How I Met Your Mother

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SPOILER ALERT!

With the death of Marshall's father last spring and Robin's recent emotional roller coaster, CBS' How I Met Your Mother has been playing out like a daytime soap, and executive producer Carter Bays says there's more drama ahead next year. "We always try to do that delicate dance between lighthearted comedy and real issues," Carter says. Among the upcoming developments:

• Barney finds romantic stability — likely with a woman named Quinn (Ugly Betty vet Becki Newton) — while Robin and Kevin's "relationship takes some big steps," says Carter.

• Lily's father, Mickey (Chris Elliott), returns for a multi-episode arc.

• Marshall and Lily welcome their baby boy in May.

• We'll again flash forward to the mysterious wedding and the long-awaited revelation of the bride's identity. "In May, we will follow Ted to the bride's dressing room and meet her," promises Carter. "Some monumental things are ahead that will change Ted's life irrevocably and make it a different show going forward. We're going to get into why he's still single. He's going to start realizing some things and exploring some new territory."

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[jemina]

Will we ever get to meet the mother?

 

[pixiedust1603]

It depends on if there if there is a season after this current one. If not, we should find out who the mother is at the end of this one.

 

[jacquelineo]

I just watched last year's season and I have to say it was just terrible. I'm so sad to see how far this show has fallen. I don't think I laughed at all.

 

[jemina]

This last episode was amazing.

You just have to love Robin Sparkls. And her dark song was such a treat. I laughed so much.

 

[Nemova]

Have you guys seen the season 8 finale? I loved it.

 

[Label Basher]

^ I liked it a lot. Barney and Robin were awesome. Great cliffhanger for Lily and Marshall.

But I have to say I was let down by who the mother is. I didn't want like a big guest star but someone known. Stella was played by Sarah Chalke and is known to TV audiences through Roseanne & Scrubs. Someone like that.

I was hoping it would be Jacinda Barrett who's name always mentioned as a potential girlfriend/the mother for Ted.

I'll give this chick a chance. It hasn't been mentioned if she will be a full cast regular so she may only appear in flash forward/back scenes until the final ep.

It's also a bit creepy that the mother looks like a brunette Lily.

 

[Teja]

Just saw on IMDB that there is going to be season 9? I thought season 8 was the last one. Lame.

 

[thehappyhippyyy]

Next season, the ninth, will be the last.

I was really glad that the mother was someone I didn't recognize, since I was really concerned they were going to bring in a familiar face (not just to the show, but the Hollywood circuit).

I have to admit though, after 8 years of watching this show, she was VERY underwhelming in the reveal. She looked slightly creepy when she smiled and I was kind of in shock that she was the mother.

Regardless of all that, since it's happened and whats-her-name has been confirmed as the "mother," I still have my theory that I stick to since practically the beginning of this series.

I think that at the end of this show, Ted will reveal that the "mother" has died.

 

[Tiffannie]

Interesting theory. Although Robin is definitely not the mother, I'm one of the few that hopes Robin and Ted will be together in the end

 

[myown]

i am looking for lilys dress. it´s from "slap bet", does anyone know where it is from or knows where i can find a similar one?

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