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   AFTER nine wildly successful seasons teasing the identity of Ted Mosby’s   
   wife, How I Met Your Mother ended in a series finale that divided fans   
   everywhere.   
      
   For those that missed it: Ted (Josh Radnor) finally met the love of his   
   life, only to have her die prematurely of cancer, leaving him to date his   
   best friend Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders).   
      
   That was after Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) surprised viewers   
   everywhere by throwing away his infamous dating guide The Playbook to marry   
   Robin — only to get divorced just three years later.   
      
   It was a real sucker-punch.   
      
   A lot of fans weren’t happy with the outcome — and they weren’t alone.   
      
   Alyson Hannigan, who starred in the series as Lily Aldrin, admitted to   
   news.com.au that even she didn’t quite understand the point of the   
   reformed-playboy-turned-good-turned-playboy-again storyline.   
      
   “I didn’t think Barney should have ever gotten married,” she revealed   
   “I   
   liked Barney and Robin. But in my heart, I always wanted her with Ted. I   
   just feel they [Barney and Robin] shouldn’t have gotten married.”   
      
   But that’s not the only part of the finale she would have done differently.   
      
   “I was bummed they didn’t just make it a two-hour season-ender, so they   
   would get to show certain parts [that were cut],” she explained.   
      
   “The table read for the finale was so good, so right, but it was also like   
   14 hours long.So when I actually saw the final version of the show, I was   
   like ‘they cut out everything!’”   
      
   In fact, Hannigan — who’s headed to Melbourne next month for Oz Comic-Con   
   —   
   believes vital chunks of the final chapter were missing.   
      
   “It just seemed too quick. Obviously it was a tear-jerker, but with all the   
   stuff that got cut out it was too fast ... like ‘OK, now we’re going to   
   find   
   out the mom’s dead, then suddenly, OK — he’s with Robin now’, and   
   you’re   
   just like, ‘wait, what happened?!’”   
      
   She added: “There was a funeral scene [that got cut], and all this stuff   
   that I think the audience needed. They needed that time to process that   
   information, instead of having it slap them in the face.”   
      
   For years, the true identity of ‘The Mother’ was one of the best-kept   
   secrets on television — and it wasn’t just fans kept in the dark. Hannigan   
   herself only found out Cristin Milioti would be playing the role right   
   before filming began.   
      
   “I knew something was up because I was called in to the make-up trailer to   
   take a picture with an actress — and when I got there, the door was locked.   
   In nine seasons, the door had never once been locked.”   
      
   The reason the crew needed a picture, Hannigan explain, was because they had   
   one major problem with Milioti’s appearance.   
      
   “They were concerned before they actually cast her that we looked too   
   similar,” Hannigan said, although, clearly, they went ahead with Milioti   
   anyway.   
      
   Hannigan has won millions of fans all over the world playing iconic roles   
   such as Buffy’s best friend Willow in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, band geek   
   Michelle in American Pie and, of course, Lily Aldrin in How I Met Your   
   Mother.   
      
   So given the choice, which would she choose to reprise?   
      
   “How I Met Your Mother — I would do it again in a heartbeat. It was so much   
   fun going to work every day ... we laughed and laughed. It was just pure,   
   lovely fun,” Hannigan said.   
      
   “We all appreciated it while we had it — we knew how special it was. I   
   don’t   
   think that always happens.”   
      
   The star will make her first appearance at Oz Comic-Con in Melbourne on July   
   1-2.   
      
   For further information and ticketing, head to the official website.   
      
      
   David   
      
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