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Everyone argues about whether Ted should have ended up with Robin. But we've been arguing about the wrong woman. Ted's biggest mistake was never Robin — Robin was just the ghost he couldn't put down. The real mistake was Victoria: the warm, honest pastry chef who gave him something real, told him the truth about himself, and then did the one thing Ted never could — she chose her own life.

In this video we decode why Victoria wasn't 'the one that got away' — she was the one who got free. The healthiest person in the entire show, hiding in plain sight as a season-one girlfriend.

Decoding HIMYM, One Character at a Time.