Cristin Milioti Says 'How I Met Your Mother' Series Finale Was 'Brave'

The How I Met Your Mother series finale was controversial among the show's devoted fans and remains so to this day. Some praised the show for its boldness in the final episode, while others hated what they felt was an unnecessary twist.

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The Mother aka Tracy McConnell (Cristin Milioti) passed away in the final episode and Ted (Josh Radnor) seemingly wound up with Robin (Cobie Smulders) at the end.

TVLine spoke to Milioti about her new show A to Z and asked her for her thoughts on the HIMYM finale now that several months have passed.

"[Creators Craig Thomas and Carter Bays] told me at the Christmas party. Craig sat me down and told me [about the twist]. He can tell you: I burst into tears and I was like, 'That's so sad. Why would that happen? He finally found someone. Why would you do that?' through tears. But then what was really great about it is that Craig and Carter made that decision 10 years ago, and that it is so wonderful that that was their vision and they did it and it was true to life. Life throws you enormous curveballs that you are entirely unprepared for, and that's what that episode was taking the audience through - the emotions of really appreciating every day you have with someone because life happens and it's so beautiful, but also so hard. That was really brave of them to do that, to stick to their guns about it."

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