Wow, this gives us serious throwback feels!
19.01.2022 - 03:08 / glamour.com
How I Met Your Mother will no doubt be tuning into Hulu's new spin-off . And after watching the first episode, we can report that it delivers. But does it reference the original? Sure, the framing device and basic premise are the same, but was full of call-backs, recurring gags, and props that take on different meanings over time (ahem, Ducky Tie).
So naturally, our eyes were peeled during the pilot for any and all similarities to the previous series' pilot. Here are all the references, similarities, and, okay, a few stretches of the imagination:The opening title sequence. HIMYF has the same theme music as How I Met Your Mother, but sung by a female vocalist, because this series is from a female POV, namely Sophie, played in 2022 by and narrated from 2050 by Kim Cattrall. While the original show's title featured photos of the cast taken on a disposable camera, this time the pictures are on a film strip.Taking a taxi service.
In the pilot, the core characters pop in and out of a taxi driven by Ranjit, who became a recurring character. In the new series, Sophie meets Sid (Suraj Sharma) and Jesse (Christopher Lowell) in an Uber.A proposal. Just as Lily accepted Marshall's proposal, Sid and Hannah (Ashley Reyes) get engaged in this pilot.Falling in love with a stranger.
After locking eyes across a crowded room, Ted starts to fall for Robin and professes his love on their very first date. That (kinda) happens with Sophie and Ian (Daniel Augustin), who start to fall for each other over text after matching on Tinder, and then have an amazing first date at a bar. (Yes, both pilots have bars and take place in New York, but that's a little too obvious to be an Easter egg, right?)Traveling for work.
Wow, this gives us serious throwback feels!
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Hilary Duff is giving us glam and great vocals.
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‘s premiere episode ended with a tribute to Bob Saget, who served as narrator in . The title card reads: In loving memory of Bob Saget.
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Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterHulu’s “How I Met Your Mother” spinoff series “How I Met Your Father” debuted with its first two episodes Tuesday, paying tribute to the late Bob Saget, who narrated the original CBS sitcom that birthed the new Hilary Duff comedy.At the end of the sitcom’s first installment, a title card reads “In Loving Memory of Bob Saget,” in honor of the comedian who voiced the older version of Josh Radnor’s Ted Mosby on all nine seasons of “How I Met Your Mother,” from 2005 to 2014.Saget died on Jan. 9 at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Orlando, Fla.
, starring Hilary Duff, Chris Lowell, Francia Raisa, Tom Ainsley and Tien Tran, among many others. begins with the title character of Sophie (played by Hilary Duff) telling her son the story of how she met his father (with star Kim Cattrall narrating as the older version of Duff's character).The series then transports viewers back to 2022, as Sophie and her close-knit group of friends navigate life as young adults -- figuring out what they want, who they are and how to fall in love in the age of «dating apps and other limitless options.»Sign UpThe series has been called a «standalone sequel» to its hit predecessor, — which starred Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Segal, Cobie Smulders, Josh Radnor and Alyson Hannigan, among others. While speaking to reporters during the virtual Television Critics Association winter press tour, Duff said, «We are our own show. The original show was so amazing and they were so tied into one another, but this is its own show.