How I Met Your Father (HIMYF) may be a standalone spin-off from How I Met Your Mother, but a major original character has been brought back from the main show.
The new series follows former Lizzie McGuire actress Hilary Duff playing 30-something Sophie – a woman living in modern-day New York and hoping to find the man who’ll become her child’s father.
Just like the original show, the spinoff even has a voiceover (this time by Kim Cattrall, not Bob Saget like in HIMYM), recounting the story to their future child.
Wrapping up the first season, a major character from HIMYM returned to offer some advice and wisdom to Sophie.
After a lover’s tiff with Jesse (Chris Lowell), Sophie heads to the bar which happens to be the infamous venue where much of HIMYM took place.
There, she bumps into HIMYM’s Robin (Cobie Smulders), who ended the original show marrying and then divorcing Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris) before Ted (Josh Radnor) admitted he has feelings for her.
Sharing her words of wisdom, Robin tells Sophie: ‘Do not waste your time being scared.
‘Fear can make you run away from things that could be good – great, even!
‘Things that are supposed to be a part of your story… I have been married, I have been single, I have been everything in between, and the only decisions I regret making are the ones I made out of fear.
‘If I’ve learned anything at all about love, it’s that timing is everything. Sometimes, timing’s a b**ch.’
HIMYF is set in 2022, which is when Robin would be divorced from Barney but not yet with Ted.
Robin even reminisces on scenes from the very beginning of HIMYM, sharing: ‘I once had a guy say “I love you” on our first date.’
How I Met Your Father is available to watch on Hulu.
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