How I Met Your Father

However, that was only the start of his return as co-creators Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger confirmed he will appear in some more of this 20 episode season ...

Once we catch up to that, I think people will be pleasantly surprised by how her story turns via Barney." When asked when Barney will return, Aptaker replied: "We'll have to wait and see. We are very excited for people to see the way that turned out." Since the original show ended in 2014 there's been some discussions about whether Barney's treatment of women was ever appropriate. Related: [How I Met Your Mother](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a38783942/how-i-met-your-mother-sequel-same-universe/) fans are in for a treat, as it's been confirmed that [Neil Patrick Harris will play a significant role](https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/ustv/a38746516/how-i-met-your-father-mother-original-connection/) in the prequel.

The episode, which became available to stream on Hulu on Jan. 24, drew to a close with Hilary Duff's Sophie Tompkins lamenting to her best friend Valentina ( ...

“Sometimes, timing is a bitch.” Fans of the original series will also remember Barney had to The episode, which became available to stream on Hulu on Jan.

How I Met Your Father season 1 included a few How I Met Your Mother cameos, including Cobie Smulders' character Robin Scherbatsky, but season 2 exacerbates ...

How I Met Your Father season 2 is teasing more from a character that isn’t a part of the show. The cameos keep How I Met Your Father interesting, but it should actually be the story and new characters that hold the audience's attention. It’s no secret that How I Met Your Father is tied to How I Met Your Mother in more ways than one. However, How I Met Your Father has yet to firmly establish itself apart from its predecessor to warrant such big cameos. [How I Met Your Mother guest stars](https://screenrant.com/how-met-mother-saturday-night-live-actors/) to keep audiences hooked. Premiering in 2021, How I Met Your Father took the basic premise of its parent show, introduced brand-new characters, and signed on [Sex and the City’s Kim Cattrall](https://screenrant.com/sex-city-reboot-sarah-jessica-parker-kim-cattrall-feud/) to play the older version of Hilary Duff’s Sophie.

The Hilary Duff-led spin-off doesn't stray far enough away from the path HIMYM paved for it.

With a whopping 19 episodes left in the season, HIMYF still has plenty of time to prove that it’s more than just a carbon copy—I just hope it’s worth sticking around until then. [20% offW&P Valentine's Day Sale](https://go.linkby.com/IWCKCONS) And for one couple, Valentina (Francia Raisa) and Charlie (Tom Ainsley), their entire dynamic is about how much they love having sex—which is not just notable or edgy anymore. It’s set in the same universe as HIMYM and revolves around the same premises (and more or less the same friend group—that is, a motley crew of millennials trying to take the city by the horns) with an overall tone that feels very beginning-of-Obama’s second term. Sophie’s earnest, devoted, blinders-on quest for love—however less annoying than Ted’s—is out of step with the zeitgeist, one that’s largely characterized by “All I’ve ever wanted was to find love, and I think maybe it was just right in front of me and I ran from it,” she tells him.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: How did Barney's return on HIMYF come about? · ELIZABETH BERGER: · Was it always the plan to save Barney's cameo for season 2? · ISAAC ...

Barney is so known for his suits and and making sure that it looked great, which is not hard with Neil, but that it was like a perfect Barney suit if we're going to revisit the character. BERGER: It's something we thought a lot about and we knew it was something that was very important to Neil as well, that if he were to return he would want to feel like the creative was right and do service to the original character while also recognizing that things have changed and the time that we live in now. We were really proud of the creative and the way his character is handled and our hope is that How I Met Your Mother fans will really feel like they're seeing the character that they loved and knew but also like he is existing in a 2023 world. APTAKER: Yeah, we can debunk that, just based on the fact of the math of it. We were blessed to be a part of that Hollywood legacy before it got torn down. It was right in the middle [of the season]. But yes, we think it's so much fun and it makes our world bigger and it satisfies fans on a really deep level, so we love to do it and we have the ideas. Now it's just a question of parsing them out and hoping that people are available and want to do it when it's the right time to ask. I'm really excited for how his character changes Sophie's life and the totally new direction that he sends her on. APTAKER: It sends her in a totally new direction, which becomes the engine for a big chunk of our season. Similarly, in season 2, it's going to take a while for the exact situation to reveal itself, but once we fold back around to that Barney moment people will see that he's the exact right person that she needed to run into at that point in her story. We got on a zoom with Neil and pitched him our idea for it and it fell into place very quickly, which was amazing.