[albionmoonlight]

Spoiler

I had figured that either Barney or the Mother dies, and I was pretty sure that it was Barney. Tonight's episode of course makes it look like the Mom (or Ted as some note above).

Or, this could be a big swerve of some sort. Just enough hints that the Mother dies that people are convinced that it happens and then suddenly it does not.

Several cast members described the finale as "bittersweet" or some such. Enough so that I figure at this point that either Ted or the Mother or Barney will die.

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