer/2013/10/tony-perkinscruzshutdownvalues-voter-summit-is-the-new-piss-christ/ 3:23 http://www.hommemagazine.gr/article.asp?catid=30715&subid=2&pubid=63945375 4:20 http://markgelbart.wordpress.com/2013/06/ 4:36 How Is Technology Changing TV Narrative? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQIlaVff4EY How I Met Your Mother: Defending the Series Finale http://www.denofgeek.us/tv/how-i-met-your-mother/234460/how-i-met-your-mother-defending-the-series-finale Alternate 'How I Met Your Mother' ending may give fans closure http://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2014/04/06/Alternate-How-I-Met-Your-Mother-ending-may-give-fans-closure/5631396798974/ Film Crit Hulk Smash: HOW HULK MET YOUR MOTHER AND THE NATURE OF FINALES http://badassdigest.com/2014/04/02/film-crit-hulk-smash-how-hulk-met-your-mother-and-the-nature-of-finales THE HIMYM FINALE: OR, "HOW AN AUDIENCE GETS A FIST TO THE CROTCH" http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2014/04/01/the-himym-finale-or-how-an-audience-gets-a-fist-to-the-crotch/?fb_action_ids=10201481682475596&fb_action_types=og.likes ---------------------------------------­­­­­---------------------------- COMMENTS https://docs.google.com/document/d/18xoIOJ_IP-F_w4-ziCNtkIinCqO0WsZDsSOEoyWSLbo/edit?usp=sharing TWEET OF THE WEEK: https://twitter.com/mariesoullier/status/456228900465414145 ---------------------------------------­­ MUSIC: "Europe" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) "Level 5" by Room for the Homeless (http://bit.ly/10N0Ykm) "Bouncy Castle" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) ":P" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) "Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) "Number Cruncher" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) "Little Birthday Acid" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) "Topskore" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) "Anti Vanishing Spray" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) "Tarty Prash" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) "Carry on Carillon" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) "Uptown Tennis Club" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) "Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net/) "Dream Of Autumn" by Night Shift Master https://soundcloud.com/dj-darkmatter-frequency/08-dream-of-autumn-night-shift-master "Insert Toy For Coin" by Eatme (http://eatme.pro/music/) "Dizor" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider "Lets go back to the rock" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider "Something like this" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/4402/outsider Come hang out in the Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/138EHBh Check out the Idea Channel SubReddit! http://bit.ly/GNklUq And the Idea Channel Facebook page! http://on.fb.me/1eVl4vP TRANSLATE THINGS @ http://ideachannel.subtitl.us/ Let us know what sorts of crazy ideas you have, about this episode and otherwise: Tweet at us! @pbsideachannel (yes, the longest twitter username ever) Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com Idea Channel Facebook! http://Facebook.com/pbsideachannel Hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com/) _______________________________ Want some more Idea Channel? How Much Can Data Improve Your Health? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shbvhUMTPY4 How is Ms. Marvel Changing Media for the Better? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VALaI9HpmUw How Is Technology Changing TV Narratives? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQIlaVff4EY