I think it was more of an artistic choice that it would’ve been weird for the entire Series Finale to culminate in Ted leaving to go back to America only to show him right back in England 20 seconds later in another scene.
Like, yes, we know time will have passed, he can always come back when he feels like it, but I do feel like if they showed him right back in the UK it would’ve undercut some of the gravitas of him leaving.
Although I know in real life, Ted could be in nearly constant contact with his London friends, there is something to be said for him being truly present with the people he chooses to be with (Henry certainly, and perhaps Michelle). That means he’s going to be in Kansas and make his life there. He can’t truly live his life with one foot in both worlds.
I think it was more of an artistic choice that it would’ve been weird for the entire Series Finale to culminate in Ted leaving to go back to America only to show him right back in England 20 seconds later in another scene.
Like, yes, we know time will have passed, he can always come back when he feels like it, but I do feel like if they showed him right back in the UK it would’ve undercut some of the gravitas of him leaving.
Although I know in real life, Ted could be in nearly constant contact with his London friends, there is something to be said for him being truly present with the people he chooses to be with (Henry certainly, and perhaps Michelle). That means he’s going to be in Kansas and make his life there. He can’t truly live his life with one foot in both worlds.
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