lovelyshar (lovelyshar) wrote in barneyrobin,
2013-01-10 23:58:00

HIMYM @ the TCA's

This coming Saturday will mark an important day for the ongoing Television Critic Association press tour, as ‘How I Met Your Mother‘ bosses Carter Bays and Craig Thomas are expected to give an official announcement regarding plans for a ninth and final season of the long-running CBS comedy. To that end, ‘How I Met Your Mother’s’ current season will soon begin showing signs of the end, as Barney and Robin head toward their inevitable wedding, but has a new clip from January 14 return “Band or DJ?” given new clues about the plan for the final year? Find out inside!

January 14 will mark the 2013 premiere of ‘How I Met Your Mother” with “Band or DJ?,” presumably carrying with it official knowledge of the show’s ninth, and potentially final season. CBS has released a new clip from the upcoming outing, which sees Ted retreating into plotting Barney and Robin’s wedding while Barney himself seeks out the blessing of Robin’s father Robin Sr. (Ray Wise), but one particular detail caught our attention.

Seen in the clip below, if in fact Barney and Robin’s wedding takes place on May 25, 2013, and according to established lore Ted meets the titular mother immediately thereafter (see: “Farhampton“), would that mean the mother would take a regular role in the final season as some have suggested? We know series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas would have plans in place for a ninth season of the series, but it remains to be seen if they keep to 2013 as Barney’s wedding date.

What say you? Do you think the mother could in fact be introduced by the end of the season? Check out the latest clip from Monday’s ‘How I Met Your Mother’ return “Band or DJ?,” and give us your predictions in the comments!
http://screencrush.com/how-i-met-your-mother-band-or-dj-preview-clip/
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klutzy_girl

January 11 2013, 16:57:53 UTC 4 months ago

It's the TCAs, not the PCAs. Just figured I'd give you a heads up on that!

I am 100% convinced we'll get the official renewal announcement for a ninth and final season tomorrow, tbh. It's CBS' day to present and it'll most likely come in the morning sometime.

manda600

January 11 2013, 17:17:20 UTC 4 months ago Edited:  January 11 2013, 17:23:19 UTC

Well according to everything we've already heard (including from AH herself) it's already been established that there will be a ninth and final season. So I just wonder if CT/CB will have more to say about it then just "Yep, there will be a Season 9 and then that's the end" as the cat's already out of the bag and the announcement on its own will be very anticlimactic.

I'll say again that it seems like the date of the wedding was given very purposefully and there's really no way they could NOT know people would pick up on that right away and it would spread like wildfire that B/R are getting married this season and Ted will meet the Mother.

I know showing Ted dating the Mother was never in the original plan, so I find it a bit surprising (though we knew it was a possibility) which therefore makes me suspicious. The only thing I can conclude is that maybe they just finally gave in to the pressure since it seems like nearly everyone from causal fans to professional critics only wants to say "When will Ted meet the Mother?" and that the show is no good because they won't let him meet the Mother, or it's past its prime because they haven't shown the Mother already, and so on. Maybe they figured out how angry people would be if they never showed that and they feared it would cast a pall on the show and people's reception of it both now and in years to come. Maybe that is what changed their minds and made them swing that way.

ETA: People's reception of the show is another reason I feel they have an automatic strike against the time-jump idea and they must know that. People are already saying the show is pointless and tired and the same old thing right now (mostly because they're mad that Ted hasn't met the Mother), so to do a whole season of episodes that aren't even a part of the main story and this is tacked on after Ted has met the Mother and so the real tale is already over would send critics into a tizzy of there is no point to this, they are just greedy and won't let the show go, why would anyone want to watch this, etc.

daervarn

January 12 2013, 00:48:49 UTC 4 months ago Edited:  January 12 2013, 00:52:12 UTC

I hope CTCB will confirm the renewal and will give a hint if the wedding is this season or at the show's finale. In my mind it would be the best that B/R will get married this season finale. This way they could create a nice cliffhanger: They show some possible "Mother's" during the wedding and at the end at the train station they cut out just before we would see who she is. That should ensure that the audience won't lost interest.

When they would show Ted dating The Mother and B/R married in S9 they should before that ultimately close the door for T/R and confirm that B/R and T/M will be still together in 2030. Especially the casual viewers are so heavily accustomed that the main character would get the girl he wants that many of them could still believe Ted would end up with Robin, unless they finally make this impossible. So it would be good for us to finally know that B/R will last and also good for The Mother not be overshadowed by Robin. As the hole show is about Ted getting over Robin and meet the real Love of his life would that perfectly fit for me.

To be honest I can't imagine that CBS would okay a plot like the time-jump idea and I really have no idea what they would do during S9 with Ted. Also a S9 only around the wedding seems a little bit strage for me. So the best choice in my mind would really be a S9 with B/R as newly-weds and Ted chasing, dating, marrying The Mother.

manda600

January 12 2013, 05:19:11 UTC 4 months ago Edited:  January 12 2013, 05:21:29 UTC

So the best choice in my mind would really be a S9 with B/R as newly-weds and Ted chasing, dating, marrying The Mother.

Yeah, at this point my preferred scenario is definitely to just let them get married at the end of this season and let Ted meet and date the Mother. I think it could have worked to hold off on the wedding until the end of Season 9 if they had gotten the Season 9 renewal earlier and therefore had waited until 8.24 for B/R to get engaged, but at this point it seems like the train is already moving and it's too late to get off the track.

It's not just that they're engaged already but
[8.13 Spoilers]
they're already into wedding planning. Naming of the date aside, they apparently already have the color scheme and venue. And Barney's meeting her dad. The B/R wedding train is going full speed ahead and any attempt to slow it down is going to be very jarring at this point. Which is why I've got to think they don't want or intend to stop it, because prior to 8.13 anyone could have easily assumed it would take B/R a while to get the wedding together and therefore it could easily be in 2014. It's only with the very stuff they've put into 8.13 - like the date, the church, the dress colors, all of that - that makes the wedding seem like it will be sooner rather than later. And if they didn't want that to be the case then there is no reason at all to put that into the episode. If they wanted Ted to encounter Cindy through looking for a band they could simply have the band or DJ debate be the very first and only bit of wedding planning without also throwing out there that they'd picked a church, colors, and set the date, flat-out telling us this thing is happening soon.


I'll confess I would like to see B/R married. At the very least I want to see them together for a full season and a half (which is the largest reason I dislike the time-jump idea). But we have every reason to believe that even if they do make the wedding at the end of Season 9 we'll still get that season and a half of B/R. So really this isn't even about them. Personally, I have no need to see Ted dating the Mother, but the thing is A LOT of people do desperately want to see that and will HATE the show if they never get to. To many causal viewers never seeing Ted date the Mother would be as bad to them as it would be to us if we never got to witness the B/R wedding. I'm not saying that's the correct point of view, as I feel the very premise of the series should have negated that expectation, but maybe people do feel this way (critics included) so it probably would be in the best interest of the show to allow it to happen.

....cont.

manda600

January 12 2013, 05:19:20 UTC 4 months ago Edited:  January 12 2013, 05:22:53 UTC

...cont.

I wouldn't feel that way if I thought it would ruin the show, but I kind of just feel like why not. Ted's got nothing else to do and it's not like they haven't integrated Ted's girlfriend's into the show before. Back when Ted was with both Stella and Zoey those woman had interactions with both Ted and the group as a whole and I don't think it ruined the show (Zoey was bad but that was just because I disliked the character, otherwise I wouldn't have minded Ted having a girlfriend around). I certainly think it can be done.

The only argument I've seen against it besides it would add on an outsider (which never stopped them with any of Barney or Robin's love interests) is that it would be three couples then, but many shows have multiple couples and no single people. And it's not like they have to maintain a series for years and years with all the characters in relationships. Yeah, that might get boring or they might run out of material if they had to maintain that throughout an entire series, but we're only talking about one season here.

I think it would actually be an interesting study of love and couples because there would be three couples at such distinctly different places in their relationship (and couples we know and love too). You'd have M/L as the long-established, long-married couple who actually have a child now. Then there would be B/R the former will they-won't they couple who are finally now together and are newlyweds. And then you'd have T/M who are just meeting and just beginning their courtship (and just because the Mother is his One doesn't mean Ted is going to just stop being Ted and stop needing dating advice).

daervarn

January 12 2013, 14:55:17 UTC 4 months ago

I don't think three couples will be a problem, if they do it the right way. A very good example currently is "The Big Bang Theory" which has three couples and is the most successful comedy in the US. They just have to do it properly. Most of all there should be no more drama if T/M and B/R will last, because in that case I could see many casual viewers still think that Ted could still end up with Robin, what would really damage The Mother. I would really dislike watching the hole S9 with the fear that they could eventually do something stupid at the end; that would be even worse then S7.

S9 as a kind of epilogue, maybe a little bit like S1 would be awesome.

manda600

January 12 2013, 17:13:19 UTC 4 months ago

Yes, that's exactly what I'd like to see, Season 9 as an epilogue of sorts to the series.

leonora68

January 11 2013, 19:34:08 UTC 4 months ago

The author of this article seems to know no more than we do. This stuff about the wedding date and the Mother is exactly the same type of speculation which we've been doing in the other thread. Also, it's not accurate to say that 8.13 'carries with it official knowledge of the show's ninth season'. That announcement didn't come until after the show had gone on Christmas hiatus, by which time 8.13 must have been shot.

Still, the reveal of the wedding date must mean either they already decided to go with it this season, or it's just a bluff to keep people watching this season but they always intended to push it back to next year in the event of renewal. It certainly didn't feel at the start of this season as though they would go any further than the engagement in S8 if they got renewed, but maybe with the negotiations going on so long, they feel like they're too far down that road now so they decided to change their plan.

buffaloryan

January 11 2013, 19:48:28 UTC 4 months ago

I'm good with the Ted dating the Mom in season 9 (if there is a season 9) and B/R as a married couple. I've had multiple friends, who are casual viewers, tell me that B/R are the only reason they watch and that Ted character is just sad and Marshall and Lily are basically stuck doing the same new parents thing and aren't nearly as funny as they used to be. I think this could spice the show up for season 9. B/R as a newly married couple would be great and they would be there along with M/L to support Ted as he dates his future bride.

lovelyshar

January 11 2013, 20:43:52 UTC 4 months ago

I edited the title, I knew I felt something was wrong when I first posted this.

I'm looking forward to hearing about season 9 and what's to come in that season and what's going to happen for the rest of this season. I need lots of spoilers!

admiral_sab

January 11 2013, 20:56:54 UTC 4 months ago

I thought they shot the final scene with the kids already so however they end it that has to fit with what they are doing. And I think that is why they have been so adamant about ending it with Ted meeting the mother. If that is still going to be the last episode I can see them maybe changing the date to the next year, but why like others have said even say a date to begin with especially not knowing the future of the show. Why not just leave it open until they knew for sure? There's a reason to everything they do. I think the wedding will be this date and then they will show Ted with the mother and B/R married.

brolove4ever

January 11 2013, 22:59:52 UTC 4 months ago

I mentioned this in the prior thread that it is very possible that the date "May 25, 2013" is mentioned as a red herring. Its only Ted who wants that date, that is clearly evident by Robin's reaction when she tells Lily the date of the wedding in the promo. Robin is sparing Ted's feelings and that is why she agrees to that date. However, who knows, maybe B/R assert themselves against Ted's overbearing attitude and tell him to back off as it is their wedding (B/R) and not his (Ted's). In fact, it would be kinda cool if B/R decide to elope to Florence to get married - which will go along with the Magazine Cover of Barney and Robin "How We Met in Florence" photo shoot.

klutzy_girl

January 12 2013, 01:45:06 UTC 4 months ago Edited:  January 12 2013, 02:03:12 UTC

Variety reported Wednesday that a deal is close, and I'm still expecting an announcement tomorrow, tbh.

merloestal25

January 12 2013, 02:40:29 UTC 4 months ago

God I am going to cry my eyes out if the reports were wrong and the ninth season is a no.

klutzy_girl

January 12 2013, 03:18:39 UTC 4 months ago

No, they're right. Don't worry about it!

manda600

January 12 2013, 04:45:39 UTC 4 months ago

No, I actually think this makes a lot of sense now. Before I was a little worried over why they hadn't made an announcement if they really had closed the deal (that was before someone reminded us about the TCAs this weekend) but everything we heard before about it being a go was when the actors' contracts closed (which we all know because of JS was the real hurdle). I wasn't even thinking they'd also have to close a deal between FOX and CBS. I guess I just assumed they'd done that first, but of course why would they without first getting the actors' deals closed? Why broker over a show if there are no actors to do it? So this all seems right now!

lovelyshar

January 12 2013, 13:07:08 UTC 4 months ago

This is great news, I am very positive that there will be a season 9 and I hope we get some info on that season as well as the rest of this season. I'm really glad that Jason decided to do another season this show did make him a star and he should be grateful to this show for doing that and making his career grow over the years.