JamesG
05-21-2017, 11:40 PM
Neil Patrick Harris Actually Liked HIMYM's Finale
by Amanda Bell
May 21, 2017
The series finale episode for "How I Met Your Mother" easily ranks upon any list of most rancor-inducing endings in small-screen history, but there's at least one person who liked what he saw in the two-part conclusion: series star Neil Patrick Harris.
Speaking at Vulture Fest in New York on Sunday, he told the crowd that while he realized he "might be in the minority," he did like the HIMYM finale episode that arrived as such a divisive moment of television.
Despite its high ratings, many HIMYM fans took issue with its "twist" ending -- that is, the much-fussed Mother (Cristin Milioti) did ultimately marry Ted (Josh Radnor) but died after having his children, and the whole point of the decade-long story session about how he met her was one extended ploy to get his kids' permission to get together with Robin (Cobie Smulders).
The finale was so unpopular that an alternative version of the ending was offered in the Complete Series DVD package for the show.
http://www.tvguide.com/news/neil-patrick-harris-actually-liked-the-himym-finale/
by Amanda Bell
May 21, 2017
The series finale episode for "How I Met Your Mother" easily ranks upon any list of most rancor-inducing endings in small-screen history, but there's at least one person who liked what he saw in the two-part conclusion: series star Neil Patrick Harris.
Speaking at Vulture Fest in New York on Sunday, he told the crowd that while he realized he "might be in the minority," he did like the HIMYM finale episode that arrived as such a divisive moment of television.
Despite its high ratings, many HIMYM fans took issue with its "twist" ending -- that is, the much-fussed Mother (Cristin Milioti) did ultimately marry Ted (Josh Radnor) but died after having his children, and the whole point of the decade-long story session about how he met her was one extended ploy to get his kids' permission to get together with Robin (Cobie Smulders).
The finale was so unpopular that an alternative version of the ending was offered in the Complete Series DVD package for the show.
http://www.tvguide.com/news/neil-patrick-harris-actually-liked-the-himym-finale/