# How I Met Your Mother - Season Premiere **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 27, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996 "2012-09-27T11:54:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/41 "2012-09-30T15:29:11Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Speaking of LOST, they totally stole the Barney plot summary idea [from Hurley](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZErJDc6978). why? ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/42 "2012-10-01T01:18:05Z")
> [@pancakes3](#): > > why? Why what? ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/43 "2012-10-03T22:34:42Z")
The Autumn of Breakups? Anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2012, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/44 "2012-10-03T22:50:19Z")
Much better than the premier. One down. Two to go. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/45 "2013-01-15T16:18:32Z")
I guess Ted meets her this coming May. I have only one request: More Ray Wise. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/46 "2013-01-15T16:36:41Z")
I can’t see Ray Wise without seeing Leland Palmer/BOB. But for heaven’s sake, why does a grown woman need her father’s permission to get married? Is there a discontinuity? An earlier show had a preview of Ted meeting his wife in the rain after the wedding. Now he’s checking her out at the reception as she plays the bass. ---
**Author:** ![sachertorte](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sachertorte/32/3727_2.png) [@sachertorte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sachertorte)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/47 "2013-01-15T17:19:19Z")
I don’t think it is necessarily conflicting. He could check her out during the wedding but meet her (in the sense of actual speaking) after the wedding. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/48 "2013-01-15T17:25:17Z")
Oh just get it over with already! Alright, fine, there is plenty of setup to make some good shows for the rest of the season, but I’m tired of the baby already, they spend more time teasing the upcoming weddings than on the plots of individual episodes, and what the hell is wrong with Robin’s voice? She had a handful of lines, couldn’t they redub those after she got her voice back? ---
**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/49 "2013-01-15T17:29:18Z")
Did the woman at the train station have a bass or musical instrument with her? I’m thinking not, but can’t remember. But this turn of events also puts a big hole in the theory that the girl is Barney’s sister. So the uncle barney and aunt robin are just friendly terms and not technical ones. Unless they are setting us up for a big surprise! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/50 "2013-01-15T18:15:47Z")
Doesn’t this pretty much wrap up the “Barney’s sister” theory? Would she accept a gig at her own brother’s wedding? Would there ever have been a question if his sister was in a band and they were desperate for a stand-in? Also, Robin seemed to be dancing happily in the background - looks like they went through with it after all? ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/51 "2013-01-15T18:29:23Z")
The twist will be that Ted becomes a polygamist Mormon. Thus making Patrice, Barney’s sister and the base player _all_ the mother. And setting the stage for an obvious “my three moms” spin-off series. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/52 "2013-01-16T01:46:00Z")
> [@Disheavel](#): > > But this turn of events also puts a big hole in the theory that the girl is Barney’s sister. > [@TruCelt](#): > > Doesn’t this pretty much wrap up the “Barney’s sister” theory? Would she accept a gig at her own brother’s wedding? Would there ever have been a question if his sister was in a band and they were desperate for a stand-in? It really doesn’t matter. Barney has never met his sister. It’s entirely possible he wouldn’t think to invite her (assuming he even invites his father) because she’s an adult “at college in the city.” They can plausibly keep the storyline of Ted not knowing the mother is Barney’s sister at least until the wedding reception. ---
**Author:** ![Southern\_Yankee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/southern_yankee/32/2800_2.png) [@Southern\_Yankee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Southern_Yankee)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/53 "2013-01-21T11:42:16Z")
Isn’t the bassist Cindy’s (Rachel Bilson) ex-roommate? Didn’t she say her ex-roommate was the bassist in the band? Or did she just say she was in a band? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/54 "2013-01-21T12:38:31Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > Is there a discontinuity? An earlier show had a preview of Ted meeting his wife in the rain after the wedding. Now he’s checking her out at the reception as she plays the bass. He saw her at the wedding; he didn’t necessarily \*meet \*her at the wedding. I predict an episode where Ted will be trying to walk up and introduce himself to the cute bassist from the band (whose face we can’t see), but various complications keep on getting in his way. > [@Southern\_Yankee](#): > > Isn’t the bassist Cindy’s (Rachel Bilson) ex-roommate? Didn’t she say her ex-roommate was the bassist in the band? Or did she just say she was in a band? She just said she’s in the band, but in the episode Ted visited their apartment, we learned that she plays bass. ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/55 "2013-01-21T13:54:42Z")
Well, we know it’s all about the yellow umbrella. And It’s raining during the wedding and Ted swipes a yellow umbrella (for the birde I think?). So it could be that he doesn’t “meet” her until he tracks her down “to return the umbrella” although it’s quite clear that he’s interested while he’s watching her play. Also, I was wrong, Robin is happy and dancing with her Dad, but Barney is nowhere in sight, so I guess it’s still possibel that the wedding didn’t happen but they all decided to go enjoy the party. Still, she looks awfully happy for that to be the case. . . ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/56 "2013-01-21T17:09:54Z")
To sum up what we know with the latest partial reveal in the last episode: Ted is apparently smitten with the future Mother during the Stinson-Scherbatsky wedding party (but who knows if the wedding actually went off). But the evening ends with him alone and depressed on the rainy Farhampton train platform for a reason which hasn’t been revealed yet. Bass playing Mother also ends up on the platform after taking a taxi alone from the wedding (presumably) where she ends up opening the Yellow Umbrella of Fate Ted left at the lesbian roommate ex’s apartment years ago because Ted and the old lady stranger have claimed the only part of the platform that is covered from the rain. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/57 "2013-01-21T18:43:05Z")
Was Barney’s and Robin’s wedding the “The most disastrous one ever,” od was that Punchy’s? ---
**Author:** ![fiddlesticks](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddlesticks/32/18129_2.png) [@fiddlesticks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fiddlesticks)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/58 "2013-01-21T20:17:24Z")
> [@Mollie\_Magill](#): > > Was Barney’s and Robin’s wedding the “The most disastrous one ever,” od was that Punchy’s? Punchy’s. Marshall ruined it. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/59 "2013-01-22T02:58:48Z")
Okay, I’m now willing to accept the Barney’s sister theory was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2013, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996/60 "2013-01-22T13:43:26Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Okay, I’m now willing to accept the Barney’s sister theory was wrong. Yeah, me too. Interesting thing, though. Carly’s fixation on Ted’s age (what Ted described at Granddaddy issues) took on a new aspect when I learned that she was Barney’s sister - since her father is old enough to be her grandfather. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-i-met-your-mother-season-premiere/635996.md?page=4)