People have been quite vocal about their displeasure with the March 31 series finale of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother. But to everyone’s delight, creator and writer Carter Bays announced via Twitter that the show have an alternate ending to the nine year long sitcom coming to the Complete Series DVD release.
The creators and writers of the show stated that the real ending was decided from the beginning of the show. But in a series of tweets last Friday Bays announced that during production, the editing crew was able to cut together an alternate ending. He goes on to tweet that the new ending would be included with the How I Met Your Mother Complete Series DVD, which will be available in the fall. This means begrudged and bitter fans, who waited nine years for a satisfying finale, may be able to find solace in this alternate ending.
First of all I want to say thank you for the lovely messages from everybody who loved the #HIMYMFinale.
— Carter Bays (@CarterBays) April 4, 2014
If you didn't like the finale, I guess that happens. We tried something and it didn't connect with you. I hope we're still friends.
— Carter Bays (@CarterBays) April 4, 2014
So anyway, here's a bit of news: 16 days ago today we were in the HIMYM edit room, trying to decide between two very different endings.
— Carter Bays (@CarterBays) April 4, 2014
We only shot one script, but through edit room magic we had two possible outcomes for the series.
— Carter Bays (@CarterBays) April 4, 2014
We chose the ending we chose and we stand by it. But we loved the other version too.
— Carter Bays (@CarterBays) April 4, 2014
We're going to include that version on the Complete Series DVD as an alternate finale to How I Met Your Mother.
— Carter Bays (@CarterBays) April 4, 2014
The #HIMYM Series DVD Collection comes out this fall, and it's full of other cool stuff. Here's what it looks like: pic.twitter.com/bsRNHNAUkG
— Carter Bays (@CarterBays) April 4, 2014
Featured image by CBS
via Rolling Stone