Warning: This article contains spoilers for the How I Met Your Mother series finale.
A nine year story came to an end Monday night during the How I Met Your Mother series finale. There were laughs. There were tears. But most of all, there were a lot of angry fans.
The two-part episode, "Last Forever", confirmed HIMYM fans' worst fears: that The Mother would be dead by the end of the series. The unexpected, and yet completely expected, twist at the end is that the mother was merely a pawn in the grand scheme of bringing Ted back together with the real love of his life -- Robin.
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The conclusion was polarizing among loyal fans, to say the least. Whether it was tears of joy or tears of anger -- there wasn't a dry eye in the house.