Frankie Victoria

Thanks! It’s definitely an interesting point about what the “main point of the series is” since the series does start with Ted meeting Robin.

I don’t know if the writers were stuck… but I definitely think that I would have been interested if Ted met the mother in the last season and the series kept going. Just because I’m already invested in the characters.

Thanks! I am definitely one of the people who is still watching because I love the characters… I’m so sad there’s only 6 episodes left! (according to CBS)

It’s a good point. I definitely love these characters too 🙂

I did like the episode on the mother, but I also loved the recent episode about Ted finally letting go of Robin. It was kind of disappointing to see the subject come up again, but I think it was an important episode.

Yes! Also, I think that people wanted to know who the mother was 🙂

Thanks for the comment! In response to your comment about the racism issue, the very problem lies in the depiction of stereotypes. This show is a story about the many facets of Caucasian, NY life – the characters are good, bad, charming, mean and we love them because of it.

Asian-Americans don’t get a lot of exposure on American TV, and in this rare time that Asian-American culture is depicted on TV, it is depicted in yellowface and it perpetuates the stereotype that all Asian people are wise old people that drink tea and eat noodles all day on a mountain.

The episode is clearly an homage to old kung fu movies which is fine. It’s fine to appreciate certain parts of a culture and pay homage them. But the way they executed the episode was the worst. The fact that white people would rather have other white people don culture as a costume rather than portray authentic Asian people on national TV is just a slap in the face to all Asian-Americans.

As for the Oscar nomination to “Lone Ranger,” I had no idea about that at all. Is it just for Johnny Depp’s make up??? That is just messed up if it is… it might be authentic tho… although it’s more of a casting problem to me.
Now I’m just rambling…

Thanks for writing this! You did a good job of tying everything together. I discovered the show over the summer and am glad to see recent writing on it 🙂 The Body is probably one of the best things I’ve ever seen on television and you picked out some of the great moments in that episode.

Thanks for reading! I have to agree with you – the show has lost a lot of its old charm for me since the 8th season (at least!) AND the Ted-Stuck-On-Robin thing was very weird for me too! Although, I have to say there are some episodes in Season 7 thought I thought were really great. For example, Episode 12, “Symphony of Illumination” where Robin finds out that she can’t have a kid. It really moving for me, anyways… although it does lead to the whole Ted being in love with Robin thing again.