We’re not trying to upend the How I Met Your Mother finale. So, it’s finding that balance of paying tribute and honoring the character, but also not getting wildly specific in ways that don’t really feel appropriate for us to do.ĪPTAKER | Yeah. But we also do feel like this is a character that holds such a special place in people’s hearts, and this is Carter and Craig’s creation, so if anyone should deep-dive into what’s going on with Barney, they feel like the guys to do it. We always want to make sure that we are being true to the mythology - and, hopefully, giving fans of the original little morsels that fill in some of the pieces. Is that a conversation that you have whenever you bring back an OG character - how much to disclose, and how much you feel like it’s your place to directly impact HIMYM canon without original creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas’ direct involvement?īERGER | Yes, absolutely. You could have disclosed more, you chose to hold back. TVLINE | The HIMYM finale didn’t reveal much about Barney’s future beyond the birth of his daughter Ellie in 2019. But yes, like Isaac said, we’re nodding to the idea that his life has changed and brought him here.ĪPTAKER | Even the car he’s driving! It’s still a cool car, but that SUV is a “dad mobile” if I’ve ever seen one. We could have written this scene to go on for 45 minutes, but there were details about Sunday night dinner and all these things, and all of the routines and rituals that he has now as a family man. Has he moved out of the city? Is he visiting someone? Is there a definitive answer?ĪPTAKER | There was a little bit more that we shot that we took out of the cut, but our thinking was that Barney is a little bit more of a family man now… maybe he’s living the suburban dad life.īERGER | There were a lot more details that unfortunately didn’t live. TVLINE | We don’t actually find out what Barney was doing in the suburbs. He even shows Sophie a few photos of his little girl.īelow, HIMYF creators Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger discuss the significance of Barney’s return - including new details about the Barnacle’s post- HIMYM life that they chose not to disclose in the episode - and how it sets up Sophie’s arc in the second half of Season 2 (premiering Tuesday, May 23). He also says how great it’s been having his dad in his life - especially after the arrival of his daughter Ellie, who was born in HIMYM‘s series finale. But before he sends her on her way, Barney warns Sophie that finding her dad won’t necessarily solve all her issues. It comes in handy when the How I Met Your Mother character crosses paths with HIMYF protagonist Sophie, who’s about to embark on a quest to find her absentee dad - a quest not unlike Barney’s search for Jerome. No, not a sexually transmitted disease, but an experimental Shock Therapy Device programmed with over 10,000 problematic words and phrases that blasts him with enough electricity to power Staten Island if he so much as thinks of acting inappropriately toward women. Neil Patrick Harris‘ Barney Stinson is back in the midseason finale of Hulu’s How I Met Your Father - and this time, he has an STD.
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