<p><a href=“The 'How I Met Your Mother' Finale Gets Fixed By A Fan | HuffPost Entertainment”>The 'How I Met Your Mother' Finale Gets Fixed By A Fan | HuffPost Entertainment; If you wanted a predictable, happier ending here it is. A fan “fixed” it. I liked the ending… just not the pacing of a 20 show wedding that imploded and then a rushed 15 years. I read somewhere that they didn’t want us too invested in the mother before they killed her off. </p>