Well, that’s one way to quit a job: When “Good Wife” star Josh Charles decided to leave the show in Season 5, he exited in a blaze of tragic gunfire that was technically one of the least violent primetime deaths in recent years, but also one that left us genuinely shaken to the core, in part because Charles and the producers had kept it so very much under wraps. “How I Met Your Mother” began telegraphing the fate of the titular mother as early as Season 8, but even after the series finale confirmed that a woman named Tracy (Cristin Milioti) was the mother of Ted’s (Josh Radnor) children and theoretical love of his life, it was clear something more was in the works. From the kids’ respective shock and breakdown on the doomed Connor Wedding Boat to the team in the air attempting to revive an unconscious Logan (David Rasche one-liners for the win), it was a shining example of the kind of artistic genius that can happen when every single person both in front of and behind the camera brings their A-game.
Author: Ben Travers
Published at: 2025-04-28 23:00:00
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