How I Met Your Mother - Part 3

[The Squirrel]

There is no way they can stretch the wedding over 24 episodes, that is insane. Maybe if this was just a 13 episode season.

 

[SpideyVille]

I should have known something was fishy when the wedding date was 2 weeks after the finale. I guess this will be the first time that HIMYM is not going in real time for a season. But has it ever been more obvious that a show is trying to drag something out as much as possible. I can't help but feel that if this was the last season, they would have devoted more of the last few episodes to less Ted/Robin stuff, and more Ted/Mother stuff.

I also find it funny how in this video, towards the end, Radnor mentions about the mother isn't someone we've seen before like that girl in season 3.
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It makes me think, the writers definitely know about all of the theories that fans have made over the years and I can't help but wonder how much they've tried to do to get around these theories. The show has been very hard to predict at times because they always try to add some kind of twist and turn just so that there is some shock value when things actually happen.

 

[Infinity9999x]

A part of me understands them wanting this to end with Ted meeting the Mother. That was the title of the show after all. And had this show ended at season 5 or so, most people probably would have been okay with that.

But since this show has gone on so long, and we've learned so much about the Mother during that process, I can't help but think I'd feel a little cheated as a viewer if we didn't get more time of Ted and the Mother interacting. Yes, it would go against the title of the show a bit, but it could be pretty easily explained. Have Ted meet the Mother half-way through, and cut to the shot of the kids. "And kids, that's how I met your mother." The kids could get up, there could be a few jokes about how long his story was, and then he could do something like "But wait, I really should tell you how I married your mother. I promise it won't be as long as the last story."

Something quick like that. And I guarantee that nobody would mind, because I think most of us would like to get at least a few episodes chronicling how Ted and the Mother fall in love.

 

[SpideyVille]

Im sure there will be the usual flashbacks & flashforwards

Now my question is, what if we see something like Ted and the mother having coffee with Marshall and Lily in the premiere, and then together they think back to something that happened in the wedding before they met, would people be alright with that. I mean, technically he would be with the mother, but we still wouldn't have seen how he meets her. I mean, now that they've already shown her, you have to figure that they'll take certain liberties now that they wouldn't have ever done in the past.

 

[Dark Raven]

I might be okay if, technically, the entire season is set during that weekend, but we have a long flash forward for a few episodes or so with Ted interacting with the mother. After all, the entire series is, technically speaking, actually set during only one evening or so where Ted is telling his children the story of how he met their mother. Yet despite that, there have been many flashbacks and flash forwards and we don't feel that this evening is dragging on.

So I hope that this could be what Bays and Thomas mean. That's the only way I can see them getting round this without dragging it out excruciatingly. Entire episodes could be dedicated to a flashback or flash forward without having actually moved from Farhampton either in space or time.

 

[Infinity9999x]

I imagine they'll have to have some sort of flash back/flash forward moments just to deal with the Lilly/Marshall subplot. We really can't see how that will resolve until we see how they fare after their year apart.

 

[SpideyVille]

I just realized Farhampton is not a real place, and that it was actually hinted at way back in season 6 during Becky's Boat Commercial.

But anyone else think its weird that Barney and Robin decided to get married at the same church that Victoria was supposed get married at the year before?

 

[Dark Raven]

I just realized Farhampton is not a real place, and that it was actually hinted at way back in season 6 during Becky's Boat Commercial.

But anyone else think its weird that Barney and Robin decided to get married at the same church that Victoria was supposed get married at the year before?

Weird yes, but probably symbolic. Ted needs to come to the same place and same realisation as Victoria's fiance (i forget his name now) and decide that Robin is a great girl but she's not the one for him. He needs to decide that in his own mind before meeting the mother and not that simply the mother replaces Robin and makes him forget about her. He needs to have finally let go of Robin in order for the story to be emotionally satisfying. Otherwise who is to say that he won't still be pining after her once he meets Cristin?

 

[SpideyVille]

Weird yes, but probably symbolic. Ted needs to come to the same place and same realisation as Victoria's fiance (i forget his name now) and decide that Robin is a great girl but she's not the one for him. He needs to decide that in his own mind before meeting the mother and not that simply the mother replaces Robin and makes him forget about her. He needs to have finally let go of Robin in order for the story to be emotionally satisfying. Otherwise who is to say that he won't still be pining after her once he meets Cristin?

Yeah, its definitely there to be symbolic. I was just watching the scene from the premiere again where Klaus tells Ted that Victoria is wonderful, but not quite there in terms of who he feels he's meant to be with. I always assumed that it was only to foreshadow Ted's feelings towards Victoria, but your right, he also needs to realize this about Robin, who up to this point has been considered the perfect girl.

But something else Klaus mentions is that when you meet the one, you know it right away, and you shouldn't have to think about it. So I think its also important that the mother is not only there to take his mind off of Robin, which is what Victoria did in season 1, but also that he's not just interested in meeting her because he feels rejected or sad about letting Robin go. I'm also curious to see the mother's perspective about things. We know she had a boyfriend in the "45 days" episode, but I'm curious to see if she has the same outlook that Ted has about finding the One. The wiki page also mentions that she thought he was an idiot at first, so it should be fun to see how they not only meet, but end up together.

 

[Donut]

If she is there to witness Ted's eventful break down during his best mans speech. Then anyone would think hes an idiot

 

[Scarecrow_King]

Was it Ted that always has the best man speech break downs? I had forgotten about that.

 

[Dark Raven]

The idiot part could refer to his little stint at the front of the class though where he was in the wrong lecture theatre and didn't realise it, and even when people tried to tell him he wouldn't listen. That would be enough to make her and anyone else think he's an idiot, and would've been the first time she saw him. She must know who he is, and has technically met him, but he hasn't met her.

 

[Donut]

Was it Ted that always has the best man speech break downs? I had forgotten about that.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Uqe29RAaY

 

[Scarecrow_King]

Awesome. Can't wait to see this one. Maybe this is the one he finally gets right.

 

[Donut]

Awesome. Can't wait to see this one. Maybe this is the one he finally gets right.

He ends up on his own at a Train Station after the wedding. I don't think it ends good

 

[Scarecrow_King]

Well now we know he was kind of planing on sneaking away after the wedding anyway. So it might not have anything to do with the speech.

 

[Donut]

We do know that wedding ends badly. So we will see how it goes

 

[SpideyVille]

Yeah, he's at the station because he needs to be back in NYC that night so he can leave for Chicago in the morning.

 

[SpideyFan866]

I think he comes to blows with Barney over Robin during the reception.

I think Ted might try to ruin the Wedding and attempt on last ditch effort to win Robin.

 

[Donut]

Or Robin finds Ted's present but Ted is not around & Robin can just storm off looking for Ted. A lot of possibilities

 

[Dark Raven]

I think he comes to blows with Barney over Robin during the reception.

I think Ted might try to ruin the Wedding and attempt on last ditch effort to win Robin.

That would be terrible. And the viewers wouldn't sympathise with Ted. He needs to get over Robin so that he's in the right state of mind to meet the mother. If he does try to ruin the wedding and comes to blows with Barney over Robin, then what's the difference between him now and how he was back at the St Patrick's Day party? He said back there that if the mother met him back then, she wouldn't have liked him because of who he was (and what he did). So if he's still acting like a jerk, why should she like him anymore now?

Would be better for her not to meet him this time round either and wait another few years.

We do know that wedding ends badly. So we will see how it goes

Did Ted say the wedding didn't end well, or the day didn't end well? Because there's a difference. Maybe it didn't end well for him, but not necessarily that it didn't for the others. Maybe he got too drunk or made a fool of himself during the best man speech by breaking down. I don't think he necessarily means the wedding was ruined.

 

[SpideyVille]

I think he'll actually give the necklace to Barney to give to her. Lily told him to be careful because in some twisted way, he's going to feel like by giving it to her, she'll fall for him.

They haven't really touched upon how Robin feels about Ted, but after what happened with Victoria and her wedding, Stella and their wedding, and Zoe and her marriage, I think Ted has learned that its better to leave the bride alone because he's been on both sides of it and it never ended well.

 

[Sawyer]

I actually kinda like the idea of seeing the rest of the gang interact with the mother, depending on how they play it.

 

[Nathan]

I hope the mother is as kinky as Lilly and a little bi-curious too. That should make for some interesting interaction.

 

[Dark Raven]

I guess Cindy won't show up next season except in flashback. I think it would be important to Rachel Bilson back even in this context. Just would've liked to have seen her in real time when Ted and the mother get together and see her reaction.