do i know you? is the alternate ending of how i met your mother.
alternate ending of how i met your mother?
do i know you?
the story of how ted met the mother is the framing device behind the series; many facts about her are revealed throughout the series, including the fact that ted once unwittingly owned her umbrella before accidentally leaving it behind in her apartment. ted and the mother meet at the farhampton train station following barney stinson (neil patrick harris) and robin scherbatsky's (cobie smulders) wedding; this scene is shown in "last forever", the series finale. the mother's death from an unspecified terminal illness in 2024, also revealed in the series finale, received a mixed reaction from fans. in the alternate ending on the ninth season dvd, the mother is still living when ted is telling the story in 2030.
the mother (how i met your mother)
the episode also features a reappearance by celeste kane (lisa thornhill), a recurring character during the first season. the second season dvd includes an alternate ending to this episode, which was released around the airing of the episode as a promotional tool. the alternate ending starts the same way as the regular ending, with veronica discovering that meg is pregnant. but instead of the episode ending there, meg's mom comes into the room while veronica hides in the bathroom. when the mom leaves, meg is dead with a pillow over her face, indicating smothering. however, veronica takes the pillow off before a nurse comes in. thomas commented that the alternate ending was never going to be the actual conclusion to the episode. he said: "we never seriously considered having that be the ending. there were various other endings that we did have, but they were so subtly different, it was like, 'when does veronica enter the room?' " the idea to promote the alternate ending was a joint venture from the upn promotions department and executive producer joel silver. after thomas learned that others wanted an alternate ending, he decided to make it very different from the episode's actual conclusion. "but once we could have a [very different] alternate ending, we thought, 'let's make it rock.' the beauty of having that alternate ending is that we don't have to play it out in the next episode."
my mother, the fiend