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."

Yellow Umbrella >>>>> Blue French Horn

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

This is the best example of why producers shouldn’t always go for plot twists. They made a mistake by choosing the other ending because they wanted that shocking plot twist about the mother being dead and ruined a great sitcom by it.

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.

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

"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"

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

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.

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

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”.

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!

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

The way I rewatch HIMYM now is watch the entire fisrt 8 seasons, watch the how your mother met me episode, the one where Robin and Barney get married, then straight to this. That´s my canon

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.

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.

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

Was I the only one that noticed Marshall paying Lily the bet that they did years ago? 0:09

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.

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.

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)

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

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...

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

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.

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!"

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

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🥹

In 2014, I hated the official ending. 10 years later, now that I'm 10 years older and 10 years more experienced, I have just re-watched it, I understand it more and have come to peace with it. I prefer this ending more but I'm okay with the other one as well. Anyway, this show will always be one of my favourites forever❤

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.

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.

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

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

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!

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

The REAL end.

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

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.

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.

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

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 🥲

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

Robin had put so much twist and turns since the very beginning with Ted that I feel until the end that she never deserve Ted. Love should be easy like Ted and Tracy, people just fall into places but Robin had so many roller coaster within her and her relationship with Ted. Even Ted and Victoria had more magic and I would put them second after Tracy, than him and Robin. I’m glad Ted had a happy ending with Tracy, had beautiful kids until death took her away

This should have been the actual ending. Having Ted end up with Robin was just too forced. It didn't feel right and was unnecessary to have Tracy get sick like that.

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”

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

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

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

This one doesn't throw away multiple seasons of character development for the sake of a scene filmed years ago that had long since been rendered irrelevant

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

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

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

I may actually patch this ending onto a DVD copy of HIMYM so I can rewatch the show and this can be the ending everytime.

I feel like the televised ending was done out of sheer arrogance by the creators. They always planned this ending since season 1. But as the seasons progressed the characters evolved in a way they most likely never originally intended. I doubt they really expected robin and barney to become a couple but as time went on they went with it. They spent all those seasons afterwards explaining why they worked. And spent many seasons since ted and robin breaking up why they never worked as a couple and showed how incompatible they were. So to kill of the mother and say the last 3 minutes of the series finale "nah it was robin all along" was terrible writing.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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,

The more i watch HIMYM the more I fall in love with The Mother, and am left wondering more and more why he'd ever claim robin is the one. Aside from one good date and the almost hook-up while he dated Victoria, they never shared anything 🤷🏻‍♂️ no real moments, real chemistry or deep conversation based on anything else than just rehashing that she's "the one", but not really ever why. He had way more of a connection with every other woman he dated through the series. Stella was highly educated and a wife/mother. Victoria was as sweet as sugar, and the pastries she made. And also showed interest in marriage. Zoey was an architecture nerd. Also again, marriage potential, cause of her status as a wife when they met. Hell even the list of fond memories of Natalie, (scented candles and sock monkies)was more of s love story than Ted and Robin, imo. And Jeanette really was a true psycho, tho..

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!!

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

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.

Now every time I rewatch the show I'm gonna stop before the ending and watch this instead

Ive been coming back to watch this ending for years. It’s perfect.

This is the ending for me. Plus barney and robin stay together. For me that's what they're implying when ted says "things get back together"- barney and robin almost split up but don't.

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..?

I actually love the original ending because the whole show is about Time. How little or how much time you have with the person(s) you love. Besides, the title is How I MET Your Mother, not My Life With Your Mother or something like that. So it makes sense for Ted to go through the story from meeting Robin to Robin and Barney's wedding in a span of (for us) nine years and then sum up what life was like after meeting Tracy. This ending was also meant to be a full circle ending which most people do not seem to take note on. When I first watched it, I was bummed out and liked this ending better but after rewatching it, I've ended up loving the original ending more. I can completely understand where people who like this ending more are coming from but maybe try rewatching it again like I did. If you still don't like it, that's ok because that's personal preference.

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

They spent an entire season on Barney and Robin's wedding but not even 2 fking minutes on Ted and Tracy's wedding 😢