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This episode is dubbed as one of the best episode in the whole series. I couldn't agree more. Now that the show is about to end, the shows creators are starting to put the final touches in putting all the pieces of the puzzle on how Ted meets his future wife.

The episode tells the story on the mother's perspective. Even the opening credits was modified featuring the mother. On the same day that Marshall proposed to Lily and the day Robin and Ted met, the mother was celebrating her 21st birthday. And get this. There are two Maclaren Pub in New York. The other Maclaren's bar is the mother's watering hole.

On that day, the mother's old boyfriend Max was running late. She received a phone call informing her that Max has passed away. Since then the mother has shove the idea of dating and falling in love believe that every person gets only one chance in love.


Through out the episode, there were references from previous episode that the mother and Ted has crossed path. In fact, the mother knows what Ted looks like. During Ted's first day in teaching , he went to the wrong classroom where the mother is attending an economics class. This is where she meets Cindy (Rachel Bilson) for the first time. Ted tells his shellfish joke and only the mother thought it was funny.

But before going to the economics class, she was inspired by the speech of one of her old acquaintance Mitch. Apparently Mitch and the mother knew each other before both of them came to New York. Mitch is creator of "The Naked man" and has said that it works 2 out of 3 times. Who would have guess that the mother is the one 1 out the 3 woman which the Naked Man doesn't work on?



Remember the Saint Patrick's day event where Ted took the mother's umbrella? We finally see what went down. The mother's friend Kelly ran into Barney. Barney tried picking her up but failed/. The mother was there as well and ran into Mitch. After offering to give Mitch a cello that is left unused, they left the club and went to her apartment. While she was getting the musical instrument in her room, Mitch strips down and showed her his move but was immediately turned down.

After a while of being on a dating Hiatus, she met Louis at and started dating him. She was staying at his Beach house during the wedding weekend. Louis suddenly proposed which caught her off guard. Eventually she turned down the proposal clear still not yet ready to take their relationship to the next level.

She then got a room on the Farhampton Inn next to Ted's. Before the episode ended, She sang a rendition of La vie en rose. Future Ted said that even though he heard her sing it a million times, the first time she heard it sing was his favorite.

In this episode we get to know more about the mother. She has a lot in common with Ted and probably the only one who would laugh at Ted's joke. A thing that I noticed with this episode is that this is the first time that they dealt with death. Correct me if I am wrong if this is the first time. But as far as I know it is.

We also get to fall in love with her and start to root for them. I think one of the biggest challenges that the creators have was finding the right actress to play the mother. I am glad that they choose Cristin Milioti to play the part. She plays the role perfectly. Putting Mitch in the mix is one of the great things about this episode. Next week I hope that they do finally met. But I think they would delayed their meeting until the last remaining episodes.

What are your thoughts about how your mother met me?

Friday at noon, 54 hours before the wedding

Barney’s Brother James has arrived in Farhampton. Barney told Robin, Ted and Lily about the Stinson’s family curse that caused all Stinson men to be desperate for sex. Barney however believes that the curse has been lifted when James was married to Tom. James has told Barney that they are getting a divorce. Robin persuaded James in not telling Barney in fear that it might cause him not go through with the wedding. James reluctantly agreed however an intoxicated Lily has spilled the beans.

Robin followed Barney how has stormed off. Robin thought that he was fazed with news but he was just asking the inn keeper for James’ room key to remove the erotic surprise gift that he prepared for James and Tom.
Marshall is still stuck in Minnesota with Marvin. The last remaining flight to New York was cancelled due to a storm. Marshall had to race Daphne, the passenger got ban from the flight along with Marshall, to rent a car. The cars ran out but Marshall got the last key. They made an agreement that Daphne would rent the car and purchase a baby seat and Marshall would pay for the gas.



Ted is in bar when James arrived. James told Ted that it is difficulty to be truly happy knowing that what happens after the marriage isn’t always good. The inn keeper gave James’ room key leaving Ted alone in the bar. A flashforward is seen in which Ted is with the mother exactly a year after. He told her that he made a promise to himself to bring her to Farhampton a year after that date. The mother told her that he hasn’t met her in which he replied that he knew that they would meet.The episode ended with Ted getting his room key but the surprise gift the Barney prepared was in the room.



It was a funny episode. Seeing Ted and the mother together for the first time was a great scene. In my opinion they did a great job casting the mother role and she is great with it. With a few more episodes left in the series, I can’t wait to see how it would the story unfold.

Friday 11 AM, 55 hours before the wedding



Ted and Lily driving their way to Farhampton Inn for Braney and Robin’s wedding. Ted has irritated Lily with his detours about historical figures that Lily does care about. He asked Ted to drop her at the train station. In the Train she meets Ted’s future Wife.


Barney and Robin are being driven by Ranjit to Farhampton. While having a conversation about possible Wild cards of those who are likely to ruin their wedding, they both mentioned a “Crazy cousin Mitch”. They were horrified with the possibility that they are related. But Robin’s grandma confirmed that Mitch is related to Barney by Marriage and Robin by Adoption which was a relief for both of them.



Marshall is on a plane with Marvin when he received a text message from his mom about Marshall becoming a judge. He asked her to delete the picture since Lily is still not aware of him taking the Job. He was asked to turn off the phone by a flight attendant. Sitting next to her Daphne has Marshall to turn off the phone. He refused to turn it off until her mom deletes the photo. Eventually Marshall and Daphne were banned from the flight. In the Airport, Marshall accessed her mom account but was unable to delete it since he could not click on options. Marvin click on a random key and the photo was deleted before Lily seeing it.



On the train, Lily has met the mother. Lily took some of the cookies that the mother offered her and they started conversing. Lily told her about Ted and his behavior which she secretly finds cool. The mother then commented that it seems that Ted wanted her to take the train. And Lily remembered that a few days earlier, Ted helped Robin in locating a locket that she buried a few years back. Ted remembered that the locket might be with Stella, his ex-girlfriend, who now lives in Los Angeles. He confessed to Lily that he emailed her about the Locket and was told that he had to go to Los Angeles himself to find it in a storage unit. Lily is worried that Ted will use the Locket to try to win Robin back.

In Farhampton, Ted was about to give his gift to Robin but was tackled by Lily. When Robin opened the gift it was a picture of the group taken 8 years ago. Ted tells Robin that he wants Robin and Barney to find happiness. Lily apologizes and made Ted promise that he won’t do anything to ruin their wedding. Future Ted said that he meant the promise at that time. It was also revealed that Ted flew to Los Angeles days before.

I always thought that Robin and Ted look great together. There were times that I wish that they ended up together. Ted has always been a romantic and if he ever pulled off in acquiring the locket, it would be a big surprise and might be a game changer. But also seeing the mother in this episode I know that she is the perfect fit. What are your thoughts?