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Tommy Stinson & Friends For Done To Death Lyrics

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All This Way For Nothing Look at your life in the morning sun As you start…
Bite Your Tongue You've got the answer for everything that's wrong with every…
Come to Hide Used to watch you walk into this place You live the…
Couldn't Wait How many ways Do we have to say goodbye How many days Are…
Destroy Me Don't dim the lights, baby I couldn't bear not to see You'…
Hey You A thousand fires burn out of control And no one's ever…
It's A Drag Losing Philly in the rear view mirror across the C…
Light Of Day We'll always make it through the day There's always gonna be…
Match Made In Hell You say I'm a bore And I say I'm just not…

Meant To Be Stupid us getting bolder for nothing We're still breaking k…
Motivation Yeah you ought to see yourself Through the eyes of anyone Wh…
Not A Moment Too Soon So tell me what is wrong Your pretty white knuckle's about…
OK Fade into the soulless night I shut the door on all…
One Man Mutiny I can hear all the things you're saying I just don't…
Seize The Moment Looks like a star that's traded all The lusters for scars …
Someday You've got a close eye on the world outside From the…
Something's Wrong Came here feelin' blue In an old hat and painted shoes Thoug…
Village Gorilla Head I can see you're bleeding from your laugh You tried to…
Without A View Lookin' for a little peace Maybe some days You don't need to…

Zero To Stupid Used to stay home on Fridays just to talk Just one…

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06You Can't Always Get What You Want (Rolling Stones Cover)

07You Can't Always Get What You Want (OST Californication season 1)

08You Can’t Always Get What You Want

09Tommy Stinson & Friends for Done To Death - You Can't Always Get What You Want - Tommy Stinson & Friends for Done To Death - You Can't Always Get What You Want

10You Can't Always Get What You Want (Unreleased Track)

11You Can't Always Get What You Want - Tommy Stinson & Friends for Done To Death - Californication: Season 1

12You Can't Always Get What You Want (The Rolling Stones Cover)

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14You Can't Always Get What You Want [Californication OST]

15You Cant AlwaysGet What You Want

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@fiprosha

1y↑3.4K

I think How I Met Your Mother has to be the best example of "planning an ending in advance" and "simultaneously drawing the show out for several more seasons because it's popular" and it not working out in combination.

The original ending would have fitted really well if it happened after the first few seasons. The mother dying made sense and Ted and Robin not working out because they wanted different things in life and then getting back together after all was kinda obvious too.

But then the series went on and on and the characters just kept changing so much. They kept developing, just to then be forced into an ending that was created like a decade earlier and that completely disregarded all that character development they went through.

Robin and Barney were so perfect for each other. And Ted having that awkward "letting go of Robin" epiphany just to then go back to Robin after all was just stupid.

Sometimes you just gotta admit to yourself that the stuff you've been planning for 10 years doesn't fit anymore and let go.

@Gangari_the_Wanderer

100%. My thoughts exactly. Their ending was completely wrong---just bad story telling.

You COULD argue that it was more realistic. Ted was a total "you're the one" slut, so him moving past his "you're the one" Tracy and right onto "you're the one" Robin is in character, but that was TERRIBLE story telling to build up to Tracy, make Tracy super likeable and important in all the main characters' lives, and then just kill her off.

As for Barney and Robin, if it was real life, Robin would leave HIM because she has commitment issues that are more serious than his--Barney would never leave her--and because she's more selfish than he is by far, and Barney would probably kill himself because he genuinely was in love with her. (also, in real life, Ted's kids would definitely NOT be totally ok and not at all creeped out by their dad leaving their mother cold in her grave to run after Aunt Robin)

But who the HECK watches a SITCOM for depressing realism!?? We watch sitcoms to ESCAPE depressing reality!

I heard people arguing that they needed some explanation for why Ted was making his kids listen to the story in the first place, but I think that's stupid too: I don't think they needed any explanation at all for why Ted is telling his kids the story. They had that episode where he finds out his parents secretly divorced to let us know how Ted wants to do things differently: he wants his kids to know ALL the experiences that led to his meeting their mother. Also, Ted the narrator who is ALREADY talking to his kids mentions things like wanting them to understand the experiences that helped him change into the kind of person their mother would actually like back. We ALSO know that Ted loves telling stories in long boring detail.

That's plenty right there to justify the story-telling.

Killing off Tracy was a totally random Deus ex machina just to cancel out everything they'd spent years building and have Ted end up with Robin. I'm mad about that, but I'm even more mad about Barney and Robin. They literally spent an ENTIRE season on their wedding alone and NINE SEASONS building up their relationship and the chemistry between them. Ted and Robin had none----their relationship consisted of "I just really really want a girlfriend" on Ted's part and "you're a convenient and likeable temporary companion" on Robin's part; I never believed either one of them was genuinely in love. On the other hand, Barney literally only ever loved Robin (apart from Shannon, that is; I don't believe he ever really loved Quinn or Nora--they were just back-ups the way Robin was Ted's back-up). We knew he was interested in season 1 and they were already hinting that he was falling in love with her in season 2, and that never changed for the rest of the series, except for briefly with Nora and Quinn who were OBVIOUS back-ups because he thought he couldnt' get the woman he really loved. The only other people we see that kind of long-standing love from are Lily and Marshall. Contrast with Ted, who moved on from Robin right away and only went back to her when he was feeling depressed and like he wasn't ever going to get married (i.e., he wanted his "back-up" bride). Barney freaking EARNED that win.

This clip is the real ending. And if this doesn't count, then it ends with Robin and Barney's wedding. The last two episodes are bullsh*t.

@soo7072

3y↑91

Thoughts and a slightly alt ending:
Tbh Tracy dying actually made sense, but i actually think that Ted's intention to tell the story sucked, when Penny said that he told them to tell the story just because he still has "the hots for aunt robin"

i think it would've made more sense that Ted did mention that Tracy died, they show a flashback of the scene where Ted was reading Tracy a book, Ted reminding the kids of his last moment of their mother while walking to a somewhat grassy field, then it reveals that

Ted actually told them the story since (lets just say) that its been a decade or the 10th year anniversary of Tracy's death, and as Ted was about to put Tracy's yellow umbrella on her grave, he tells the scene of both of their first interactions- waiting for the train. Then the outro fades in

Robin and Barney- I also think that them getting a divorce made sense, it was clear that they loved each other but with every other failed relationship Robin had, they broke up because of her career.

I would've used the appearance of Barney's brother (BB since i dont know his name) at the wedding to reach out to Barney and robin that BB trusted Barney to co-parent his kids since he was having . hard time with single parenting (from his partner dyig) and say that he and his partner had a baby, but since Barney knew and loved Robin, he respected her not wanting kids and hold BB off but saying he would help if he can.

Now that obviously him and robin had divorced, a few weeks after feeling depressed (but NOT turning to banging random chicks), BB goes over t. comfort Barney only t. be surprised that Barney's apartment is all changed and homey with little aspects of his personality(ofc). Barney also prepared A room for the baby and the kids, and he was willing to fhange and be the cool "youre living with me uncle" (expecting for that to be used as a running but also comforting joke) and changed his weird bang1ng habits.

While Robin is completely happy with her new career, travelling around the world and possibly also started a dog rescue or hotel center

But idk tho

@jonaskeller4687

3y↑11

Which show am I talking about?

A group of friends with three male characters; one of them expresses in the first episode that he just wants to be married. A female character joins the group in the same episode and said male character reaches out to her semi-successfully. He keeps chasing her until he gives up, which is when the female character falls for him. They kiss, but she finds out something related to the break-up with his last relationship which stops them from becoming a couple. After a few episodes they manage to get together anyway and they stay a couple for about a season. Then they split up for a long time (except for some short-lived relapses).

Meanwhile, the womanizer of the group falls in love with the female character. At first nothing comes of it, but then - with the approval of the first male character - they get together. However, eventually they break up again and at the very end it seems that the male character has finally and for good won the heart of the woman he fell for in the first episode.

If you can't tell whether I am talking about Friends or HIMYM, then you are right - the main romantic arc of the two shows has the absolute same structure. Which is why I hate the official ending!

HIMYM sold itself as the show that began like Friends but wouldn't end like it - it promised that Ted and Robin would be no Ross and Rachel, that he needed to get over her instead of winning her over. This is what made it interesting and alluring. And then they decided to end it like Friends anyway - raising the question: Why does this lazy rip-off of a show even need to exist? Tracy, a great character, turned out to be nothing but a gimmick to be deposed as soon as she had fulfilled her role of dragging us along with the promise of a more interesting story.

I still love HIMYM, but I only watch it with the alternate ending. It's not overly inspired, but it works and doesn't make the preceding seasons feel like a big waste of time. The official finale is a bigger slap in the face for the viewers than all of Marshall's slaps combined.

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@prattlestar

6y↑4.9K

While this ending will likely satisfy HIMYM fans that complained about the original ending, it also opens the door for criticism from people wondering how this alternate end was left on the cutting room floor. "16 days ago today we were in the HIMYM edit room, trying to decide between two very different endings," Bays explained of his decision back in April. "We only shot one script, but through edit room magic we had two possible outcomes for the series. We chose the ending we chose and we stand by it. But we loved the other version too."

@SJ-lj5xv

3y↑432

If u would have made barney and Robin together here it would been better

@prattlestar

3y↑265

You're right, everyone would've loved to see them together.
But sadly that is not what the creators had in mind while making this alternate ending.

@_.MAN._OF_.STEEL._

3y↑102

@@SJ-lj5xv who gives a shit about Barney and Robin. I just care about the titular character and their fate and for me Ted and Tracy

@vedantjoshi8438

3y↑63

@@SJ-lj5xv that's probably the only thing that I liked about the original ending, barney and robin break up

@vedantjoshi8438

3y↑173

@@_.MAN._OF_.STEEL._ Barney should've always ended up with nora. His second time with robin was toxic.

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@hermannmeier9405

3y↑19.5K

83 % of all HIMYM fans consider this the real ending. True story.

@leonfkgaming8518

3y↑714

Agreed. I refused to accept the other shitty ending. This made sense

@luissteinfadt8823

3y↑180

its always the inverse ;)

@jasonberczik479

3y↑260

It’s gotta be more than 83%

@hermannmeier9405

3y↑302

@@jasonberczik479 I believe so too. But Barney would use 83 %.

@athulanilkumar403

3y↑124

It's the perfect percentage. Awesome as always.

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@MsLivinglegend19

2y↑17.1K

Tracey and Ted had more chemistry in like 5 scenes than robin and Ted in 9 seasons imo.

@MsLivinglegend19

2y↑1.9K

I also hate how the original ending made it seem like Ted didn’t have any real feelings for tracy and just told it as his love story for robin.

@robertosucci1151

2y↑285

@@MsLivinglegend19 dude thats not what the original ending said. Watch the deleted scenes where ted tells robin he doesnt think what if because he is happy. He loved tracy more. Even the ending doesnt diminish that and secondly ted and robin did have pretty great chemistry early on. But i agree tracy had more chemistry tho

@ryanv1279

2y↑143

Its how I met your mother not how I fell in love with your mother

@walterlmerchanv9611

2y↑68

Totally!!!!
This is 100% better ending

@Ronkyort0dox

2y↑2

No.

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@jamaco5794

2y↑4.7K

This is the proper ending. Only here did i realize why it was important for ted to tell the story of how he met robin on the pilot episode, because if he hadn't met robin there wouldn't have been any wedding to meet Tracey in.

@Abigail-ny1no

2y↑122

Well-said!

@ghosttheripper8656

2y↑73

Idk why I didn't think of it like this!

@shankleythebest

1y↑194

I think it would've also made a ton more sense to kill off Robin in the end, instead of Tracey -
1)to show why she was constantly such a big part of the story.
2)to show why Barney reverted back to his old self.
Plus they could've ended the show with the group sitting in their old booth(Ted&Tracey, Marshall&Lily and Barney), Toasting to Robin.

@j-j8984

1y↑121

@@shankleythebestI mean, I kinda like that idea, but that would have been bad as well, I mean you sit through Robins and Barney's wedding that literally takes up the entire season just to kill her off? That's just as bad as the divorce.

@knickiicht

1y↑103

@@j-j8984 not as bad as sitting for 9 seasons only to kill the mother off

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@tealmacfarlane

2y↑8.1K

Literally all I ever wanted was to hear Bob Saget to say "And kids, that's how I met your mother" and I'm glad it exists even if it's not the official ending.

@gabrielplese7516

2y↑189

Exactly, like i was expecting him to say that in the end

@MilkyRoar

2y↑103

R.I.P Bob Saget😭

@i..i..i6794

2y↑4

@Mare0125

2y↑142

Shhhhh. Yes it is. The other ending doesnt exist & we as a community will continue to reinforce that notion

@100nitrog2

2y↑70

I consider this to be the true ending. As much as I hate SOME of the edits George Lucas made to the Star Wars movies after the fact, I truly believe that films and television programs can be altered after the fact in a positive manner. In this case, they felt stuck with an ending they wrote and filmed back when they weren't sure they'd even get a 2nd season, let alone a 9th, so they aired it even though it flew against years of character development. And after fan backlash, they used what they had to create the ending that should have been. This is 1 of 2 canon endings, and it's a clear favorite, not simply because Ted gets a happy ending, but because it doesn't destroy years of storytelling and character building over the span of 15 minutes.

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@katvassos

3y↑10.8K

This ending is 100% better. Although I didn’t hate that they killed Tracey off, I hated that Barney and Robin broke up just so Ted and Robin can have their “happily ever after”.

@recjr7685

3y↑931

Exactly, and a huge plot point in the show was Ted letting go of Robin and being just friends, so the finale didn't work even on that level alone

@raven4131

3y↑71

@@recjr7685 ted never let go he had those feelings inside off him he just kept it suppressed. also barney was never ready to be in a comitted relationship since he was the guy who used to con women into sleeping with him. but when he had a daughter himself thats when he was aware of his situation and ecide to bring a change

@recjr7685

3y↑291

@@raven4131 literally the entire show was about him falling in love with and then learning to let go of Robin

@raven4131

3y↑12

@@recjr7685 but that wasnt it those awkward moments bw them showed that they couldnt let go of each other eg in the park when they were searching for locket

@recjr7685

3y↑113

@@raven4131 because he was still holding on but finally let go in the end

That was the point

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@mitsubishi809

3y↑8K

I just finished the series literally 5 minutes ago and thank god this exists

@Plantsandkidneys

3y↑35

Same

@brandonndagijimana2109

3y↑10

Ikr

@kyramak

3y↑18

same i’m so glad that this exists

@ucoan2457

3y↑8

Me too

@proxy7362

3y↑9

this is the bad ending

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@dannyvangiersbergen1997

2y↑2.3K

This ending sparked feelings within me that the “official” one never did.

@ameynamjoshi741

2y↑8

You bet and Trust me I only saw clips not the full show

@GTA5Player1

1y↑18

It's so sweet how he recounts the entire journey

@heathermillsphantomlimb9314

27w↑14

The original ending and show overall felt like a nice dinner, a movie, some dancing, an all around fun experience. But, right as you’re telling your date goodnight, they drop you to the ground and kick out your teeth with a steel toed work boot.

@xrowiv

19w↑2

@@GTA5Player1that's true. But expect for that the real ending Wasn't worse than the alternative. The only thing which was bad is that they didn't show the mother as much as they should have.
They should have made 3 or 4 episodes on how they got married, got children did and Maybe also show her last conversation with Ted.
Just tell a few experience with her.
But I understand why they didn't do that. They only talked about how he met their mother not how he spend time with her.

@GTA5Player1

19w↑4

@@xrowiv And that's part of what makes her kinda tragic. We get one episode of her struggles through life, then she meets Ted, and next thing we know she's dead and Ted doing happily ever after with Robin. It's like she's just a way for Ted to have it all.

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@fiprosha

1y↑3.4K

@robatfreedomhouse

1y↑90

The issue is that the cast weren't sure if they would stay on for another season (think it was Jason Segal who was on the fence), so the showrunners started wrapping up the series throughout season 8. The problem then was that the cast DID agree to stay on, but Ted already met the 'Mother', so they stretched out S9 so it was set over a whole 3 day period. S8 & s9 both just felt extremely padded and it was really frustrating to watch, especially after following the gang over all those years

@rachhhnicole

1y↑7

amen

@shahinshaikh07

1y↑36

This comment is true about general life things as well. Last part of your comment had me thinking about everything. That we want something for very long ( Ted and Robin ) and don't get it and we are sad, and over the time we kind of get use to with the alternative ending (Ted and Tracy) , and we start liking them more. I hope my comment makes sense to someone

@mooglepompom3758

1y↑75

Agreed. Also Cobie and Neil just had wayyyyy too much chemistry. Cobie and Josh had none - their romance scenes always felt awkward to me. That combined with the drawn out seasons really screwed the ending.

@themarsman5155

1y↑21

@@mooglepompom3758 More chemistry with the gay actor how about that

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@danaelizabethlewis703

3y↑5.1K

If this ending had aired HIMYM would've been considered one of the greatest sitcoms of all time rather than a footnote in television history.

@HerEvilTwin

2y↑145

Very well said

@maxserafini8127

2y↑305

i think it is one of the best sitcoms ever

@BlueAndGold31

2y↑364

To be fair, even with a bad ending, it's still talked about a ton, even now.

I still see GIFs from HIMYM on social media all the time, I still see people reference it, and I still consider it one of the best, and most creative, sitcoms ever.

@youvegotscoped

2y↑102

it's still a top 5 of all time. I can think of only a couple sitcoms that remained as popular as HIMYM over the years. Friends, Seinfeld, The office, MAYBE the big bang theory.

@terri639

2y↑85

Exactly!! You hardly ever hear it mentioned now. Before this disastrous ending it was always lumped in with the likes of Friends and Seinfield. Now, you still hear about Friends and Seinfield, but never HIMYM unless someone wants to bring up an example of a disastrous tv ending. Most people I know personally can't even rewatch the series because of that ending. It's sad...it would have went down as the successor to Friends.

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@yahyarajaee5883

3y↑4.6K

The original ending works to a degree because it was hinted at so many times throughout the show. The problem was that they made such a big deal of Barney and Robin getting married that when they got divorced, the audience felt cheated. The 2 last seasons basically revolves around Barney getting his life together and they reverted all of that back to square 1 in only 2 episodes! Of course people would freak out!

@mesterorange8181

2y↑194

He getting divorced aint a problem.. Thats is life, problem is Just the amount of screen time to reach the marriage

@nothingbutawesome.1979

2y↑41

@@mesterorange8181 yeah. That's the problem.

@Mcaleboi

2y↑98

@@mesterorange8181 I feel like the main problem is they spent so much time on them getting married and then 💥 they divorce

@fenoua

2y↑127

Yes omg they managed to make 22 episodes about the days before their wedding juste to say they divorced in the next episode ??

@JohnAdams_NotQuincy

2y↑12

@@mesterorange8181 I think the main problem is that they never had Robin get over Ted.

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@bizmen81

32w↑438

I now accept this as the official ending. It was just beautiful.

@brianboudrot7055

25w↑6

Yes this is much better. If this had been a streaming or cable show there wouldn't be the need to edit to fit a time slot and allow for more commercials. I'm old enough to remember there being more show time and less commercials - Friends even had supersized episodes.

@romanticblossom

2y↑1.4K

Took me years to finally rewatch HIMYM after that awful ending, and when I did I only watched it until the second to last episode. To this day I don't know what the writers were thinking, but I'm glad this exists

@mercury3030

2y↑73

I only watch until after the wedding and leave out the divorce scene when I rewatch the show.

@romanticblossom

2y↑4

@@mercury3030 it's what I do too tbh

@NinaCudic

2y↑5

but in this ending they are still divorced. So it's not satisfying.

@Mcaleboi

2y↑27

@@NinaCudic no they never said they were divorced in this ending

@darth856

2y↑15

@@Mcaleboi the alternative ending is just the last few minutes of the episode. Everything else in the finale is the same. So they divorced. But I guess they gave Swarkles fans some hope with that line "things fall apart, things get put back together" while Robin and Barney are looking at each other.

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@rahulrai3411

4y↑4.1K

"Kids i must have heard your mom's rendition of La Vie En Rose a million times over the years. Every night when she tucked you in for instance, but that performance, the first night i ever heard her sing, That one will always be my favourite"

@vo4001

3y↑75

Please, I listen to that song and cry

@MerryEveryday

3y↑105

I read it in Ted's voice

@S-Mania

3y↑30

@@MerryEveryday Future Ted you mean (Bob Saget's, the ONLY Future Ted Mosby!).

Everyone did man, its so wholesome 😍☺️🤗

@MeraNaamJoy

2y↑3

Life happens fast.

@muhammadasadhaider6893

2y↑33

This fucking line >>>>> friends

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@Blastergv

3y↑1K

Don't even need this cutting out the dying. Just cut out the last 60 seconds where he goes after Robin and you have a great ending.

@woolypuffin392

2y↑204

But also dont fuck over Barney.

@thecandyman7807

2y↑43

And leave an open ending, asking the kids what they think they should do now, and the kids tell HIM that he should get back out there, and do what he wants, and if that’s to find someone else to spend his time with that’s fine, but in the end it’s his choice.

@summoner1451

2y↑1

@@woolypuffin392 Meh. Barney was funny as fuck, but he was kind of an asshole. It feels kind of right that he got fucked over, since he was fucking over tons and tons of women for years.

@canc

@@summoner1451 b-b-but he changed tho

@Gangari_the_Wanderer

@@woolypuffin392 100%. Barney EARNED that win.

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@Adamgarv

2y↑172

Barney and robin stayed together, ted and Tracy stayed together. Perfect.

@awadeuwu5026

2y↑1.2K

This is totally the ending the show deserved.
I mean, Bob Saget finally pronouncing the show’s name. Ted finally meeting the love of his life. Even the music at the end makes total sense.
Because you cannot just destroy every characters’ growth in the last episodes… You cannot just throw that sad ending and then let the happy music and the credits roll.
I understand if they wanted to make the final more cruel and “real”, if you want, but it’s just too rushy.
Even if it was predictable or simple, this show deserved this ending, a happy ending, because it was just that, a show. A show about love and finding that special person.
There was no need to make things this way just to be different.
For me, that’s how this show really ended.

@wfl19

2y↑2

I didn't really care for Tracy as the mother. I think it should've been Victoria, Tracy to me felt so rushed at the end and forced.

@corneliakobilke4638

2y↑23

@@wfl19 no one would have been mad if we’d seen more of tracey. But even though this whole thing was about her they still made her side character like

@Gangari_the_Wanderer

1y↑39

And who the heck watches a SITCOME for a depressingly realistic ending??!? We watch sitcoms to ESCAPE depressing reality! This is the ending the show deserved.

@heathermillsphantomlimb9314

27w↑3

100%. This is the canon ending in my head.

@jacksonschanneljohannsen6478

16w

He did actually say those words long before. Though it was a switcharoo😅

@sharbluv1100

2y↑503

This ending along with Barney and Robin's wedding is the real ending for me. I watched this show to be entertained not pissed off for the last 8 years.

@Abigail-ny1no

2y↑44

Yes! Barney and Robin work so well for each other. He wouldn't have been upset by traveling abroad with her; he was always great at entertaining himself and seeing the best in the most bizarre circumstances. He was MADE to be a "TV husband," right down to his fascination with suits.
What's more, they could have had the mother be really sick and then recover and sit next to Ted on the couch at the very end. How cathartic would that have been, and faithful to the sad clues!

@sharbluv1100

2y↑12

@@Abigail-ny1no Yes I agree Barney was a great partner to have because he wasn't someone who expected others to be something they aren't it's why he and Robin understood each other and are very similar in that aspect of their relationship. I would have been more satisfied if they kept to who these characters were and didn't disrespect the character changes and personal growth of each character, Tracy should have lived, she was too young to be getting that sick, especially in this day and age. You have things that help with diseases and that god awful excuse of the internet going down and the whole blog thing was stupid when we have internet, cell phones and etc to occupy our time. Barney, young and old would have enjoyed traveling with the woman he loved and they both enjoy the same things in life. They are soulmates, they understood each other better and loved each other deeply/unconditionally. Traveling and the lifestyle they both wanted was never the issue. It was the creators who did not know who these characters they created were but the actors did especially Neil and Cobie who wanted them together because they understood the characters they played. Going back on that ending shows that nobody grew past it, it was an immature ending it left everyone in a bubble because each of them had to be pushed back to their season 1 selves for that ending to work, but it never did.

I would have loved to see a happily married BR who grew in their relationship after marriage. I would have loved to see Tracy more because I really loved the character, I just don't think Ted deserved any of the women who claimed to like him. there was no reason to kill off Tracy, and no reason to kill any of the developments that happened along the way. It was a lazy ending and nobody deserved that ending and that's coming from me a Ted hater.

@maggs7665

2y↑9

honestly I just watched the show for the first time and feel like I wasted my time...yeah sure it had some good moments but by the final season I felt like the show was more focused on Barney and Robin, they invested so much time in their wedding and then just broke them off in the last episode??? .....it was already weird when before the Wedding Robin was all like "ted found my locket so now im going to marry him instead" I mean....WTF? i feel like the writters just wanted to force this Robin-Ted thing the whole time, but Barney's character was so popular that they had to focus more on him on the last seasons.

@Gangari_the_Wanderer

1y↑3

@@maggs7665 I actually was ok with Robin's freak-out. I think that was in character. She really does have serious commitment issues and she's proven herself to be awfully selfish and not exactly a pillar of rational behavior. That said, she still should have ended up with Barney. He loved her more than any other guy on the show did by far, and they had better chemistry than any other couple (except maybe Lily and Marshall).

Honestly, I think the ending is even weirder than you said. Because it's NOT that the writers were forcing the Robin-Ted thing---not for MOST of the show. It was always an element in the story, and that's fine--it was weird that they all hang out despite being exes--but they actually spent more time building up the Robin-Barney relationship. I think the ending they chose looked like more like a total 180. Like all the writers had been in agreement about heading towards THIS ending (the one in the clip above) for NINE SEASONS, and then at the last moment, they all got fired and a new team of writers decided to take over and MAKE it go Ted-Robin even though it was literally the wrong ending for the story. That's what it felt like to me, anyways.

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@ElectricFury

3y↑4.2K

I'm still of the opinion that it's correct that Tracey died. They gave us a lot of hints in the later seasons that it was gonna happen and it also explains why Ted is telling the story in the first place. However the Robin and Barney divorce and Ted going back to Robin is what I hated about the ending so for that reason I'd consider this one the proper ending. (Plus I would rather leave Tracey alive because she's too god damn loveable)

@prometheus3498

3y↑287

I agree with everything here. Tracey having died was perfect, but Barney/Robin divorce + Ted getting back together with Robin was terrible. I'd have preferred for HIMYM to end with Ted asking "permission" of his kids NOT to date Robin . . . but to finally get back out there and search for someone else to spend the rest of his life with. Its a lot more of an open ending, but I honestly prefer it!!

@ednalim2871

3y↑129

I understand the Tracy dying bit since they’ve littered the series with clues of her fate, but they could have still ended it this way by editing in such a way that the dying reveal is placed earlier before this last scene. It would have been a bit sad, but at least this last sequence woulda left us smiling.

And definitely no ending up with Robin bullshit.

@prometheus3498

3y↑23

@@ednalim2871 Robin ending was trash, I agree. What do you think of my proposed ending?

@sujal1548

3y↑29

@@ednalim2871 the clues were just there because the writers knew it was going to happen, the clues being there don't make the ending any better because "it was supposed to happen" in my eyes tbh

@beamanlangit6869

3y↑2

Agree everything you said

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@hinduismwithpremananddasbhagat

2y↑307

If this HAD been the ending, I would have finished the show in tears. Instead I finished it going "What the ????? NOOOOO". I felt like the writers gave us the finger. Or, the old cliche of it was all a dream ending. I even said to my girlfriend - it needs to end with him talking to her under the umbrella, perfect ending.

@allisonedwards4526

2y↑341

In just the few episodes we knew Tracy, I completely fell in love with her character. Her and Ted were so perfect for each other. It was worth the 9 seasons to meet her and watch the whole reason for the show fall into place.

@bludreem121

3y↑2K

I just rewatched the series for the upteenth time. I still can't endure the ending. I really don't mind Tracy dying at all. It makes sense, given the circumstance. And I love the little loving moments between Ted and Tracy that make it all too obvious she doesn't make it. But Robin and Barney shouldn't have gotten divorced, and Barney shouldn't have had his backslide, undoing seasons of development. I expected an ending akin to episodes like The Lucky Penny, where Ted mourns the loss of his wife, but leaves a lesson for his children. Something about how love is always worth it even when we know we'll lose it, one way or another. Lily says that Ted is a person with more emotional endurance than she has ever known. That's absolutely true, and was the lesson they could have ended on. Being vulnerable, open, and willing to get your heart broken time and again was the lesson of the whole show. Even the heartbreak of losing the love of your life. It could have ended on a note of tragic optimism. Instead, we got a cliche ending that was predicted years ago, and we were explicitly told would not happen. We got the FRIENDS ending. And it just didn't work.

@0LLy796

3y↑36

The character development of Barney was killing the character. He is to a large extent a tragic hero. He uses nd loses women. He may hate it but it's the only way he knows how to live. And tbh, he still reaches some level of maturity when his daughter was born... But Barney and Robin were never supposed to work... I didn't want Barney getting matched with any lady anyway but if he had to, I woulda gone with Nora... The fact he couldn't even keep her was further proof that Barney wasn't supposed to get matched with any lady in the show

@_f4lk0n_

3y↑100

@@0LLy796 True, but why waste an entire season on a freaking wedding if you are gonna blow it off in a sec

@eshaanbhat3732

3y↑13

@@0LLy796 i do agree but they could've explained the divorce better , if you see the last season they did plant the seeds for them not working out and i agree with him not being with robin but the back slide really hurt the character , regressing to his old ways really wasn't the solution and as far as solution goes breaking up Robin and barney was the worst outcome for robin , separate from friends she was alone at the end i do think that she could've ended up with barney to stay in new York as it would have been her sacrafice to work on their relationship making an equal exchange and hence making the show a 100 times better

@billybatson7852

2y↑21

I disagree. As someone who has been divorced, Robin and Barney never really made any sense to me. Also, it's very common for people to fall back to their old ways after a break-up. Happens all the time. But it had been said several times that Barney wanted to be a father... even his mother questioned him about being with Robin if he couldn't be a dad (yes, I know he could in other ways). So although he did a backslide... which happens all the time... he also changed for the good after his daughter was born and recites exactly what he said that he could NEVER say to a woman.

I don't remember anyone saying that the ending wasn't going to happen like this. Maybe they just didn't want to spoil it, but it's very obvious that the aired ending was the original idea. I thought it worked really well. The truth is that most people don't just have a single true love in their lives. Tracy had two. Ted had two. I've had two. Many people have. would

@Slappiz1993

2y↑11

@@billybatson7852 Ahh someone that finally gets it. Almost everything I see here is about the ending doesn`t work, bla bla bla. YES IT WORKS, and it makes sense. Every season Ted is someway in love with Robin, or shows signs of it. And it's hinted in early seasons that the mother is dead. Fall back for Barney fits. Robin and Barney doesn`t fit. Robin didn`t want children, and couldn`t have children. But she could be with Ted in the end because he already got his children, and she wouldn`t hold him back from his dreams. Even tho it was a kinda obviouse ending, is`s actually good writing. As someone mentioned, they wanted Ted to go back to dating other women, that would be an empty ending, like a "all that shit for nothing" feeling.

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@beccalinnea

2y↑480

I feel like one of the many reasons why this ending makes way more sense is because it's "simple" and happy, their lives in the rest of the show is kinda messy so this feels perfect to tie it up. Also you watch a comedy/sitcom like HIMYM to feel good and escape from reality, not experience the worst form of it

@RodrigoSantos-jl3pc

2y↑25

Well, HIMYM was never a pure comedy/sitcom, it was brutally real in so many different parts, that the original end actually made sense.

@beccalinnea

2y↑37

@@RodrigoSantos-jl3pc agreed. But the "original" ending still doesn't make sense for who the characters had become etc. They threw all character development in the trash

@Valerie_0510

2y↑8

@@beccalinnea Sometimes that happens in life. People sometimes resort back to old ways. It's realistic.

@beccalinnea

2y↑26

@@Valerie_0510 yes but for the show where they spent the last seasons on character development to then destroy it in the last episode is bad writing I think.

@McSinyx

2y↑18

Indeed @@Valerie_0510 it is realistic but not everything realistic is worth watching, most because real life is pointless. No stranger would want to watch your or my life's story. Movies, including series, are art, and art is to deliver emotions and meanings.

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@konstantinpopov3973

2y↑988

I remember first watching HIMYM and throughout the entire series I got a little exhausted waiting for mother to appear.
however, when I saw Tracy for the first time I got completely smashed by how perfect she is. I just wish there were more of them, more scenes, more moments with their kids - so we could have seen how they built their family. the very idea itself of making whole season around one wedding is great, but it’s like at some point they’ve forgotten the plots name. it’s the mother who should have been the main character in the last season. by the time show had ended we already got all the information about main five people we needed. we’d seen all grow ups and character building. we needed Tracy to become the main character. it’s just my opinion, let it pass by

@jiratchayaprommool1062

2y↑41

Couldn’t agree more! I have just finished watching HIMYM today and I usually think that the scene at the wedding was way too long…like I have watched 8 seasons to see who is the mother but saw her in only 3 episodes. Tracy is a lovable character and would be fit well in the friend group. I wish I could see more her scenes.

@LynnThompsonAuthor

2y↑12

My thought on that is that he's telling the story to his children, and they already know their parents' story from their own lives. He has no need to remind them of those times they had with their mother because they lived them.

@terriz.2981

1y↑4

Agreed. Even if they would’ve did like 1 to 2 years of their life represented in each episode of S9, that would’ve been better than spreading it out over a weekend! I also don’t think the writers anticipated Tracey being such a beloved character in the short time she was introduced.

@user-zx2et9lf8y

42w↑2

I really dont like to find faults at this show because its the best show ever for me

I only dislike two things, barney and robin being together and splitting suddenly
And tracy not getting more screen time but the whole show was about robin at the end

Ahhh either way, i see alot of poeple hating this 🤣🤣 I might be that 17% who's satisfied!! Ahaa i love this show so much

5th time rewatching it right now !!!

@dpacc88

39w↑7

How I Met Your Father should have been Tracey's perspective and not the trash it is.

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@j2e0t12

2y↑126

The biggest issue to me with the original ending wasnt what happened. It was the way it was told. Sure, the events were "realistic". But the way it was told wasnt realistic based on the other 8.75 seasons. The guy drags on about every little story, including extreme detail about Barney and Robins wedding , but then is quickly like "yea but they broke up" afterwards.
Also Ted and Robin ending up together made sense for a while in the show, but everything he did to move on from her leading up to the wedding gets completely undercut if he just ends up with her anyway.
And from a practical writing perspective- you shouldn't write an ending that basically tells the viewer they wasted their time watching the last two seasons cus none of that character development was real.

@o-vx1gm

48w↑1

FRRRR

@RBRShift2CivV

3y↑1.1K

This WORKS! This I consider to be the real ending. The other one felt like one of those cheap shots overzealous producers want to throw out there just to be "different!"

@robstark404

3y↑24

I've watched HIMYM for like the 3rd or 4th time which the last time was yesterday. I liked this alternate ending more than the original :(

@vinnyl264

3y↑11

They wanted to get the “shock” factor, instead of an actual good ending

@AirQuotes

3y↑8

Yep this is just like what happened with GOT the writers stubbornly refused to do the endings that fans wanted/predicted just to be jerks and not care if it ruins the show.

@yahyarajaee5883

3y↑1

The other ending wasn’t got made because of the shock factor, it was because they filmed it at the end of season 2 back in 2006 and they wanted the kids to be in it. So no matter how the story progressed, they wanted that ending with the kids.

@billybatson7852

2y↑2

That's actually the very opposite of what happened. The Mother being deceased was the original concept by the creators. The overzealous producers are the ones who commissioned this alternate "happy ending" after filming was complete. That's most likely why the dialogue was so dull... they just threw it together and didn't care as much.

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@jonnyharding3646

2y↑1.9K

A lot of people have big issues with the Mother dying, I have no problem with that, it actually fits in with why Ted would be telling this story in such detail.
My issue is that Ted should have stayed single after that. He went through all of this to find the perfect wife, and he did, and there wasn't another one out there.
And, of course, Barney and Robin. What a joke to spend so much time getting them married, for it to end after a couple of episodes. They were also perfect for each other, and should have stayed together.
It's actually infuriating how much the writers messed this ending up, after doing all the hard work to get there.

@smithsunleashed

2y↑62

i see it makes sense of her dying but i didn't want her to die. and they didn't even show us any part of her leaving, just that ted said she died. We were emotional about it and i wished they let us cry about it instead of forcing that crazy ending to our faces

@kalliskivike

2y↑53

Barney and Robin got married and literally one episode after divorced so it was'nt even few episodes :/

@anavrin5251

2y↑9

why should he tho? if he had a chance to be happy again with robin then of course he should go for it, i’d rather see him happy with robin than miserable alone. tbh i’ll always see it this way, tracy was and will always be ted’s soulmate but robin is the love of his life

@Recrivain

2y↑1

Ikr!

@NEOSOBASED

2y↑2

Tbh I really liked Ted and Robin but I agree and that would be really good

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@adrianonogueiracasemiro

2y↑622

I love this ending but i wish barney enters the room and interrupt ted by saying:
- kids, your father cant tell a history short and straight, so i'm going to tell the true story of how my bro met your mother, and it was legend, wait for it...

The end!

@oz9034

2y↑29

lol it wouldve been so cool

@nellyzuma2073

2y↑11

@shannonflahertycardo1163

OMG YES!

@mariaandualem4448

38w

You shoulda been one of the writers

@dazaibd

36w

Lol, it sound pretty awesome. ❤

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@skyslasher2297

1y↑117

I wish the alternate ending was more widely available besides the DVD so that more people can experience the show this way this ending is so much better.

@moderngalatea

3y↑697

This is the real ending, now I can finally move on with my life ❤️

@ivanarcheous4731

2y↑6

No you won't... You're gonna rewatch the show over and over again like any other fans

@moderngalatea

2y↑8

@@ivanarcheous4731 that is true but i will only watch this ending lol

@adrianortega4303

3y↑89

The first ending would have worked if robin stayed with Barney and, Ted didn’t end up with robin in the end

@bwle7

Yes I’m so agree with you. Can’t understand the last half that Robin’s behavior was be so strange.

@andrewpaddock5733

19w↑41

This should have bene the ending, but what it shows more than anything is how wonderful an actress Cristin Milioti is! She had more chemistry with Ted in one short scene than he ever had with Robin in nine seasons. Such an underrated actress, and she was the perfect choice for the Mother.

@thePrivateJetSpot

19w↑14

I been a fan for almost a decade, why am I just finding this now?

@hydro7488

3y↑441

Tbh this ending is better, but not because the original was bad. I just think that the original ending could have been executed better, it felt too rushed and too forced

@moderngalatea

3y↑14

And too fake.

@wagnersantos8774

Exactly!

@msacco

2y↑10

Exactly........People's arguments for people that didn't like the ending is always like "in life there's no happy endings" and similar shit.
Who cares that the mother died, who cares about the ending idea, it's all just fine, but the execution was just so incredibly bad.

@LE4F4

2y↑1

FINALLY someone I 100% agree with!

@idontreallylikelongnames

@@msacco exactly my thoughts

@MsHopelessromantic24

3y↑88

This ending makes way more sense then Ted ending up with Robin. Hell ending up with Victoria if it was only one season, would make more sense.

@Abigail-ny1no

2y↑1

Yeah. Victoria's whole "It's Robin" is very much a self-fulfilling prophecy. Ted's not the only one to self-sabotage, although I agree that Tracy was much better-suited.

@reshailshah8090

38w↑68

OH MY GOD!!! the music at the end alone makes it so much better than the ending that aired. I'm watching this for the first time today after completing the series 10 years ago the joy it filled me with, watching everyone so young as the credits rolled and the happy music, it just filled my heart with joy...

@AmanGuptaji

19w↑1

What do you mean by 10 years ago?? Didn't the show end sometime last year?

@user-zf5xq7tj1l

@@AmanGuptajiThe show ended in 2014 we are just late dude lol

@kaanmuhammedgunes1879

2y↑45

The biggest problem is: When you re-watch the show you can clearly see that mother was gonna die, it was planted here and there. That maked it so that when you watched it again there were scenes that really make you understand the scene more. But with Barney and Robin's relationship, they made them perfect for each other, they developed their characters. Both Barney and Robin sacrificed a lot just to be with each other, it took years for them to see each other in the truest sense and they realized they were the ones for each other. That's why when people say "Ending is realistic" don't make sense. It's not realistic at all, it destroys the believability of the show because the whole show said something else just to say something else in the last minute. Whole show showed us Barney grew up, he found love again, he knew Robin was the one and slowly got his heart fixed, He endured a lot for her, she actually was through whole show the only woman Barney truly fell in love with and they made that clear. Robin, loved Barney deep down, although she was suspicious at first slowly but surely realized how much he loved her, she saw him as someone he never let anyone else see: Someone vulnerable. And in the end they were like "Aight, we need a divorce because of my blog". There's theories that make much sense than this. They could've simply showed us Barney wanted kids, Robin didn't and they broke up over that. At least it would be realistic that way but no they broke up for a dumb reason and gave up their whole character arc just because.

@JSmellerM

11w↑1

They did film the scene about how the show originally ended in the first season. Look at the kids, they are still as young as they were when the series started. So the ending was planned way, way in advance. And yes, there were those hints but as the show went on the characters developed in a way that made the original ending bad. The whole wedding season basically destroyed the original ending. At that point they should've realized their original idea didn't work anymore but that's where you find out if the writers are good or extraordinary. Extraordinary writers let go of an original idea even if it wasn't a bad idea.

@chrisnguyen6346

3y↑41

This is why i hate the show, the god damn ending. The director just killled Barney's character development over the previous 8 seasons and make him become the player again.... For somehow, i hate Robin too. Everybody devoted so many things for her, and she put her career on top all of that, giving up her friendship and even her marriage. She did not sacrify for once.

And Ted was such a stubborn "simp". Finally, he got his "the one" and still ended up with Robin although MANY MANY MANY moments in the show pointed out that he was ready to let Robin go (like the beach scene right before Barneys wedding). This part pissed me off so hard. It makes Tracy no longer "the one" and she was just like someone who happened to be Ted's wife and died so he could return to Robin again.

One of the best show ever yet has the worst ending

@yourboyralph3518

100%

@kkplac5886

2y↑74

Whenever I watch HIMYM I pause shortly before the finale episode ends and put on the alternate ending...cause that`s the actual ending for me

@vanguardplays3418

2y↑5

I do the same I still can't believe we got that fake ending it must have been a mix up with the editing or something

@chriiiiis

1y↑52

They had more chemistry in one scene than Tedand Robin did in an entire show

@ILikeIcedCoffee

3y↑292

I finished the show last weekend, and had my heart yanked out, and what I realized is that basically, they were right back to the pilot.

@jillvasquez1010

2y↑5

That's one of the things I loved about this show, how consistent they were with the theme and inside jokes and totally random things that didn't seem like much at the time but then, BAM, there it is again and now it makes so much sense!

@UnchainedEruption

2y↑4

Yeah, that's what's so brilliant about the finale. There's a beautiful parallelism where it ends in a very similar way to how it started.

@ImDemonAlchemist

3y↑278

Really weird to hear Bob Saget's voice come out of Josh Radnor's mouth. I personally find the emotion of the original ending really moving, but I'm glad this version exists. Fans can pick whichever one they prefer, even though the plan was totally always for her to die.

@stefanocasagranda5021

2y↑5

I think this 1 second footage is fanmade (video taken from the original ending and audio from the alternate ending). Everything before that second is taken from the real alternate ending in DVD set: https://youtu.be/hJnJw9oyLYE

@blueblase9981

2y↑6

It hit so different now that Bob Sagget is no longer with us

@rtm135

2y↑4

This ending would have been so much better if it had been Bob Saget sitting on the couch instead of Josh Radnor. After 9 years of voiceovers, he deserved to be in front of the camera.

@-Sangral-

2y↑1

Of course it always was the plan, I knew from the very first season that the mother died, why else would you sit down like this and tell your kids the story of how you met their mother? I mean come on.

@ImDemonAlchemist

2y↑1

@@-Sangral- I mean, it's not that weird, especially for as interesting of a life as the gang (supposedly) lead. Their mom could just not be home, and he was unsure of what else to do with the kids that night. We know that it didn't canonically take that long for him to tell the story.

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@polarberri

1y↑24

I just discovered this and I feel so many emotions. I used to rewatch episodes all the time, but after the ending came out I couldn't bring myself to. Barney was my favorite character and I was so proud of his character development. To have it all thrown away, and Ted excitedly go after Robin making Tracy seem like a cheap afterthought... The way it was done just felt so rushed and nonsensical. I'm so glad this exists. Thank you for posting; it's cheesy but I feel like I can finally let go of my anger at the original ending.

@mollsisbored

23w↑32

This is my first time seeing the “true ending” and I’m tearing up. Tracy deserved better

@vl2809

2y↑153

This is so good and wholesome and full circle, I always cry. Perfect.
Devastating it's the "alternate ending".

@thelavinator6343

2y↑10

Nope. Its the real ending. You just have to believe it in your heart

@pjharper2643

Not to me

@edi5137

3y↑118

The REAL end.

@CeraKelleyRising

46w↑30

This is a waaaaaaayyyyy better ending! It’s a happy ending that honors the characters.

@yuvanrajj

1y↑25

As someone who is spiritually connected to Ted, this is the ending i needed. This is the ending he deserves. After all the wrong women he had been with, esp after the insane chemistry with Tracy in a mere few episodes, he deserved to spend forever with her. And Bob Saget’s ( may he RIP) “and that kids is how i met your mother” just goes so hard as an ending. The perfect wholesome ending to a sitcom i adore so much🥹

@codyswife-

49w↑2

As someone spiritually connected to Tracy, I do believe this is the ending both deserved. With all that both Ted and Tracy went though, they should spend the rest of their lives together ❤️

@manirayewittmeier5250

2y↑138

I cried so much when I watched it. It may just be a TV show but I was going through some pretty serious life stuff during the time this show first aired. It became an escape. I watched the character growth and development, I applied my own issues to some the characters faces and while I may have been alone it gave me hope things would eventually be ok. I know it's just a TV show.. but when the original ending appears it was such a slap in the face. Everything that was built for the last nearly 9 years all destroyed in the last two parts.
This is the ending I needed. It's the ending the characters deserved.

@sharonrafaelov3665

3y↑42

Does anyone else like the original ending buy just wish they focused the last season on Ted and Tracy's relationship rather than the wedding

@caroly1993

2y↑4

Finally!
Someone had to say it. I liked the original ending, but having the entire season focused on Barney and Robin's wedding, wasn't a clever idea, knowing the fact that they were going to break up. Instead, they should've focused on Ted and Tracy relationship, making it more "real". And a few scenes were Ted were mourning her wife's death would have been nice too.

@mirkosuriano9940

51w↑19

I saw this show 7 times and I'm still crying, this has to be the best creation from a human being

@norvtown9743

1y↑11

it isn't even a problem that tracy died in the original ending, it's hinted at throughout the series bc it's what was intended so early on, and I think it gives more weight to the premise of ted telling his kids this ridiculously long story. i actually think tracy dying and ted NOT ending up w robin would've really underlined the fact that ted really did find The One in the end, like the entire show was about. idk it just feels kinda cold to have 8 seasons of ted/robin will they won't they (which imo perfectly highlights how wrong they are for eachother) one whole season abt barney/robins wedding and how great they were for eachother all this time, only to backtrack on everything just to fit this sort of pre established rule of sitcoms that the will they won't they couple must end up together. himym felt like a perfect deviation from that rule and a real breath of fresh air, so having it all erased right at the end made me (and obviously a lot of other people) feel kinda cheated. on the other hand i do kinda like that what makes barney give up his hedonistic, selfish, and typically misogynistic ways was having a daughter of his own. its mentioned that he likes kids a lot in the series. I feel like it actually could've been used to make the barney/robin breakup make way more sense, barney sees this as a new thing to devote himself to and a second chance, and robin just never wanted kids. if they HAD to have barney and robin break up, that's how I would've wanted it to happen.

@Julietta1794

2y↑31

Whenever I rewatch HIMYM I always stop before the last two episodes and watch this ending instead 🤗

@robertfeldmann542

2y↑41

this ending being on the DVD is the only reason to consider buying the complete series ..which i finally did

@saralagrawal2395

29w↑6

Just finished the series and i am living with this as an official ending
Good work , loved Ted and Tracy together and
Loved Barney and Robin together

@godnnat

2y↑9

They screwed Barney over.. he was the highest paid by double, he also complained about the ending knowing that it sucked.. so they run his character development into the ground. NPH was worth every cent and we all deserved to see him evolve into a loving father and husband!!

@shadowthehedgehog3113

2y↑16

Watch the Barney and Robin's wedding episode then IMMEDIATELY watch this afterwards. Skip the final episode.

@soo7072

3y↑91

@prattlestar

3y↑8

Hats off to you! This is truly the best ending ever imagined for the show.

@Uhohlisa

@@prattlestar no it isn’t

@vanillapinkfluff3477

1y↑11

I just finished the last episode. I’m really glad this alternate ending exists. I think the original ending was really sad and screwed up what could’ve been a good ending. Ted broke up with Robin because she didn’t want kids and was independent even if she had a lot of childhood problems. Ted wanted to have kids and be married. So it seems forced that he would come back to her with the blue French horn. Seeing Barney and Robin breaking up was upsetting because the audience spent so much time watching them chase after eachother and wanting to be together only to have it yanked away in the last episodes. Barney was also kinda independent but manipulative, telling huge lies etc but he did develop when he used his wealth to help his best friends. That’s why his ending sucked. Barney was happy and independent only to have a kid with a woman he barely knew.

@methraccoon

11w

Yea, I didn't like how Barney just regressed and knocked some random girl up at the end, with a tacked on fatherhood development. He and Robin could've been an iconic child-free couple 😠

And with Tracy, the "real" ending makes it seem like she was just a stepping stone or surrogate for Ted to have kids with, so he could then go back to Robin. The whole thing just... feels wrong af on several levels. They all got done dirty 🤷‍♀️

@samparker3989

1y↑23

Yes ! This is SOOO much better than the original ending. What were the writers thinking ?

@jacobquaglino2379

2y↑113

This is the real ending. Just because the other ending came first doesn’t make it the “real” ending. When a singer writes a song the first version isn’t always the best one so they change to make it better. Same is true here.

@AniteMusic

2y↑119

The ending we deserve! Also the ending the caracteres deserve. Period!!

@overkall1691

2y↑35

Anyone fortunate enough to have seen this scene, considers it the true ending. Let's just agree as a community, this is what you play when the show ends.

@RK-ln6kg

49w↑27

Josh and Cristin pairing was perfect. Kudos to the casting guys for finally getting someone that wud match ted. Seen them together makes you want to see more of them.

@miyal5141

3y↑129

Both endings have their validation I think but this one is just so much more. satisfying. Like I don't care for people who say but the other one is more realistic. I don't care for realism I care for satisfaction and this one has it.

@YuniX2

2y↑12

The other one is also completely unrealistic. As if people just spontaneously forget everything they've learned over the past 10 years and revert to immature childish versions of themselves. The Barney/Robin split was poorly done and not at all believable. And what child listens to their parent talk about being in love with their honorary aunt and then enthusiastically encourages them to date after hearing way too much TMI? Encouraging parents to get out there? Sure. Encouraging them to date what basically amounts to an extended family member? NO.

@miyal5141

@@YuniX2only reading this now (just finished another rewatch) and you know what youre right. im still bitter XD

@hanzal743

3y↑95

The closure that I needed to officially count himym complete. The first ending sucked. I can now move on.

@raisahamza1332

2y↑7

I've fallen in love with Tracy by watching just this video and i haven't even watched the whole show. I guess that says a lot about how great of a character is. I feel like crying.

@rtm135

2y↑10

The only thing keeping this alternate ending from being perfect was the missed opportunity of putting Bob Saget in front of the camera. After voicing Future Ted for 9 years, he deserved to be on that couch. #RIP

@jessannreece5672

2y↑20

Sweet Jesus this was satisfying. I can't believe I'm just seeing this after cursing the finale the past few years... made my day 🥲

@RKH991

3y↑74

ive rewatched himym atleast once every year and this is the real ending for me

@debbieallanah

3y↑1

Same here!

@foozalmirabi9589

Me too

@alyssamorgen9698

2y↑8

I just finished watching this show an hour ago and was so pissed at the ending. So glad this version exists. Barney and robin had more chemistry than Ted and robin ever did, and tracey being killed off was so sudden and unnecessary

@whynotfilms8608

2y↑8

This is the real ending to me. I was so pissed that they literally spent a whole season on Robin and Barneys wedding only to have them breakup literally one episode later

@josephflores8113

2y↑51

This is the ending the suffices my feelings for the whole series, this is the happiness that Ted really deserves for everything he’s been through trying to find “The One”

@sourdrop

3y↑13

I've just started watching himym & have decided that when I watch the last episode, I am going to watch this video instead of the end of the episode.

@4Garfield4

2y↑6

99.8% of people who liked the original ending are the same that thought "Oh that's so sweet and totally makes sense and it doesn't destroy years of character development at all" when they saw Ross and Rachel getting back together on the end of Friends.

@Abigail-ny1no

2y↑2

YESSSS...the fact that Marshall and Lily go to Rome is yet another example of this. True love CAN allow women to grow and evolve too! As well as "playboys" and Nice Guys TM. Ted actually grew as a person, unlike Ross. And I love that Marshall got another chance at a judgeship...if they're going to play at wish fulfillment for Tracy being so perfect for Ted, and Lily and Marshall, why revert to the trope that a woman pursuing her career guarantees a lonely, unhappy life full of regrets? People DO grow, and while it's not easy, I have seen such fairy-tale endings in real life, too. Much more satisfying than "woman throws away her career or lives miserably for the next dozen years until the wife of the man who wasn't a match for her dies and they can be together, because the spouse who did match her loses all character growth and stops being the guy who finds fun in every moment."

@JonlyWonly

2y↑7

RIP, Mr. Saget.

@ossatriani6233

2y↑27

I remember that I watched the series finale when it was first aired, and I was so furious, and here I am, after several years, and countless re-runs, I still cannot believe that they decided to go with the other crappy ending, just throwing away all the lessons, all the development of all the characters. What could have possibly went through their heads? It just beyond forced, and unnecessary, not to mention a kick in the butt to all of the fans.... Thankfully this version exists, which is the Canon for me and probably millions of fans out there too.

It is just a classier way to finish a great story.

@handsoffmyskull

3y↑77

THIS SHOULD BE THE ENDING. They ruined Barney x Robin.

@0LLy796

3y↑1

After they broke up the first time, anyone who truly believed they shoulda been together was terribly misguided

@handsoffmyskull

@@0LLy796 but its not the first time.

@0LLy796

3y↑2

@@handsoffmyskull the way they ended isn't the kinda thing you go back too. If you're in a toxic relationship with someone else and you see yourself slowly wither away, why go back to it? As much as people would not want to admit it, Ted and Robin left their relationship open ended with every chance that they would be back together hence their pact to get back together when both were above 40 if they weren't with someone else at the time.

@handsoffmyskull

3y↑5

@@0LLy796 if only the writing wasn't horrible. all the issues they've been through, all the struggles they dealt with, etc. they could have grown together but the writers made them worst. not even giving a chance to a once horrible relationship to a better relationship, is what we all ask for. sure it was toxic for the first event of their relationship, but why keep getting them back together when there's no chance of getting their characters better, for a better relationship. its like giving false hope. its horrible in their part that they should have stop in the first broke up. we must admit that they messed up with the writings just to prolong the seasons.

@sasys8n

Yes. Because they sucked. Barney should have stayed with Nora.

@JayMuggah88

2y↑11

I was today years old when I realized they had an Alternate ending, never the less it was better than the official ending? Wow

@anniemay13

22w↑3

It’s taken me years, literal YEARS to be able to watch the show again and even then it’s hard for me because now every time a character has growth and development i can’t help but remember how the finale completely negates and destroys it. After all these years i still believe the finale was the biggest slap in the face to fans and this “alternate” ending is the only true ending for me personally.

@jvsper_

3y↑77

Who’s here refreshing their memory of this alternate ending after learning about the HIMYM sequel? 🤚🏻

@VenomousZero86

3y↑2

SAY SIKE RN

@VictorDude98

3y↑7

It’s not a sequel it’s a 100% new unconnected show

@ChaosChanneler

2y↑67

When most fans agree that this is the ending that should have happened because it's very natural that Tracy is dead and that's why Tedd is telling the story to his children. Everything moves in one succinct way and Tracy is so perfect for Tedd in these brief clips with him as she lives out the remainder of her life that we forget how much of a villain Tedd kind of was throughout the whole series. Everything about this ending is so perfect that it truly is a shame that we as an audience got the other ending instead which shows just how much the writers didn't understand that characters that they themselves had written so well over the years.

@mehuljain5916

2y↑2

I'm sorry but can i know why you said that Tedd was kind of a villan

@UnchainedEruption

@@mehuljain5916 Because people on the web can be crazy?

@whysotipsy

1y↑5

I just finished the series. I needed this🙂

@teage12

1y↑5

I watched the show once and loved it.

After seeing the other ending... I never dared to watch a single episode again. This other ending broke my heart and made the show miserable for me.

Thank god there is this video. Although i can never make the other ending unseen, at least it gives me hope that there are parallel universes where sometimes, life doesn't suck.

@jonaskeller4687

3y↑11

@ailonrouge

2y↑6

The reason I prefer this ending is that it feels like it gave a lot of closure to 2 very long arcs, and didn't pull a double relapse of 2 characters

@deep99singh

1y↑2

Thank You very much for saving the show me. That's the ending everyone wanted to see right. Perfectly fine ❤

@stealth798

1y↑1

Here 5 yr later this show still hits in the feels such a great show

@shoutouttodoroki4829

2y↑4

Just finished watching the series thank God someone made this video

@padebro2683

2y↑5

A series like this is definitely better with an ending that is truly a wonderful beginning.
Hopefully this teaches others to keep ideas open and consider fan devotion to a show because the really good ones work their way into our hearts for years after they end and often..... forever

@richrozefort8798

1y↑3

I just binge watched the whole series on Hulu, and I had no idea how it ended prior to watching. Needless to say, I was seriously, seriously disappointed. 9 seasons led to THAT? I'm adopting this version as my official ending to the series. It just makes way more sense.

@Porthos240

2y↑2

I just finished another binge. I have to come here every time to scratch that itch.

@cinnamonwisp4207

3y↑14

This is the better ending I can finally move on

@GrinderCB

2y↑10

I missed HIMYM in the original run and after seeing a few episodes binged it on HULU. Just finished. After all that, I thought the whole final season taking place in the 2 day span of Barney and Robin's wedding was very creative as they teased us with Ted and Tracy's paths to each other. But I was disappointed in the finale, Robin and Barney's breakup, Tracy dying later and the kids telling Ted to go back after Robin.

@salsaasrock

2y↑4

Rest in peace, Bob Saget (1956-2022).

@methraccoon

11w↑5

My loathing for the finale can't be described with words... I was saying "NO! Wtf is this" out loud as the last few minutes of the last episode just tore up Barney/Robin and killed Tracy off for the forced Ted/Robin reunion. Bruh. I refuse to acknowledge whatever they aired on tv that day as the true canon ending 💀

@giulyludo89

2y↑7

4:09 THE ONLY GENUINE GAZE OF HAPPINESS AND PEACE IN TED'S FACE... This is the ONLY ENDING THAT DESERVES TO EXIST

@elizabethrose5333

1y↑5

watched the whole series again this year cos I was kinda heartbroken. But I skipped the last two episodes and watched this instead and cried my eyes out. I wish they would have kept this ending,

@rishabhjindal9062

2y↑1

I am in tears as i criticised the show for more than a year as could not find this ending but now I do it melts my heart
Thank you kind sir

@beccalinnea

2y↑8

After reading lots of comments I have some thoughts... As a huge RobinxBarney lover I definitely consider them having a happily ever after, after they got married but I also get it when people say it's realistic for them to get divorced after three (?) years since they both weren't the biggest commitment people and enjoyed not being in a relationship. However if you watch the show closely that still doesn't really make sense because Barney literally said (in the episode where they were going to sell his apartment) he never wanted to be alone again. The characters, especially Barney (!), had so much development in the later seasons it's a crime to just throw it in the trash like in the "original" ending.
What I really don't get though are BarneyxRobin "haters" who say it's obvious they don't work out because of their first breakup; because after that they both changed- and had a lot of character development. Barney had other relationships (which he hadn't had in s5) and became a much better version of himself and they both said they were ready for commitment.
I like both Nora and Quinn as well but it was even showed Barney and Robin were soulmates when Nora's dad talks about meeting the right person.
For Ted and Tracy I guess it sort of makes sense she has passed away, even though it's very sad, because why else would Ted be so invested in his past and stories? The worst part is Ted getting back with Robin, it would've been way better if he just had stayed a single dad. Ted and Robin are great as besties but apart from that they really don't have THE chemistry like Robin and Barney/Cobie and Neil have. Honestly, I feel like Ted and Robin barely even liked eachothers personalities. Also I kind of feel like the show hadn't really found Robin's character until around s3 when they had broke up..?

@beccalinnea

2y↑2

+ I really don't agree when people say they like the original ending because it's realistic to real life, I mean it's fine to like that ending but it's not realistic because even though this show has a lot of deep it's still clearly a sitcom and a TV-show with LOTS of unrealistic elements. If you spend a whole season building up to a wedding you hinted about already in s6, spent the last seasons of character development for the fan favorite character (Barney) it's nothing but AWFUL writing to just throw it all in the trash in the last 2 episodes.

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