Episode 4.18: Old King Clancy (fka "The Employee Transition Room")
Airdate: March 23, 2009
* new 03/14 - When Goliath National Bank cancels plans to build their new headquarters that Ted was hired to design, Barney and Marshall concoct an elaborate lie to keep Ted from knowing he is out of a job. Recurring cast: Bilson: Bryan Callen. Guest cast: Roy: William Walton, Louisa: Darlena Tejeiro, Maya: Aynsley Bubbico, The Frozen Snowshoe: Aaron Hill, Arthur: Stephen Kearin. Source: CBS
Episode 4.19: Work or Pleasure (fka "Trouble at Work)
Airdate: March 30, 2009
* new 03/14 - Coming in the March 30 episode, Danny Glover will make a guest appearance "in an interesting way," according to Carter. "It's not exactly Danny Glover coming on our show, but Danny Glover will appear in the episode." Source: Kristin on E!Online
Episode 4.20: Right Time Right Place
Airdate: Arpil 2009
General Spoilers:
* new 03/14 - We'll finally get to see a real relationship between [Barney and Robin] very soon, and it's already on paper! Carter spills: "We've written the dramatic climax of the story, and now we're going back and writing toward it. I'm very excited to eventually get there, but it's also a lot of fun figuring out how to slowly maneuver these characters closer and closer toward the inevitable." [...] "The last few episodes will address the title of the show," Carter teases. "We will be picking up some storylines that may have been dormant for a while, and one of those is Ted's romantic life and his search for the woman who is eventually the mother of his kids." One of the clues that will pop back up is the mysterious yellow umbrella, which Carter says, "will continue to be a part of the show." Just to set the record straight, despite rumors that Barney has actually been telling the story this whole time, Bays confirms, "The narrator is Ted-he's grown up." [...] "There's going to be a shift in setting to some degree," Carter reveals of next season. "There's going to be kind of a new world that some of the characters enter, and it'll bring us closer to meeting the mom. It'll also provide sort of a new dynamic for a couple of the characters." Source: Kristin on E!Online
* new 03/14 - I'm hearing Barney will service his 200th satisfied (female) customer before the end of the season. Source: Zap2It's Korbi TV
* new 03/14 - In addition to "a couple other" such guest castings on the horizon, Bays promises that fans will "see some old favorites come back - people that you haven't seen in a while - which will be fun." And on top of it all? Bays hints at "a cool surprise" that will lead us ever closer to a certain Mother, saying, "The last few episodes will address the title of the show." Source: TV Guide Online
* 03/06 - Something major is going to happen with [Barney and Robin] in the season finale. I know this because executive producer
Carter Bays told me so. "That is one of the stories that we sort of have been teasing out over the course of the season," he says. "And it definitely comes to a head in the finale." [...] "At the end of the season, we will address the title of our show," reveals Bays, adding that the last four episodes will feature "big events in the lives of our characters -- specifically Ted. We're going to wrap up some things that have been left dangling." Translation: I think the M-bomb's about to be dropped! Source: The Ausiello Files
* 03/06 - Ted may just be quitting his current job and starting his own architecture firm. Tentative name? Mosbius Designs. Source: Zap2It's Korbi TV
* 02/18 - B.S. will soon be banned from his favorite laser tag establishment. Source: Zap2It's Korbi TV
* 01/28 - [Craig] Thomas warned, "We've shot the season finale, and the goat does appear." Source: The Hollywood Reporter
