What Happened To Robin After How I Met Your Mother Ended

How did Robin Scherbatsky fare after How I Met Your Mother? Cobie Smulders portrayed her for nine seasons until 2014. It reveals in the series finale that Robin had died.

Before moving to New York, Robin Sparkles was a Canadian teen pop star pursuing a journalism career. Robin joined the core group in How I Met Your Mother. Despite her emotions, she had a tough exterior. Robin was a tomboy who liked sports, guns, scotch, and cigars. Her father’s estrangement from her influenced her views on commitment, especially in her romantic relationships.

Robin and Barney got engaged in HIMYM season 8. The ninth and final season was set during their wedding weekend. Robin had second thoughts about leaving Barney at the alter, but the “Mother” persuaded her otherwise. Robin married Tracy (Cristin Milioti), who later met Ted (Josh Radnor).

In the series finale, “Last Forever,” the couple divorced rather than lived happily ever after.

 

After Robin and Barney’s wedding, the group split. They divorced in 2016 after a fight in Argentina. Later, at a Halloween party, Lily and Marshall (Alyson Hannigan and Jason Segel) see Robin’s ex-husband reverting to his old ways. Robin made amends after Barney had a daughter, but they never reconnected.

Robin focused on her career after the wedding, which reportedly drove her and Barney apart. She became a successful TV journalist but stopped attending her friends’ significant events. Robin was absent because she couldn’t face Ted, the man she had doubts about. She was happy Ted had finally met “the one,” but she would always wonder what could have been.

A deleted scene from HIMYM’s finale explained Robin’s longing for Ted. But the scene hinted at the characters’ fate. Robin and Ted met in the city and agreed to have lunch. Robin admitted she regretted not choosing Ted, but he was already married to Tracy.

Ted pursued her using the blue French horn from the How I Met Your Mother pilot. Robin, who lived with her five dogs, accepted Ted’s arrival, even though it took him longer than she had wished. Tracy died in 2024, and Ted’s kids realized their father had feelings for Robin after retold the story in 2030.