Yeah, that’s what it is. They already have the kids’ reaction to the reveal/end of the story “in the can.”
Clearly, Barney’s wedding will have a band that is made up of 5 bassists, all women, and all of whom at one point roomed with Rachel Bilson’s character, and are all businesswomen that were in that ECON class.
Also, they all own matching yellow umbrellas.
Actually, one of the best suggestions for the mother I’ve heard, is that regardless of who it is “in universe,” the character should be played by the same one who plays Ted’s Daughter. She’s several years older than she is in the “'flash-forwards,” and quite the hottie, to boot.
These aren’t bad guesses. Some are pretty close to the mark. But I won’t say which ones. Not here anyway, but if you guys want to know I’ll put it in a spoiler box for you
[spoiler] Is there a two click rule for these things? Better safe than sorry. [spoiler] Wait, is this three clicks? Eh. Too late now. [spoiler] Oh hang on. That’s just for pr0n! Sorry about that. Click ahead [spoiler] Crap. I’m not doing something right here. Can I go backwards? No one needs this many spoiler boxes [spoiler] OK, maybe Jigsaw did. That guy sure racked up a death toll. [spoiler] I’m just kidding (I think). I never actually saw any of the Saw movies. [spoiler] Seriously. Not a single one. [spoiler] Because I was busy ok? People are allowed to have a life! [spoiler] Not me, though. My life now entirely consists of creating new spoiler boxes. [spoiler] And your life consists of clicking on them. [spoiler] Hey, this reminds me. Have you ever read the book “There’s a monster at the end of this book!” It was from Seseme Street and it was pretty funny. This kinda reminds me of that. Hey! There’s a monster at the end of these spoiler boxes! Don’t click the next one! [spoiler] You’re much stronger than you look. Did you know that?[spoiler] That book is now on an iPad app too. It’s still funny. [spoiler] I’m uncertain if it’s called “There’s a monster at the end of this App” or not. I think it probably should be. [spoiler] Oh. The mother. Yes. Sorry about that. OK, I think I’ve completely exhausted the joke potential of this setup anyway. I mean, you know how jokes can start going on for so long they just stop being funny? Yeah, I’ve pretty much hit the wall here. [spoiler] AND THEN THEY TOTALLY GET FUNNY AGAIN! [spoiler]Sorry. I’m better now. [spoiler] Won’t happen again. [spoiler] Kids, did I ever tell you about the time when I was putting spoilers on everything? My friends had to stage an intervention. [spoiler] And it totally worked! I’m not posting any more spoiler boxes besides this next one. [spoiler] Seriously! [spoiler] Why does no one believe me on that? [spoiler] OK fine. The answer is that we’ve actually had the answer to who the mother is all along. It’s been discussed here on the boards. I’ll even link to it. I won’t even spoiler it for you!
If I were trying to make the argument that a show could thrive in syndication despite a finale so bad, so twisted, and so ridiculously inapropos that it nearly ruined the good will every fan had toward the show, Seinfeld would be the first, best example I could provide.
I still can’t understand how we get past the “Robin doesn’t want/can’t have children” vs “Barney desperately wants to be a Dad” conflict. If that’s not resolved, this should be yet another interrupted wedding. :: roll eyes ::
But Seinfeld didn’t spend years and years building up towards anything in particular. It was annoying but it didn’t take anything away from watching the reruns. Finding out that those aren’t his kids would take something away from watching the reruns. Especially for viewers watching the reruns for the first time knowing that he’s telling the story to some random kids about some random person and the tales he’s telling don’t really carry any weight.
I don’t know. I think Barney wants kids, and to obsessively be the father he wished he’d had. I wouldn’t put the rest of the usually associated family life in the same category though.
How about this: Barney and Quinn do get married, but she dies in a tragic accident in the bedroom involving a pineapple and the ducky tie. Robin comforts him and their relationship restarts. At the wedding Robin’s long lost half sister who had been locked in the basement during her childhood but escaped at the age of 7 and was presumed dead shows up. She had been taken in by a commune of Canadian hippies and moved to NYC to get a degree in business and roomed with a girl named Rachel Bilson. After becoming a successful businesswoman she used her vast resources to track down her father, the recently deceased Marvin Eriksen Sr. Months later she saw the name “Scherbatsky” in the paper and, deciding it is time to reunite with her family, crashed the wedding. She not only makes a big scene but also catches the eye of Ted.
Thus the “Aunt” and “Uncle” titles are all correct.
Or maybe I’m channeling too much “Desperate Housewives.”
Oh frack. Please don’t let poor Victoria be his date at the wedding when he meets the true love of his life. Ohferpete’s sake, now I’m gonna worry all year!
If we were willing to accept the whole Zooey storyline, I don’t see anything outrageous about Gedd’s scenario.
Oh wait. If Marvin, Sr. were revealed to have another family, Marshall would undergo another existential crisis. Haven’t we have enough of that with Lily’s breakup and his father’s death?
In the last flash forward (the one that revealed Robin) didn’t future Ted say something like “a wedding where everything went wrong”? It’s entirely possible the actual wedding never takes place.
Barney ends up with Ted’s sister (“Uncle Barney”) and Aunt Robin ends up married to the real mother’s brother? There have been worse resolutions in sitcoms.
Here’s the real question. Do the producers want to end things so that we all say “awww, it all wrapped up so nicely,” or do they want to leave us wide-eyed and jaws agape?
