‘How I Met Your Mother’ season 9, episode 19 review: Who arrived for Robin’s wedding?
“How I Met Your Mother” kept things going on Monday night with another new episode entitled “Vesuvius,” which was an interesting one for a number of reasons. There was a lot of comedy in here, but there was also some pretty serious moments in here as Future Ted realized that possibly, he is living too much in his stories from the past.
The silliest story of the night was between Ted and Barney, who embarked on a journey to try and find the perfect suit for him to wear on the show. After an extended period of time, they managed to find one that made sense … which also happened to be the same one that he picked up for the first time.
Meanwhile, there were all sorts of fights between Robin and Lily as she struggled to figure out why the bride was not acting more excited or emotional amount the big day. A little bit of comedy ensued, but the funnier part of this was the callback to “The Wedding Bride” with a sequel that featured a fake Marshall named “Narshall.” Also, Lucy Hale turned back up! Her role was a pretty tiny one, but effective nonetheless.
In the end, the episode’s best moments came at the end when we learned that Robin’s mother actually did make it to the wedding in a surprise moment that almost no one saw coming. Also, we learned through Ted’s stories that his mother seemingly passed away before he had a chance to actually get married himself … or at least this is what we think. There are also some theories out there regarding whether or not this was foreshadowing to something else so sad (maybe the Mother is dying?) that we don’t want to think about it just yet. Either way, this was the perfect ending to an episode that could have been filler, and it has us more excited than ever going in the finale. Grade: A-.
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Themostunclean
March 6, 2014 @ 1:25 am
As many other people have mentioned in comments sections- If Ted’s mother had died the line would have been “What kind of mother misses their CHILD’S wedding?”. Instead they specifically say daughter. Ad to the fact that future Ted has frequently made refrences in his stories that imply his mom is still alive and things aren’t looking too good for the Mother. I still hold out hope that she’s just very sick and Dad Ted is telling the stories as a way to distract the kids from worrying while waiting for news about their mom’s health. Then are the people who hope she does die, thereby clearing the way for Ted and Robin to be together (of course then something bad would have to happen to Barney too).
Sarah
March 4, 2014 @ 8:17 pm
At the beginning, the Mother tells Ted not to live in the stories. That life moves on and he should move with it. At the end, he cries when the Mother asks what Mother would miss her daughter’s wedding. The two go hand in hand. The Mother is dying. She worries that Ted will live in the past, in his stories and not move pass her death. He cries because he knows his wife won’t be attending their daughter’s wedding. Very sad.