[duncan_idaho]

The alternate ending remains the best.

Taking Ted on a 10-year journey to meet the mother only to then guy punch everyone by revealing he lost her just 10 years later was… just not good.

I think it was an attempt to repeat the amazing dramatic impact of Marshall finding out his dad had died (which remains one of the best-executed, creative, heartbreaking and still funny episodes of TV I’ve ever watched).

I got a ton of joy and entertainment from this show. I was in the exact age/life band as the gang when the show started - many-times-weekly drinks at the same bar with the same cast of characters.

And then life happened. Marriages. Kids. And things changed. The time we had for each other dwindled, even as the love we have for each other stayed the same.

I think it’s the hardest thing about being a grown-up.