Comments on: Did We Meet the Mother?

By: Chad

Chad — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:14:14 +0000

My friend Cory and I are obsessed with this show. I’m glad that I finally stumbled upon this site, because he and I noticed the same thing with Ted bumping into this “random” girl. It just made no sense. ADDITIONALLY! If you look in the background, just behind the girl he bumps into, there is another girl there that looks INCREDIBLY like Eliza Dushku. Check it out. I think she would be a perfect fit for the part of the mother.

By: Laptop

Laptop — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 03:28:16 +0000

Is there a way to locate someone locally to try this?

By: chuck

chuck — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 01:26:06 +0000

where’s her red purse/bag in the picture with the umbrella?

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:53:17 +0000

I’m of the utmost belief they the writer’s/producer’s intentions were to have that as the mother, it’s too blatant and in the show: how many times have they had a random background character bump into a main character and get a speaking line? there are even some girls “Barney” hits on who don’t get their face shown… there’s obviously a reason this girl was used, and if nothing else, the scene is quick enough and she’s unknown enough to where they could replace her next year or a few years down the road when they’re officially ready to cast “the mother’s” part. Lastly, as far as the comment “Ted” says about not meeting the mother that night, technically speaking, they didnt meet. I’ve bumped into (and excused myself) an uncountable number of girls in clubs and bars in my day and i wouldnt count that as me meeting any of those ladies.

By: Ivy

Ivy — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:30:54 +0000

I LOVE to read this stuff But I don’t think we’ve seen the mother. I think the only things we should take seriously are the obvious things. Like the yellow umbrella en the fact that the mother was at the St Patrick’s Day party. And that’s all. I think all the other ‘clues’ are just to let people talk about the show Like we do now.
But I love it I hope this show will go on for many seasons!

By: Zack

Zack — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:53:39 +0000

I knew her in high school and she is as pretty now as she ever was. she is also really nice. I know her brother Jason Muirbrook too he is a model too I think.

By: Jackie

Jackie — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:49:34 +0000

Yes she was, it was the video The Call I think…..one of the Backstreet Boys is cheating on his girlfriend with her and then he ends up chasing her thru the night.
I believe that besides modeling that was her first work as an actress.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:45:45 +0000

NiCole Muirbrook was also in a Backstreet Boys video in 2000/2001.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:53:05 +0000

That is a good point, but future ted said that he didn’t meet her there… However, stella said in “Ten Sessions” that she went out on St. Patty’s Day… coincidence? I think not.

By: JPM

JPM — Thu, 08 May 2008 21:56:26 +0000

The “bump-into” girl strongly resembles an extra in “The Goat” episode, in the surprise party scene–the top pic above is sharp enough to compare.

I posted May 6 on “The Goat” ep discussion page with details on where to look. The short version is that she’s over Robin’s right shoulder in one camera angle. I’d bet OPM that they are the same!

Upon review of the PILOT episode on disc (able to zoom), girl on the left of the table resembles Hope Riley—sorry I forgot to double check credits! She doesn’t have much info on IMDB, so couldn’t compare eye-color, etc.

At any rate, the writers have “marked” Wagner’s character, since she is apparently in a close-enough circle to be invited-or connected as “friend-of-a-friend” who got schlepped along with another existing acqaintance of Ted’s.

My best guess is that Mom is going to be a relatively new face, judging by the way this show breaks away from tired, old formulas(thank you writers/creators). Now just get the network to lose the canned laughter like Scrubs shows can be done.

Now, the next big clue to be dropped would be Ted making a comment about specific people at his 30th b-day party… or 31st.

By: Ae

Ae — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:18:06 +0000

One of my friends pointed this out to me. The girl who Ted bumps into is in the PILOT episode. She is a friend of Robin’s. She the one sitting on the left at the booth in the bar with the group of girls Robin with. If you have the pilot go look. I think they are the same actress.

I think she is the mom, until someone comes up with a better theory that what I’m going with for now.

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Weekend links at ProductionNinja.com — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:38:35 +0000

[...] on the HIMYM front, some believe that we may have seen the mother. I don’t know about that, but I will say they do seem to be drawing attention to that [...]

By: nicolas

nicolas — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:31:28 +0000

i love all this theory thing but i just don’t get one detail of what has been taken as basis. why do you say that the love solutions girl, the soul mate, is meant to be the mother ? i mean , maybe i’m wrong and she is, but it’s just that ted never say that she is, i know there is the fact that her face is masked but that can be just a way not giving her a real existence because we all know that ted is still under Robin. There are so many tricks in scenarists’ minds, let’s just not take everything for granted

By: macdawson

macdawson — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:46:47 +0000

I think that it is a possibility. She is probably going to show up later in the show and this accidental bump might be used as an ice-breaker between them. I also think that, just as Ted now has her umbrella, it is possible that The Mother has.. wait for it… his cell phone, the one he lost at the party, and she might be calling soon.

By: Tom the Dog

Tom the Dog — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:13:00 +0000

See, I could’ve sworn it was a DIFFERENT actress than the one you name: I thought it was Hope Riley, who was credited as “Attractive Brunette” (at least according to IMDb). I went over it briefly on my blog (linked above), checked out her website, even posted a picture, and I could swear she’s the one that Ted bumps into, not Nicole Wagner. But… I could be wrong.

By: db

db — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 20:46:48 +0000

but! did anyone notice that Nicole Muirbrook Wagner’s name was in the credits once the ep ended? could that mean she has a possible role in future episodes? it’s not like they put EVERY extra’s name on the credits at the end.

By: Xavier

Xavier — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 06:12:20 +0000

So Michael is Ben’s spy on the boat?
C’mon people, we’re grasping at straws here.

By: toomuchfreetime

toomuchfreetime — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:35:17 +0000

It’s not the mother. In the last frame that she is on screen you can see that the woman Ted bumped into is wearing Brown leather shoes on the outside of her jeans when the mother is wearing black leather shoes under her jeans. Also I agree her shirt is too long

By: aaron

aaron — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 02:09:54 +0000

hmm…just noticed this too. It’s kind of fitting that the name of the club is “Low Point” and that was seemingly (and hopefully) a low point for the way Ted was acting.

By: aaron

aaron — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:56:56 +0000

@Jon T.
Love your theory…I looked back at the 5 minute mark and there is a girls with a similar outfit to the girl with the yellow umbrella, however, her coat is a cloth/trench coat deal (like the executive style rain coat) while the mother’s (ms. yellow umbrella) seems to be wearing a leather jacket. I’ve got the screen shots if anyone wants them.

And to weigh in…I think they just like screwing with the fans like that. Like Steve said, I can see stuff like this happening more often.

Cheers & be awesome instead.

By: john d'arc

john d'arc — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:36:33 +0000

looking back, it was too weird for it to not be important. Unless this woman won a walk on role on HIMYM (where was THAT contest) then she shouldn’t have stopped the flow of that scene.

Someone needs to just ask Craig/Carter about it, and hope they don’t lie. It’s just like them to tease that the mother would be a celebrity guest, and then get some no namer to be the real mother.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 01:16:11 +0000

Red Herring for now…

I can see this kind of thing continually happening until the show is finally put to rest – is that the mother, is that the mother, etc…

I’ve adopted a policy regarding this show – take everything with a grain of salt and enjoy the silliness

By: JD

JD — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:55:12 +0000

Jon T,

I’ll grab a screenshot and check it out. Thanks!

By: Jon T.

Jon T. — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:42:37 +0000

Although I do believe it is possible that this woman is in fact the mother, I don’t think that it’s very likely unless the show doesn’t get picked up for a fourth season. I think it’s highly improbable that the writers (along with Carter Bays and Craig Thomas) would use a device that’s as simplistic and obvious as Ted and the mother bumping into each other ‘mistakenly.’ It seems beneath the stature of the rest of the writing and plot twists on the show – besides a potential Barney/Robin storyline which seems to be coming at any minute now.

This may seem way too Lost-y for some people, but something caught my eye while watching the club scenes that may be worth discussing. Right after the five-minute mark in the episode, a girl walks out of the club – sans yellow umbrella – who seems to be wearing the outfit that the yellow umbrella girl was wearing. I agree with Jack that the mother does not appear to be wearing a shirt as long as the shirt that Ms. Wagner is wearing, but I think the 5 minute girl is. If I knew how to post screen grabs I would, but you’ll see what I mean if you watch the episode.

Let me know what you all think.

By: Ike

Ike — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 20:39:44 +0000

I thought it was strange for them to do that and from watching Lost I know not to make many predictions because they’re almost never right. It could go either way really. I think she fits the bill and could be the mother but that could easily be a red herring. I’ll just wait and see.