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post #31 of 181
10/16/08 at 12:16am

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But what about Barney's?
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post #32 of 181
10/21/08 at 11:53am

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So I guess nobody is watching this show anymore??

I thought the way they ended it with Stella was out of character and not very believable.
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post #33 of 181
10/21/08 at 12:07pm

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Still watching and loving the show.

Even if it didn't end the way it did, we got the proof that we needed to confirm that Stella isn't the mother...their kids had blonde hair and Ted's real kids do not.

Touchy subject of inviting ex's to a wedding, this show seems to be following the template made famous by Seinfeld of taking rules that are, in reality, fast and loose and treating them as absolute gospal and universal truths...you NEVER under and circumstances invite ex's to a wedding...ever!

Now in reality the rules for dating and marriage set-up on shows like this and Seinfeld do exist i'm sure however don't necessarily apply to every man and woman on the planet as suggested. But in Ted and Stella's case in proved disastrous and I for one couldn't be happier about it.

Robin is moving back from Japan, Ted and Stella are history and all is right with the world...for now.

As for Barney, he's a dawg and doesn't deserve Robin.

He just couldn't keep his pecker in his pants could he? And then he felt bad about it well, Barney, that's just tough shit now isn't it lol?
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post #34 of 181
10/21/08 at 1:59pm

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How could Ted ever get back with Robin knowing she let Barney contaminate her? That would only happen in the sitcom world.

After seeing the kids in the "what if Stella was the mother" bit, it makes me really believe that Robin is the mother. They look like her anyway.

But if that were true, it doesn't make sense that they call her "Aunt Robin".

I am confused.
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post #35 of 181
10/21/08 at 2:37pm

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There are a couple of possibilities on who the mother is, it could possibly be OUR Robin but Ted meets another woman named Robin who becomes the aunt or, and more likely, he meets another woman with dark hair.

In fact, that opens up even more speculation, does he just happen to meet another dark haired woman or does he never really get over Robin and seeks the company of women who resemble her? Hmmm.

But honestly I highly doubt Robin is the mother given the info that we know.
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post #36 of 181
10/21/08 at 2:49pm

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Older Ted has, on numerous occasions, directly referred to Robin as "your Aunt, Robin," leaving no doubt that the Robin seen in the series is the same as the Aunt, and not some play on two people with the same name.
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post #37 of 181
10/21/08 at 2:50pm

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Or, maybe he's trying to explain something really complex. Robin is their biological mother but he married someone else.. or, he & Robin got married and auntie-Robin is their surrogate mother
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post #38 of 181
10/21/08 at 2:51pm

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My head just exploded.
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post #39 of 181
10/21/08 at 3:01pm

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Older Ted has, on numerous occasions, directly referred to Robin as "your Aunt, Robin," leaving no doubt that the Robin seen in the series is the same as the Aunt, and not some play on two people with the same name.

Unless he's trying to tell them something like.. you've always thought she was your aunt, but I have to tell you now, she's your mother.. after all, who the hell sits down with teenage kids to tell how they met their mom.. unless there is something difficult about the story - thus the need for the three years worth of detail because he can't spit it out
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post #40 of 181
10/21/08 at 3:43pm

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I don't watch this show regularly - I've only seen a handful of episodes - so I apologize if this is a stupid question. But is it 100% confirmed that the kids Bob Saget is talking to are HIS kids? Is it possible Ted married Robin and he is telling the story to these other kids (that aren't his) how he met their mother (who we probably haven't even met yet)? Again, I apologize if this is a blatantly stupid question as I've seen about 5 episodes of the show, but I happened to catch last night's and it made me think of it.
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post #41 of 181
10/21/08 at 8:13pm

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I'm pretty sure they've referred to him as "Dad."
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post #42 of 181
10/21/08 at 11:59pm

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Originally Posted by mattCR
Unless he's trying to tell them something like.. you've always thought she was your aunt, but I have to tell you now, she's your mother.. after all, who the hell sits down with teenage kids to tell how they met their mom.. unless there is something difficult about the story - thus the need for the three years worth of detail because he can't spit it out

And who says things like "back in the fall of 2008..." when describing events from 15 to 20 years ago? Most men that age (myself included) can't remember events that took place 5 years ago with any kind of detail, maybe what season, but certainly not what year or month. I think the show should have given up on the opening narrations after the first season when they had an audience and people were liking the characters and the title of the show wouldn't have mattered that much. They are painting themselves in a corner by describing Robin as "Aunt Robin." I suppose Robin has a sister that looks a lot like her that we could be introduced to at some point. At this point Ted really is the least interesting person in the cast anyway. And I think we all knew Stella wasn't the one, didn't we?
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post #43 of 181
10/22/08 at 4:12am

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I thought the way they ended it with Stella was out of character and not very believable.

I don't think it was that out of character, and definitely believable. IIRC, when we were first introduced to Stella, she hadn't dated much. Then she gets swooned by Ted. I could certainly see someone getting caught up in all of that and then having the reality of remarriage slap you in the face.
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post #44 of 181
10/22/08 at 4:51am

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I'm pretty sure in the episode where Ted does the complete opposite at the party, he voices over to his kids that their mother was there that night but he hadn't met her yet. Then the next day he finds the infamous yellow umbrella. I think Robin is definitely no their mother.
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post #45 of 181
10/22/08 at 5:05am

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Originally Posted by Jerry Almeida
I don't think it was that out of character, and definitely believable. IIRC, when we were first introduced to Stella, she hadn't dated much. Then she gets swooned by Ted. I could certainly see someone getting caught up in all of that and then having the reality of remarriage slap you in the face.

Plus it became apparent that she wasn't over her ex and that's the real reason she didn't want him there, she knew it could end the way it did.
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post #46 of 181
10/22/08 at 7:53am

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I really don't care who the mother is, as long as Robin gets plenty of screen time.
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post #47 of 181
10/22/08 at 9:55am

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Originally Posted by Joe Bernardi
I really don't care who the mother is, as long as Robin gets plenty of screen time.


That is what I am talking about...
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post #48 of 181
10/22/08 at 2:26pm

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Just saw this episode. That was well done, and I knew that ending was coming. What I didn't expect was Robin being on the ferry to see Stella and her ex together. I think Robin and Ted will be back together and Robin is the Mom. Robin's experiences outside of New York keep bringing her back.
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post #49 of 181
10/22/08 at 3:43pm

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Great episode! Barney and Marshall are the funniest ones on the show. BTW, was that guy at the hippie resort really the lead singer of the Spin Doctors? Probably a stupid question, but he sort of did look like him.
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post #50 of 181
10/22/08 at 9:34pm

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Originally Posted by Lucia Duran
Great episode! Barney and Marshall are the funniest ones on the show. BTW, was that guy at the hippie resort really the lead singer of the Spin Doctors? Probably a stupid question, but he sort of did look like him.

Juice Bar Guy was this person:

Aaron Hendry
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post #51 of 181
10/23/08 at 6:27am

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Now that Alyson Hannigan is pregnant in real life (due in the spring) it will be interesting to see how they handle this in the show; whether they put her behind things constantly to hide it, or if they write in the pregnancy into the show.
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post #52 of 181
10/23/08 at 6:27am

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I just read that Allison H. is pregnant. Congrats to her and Alexis.

I suspect that Lilly will be with child soon. That should lead to some hijinks on the show. According to the article that announce the pregnancy, they have already hinted on the show that Lilly is with child in the future.

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Lily, who is married to Jason Segel's character Marshall, and was conspicuously the one character who did not drink scotch in a recent episode's flash-forward scene. Fans speculate that perhaps art is imitating life.

I have to admit, I don't think I caught this. Hopefully, now that we know, it will be easier to spot the clues.

Who would of thought that Willow would get pregnant the old fashioned way. LOL
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post #53 of 181
10/23/08 at 8:31pm

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i just rewatched the pilot today and was thinking of any scenarios where Robin could be the mom and still be aunt Robin. like: what if she and Ted did have kids, but for whatever reason, she had to leave/split, then this series would be the story of how dad tells the kids that aunt Robin is their real mom?
but then it wouldn't make sense since we know about the yellow umbrella and the st. patrick's day party etc.
then i thought, what if 2030 is the year Ted finally proposes to Robin after a previous marriage that gave them those kids, and the series is his way of telling his kids he's marrying aunt Robin?
but again, the yellow umbrella and the st. patrick's day party...
i'm still holding out hope that there is a reason why Dad is telling them a story where the whole series is actually important, and not just the final few episodes where he bumps into a stranger that has nothing to do with the the series upto that point. and the only way that happens is if Robin is the mom....
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post #54 of 181
10/24/08 at 9:29pm

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Originally Posted by EricW
i'm still holding out hope that there is a reason why Dad is telling them a story where the whole series is actually important, and not just the final few episodes where he bumps into a stranger that has nothing to do with the the series upto that point.
Actually, you've got a good idea going there:
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then i thought, what if 2030 is the year Ted finally proposes to Robin after a previous marriage that gave them those kids, and the series is his way of telling his kids he's marrying aunt Robin?
If that is the story, I think that's a satisfying enough ending to make most people forgive the long narrative to the kids.

But I still hold out hope that Robin and Barney are meant to be.
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post #55 of 181
10/26/08 at 12:25pm

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i was reading about this show in wikipedia and caught this passage on the synopsis about the latest episode, and read this:
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Ted confirms in narration that Stella isn't the mother by showing an alternate future where Stella is the mother and the kids both have blond hair.
i totally missed this - when did it happen during the episode?
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post #56 of 181
10/26/08 at 4:51pm

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That's a little misleading--he didn't outright say "Stella is not the mother," but that scene definitely was in the episode. It may have been right after Ted had his discussion with Robin.
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post #57 of 181
10/26/08 at 5:59pm

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Originally Posted by AnthonyC
That's a little misleading--he didn't outright say "Stella is not the mother," but that scene definitely was in the episode. It may have been right after Ted had his discussion with Robin.

He says that if the wedding had come off as planned "everything would have been different" - then they cut to a scene where there are two blonde haired children sitting in the place of Ted's actual kids, and Stella comes in and says something about the story their father is telling them. Short of having a Star Wars-style crawl going up the screen saying, "Stella is not the mother" it is hard to see how the producers could have made this any clearer.

And Robin isn't the mother, either.

Joe
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post #58 of 181
10/26/08 at 8:55pm

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Oh, I know that...I just meant that the narration itself doesn't outright say "Stella isn't the mother," even though that's obviously the message.
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post #59 of 181
10/28/08 at 5:05am

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This episode had me in stitches. The whole 80's canadian pop singer thing with Robin was a riot. Loved the cameos by Tiffany and Alan Thick. James vanderbeek (SP?) has got to have the biggest freakin head, it's very Eric Stoltz a la Mask. I loved how Robin was still into him even after he had lost hair, gotten fatter and worked at a water park!

I kind of want Barney and Robin to get together. It just seems so much more fun with those two.

Lily and her friend were funny, but the way Marshal originally discribed it, it made it seem more entertaining than it actually was.

Still a great episode.
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post #60 of 181
10/28/08 at 6:56am

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IMHO, Barney's too big a playa to deserve Robin.
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