It Looks Like The Alternate "How I Met Your Mother" Ending Has Leaked Online
The series finale would have been — wait for it — legendary, if this had been the ending that actually aired. UPDATE: A spokesperson for 20th Century Fox declined to comment on its authenticity.
Remember in the How I Met Your Mother finale, how Ted (Josh Radnor) *finally* met his soulmate, Tracy (Cristin Milioti), after nine years of searching?
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It was adorable.
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But after only a milisecond of bliss, the show revealed future Tracy was dying. And just as soon as Ted found her, he lost her.
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And fans were furious!
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But it was quickly announced that an alternate ending would be on the HIMYM: Complete Series Box Set, available Sept. 23.
We love all #HIMYM fans and respect all opinions...so we want to share that Plan B with you on the Series Box set.
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We love all #HIMYM fans and respect all opinions...so we want to share that Plan B with you on the Series Box set.
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Well, it looks like that alternate ending has leaked online! (Though a spokesperson for 20th Century Fox declined to comment on its authenticity.)
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And here's how the finale could — and, quite frankly, should — have ended.
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Ted and Tracy still meet.
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And still get married.
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Then, in the most marvelous turn of events, Tracy doesn't die! Instead, future Ted (via Bob Saget's voiceover) recounts the string of events that led him to Tracy.
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Ted leaves the apartment so Marshall (Jason Segal) could propose to Lily (Alyson Hannigan), goes to the bar, meets Robin (Cobie Smulders)...
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Falls in love with Robin, breaks up with Robin...
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Goes on the rebound, gets a rebound tattoo, gets said tattoo removed...
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Meets Stella (Sarah Chalke), falls in love, gets engaged, gets left at the altar...
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Becomes a professor, teaches the wrong class...
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Dates the wrong girls...
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Lets Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Robin fall in love...
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Books the wedding band...
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Makes sure the wedding actually happens...
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Leaves a little early...
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And, finally, is "in the right place, at the right time, and summon[s] the guts to do the stupidest, most impossible thing in the world: Walk up to that girl standing under the yellow umbrella and start talking."
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"And that kids, is how I met your mother."
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Boom. Done. Perfection. Watch the alternate — but infinitely better — ending below.
