Don't forget. She's the bass player at Barney's wedding.we already know he's been in the same room with the Mother, since his first day of teaching, she was in the Econ Class Ted Accidently started teaching. She was also at the Club when Ted Made out with the Married Woman and lost his phone. And she was The roommate to the one who turned out to be a lesbian. (who returned to recommend her band for Barney's wedding)
So we are probably going to get flashbacks to those events to show how close she was to him
The Wife and I can't wait though!
The show never fails with constructing insightfully poignant moments.
I trust the writers to concoct a satisfying closure to his relationship with Robin. Since it's a whole new season then almost anything is possible (possimpible?).
Maybe Ted is telling them this because his wife died many years ago (when they were babies?). Maybe he's been a single dad ... or married to Robin who is their stepmom after a divorce with Barney.
But then they call her "aunt Robin" so forget that latter part.
Or she's just divorcing Barney and he's explaining why he's hooking up with aunt Robin.
The more I think about it the more certain I am that the real mom dies.
That's good to know . Even if it's mere flash forward scenarios, I hope we get to see more of their relationship blossoming rather than focusing only on their first meet up during the wedding weekend.Also, more info has been revealed re: the direction of this season, and it's confirmed that we will indeed see much of the Mother and Ted together after they've met.
You're right. From the standpoint of writing Ted + Robin would seem a cheap denouement. It would be a regression in his development.Ted will not end up with Robin.
Period. End of story. It's NOT going to happen. I realize people can't see past this, but I'm hopeful that after tonight, we'll start to see a change in that.
Anyway, I went back and re-watched seasons 3-7 this summer, and I have to say that I'm in a considerably better frame of mind now. Also, more info has been revealed re: the direction of this season, and it's confirmed that we will indeed see much of the Mother and Ted together after they've met.
I do see SOME character growth with Ted, and I see the through-line of what had to change around him for him to change himself. Also, I have to say that I think in some ways the Ted-spinning-his-wheels thing is pretty true to life. Sometimes it takes a period of prolonged wheel-spinning before you have a great leap forward. Here's hoping that's what we see this season.
You're right. From the standpoint of writing Ted + Robin would seem a cheap denouement. It would be a regression in his development.
I wrote that in the midst of a myopic brainstorm.
I trust this next season should do a great deal of character development with this woman.
I can't help but feel there's got to be a catch somewhere. They're introducing a character who is pre-ordained to be Ted's soulmate and they show her face at the beginning of the season. There's got to be a catch ... I'm just trying to figure out what it might be,
I'll bet one of the closing jokes of the series is the kids finally getting the bathroom break they were denied.