What The Co-Creator Of "How I Met Your Mother" Has To Say About Backlashing The Finale
Spoiler alert! For those of you who have YET to watch the #HIMYM finale, steer clear now! For those of you who have, here's what co-creator Craig Thomas has to say to you.
By Melody Oei — 03 Apr 2014, 02:47 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
Many loyal viewers of HIMYM felt cheated that the whole basis of the show was just a plot device to reunite Ted with Robin
The show's close upset the majority fans, or at least the ones with vocals opinions, with some feeling cheated that the whole basis of the show was just a plot device to reunite Ted with Robin.
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Its soppiness also proved irksome, with blue French horns and yellow umbrellas abound and Barney giving up his libidinous ways to kiss the head of his darling new baby.
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"How I Met Your Mother" co-creator Craig Thomas came to the show's defence, painfully thanking fans 5 times over the span of 5 minutes via Twitter
Thomas defended the show after fans who had waited nine years to find out what had happened complained in their droves about the conclusion to Ted’s love life.
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1. He first thanked everyone for every possible reaction to the last 44 minutes
'How I Met Your Mother' co-creator Craig Thomas tweets about the show's finale.
Image via @HimymCraig/Twitter2. Then tried to justify the 9-year-running tv show
'How I Met Your Mother' co-creator Craig Thomas tweets about the show's finale.
Image via @HimymCraig/Twitter3. He explained the dramatic elements they had in mind
'How I Met Your Mother' co-creator Craig Thomas tweets about the show's finale.
Image via @HimymCraig/Twitter4. And further elaborated that the finale was about life's twists and turns
'How I Met Your Mother' co-creator Craig Thomas tweets about the show's finale.
Image via @HimymCraig/Twitter5. He finally thanked everyone again, for the fifth time, no matter what everyone thought
'How I Met Your Mother' co-creator Craig Thomas tweets about the show's finale.
Image via @HimymCraig/TwitterIn the finale, Ted (Josh Radnor) finally meets the mother of his children - Tracy McConnel - but it is revealed she actually died six years earlier
At the end of one of the episodes, Ted and his wife are spending a romantic weekend together. She tells Ted, "I don't want you to be the guy who lives in his stories. I want you to move forward."
Image via Ron P. Jaffe/Fox 2014Ted ends up reuniting with the other love of his life, TV anchor Robin (Cobie Smulders), with his kids’ seal of approval coming at the end of the show
Right before her wedding, Robin dealt with the fact that it was Ted she should have been marrying.
Image via Ron P. Jaffe/Fox© 2014 Fox TelevisionSome "How I Met Your Mother" fans were so disappointed with the show's finale that they made an alternate ending
The alternate ending to "How I Met Your Mother" concludes with Ted (Josh Radnor) finally meeting his wife and mother of his children Tracy McConnell as they shelter from the rain arguing about whose umbrella they were using.
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