Hit CBS sitcomHow I Met Your Motherremains an Internet hot topic nearly a decade after its controversial conclusion, with various cast and crew members teasing remakes, reboots, and reunions.A fan-made poster represents the latest installment of those rumors, pitching a harsh but undeniably accurate title for a remake of the beloved series.
The series finale ofHow I Met Your Motherin 2015 has been immortalized as one of the greatest television fumbles of all time,only recently superseded by the ending ofGame of Thronesin 2019. The show recounts the romantic escapades of Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) to his future children, teasing the eventual reveal of the eponymous mother from the very first episode. ButHow I Met Your Mother’s highly anticipated conclusion after nine seasons shows Ted to be a widower who is just coming to terms with romantic feelings for his on-again off-again partner and best friend throughout the show, Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders).
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother is a sitcom created initially for CBS by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas. Five friends living in New York City navigate their twenties and thirties as they try to find love, success, and purpose. The show is framed through one friend’s eyes, Ted Mosby, as he retells the story of how he met his wife to his children.
A poster by @howimetyourmotheer on Instagram represents just how absurd the show’s ending felt for fans who had waited a decade for Ted’s happy ending. The poster features a promotional still of the main cast, which includes Radnor and Smulders alongside Jason Segal, Neil Patrick Harris, and Alyson Hannigan, but changes the show’s title ofHow I Met Your Motherto something that more appropriately encapsulates viewers' mixed feelings about the series finale. you’re able to check out the poster below:
A Truly Legend…(wait for it)…dary Sitcom
Despite its divisive finale, calls for aHow I Met Your Motherreboot or remake are as strong as ever. A spinoff show entitledHow I Met Your Fatherran for two seasons before being canceled in 2023, purportedly due to low viewership compared to the original series.Since then,
How I Met Your Mothercreators Carter Bays and Craig Thomashave not indicated any plans to revive the show, but fans' continued interest may persuade them to eventually return. Even actress Alyson Hannigan, who played one of Ted’s closest friends throughout the show, Lily Aldrin, has expressed her continued interest inHow I Met YourMother,suggesting that a potential reboot could focus on the rest of the gang correcting Ted’s retelling of his romantic hijinks.
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However, series creators Bays and Thomas are likely well aware that a potential reboot ofHow I Met Your Motherhas almost impossibly high standards.The show has been cemented in pop culture ever since its debut, contributing important theories like Barney Stinson’s (Neil Patrick Harris) Hot/Crazy Scale, or timeless gags like the Slap Bet, to viewers' everyday vernacular. Though it would be undeniably cathartic to see theHow I Met Your Mothercast reunited in a scenario that heals the wounds of the original series finale, the truth is that the CBS sitcom is one-of-a-kind, and fans would probably fare better turning the TV off at the end of season 9, episode 22, and maybe eating a sandwich for good measure.
