Season 4 of How I Met Your Mother will have 26 Episodes
Neil Patrick Harris was on Live with Regis and Kelly today. During the broadcast he revealed that 26 episodes have been ordered for season four. That’s great news!
Ideally that means that the rushed feeling that was present during the end of season 3 will not be there next year. It also means, I would think, that more story lines can be explored in depth.
So, knowing this, I have two questions to ask you. First, what would you like to see from season 4? What’s your ideal season-long arc and what smaller adventures/stories would you like to see told?
My next question is sure to be a controversial one. There’s a lot of talk back and forth about when and if we’ll meet the mother. There are two philosophies at odds here. The first school believes that the final moment of the final episode should be Ted meeting the mother, then fade to black. The other camp believes that it’s possible we’ll meet the mother and that the show will continue indefinitely after the titular moment. Which side do you fall on and why?
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Courtney | May 23, 2008 @ 1:13 pm
I feel like we should meet her in the second to last episode, then in the finale, we get a kind of a backtrack montage of all their near misses and almost meetings (like if she left the bar the moment he walked in on St. Patrick’s Day, or how she was also using dating service (I don’t think she was the girl he was set up with though, I think that plot was just to make him fall for Robin again) or something like that). Then a nice montage of what happens to everyone and where they are now (now being 2030).
JD | May 23, 2008 @ 1:22 pm
@Courtney Kind of like Six Feet Under’s finale but without all the death?
Ae | May 23, 2008 @ 1:33 pm
Barney nailing the slutty pumpkin with Robin dress as WonderWoman in a Halloween episode is one I would love to see.
Confession, I started watching to check out Cobie when Joss Whedon revealed that she was his first choice.
the modern gal | May 23, 2008 @ 1:38 pm
I don’t mind if it’s someone we’ve already met, but I don’t think I want to know who it is until the end. I like the idea of the first commenter — getting a montage of all the near-misses.
Ally | May 23, 2008 @ 2:16 pm
I want Ted meeting the mother at the end of the series. I mean, it doesn’t have to be, “Hi, I’m Ted.” And then fade to black. But last episode. Once he’s met her, he’s got no more story to tell! He’ll have to reveal it’s her right away, because surely the kids would know her name or, if he avoids it like with Robin in the pilot, there will be some detail to tip them off. So then there will either be no more mystery left, or we won’t learn she’s the mother until they’re married (that’s my brother’s theory with Stella). And if either of those happen (especially the second one), I’ll lose my faith in the show. It will be messing with the format (one of the best things about the show) to drag it on longer.
@Courtney- I love that idea of the montage with all the misses/hints!
Alea | May 23, 2008 @ 2:36 pm
Man! I’m getting chills just thinking about how awesome the end of the show could be. The ending of Six Feet Under was WOW! I’d love to see all the near misses!
Brandon | May 23, 2008 @ 2:54 pm
This may not be a popular opinion, but I don’t want to wait until the last episode to find out who it is. If the show runs for 7 years, can they really put it off that long?
Plus, I kind of want to see how the mother fits in with the rest of the group, how they react to her, etc.
JD | May 23, 2008 @ 3:06 pm
@Ally Why would it be “dragging it on longer”? The meeting of the mother is really a red herring for a story about a group of friends growing up. Sure, the premise is all about meeting the mother, but if Bays and Thomas have more awesome stories to tell, why should they give up as soon as we’ve met the mother? I know I’d rather see a season where Ted was with the future mom if they were going to be awesome.
The show’s really about becoming an adult, and being semi-biographical for Bays and Thomas, I’m sure there are stores they could continue to tell. I just think it’s an arbitrary criticism to say they’re “dragging on” just because they’ve met the mother.
Courtney | May 23, 2008 @ 3:37 pm
@JD haha, exactly. And without the “this is beautiful but I want to kill myself” Sia music.
Misha | May 23, 2008 @ 3:53 pm
Anyone for a Soprano’s type ending where the Mother is about to walk through the door and the show cuts to black before we see her? Anyone?
No, I’m just kidding. I would like the show to end with meeting the mother. While it can still be awesome, I think there is something integral to the focus of the show being on Ted’s neverending quest. I think Carter and Bays said that they have enough material for 5 seasons when the show began so we shall see if they hang on to that.
Things I want to see in season 4:
-Barney and Robin’s awkward/casual relationship. Though I still don’t like it, I want to see how they handle this. I don’t see them being lovey-dovey like LAME though.
-Stella saying No to Ted. I just don’t see her as the one.
-Robin living with Ted. That apartment has to be finished eventually and they wouldn’t move both Ted and Marshall out of that apartment would they?Cue Odd Couple music.
P.S. I thought the montage idea was, dare I say, awesome!
DougOLis | May 23, 2008 @ 4:28 pm
Meeting the mother isn’t just about the first time they met, but should (and I presume will) be about how they came to date, fall in love, grow together, get married, etc. It would seem almost pointless to meet her in the last scene; where would our emotional connection be? Besides, it would probably get boring and stale without any sort of payoff.
Alea | May 23, 2008 @ 4:39 pm
I think there’s something to say for them meeting at the end of the series, and that’s all IF we get to see the instant attraction (and believe it) which would allow us to bridge the gap between then and when he’s telling his children this story. i think it would be nice to allow each viewer to determine for themselves what happens in between there. but who knows, i could be thinking the complete opposite if this actually plays out this way!
Maria | May 23, 2008 @ 5:01 pm
I need Stella gone. She and Ted just don’t work together for some reason. I do not get it at all.
But I do think we can meet the mother and the show can continue. The show isn’t only “How I Met Your Mother,” it’s how Ted got to be the person that marries his future kid’s mother. So he may meet the mother, we may know her already, and the show can continue because that doesn’t necessarily mean that the show is over, meeting the mother.
Danielle | May 23, 2008 @ 5:04 pm
personally, i would be very upset if I didnt see Teds wedding to the mother, i feel like the all of the time we’ve put into romantic Ted just wouldn’t do the fans justice without seeing it….but i do like the montage idea at the end also. and i dont think its stella. i hope not at least. but with scrubs being renewed on ABC as well, its kinda doubtful.
The Colonel | May 23, 2008 @ 5:49 pm
I think meeting the mother (whether we have already or soon will) doesn’t end the show. What ends the show is when it’s revealed to us who the mother is. Though the show is hilarious, the actors have great chemistry together and it is very well written (not to mention my favorite sitcom since Alf) the piece that holds the show together is the suspense of and draw to find out who the mother is.
J | May 23, 2008 @ 6:02 pm
that headline to me seemed like this could be the last season, which is why they get extra episodes. I really hope Im wrong.
I think the show could go either way in terms of the mother, I always imagined it ending with them meeting, but they could tell the story of how the mother went from some girl to the mother of the kids children.
Court | May 23, 2008 @ 6:45 pm
Am I the only one who thinks the mother in 2030 is dead? I’m not sure why I get that feeling, but every time we see the kids, I can’t help but feel like it’s after a funeral and the Ted is reminiscing with his kids about how he met their mother.
I vote for last episode though.
John | May 23, 2008 @ 7:53 pm
It has to be the last episode. I don’t want another character messing with the awesome 5 core charatcers that we grown to love. I think we have at least a 1-hour finale that ties up everything - Barney&Robin, Ted meeting the Mother, and then of course he[as of flashbacks and forwards. I’d love to see Ted meet the Mother in the last 5 or 10 minutes, then have a flash-forward to a year or two later at their wedding, then back to ‘present’ where we see Ted talking to the gang about this awesome girl he’s just met. The final scence should just have the integral 5 - noone else.
Ae | May 23, 2008 @ 8:14 pm
@Court, I know what you mean. The first words out of the son mouth in the pilot when Ted tells them that he’s going to tell the story of how I met your mother is, “Are we being punish?”
Even if your dad was a painfully bad story teller. What kids do not want to hear about how their parents met? A line like that tells me they don’t like their mom or memories of their mom are painful.
The Mix | May 23, 2008 @ 8:34 pm
I don’t know how it would work, but I think they might do some odd combination of the two….
Tim Kirschenheiter | May 23, 2008 @ 10:15 pm
Though I initially only wanted to meet the Mother in the final episode, I have changed my mind. We need some sort of emotional connection with the Mother for the payoff to be worth it. Even though the show IS based mostly upon the maturation of the central five, there is still the ever-looming presence of the Mother in the future. This presence necessitates a worthy response. The scenario where (1) we see the Mother and then (2) it fades to black does not adequately fulfill the build-up automatically present in the premise of the show. We need to feel some sort of an attachment to the Mother.
(On a side note, I think it is safe to say that most of us don;t yet feel any such attachment to Stelliot Reed. Ted’s proposal to her seems quite strange considering we’ve only seen her in like three episodes.)
mike | May 23, 2008 @ 10:40 pm
maybe they can choose both, I mean a season ends with the proper ending in which ted will meet the mother, the series apparently ends, then a new series is created in which ted’s children asks: “what happened next?”
High Hoper | May 23, 2008 @ 11:09 pm
Once again… One of the co-directors of the show (I clearly don’t remember if Bays or Thomas) said he has in his mind, from the first minute of the show, how the 5 last minutes of the last episode would be. IMO it’s the “we’ll meet the mother in the last episode theory”.
chris | May 24, 2008 @ 12:43 am
Meeting the Mother should happened on the last episode.
Then Older Ted gives us a voice over of what happened of when the show ended, to the day he starts telling the story.
natsirt | May 24, 2008 @ 1:39 am
I want some time to meet and get to know the mother. Of course I’m in the rare “I want Victoria to be the mother” camp because I loved that character and the chemistry between them.
I have to say that last episode montage idea kind of intrigues me and makes me rethink my vote.
With Season 3 being rather lackluster I think I want Season 4 to be the last. I’m hoping it is better and I want the show to end while it is still good.
Whatever happens I want Sherbarnsky to exist, I want to know who the slutty pumpkin is and I want to know how the hell Ted got the damn pineapple.
Faye | May 24, 2008 @ 5:12 am
I Want the last episode to maybe an hour long?! Well longer than the normal ones and we meet the mum in that episode and then hove little shots of what happens inbetween then and Ted telling his kids the story like Lily & Marshalls first baby or what happends with Barney ETC. The near misses sounds good too though.
saya | May 24, 2008 @ 10:55 am
@DougOLis: you’ve made me regret my vote– of all the shows on tv (save for uhm, Medium?) I think this show could really show how hard it is to be in a relationship when you have some growing up to do (and you have a romantic obsessive personality like Ted’s!)– not everyone has a (relatively) easy time like LAME to get to that “let’s get married and have babies” place. This show could do that AND be funny.
Ae | May 24, 2008 @ 12:32 pm
It can’t end with them just showing a NEW character as the mom. It goes against what Bays and Thomas has said, you can’t just walk into a bar and the love of your life is right there – so your search for the perfect person takes 23 minutes? Which is exactly what they will be doing if the mom is a totally new character. They would have to spin off the series if they did that.
I hope it’s not Stella.
Matthew | May 24, 2008 @ 3:30 pm
I think there is a third option in the middle. I think there is a difference between meeting a person and knowing that they are “the one.” It took Robin over half a season to even think about dating Ted.
I can see a situation where a new person is brought in not as a love interest for Ted but maybe as a point of friction for LAME (maybe Lily being jealous and Marshal being oblivious/stubborn) and then somewhere along the way something is said/done/revealed and the light switch goes of in Ted’s mind and its not “how I MET your mother” but “How I met your MOTHER” and it ends with Ted proposing and her saying YES.
I think this is what the writers are doing because thats how they ended the third season. When they didnt know if they were going to have a fourth. If it had not been renewed the scene would have done on 10 more seconds: Stella saying “yes” and Future Ted saying “and that kids is how I met your mother”
J | May 24, 2008 @ 5:53 pm
i just had a really bad idea for a spinoff series and i thought you guys would laugh…
“How I Met Your Father”…
They introduce the mother then its a new cast and older mother comes in to tell her side of the story…
Alea | May 24, 2008 @ 6:09 pm
@J-
That is hilarious! Especially if it’s like a carbon copy of HIMYM, with a male Robin and Lily and a female Marshall!
Geri | May 25, 2008 @ 1:19 am
@ J
Sorry, i’m voting against that one. That is something I do NOT want to see!
Again, I put my full trust in Carter and Craig (thought i’d switch it up a little ha ha!) and I have faith that whatever way they chose to end it, will work.
I do agree with those who have said it though, I would like to get to know a little bit about the mother. I think most of us would, since we’re so invested in the characters. It would seem strange to have Ted go off with some girl and us not know anything about her except that they have kids together in the future.
In season 4 I would like to see Marshall finally get the job he loves. That’s a huge one for me, especially on a personal level, since I am sort of going through that situation.
I would love to see more story lines focused on Robin. Just because she’s no longer Ted’s love interest doesn’t mean she doesn’t have a life. I would LOVE to have them do a show where she goes back home to Canada for some reason. I think it would be a hilarious story line! (and we can all be graced with some more amazing Canadian jokes)
Wingman | May 25, 2008 @ 4:39 am
I’m a fan of the HIMYF idea. So you get to the point where Ted is about to meet the mother in the finale. And just then, they flash to 2030, and the mother walks in the room and asks what they’re talking about. Then she sits next to future Ted, and starts telling her side of the story, “Kids, let me tell you the story of how I met your father.” Cut to black and end the season.
In the fall, they can pick it up again, maybe a 2 year HIMYF run, so we don’t have a 36 year old Radnor playing a 31 year old Ted when you do the Series Finale of finishing the story together, about their engagement.
This will give the HIMYM cast a well deserved break to do their muppets, wonderwoman, and american pie 7… oh and NPH can play himself in the latest Harold and Kumar movie.
That should keep me satiated through 2012.
J | May 25, 2008 @ 9:38 pm
or if they where to do the HIMYF keep all the same cast members playing different roles because those are the people the kids have pictured in their heads… ok maybe not, it might be funny for an episode but wouldnt work for a full-scale show.
And, let me repeat Im not a Ted/Robin fanatic, but IMO the only way for me to get the payoff of meeting the mother without getting to know her is if some weird way it does turn out to be Robin and CT-CB tricked us.
Geoff | May 26, 2008 @ 4:44 pm
First of all sorry for my english, but i’m not american or canadian but a small Belgian, big fan of HIMYM…
I’d like to apologize if my idea has already pointed out, but I’m not convinced the mother is Ted’s wife, and I don’t think that Ted is kids’father. Why couldn’t he be the uncle, as uncle Barney, uncle Marshall, … And he just tells the story of the meeting with kids’mum, who is a really good friends or…
Perhaps it’s a bit complex and weird, but with a scenario like that, Robin is not excluded to be Old Ted’s wife, for example.
That’s my opinion about the ‘end’
High Hoper | May 27, 2008 @ 3:47 am
Sorry, but I think you’re wrong. The daughter says twice I think “come on, dad, what happened?”
Dave | May 27, 2008 @ 9:18 am
I would like it if we (the viewers) don’t actually meet the mother. I would like to see the story end with future Ted telling the story and have Mom come in the room and sit with the kids. At that time we discover that we have known her for quite some time as a peripheral character. Then we can have the montage where we discover that she was there with us all along. Continue the montage past where Ted has told the story so we can see their courtship and marriage, finishing up with the birth of the kids. (Luke and Leia). The end, fade to black.
Motherhead | May 27, 2008 @ 11:12 am
Ted has met the mother! She was at the Saint Patrick’s day party!!!
It is not the girl that bumped into him or *chalk* it up to publicity stunt!!!!
True story!
macdawson | May 27, 2008 @ 11:33 am
i can´t really vote on this one. The premise of the show is future Ted telling his kids how he met the mother so, in principle, when we meet her it’s game over. But on the other hand i just love these characters and would like to see their stories go on for a few years and to see Ted and the “Mother” as they start their relationship but then the show would have to be called “How me and your mother dated, had sex, got married and had the two of you.” The fact we already know how their story ends inders any stories with them but seing how imaginative our two favorite writers have been for the first 3 seasons i’m sure they would keep us entertained.
Mantoto | May 27, 2008 @ 2:09 pm
I have been watching the season 1 again and there is still one thing left unanswered.
the episode “Game Night” where Ted vomit on the “Scherbatsky” door mat.That is another story that haven’t been answered yet and even Older Ted says the story is for later time.
Who replace the door mat.Is it Barney or is Ted?
Mantoto | May 27, 2008 @ 2:15 pm
And back to the topics,
I think what best for them is to tell the stories of Ted and the mother in 2 separate storyline.Maybe Ted and the mother knows each other without having any feelings for each other at all.
The tricks here is for the producer to really really cover it up really well so that we,the audience didnt have any clue at all that the mother is in front of us all the time.
Then during build up to the series finale,they can start to like and love each other.
J | May 27, 2008 @ 7:22 pm
@ Geoff
the kids have called Ted, Dad, but he has never called the mother his wife.
LegenDerek | May 27, 2008 @ 9:21 pm
He should meet the mother in the final episode. She is going to be the dating service girl he stood up to be with Robin.
The show is about the journey not the destination!
Jake | May 28, 2008 @ 2:28 am
I like the idea of meeting her before she is revealed to be the mother so at least the fans can see how the rest of the gang interacts with her. Then maybe all the clues like the yellow umbrella would be revealed in the last episode plus maybe all the near misses.
As for the mother being dead, if that does happen I hope Robin marries Ted finally. Don’t know how we’d see that.
As for Victoria, i liked her, but I hope the mother is like her; an relatively sweet and unknown actress. So far Ted has yet to match the sweetness factor with his subsequent girlfriends.
Geri | May 28, 2008 @ 3:47 pm
Have we ever considered Wendy the waitress?
They do spend an awful lot of time in that bar
High Hoper | May 29, 2008 @ 3:35 am
That’s one of my options too
But, last time she appeared on the show was… “platinum rule”?
DaveR | May 29, 2008 @ 2:12 pm
I voted for the latter. I thnk we will meet the mother (or perhaps already have) before the final episode. I think there will be at least two women who could be the mother and the final episode(s) will have us guessing which one it is. Ted will come to some sort of realization about who he really wants to spend the rest of his life with.
KC | May 29, 2008 @ 6:49 pm
Wendy the Waitress isn’t the mother according to TedMosbyisaJerk.com.
Jessica | June 1, 2008 @ 12:37 pm
I think we need to meet the mother before the last ever episode. I think we should see their wedding and everything, then maybe it will end after that, but it could still carry on. I think if Ted met her in the very last scene of the very last episode, the audience would no way have time to get to know her and therefore may not like her! I’m not sure if Stella will be the mother though!
On a totally separate subject lol, I really think Barney and Robin should end up together!!!!
a | June 5, 2008 @ 3:43 pm
we have met the mother.
Fabio | June 10, 2008 @ 6:50 pm
it’s a total paradox. I do wanna meet the mother, BUT once the mother’s revealed, the show will no longer be aired.
bottom line: i hope the show goes on for many more seasons and luckly, we’ll meet the mother only on the last episode of the show!
B | June 12, 2008 @ 1:19 am
I really like the idea that was mentioned that we already know the mother and we have for a long time. So, when she comes into the room with her husband, Ted, telling the story, we’ll be like, “Oh, yeah!”…..”that makes sense” and we will feel as though we have gotten to know the mother but just didn’t make the connection until the end and the title “How I Met Your Mother” makes sense.
diego hernandez | June 16, 2008 @ 5:38 pm
This show is legan………..wait for it….DARY.
They just have to keep the show running for as long as they can.
I mean there are allot of storys to tell.
For example…Barney..this guy looks at robin when marshal n lilly ask him if his life slipped away before his eyes to. they make a joke but barney doesnt laugh he looks at robin.
They can make another 5 eps only about that
But a how i met your father would be nice but its not the same without the caracters from how i met your mother.
But they can make something hillarious of himyf to!
All i know is that im going to watch anyway.
daveyb | June 16, 2008 @ 9:26 pm
i personally wouldnt want to meet the mother for another season at least or at least have it cofirmed that its a character we already know because it would ruin the mystery and the central plot of the show. on the other hand delaying it too long could result in people losing patience and getting sick of the same question and the show would die out. in truth im undecided but i think the creators and writers are going to have to do some pretty amazing stuff to turn the show into one that could make it near the 10 season mark for example.
still its so good it would have to make a dramatic decline for people to stop watching it, im hooked!
Jared | June 18, 2008 @ 1:56 am
This show is the funniest show on the air, and I don’t think that it should end with a forth season, I think that it should be a show where you have to put the clues togeather at the end of the show. oh and i think that there should be at least another three seasons. =D
john darc | June 20, 2008 @ 1:54 am
26 episodes? does that mean it’s gonna be stretched out drama like season one? Will Barney be pining for Robin as she decides to rekindle her relationship with Kurt Irons? Will Barney be forced to do a rain-dance?
Does this mean alot more standalone, not-add-anything-to-the-plot episodes? I can’t take anymore Britney, man! No more Single Stamina! No more Aldrin Justice! No more Bryan Cranston episodes!
sthomas | June 20, 2008 @ 1:54 pm
unfortunately, i have a feeling it IS stella, hopefully not. but she was at st.patricks day party, and left early…..possible leaving her yellow umbrella. also i think something is definately going to happen between robin and barney, they’ve been hinting at it all through series 3, and that look at the end suggests that when barney almost died, he did see what he really loved, and it was robin.
as for marshall and lily, i think in the end it’ll work out, they’ll have the kids, and he’ll get the job….but i have a feeling they might move away from ny.
i think we’re stuck in the ‘friends’ situation, with that they tied it all up nicely, and then ruined it with ‘joey’. I think the writers for HIMYM are smarter than that… i see nothing being resolved on the last episode… and just leaving you guessing, either way….
I WANT TO FIND OUT NOW!
JMF | June 21, 2008 @ 7:05 pm
I think the girl Ted bumped into at the St. Patricks day is the mother. Because they wouldnt of put that tiny bit in for nothing unless it was significant. Plus they say that she was at the party and left early. Thats my opinion anyway =]
I hope Barney and Robin get together. I thought it was really sweet when he looked up at her when Marshall and Lily asked what he saw during the near death experience.
CANT WAIT TILL SEASON 4!! XD
Luke | June 22, 2008 @ 12:39 am
Hi all,
Just found this site and I think it awesome, Im a huge HIMYM fan down in Australia, I have to say, i love this show i think its the best sitcom ever, but it is unfortunate that when Ted introduces the mother that will be the end. But like someone above state it should be a second to last or extended last episode so they can look back at and even fill us in on a few year after they met. I think if HIMYM continues after this point the whole structure of the greatness that is HIMYM will crumble. But I think that the 4th season is going to be legendary and i can’t wait for September to arrive.
HightFive to all
karyn | June 27, 2008 @ 3:00 am
i love this show!!!
we need to think about this mathematically, we have 22 years till future ted telling his story and the daughter looks about 17. that leave 5 years from now until ted has a daughter. we all know ted wants kids pretty soon so i think he probably would’ve had her in his 2nd year of marriage, that leaves 3 years from now, prob about 1 year engagement which means we have about 2 years left till there is a wedding and i want more than just 2 more series! so the show can’t stop once we find out who the mother is plus we have seen a snippet of ted’s wedding day so i think they will show the whole engagement then end at the wedding.
i also hope barney and robin stay together but i hope they don’t drag it out. they both want the same things, career and sex. neither want kids they’re perfect!
yamit | June 28, 2008 @ 6:39 pm
I just want to say that this show is great!!
Melchior | July 1, 2008 @ 5:29 pm
dude, this show is awesome man, bu please, wee’re almost ded right now, i can wait to meet the mother, i’m kind of seak of waiting, GIVE US THE MOTHER PLEAAAAASSE. What’s up….
Steve | July 7, 2008 @ 9:03 pm
I think definitely that we shouldnt be told who the mother is until the end of the show, suspense is very big part of the success of the show. yea and i agree with a lot of ppl that stella and ted dont work. I also think that Victoria from season 1 and Ted worked really well, i think it would be interesting if she was brought back from Germany. i mean it was a 2 year fellowship so it would be ok if she were to come back. For now i think everything is working out well, a lot of things coming out of left field which is keeping the viewers surprised yet even more interested. The show is going strong.
Mason McGinley | July 9, 2008 @ 12:15 am
I think the story is going in a good direction but what I have a couple of perdictions…..First.) What I think is going to happen is the girl we have seen in 2030 IS Stella’s daughter. Secound.) I think Stella and Ted break-up for a little while and Ted gets back togather with Robin because on Ted’s 30 Birthday with the goat he did say Robin was living with him. Third.) I think Robin breaks up with Ted and Ted gets back togather with Stella and Barney starts dating Robin and Lilly and Marshall become pregnant. Fifth.) The show will continue after the 4th season!!!! HORRAY!!!
Constructor | July 14, 2008 @ 1:11 am
My predictions:
Stella will say yes. The episode 2 (possibly 3) will be about Ted not wanting to get married.
Barney will be trying to get Robin while she’s living at Ted’s apartment if he hasn’t made her his girlfriend yet.
The reason why these are my predictions is because it makes for a more exciting storyline.
If Stella says no then the opening of season 4 will be just like season 2 and 3. Guy in a rejected state. It’s a lot more fun to see how Ted gets out of the wedding.
Robin and Ted already attempting moving in while they were together. They decided against it. So I’m guessing Robin staying at his place is temporary.
I’m assuming it’ll cause Ted to gain feelings for Robin again but Barney likes her too.
It’ll be funny to see how Barney hides or shows his feelings while Robin is staying at his “best friend’s” apartment.
In the end its all about making a better story and making the audience go “WTF did I just watch.”
Zim | July 17, 2008 @ 12:15 am
i reckon that the season should not reveal who the mother is. we should have this season where it is just showing us stories like in previous seasons then the season should end.
A movie should then be made of how ted met his wife with the wedding etc
governator03 | July 17, 2008 @ 1:27 pm
A few quick things i have noticed…replies appreciated…
Does anyone else think there is a connection between the daughter having similar physical properties to robin(hair, eyes, shape)?
Unless something happens to Stella’s Daughter (lucy?) doesn’t that prove she isn’t the mother?
If robin ends up living with ted, doesn’t that show that (at some point) ted and stella aren’t married (unless stella lives there too, but kinda awkward…)
(quite possibly wrong here…)i can’t ever remeber the ted of 2030 mentioning barney, but can remember him mentioning the other 3, especially robin?
!!!counter-observations appreciated!!!
lateviewer | July 18, 2008 @ 4:34 pm
I just finished watching the Season 3 finale. I also think that ted’s daughter looks a lot like Robin. At some point he can say ” and thats how i realized that she was going to be my wife” or something like that.
But i really dont want to see barney in a “relationship”. 80% of his jokes are about random girls he hooks up with, and by getting togheter with robin would kill the show.
True story =)
Bre *HIMYM | July 19, 2008 @ 2:17 am
hey governator03, Ted in 2030 does talk about robin. in the eppisode of season 2 with Barneys gay brother you flash forward 2 years to the wedding and you see Barney talking to the little baby his brother adopted. ted in 2030 the goes to say, and that is how Barney became uncle Barney!
Bre *HIMYM | July 19, 2008 @ 2:19 am
i mean he talks about barney
Bre *HIMYM | July 19, 2008 @ 2:24 am
i dont thinbk the mother is stella, she already has a daughter in 2007 who is arround 5, so in 2030 the daughter would be 28,
i hope when it is the very last eppisode and ted finaly tells his kids “thats how i met your mother” (if lily and marshel have kids) they should go over to teds house and hang out (kinda have a little group like they did) i cant wait to see season 4, any one no any spoliers??
P.S do you think robin will have kids?? or Barney??
Robin Sparkles | July 19, 2008 @ 10:05 pm
“I want to KNOW you.
Ted, hat makes you CRY???”
- Victoria
Those two were hilariously annoying.
She should be the mother.
p.s. Come ON - Barney and Robyn are perfect.
Did anyone else see Zip Zip Zip??
The best Barney episodes are when he is awkwardly fumbling through
emotions (Showdown, Game night, the Yips) That arc will make for a great
season.
Barney Robyn 4ever!!!
lateviewer | July 23, 2008 @ 3:06 am
I just found out who the mother is!!!
In the first episode, the blonde girl talking to robin, thats the mom!!!
u guys rewatch the pilot, u’ll see
and yes, robin/barney is a really nice couple, but no yet….no yet
Arthur APS | July 29, 2008 @ 12:26 am
I was wondering and i came to this conclusion: Ted can meet the mother but that’s doesnt necessarilly mean that we’ll get to know who she is! he can meet her and she could be with her back turned to the camera. we wouldn’t see her face! and he would met her. Also, Ted can meet her, but at first the relationship could fail, and them we could follow how they get to each other again. There’s a lot of possibilities! and that’s what i like about this show!
Colin | July 29, 2008 @ 8:38 am
I think How I Met Your Mother will have 7 season.
I think Robin and Barney will get togetherin in the last episode of season 4.
I think after Ted has met the mother it will continue 1 more season.
Sean | July 30, 2008 @ 5:34 pm
Hello all i am fom india and i picked up HIMYM on DVD while flying back from LA as i wanted something that would be light entertainent on the long flight back to mumbai and the store owner refered HIMYM. I watched it on my notebook and 24 hours flight i slept for 4 hours i saw all the 20 of S1 on the flight. We dont have CBS and and no one has heard of HIMYM all we do is watch F.R.I.E.N.D.S on a chanel callled star world. I am fighting with my cable operator to get CBS so that i watch season 4 live or ill have to wait for the DVD to be out. Just wanted to let someone whoever know that there is one HIHYM fan in India too. Barney ur Awesome !!!!! robin Ill Nail you
enjoy
Scott | August 5, 2008 @ 10:20 pm
I think two things:
one.) ted and stella won’t get married, we don’t know enough about her.
two.) that doesn’t mean she has to say no. She could say yes, and then have the whole season to explore ted being engaged and plans for the wedding. Plus, i’m not positive which season its in, but there’s an episode of ted standing at the alter with someone, and he looks down, and he sees robin sitting there, and then she kinda looks sad and such.
So my final theory is, Stella will say yes. They will go through the engagement, get to the wedding day, and robin will realize she has feelings for ted. That’s when they will get together again. As for robin and barney, i like the idea, but i think that nothing too serious will come of it. They might casually date while ted is engaged, but it probably won’t last. On finding the mother, i think that ted will meet her in this season (though he may not know it) and then he’ll start dating her in the fifth season. I’m all for a six season of her just hanging with the gang and them experiencing their life. I think the series will end with the news of ted’s wife finding out she’s pregnant.
limu | August 7, 2008 @ 3:36 am
Hi everyone,
During St patrick’s day, where the girl with the yellow umbrella is supposed to be, Ted stare during few seconds at a girl. I took a picture on my computer and put it on picasa at this adress : http://picasaweb.google.com/ganouri/HowIMetYourMother
What do you think? Is it her? For me it would be totally relevant from the script-writer to announce her with that kind of clue.
vicman | August 7, 2008 @ 7:21 am
I totally agreed with limu (last posted message) with the yellow umbrella theory. My wife and I had the same feelings about the woman with the Yellow umbrella was infact the “Mother”.
Does anyone notice that the yellow umbrella was seen so many time during the course of the season. Then , in one esp. where Ted was lining with Barney to enter a disco club, he mentioned that “Later on that night, I found out that your mother was there as well” The yellow umbrealla was seen outside of the disco as I recalled. Such clue was so obvious.
Anyways, I love this show and ofcourse I wanted it to never end. However, it would be great if the writer would explain or show how great their mother is to make Ted to marry her and end the show with legit explaination. If it shuts down right after she appears, that will be unfair to all of us.
I can wait unitl Season 4 airs.
Vic
JD | August 7, 2008 @ 10:19 am
@vic and @limu
That was a popular theory when the episode first aired. The girl in question was identified on this blog, read more here.
It’s still a popular theory but nothing has been confirmed.
Ali | August 7, 2008 @ 10:57 pm
I think we should meet the mother near the beginning of the final season, that way we can see everything that goes on until they actually do get married.
Sandy | August 11, 2008 @ 2:48 pm
I think I know who the mother is (This is NOT a spoiler, I don’t know for sure). I am positive that it is Stella. In the episode “No Tomorrow,” Future Ted says that their mother was at the St. Patrick Day’s party. In “Ten Sessions,” Stella said that she went out for St. Patty’s Day. Plus, the undeniable fact that Ted propsed to her!
seriously? | August 15, 2008 @ 6:19 pm
i was under the impression that everybody got the hint about saint patty’s day (as mentioned in the last reply) i thoght the writers were being a bit too obvious about it being stela, but aparently a lot of viewers didn’t catch on to that…
lateviewer | August 15, 2008 @ 10:56 pm
naw, the fact that stella was there, doesnt mean that shes the mom. actually, i think the first episode opens with a big “no”
Chamith Gunathilaka | August 16, 2008 @ 1:24 pm
Hey guys..,
I m from Sri Lanka. This TV show is awesome. I really like borney,
English is my 2nd language but i enjoy his awesome talks.
Hat off for u guys. Good luck
Firass | August 18, 2008 @ 9:43 pm
It’s not Robin. There was an episode where Ted is telling his kids about how Robin hates children, and then he mentions how that changed and they have their “AUNT” Robin.
Won’t make sense no?
I’m not sure about Stella.
Though, if the yellow umbrella theory is on, then I’m guessing she could be Stella’s friend…
Firass Al Jundi | August 18, 2008 @ 9:45 pm
I doubt its Robin. There was an episode where Ted is telling his kids about how Robin hates children, and then he mentions how that changed and they have their “AUNT” Robin.
Won’t make sense no?
I’m not sure about Stella.
Though, if the yellow umbrella theory is on, then I’m guessing she could be Stella’s friend…
Asim | August 20, 2008 @ 8:07 am
We shall meet the mother just after Barney nails her… It is gonna be legen——-dary…