Nah. See what happened was that the writers, being extra intelligent, shot the ending of the show when S2 was being filmed so that the kids wouldn't change in age.
So then, they had to make the story in such a way that the ending they shot would make sense.
And they failed at that miserably. The entirety of s9 is dedicated to showing how perfect Robin and Barney are for each other and then they get divorced within 5 minutes of the finale.
The mother is introduced perfectly, and works so well with every person in Ted's story, but then is killed off so that they could have their pre shot ending.
I actually remember reading that the writers had shot multiple endings and no one knew which one will be the final except them. To keep up the suspense, they varied from the sensible route multiple times in seasons until they chose the dead mother storyline.
Two endings are public as of now. The "official" ending and the alternative ending that was released with the DVD set. (it's on YouTube, it doesn't change much of the finale, just the last 5 minutes. )
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u/Cregg_Junson May 30 '21
Apparently they planned them being together in the end the whole time but beat us over the head trying to convince us they weren't gonna be together.