How I Met Your Mother wrapped back in 2014, but if you are randomly binge-watching this for the first time with your Hulu subscription , this article gets into a pretty major spoiler. Don’t say I didn’t warn ya. How I Met Your Mother is one of the most memorable comedies of the last 20 years.
Chalk it up to fun sets and a Friends -adjacent premise. Or to episodes like “Slapsgiving” and memorable characters like Barney. Or maybe chalk it up to the divisive ending of HIMYM , an ending that left some in tears, others annoyed, and more feeling like the show’s setup with Ted and Robin justified what ultimately happened in its final episodes.
Whatever you think about the way the show went out, this year is a huge –and tragic – milestone for the series, and the Internet is here to make sure you don’t forget it. In fact, 2024 is the year the titular mother on the show dies. There’s no polite way to write that, so I think we just need to rip the Band-aid off.
Tracy, who was introduced to HIMYM fans after we followed her yellow umbrella around for a while, was found to be dead when the series finale aired in 2014 . In fact, she’d been gone for six years at the time of the show’s final episode. Given the comedy is set up in the future when Tracy and Ted’s kids are much older, her death occurred in 2024.
This was pointed out on Twitter (X) at the tail end of last year, but it really hit home with fans in 2024 as this is actually the year of The Mother’s passing..
