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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?

Saturday 10 PM. 20 hours before the wedding

After their Bus broke down on the way to Farhampton, Marshall thought that it would be an easy feat to walk all the way to Farhampton. But he was wrong. Fortunately the mother was passing by and offered them a lift. That's how Marshall met the mother.

Back in the Farhampton Inn, a mysterious guest approached Lily and Robin with the purpose of getting their trust and information that could ruin their friendship. The guest also approached Barney and Ted. He first told Robin that Lily was planning to ruin the wedding by focusing all the attention to Lily using Marshall's decision to take the judgeship. The guest also revealed to Barney that Ted is planning to leave for Chicago a day after the wedding which upsets Barney.



The mother and Marshall are talking on their way back to Farhampton. She told him that she met Lily was upset about Marshall's decision. She also revealed that she was took her bandmate's van in revenge for trying to get kicked out from the band that she started.

It is then revealed that the mysterious guest is Darren, the mother's band mate. She told Marshall that Darren always ruins friendship during weddings. Marshall convinced the mother to stand up for herself which she agrees to in the end.

In an attempt to mend his friendship with Barney, Ted stole a 30 year old Glen Mckenna from storage. Robin then made a Marshpillow for Lily to vent out her frustration. Barney and Ted made up and Barney realized that it would be hard for Ted to move on now that only Robin, Ted and him would stay in New York since Marshall and Lily would be moving to Italy for a year. While Lily was hitting Marshpillow, Marshall arrived with Marvin. When Lily saw them she opted to put their dispute on "pause".



Now that the gang are all back together again, they celebrated by drinking the Glen Mckenna that Ted stole. Back in the Farhampton Inn bar, the mother is considering confronting Darren about her band but did not have enough courage to face him.  While the Ted was pouring the Glen Mckenna, Darren bumped to Ted making him drop the bottle. Ted then punched Darren and knocked him out.

Darren was furious being punched by Ted. He told him that he was punched by the best man for no reason and asked the bartender for some ice. Darren saw the mother laughing and told her that she could have her band back. He quits the band and told them that he would be returning to band called the New Guns and Roses.



The mother then bought Ted a double of the finest liquor that they have. After being given his drink, Ted asked if it was from anyone from the gang. He also asked what he what was drinking. The bartender revealed that it was a Glen Mckeena 35 years. They asked him why he didn't tell them that they had that in Farhampton, the bartender simply replied that they didn't asked.

Marshall was apologizing to Barney for being late and was being obnoxious about it. Marshall said that he has a special gift but prefers to give it to him after the wedding photos. Barney was persistent. Marshall revealed that it was the final slap that he won from Barney years back.

Great episode. As I have thought previously another Glen Mckenna bottle would be broken before the season ends. It is hard to the calling the Ted's future wife the mother. I hope they reveal her name soon. So everyone has met the mother except for Robin and Ted. We should expect her to meet Robin before she meets Ted. Marshall will finally use the final slap. That is something to look forward to.

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Saturday 8 PM. 22 hours before the wedding

The episode begins with Barney is handcuffed to Pipe in a security office for causing some disturbance in a laser tag arena. Robin is with Barney and was furious since their rehearsal dinner has started 10 minutes earlier in the Farhampton Inn. Barney was begging the guard to push the button on a novelty toy but was not able to since Robin objected.

A few months back, Robin told the gang about the idea of having the wedding in Canada. Queue Canada jokes. Barney had an idea of having a rehearsal dinner in a laser tag arena. Everyone shut down the Idea but Barney wasn't going to let it drop so easily. As a wedding gift, Ted wanted to play the piano during the wedding which was refused by Barney and Robin until Ted told them that he will wear a Liberace will doing it.


Back in Farhampton bar, Barney believes that Robin is planning to surprise him by having the rehearsal dinner at the Laser tag arena. He believes that the dinner in Farhampton is fake. When the ice dispenser has broken down, Barney insisted of getting the ice himself. Despite promising to Robin that he will not leave the Farhampton Inn, he went  to the shop near the laser tag arena to get some ice.




Robin then receives a phone call informing him that Barney has been detained for causing some disturbance and insisted that there is a surprise rehearsal dinner for him in the arena. In the office, Barney told Robin that in the future it would be possible for him to lie to her if it means an amazing surprise. Barney finally pressed the button which lifted up the walls of the security office. Robin and Barney was in the middle of the skating rink. Barney told her that since they couldn't have the wedding in Canada, he prepared a Canadian-themed wedding rehearsal dinner for her. Ted then revealed to Lily that he has been taking skating lessons in the last few months. The episode ended with Robin thanking Barney for the surprise

No Marshall and Marvin in this episode. That means he missed yet another important moment in the Wedding weekend. Barney has made a great surprise we have to give kudos for making the episode not too cheesy but not to boring at the same time.

With a only few more episodes left n the series, I wish that they put the mother in the spotlight more. Since it took nine seasons for Ted and the mother to meet, I hope the wait for fans like me would be worth it.

What are your thoughts on the Rehearsal Dinner?