--- title: ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Alternate Ending is Coming description: Fans of How I Met Your Mother who felt cheated by the series' finale Monday will be glad to hear that the sitcom's creators had a different conclusion in mind -- described as "happy " -- to be included on the show's DVD set canonical: https://time.com/50456/how-i-met-your-mother-happy-ending/ author: ashley Ross article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-04-04T22:38:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T07:09:10.951Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Fans Will Get a Legit Happy Ending og:description: Fans of How I Met Your Mother who felt cheated by the series' finale Monday will be glad to hear that the sitcom's creators had a different conclusion in mind -- described as "happy " -- to be included on the show's DVD set og:url: https://time.com/50456/how-i-met-your-mother-happy-ending/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41c9cb1286d809cb/6986884d35ba6ff2b5c0145c/how-i-met-your-mother-finale.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: From left: Josh Radnor as Ted and Cristin Milioti as Tracy in the finale of How I Met Your Mother. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Fans Will Get a Legit Happy Ending twitter:description: Fans of How I Met Your Mother who felt cheated by the series' finale Monday will be glad to hear that the sitcom's creators had a different conclusion in mind -- described as "happy " -- to be included on the show's DVD set twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41c9cb1286d809cb/6986884d35ba6ff2b5c0145c/how-i-met-your-mother-finale.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # ‘How I Met Your Mother’ Fans Will Get a Legit Happy Ending by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Apr 4, 2014 10:38 PM CUT  From left: Josh Radnor as Ted and Cristin Milioti as Tracy in the finale of How I Met Your Mother. From left: Josh Radnor as Ted and Cristin Milioti as Tracy in the finale of How I Met Your Mother.Ron P. Jaffe—Fox Television by [ashley Ross](/author/ashley-ross/) ## ashley Ross Apr 4, 2014 10:38 PM CUT Fans felt cheated over the finale to _How I Met Your Mother_ when the main character Ted didn’t end up with the beloved Mother but instead with the horrible-wig-wearing Robin. To top it off, the series didn’t just switch the end game of the series but also had the gall to kill the Mother and, in doing so, forced fans to watch the adorable Cristin Miliotti lying in a hospital bed, which no one deserves, especially not those who’ve endured 9 seasons of this show. Talk about a major buzzkill. Though a video made its viral rounds earlier this week featuring a much happier ending to the series, it’s since been removed from YouTube. But creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, who stuck to their original plan that was filmed in season 2, also had a different ending in mind. [Deadline](http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/how-i-met-your-mother-himym-ending-dvd-series-finale-happy/ "undefined") reports that 20th Century Fox TV wouldn’t comment on specifics but that it was described as “happy” and will be included in the show’s DVD set. It could be as simple as fading to black as soon as the two meet under the infamous yellow umbrella but to find out if it’ll be legen—wait for it—dary, we’ll have to do just that. \[[Deadline](http://www.deadline.com/2014/04/how-i-met-your-mother-himym-ending-dvd-series-finale-happy/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/50456/how-i-met-your-mother-happy-ending/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/50456/how-i-met-your-mother-happy-ending/"},"headline":"‘How I Met Your Mother’ Fans Will Get a Legit Happy Ending","datePublished":"2014-04-04T22:38:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:09:10.951Z","description":"Fans of How I Met Your Mother who felt cheated by the series' finale Monday will be glad to hear that the sitcom's creators had a different conclusion in mind -- described as \"happy \" -- to be included on the show's DVD set","url":"https://time.com/50456/how-i-met-your-mother-happy-ending/","keywords":["Television","How I Met Your Mother"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41c9cb1286d809cb/6986884d35ba6ff2b5c0145c/how-i-met-your-mother-finale.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"ashley Ross","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ashley-ross/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt41c9cb1286d809cb/6986884d35ba6ff2b5c0145c/how-i-met-your-mother-finale.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"From left: Josh Radnor as Ted and Cristin Milioti as Tracy in the finale of How I Met Your Mother.","caption":"From left: Josh Radnor as Ted and Cristin Milioti as Tracy in the finale of How I Met Your Mother.","creditText":"Ron P. 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