Future Ted tells his kids that, during the spring of 2013, he was making the final adjustments to the house he bought, while Barney and Robin were preparing for their wedding. As Lily and Marshall pack their things to go to Italy, Marshall's mother calls them and Lily slips the fact that they are moving. To compensate, Marshall promises her that he and his son will visit her for a week. A free Lily visits Ted in MacLaren's and he shows her his finished house.
Meanwhile, Barney and Robin sit in a bar and an obnoxious couple, Krirsten and Calvin, start bothering them – not letting them look at their cigars and stealing their reserved table. Barney and Robin start planning to break them up, so Robin puts her engagement ring in one of their champagne glasses. When Krirsten finds the ring, she excitedly responds that she will marry Calvin, but he has no intentions of doing so. After their break-up, Robin and Barney smoke happily in a park when the couple find them, saying that after the fight, they agreed to get married. Barney and Robin feel proud after seeing them happy.
When Lily and Ted reach his house, Lily realizes that Marshall's mother is trying to convince Marshall to not go to Italy, after seeing some Facebook photos. When Lily sees a "For Sale" sign, Ted reveals that he is moving to Chicago because he cannot be around Robin after the wedding. Marshall calls Lily for a final time, saying that no matter what happens, he will move to Italy with her. After this, Marshall receives a call, saying that his application to be a judge has been granted. Marshall realizes then that he cannot join Lily in Italy.
Ted reveals to Lily that after he found Robin digging her old locket only to find the empty box, she interpreted it as a sign to not marry Barney and grabbed Ted's hand. Ted left, saying that he would see her at her wedding. He realizes that after all these years, he still feels something for Robin and would do anything to make her smile. Lily admits where the locket is: before Ted almost married Stella, Lily chanced upon Robin drinking away her sorrows at Ted going ahead with his wedding. Both of them went to the park where the locket was buried and Robin found it, taking it to Ted's apartment and putting it in a race-car pencil box which she intended to take to Japan. Ted realizes he still has that box and wants to give her the locket as a wedding gift.
With the wedding scheduled in 56 hours, Ted moves out of his empty apartment and meets up with Lily to go to the wedding. When she asks how he is returning to the city before going to Chicago, Ted says that he will take the train. Ranjit picks up Robin and Barney at their apartment. Marshall calls Lily and she reminds him that in a week, they will be living in Italy. When Marshall's brother Marcus reminds him that he has not told her about the job, Marshall says that it is "face to face" news.
During a closing montage featuring all of the gang heading to Farhampton for the wedding, the titular "mother" (Cristin Milioti) is finally revealed to the audience for the first time, as she steps up to a counter at a Long Island Rail Station while carrying her signature yellow umbrella and bass guitar and asks for a ticket to Farhampton – where she will eventually meet Ted.
Although the Mother only says one line, the scene was filmed in secrecy, with scripts only kept on hardcopy that were destroyed,[2] Milioti being driven to the studio very late at night,[3] and members of the production staff serving as extras during the train station scene. They welcomed Milioti to the stage like "Jesus has risen", show creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas said,[4] with the latter describing it as "a very surreal moment. It was a moment we pictured for a lot of years".[2]
Reception
Ratings
Including DVR viewing, the episode was watched by 10.44 million viewers with an 18–49 rating of 4.5.[5]
Critical reception
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Something New received acclaim. Donna Bowman of The A.V. Club gave the episode an A−.[6] Max Nicholson of IGN scored the episode 7.5.[7]TV.com's Bill Kuchman described the episode as "monumental" and said that it "did a fantastic job" of keeping the show's future "under wraps", adding that the production team took a risk in casting a relatively unknown actress as the Mother.[8]Alan Sepinwall commented on the casting of the unknown Milioti:[9]
"So that we would have no preconceived notions about the Mother. We didn't spend years watching her on "Scrubs," or "The O.C." or even a few months on "Good Morning, Miami." She is a blank slate, onto whom the show and its audience can project whatever qualities we feel should be in Ted Mosby's ideal woman, without insisting that Elliott Reed or Summer Roberts or Chris Elliott's daughter would act that way, play bass that way, etc. She is the Mother; she has put on this world to cross Ted Mosby's path on the night of his best friend's wedding and make him forget all about Robin Scherbatzky and a move to Chicago. Earlier knowledge of her is not required and maybe not even preferred."
References
^Michael Ausiello (May 14, 2013). "'How I Met Your Mother' Season 9 Spoilers: Wedding Weekend Cristin Milioti". TVLine. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
^ abStransky, Tanner (May 13, 2013). "'How I Met Your Mother': Burning questions about the mother". Entertainment Weekly.
^Franich, Darren (May 13, 2013). "'How I Met Your Mother': Casting Cristin Milioti as the mother | Inside TV | EW.com". Insidetv.ew.com. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
^. Tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com. June 3, 2013. Archived from the original on June 8, 2013. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
^Bowman, Donna (May 13, 2013). "Something New". The A.V. Club. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
^Nicholson, Max (May 13, 2013). "Something New". IGN. Retrieved May 14, 2013.
^TV.com (May 14, 2013). "How I Met Your Mother Season 8 Finale Review: Kids, Here's How WE Met The Mother". TV.com. Retrieved August 28, 2013.
^Sepinwall, Alan (May 13, 2013). "Season finale review: 'How I Met Your Mother' – 'Something New'". What's Alan Watching?.
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Something New is the 24th and final episode of the eighth season of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother and the 184th episode overall This was the episode that finally introduced the titular character of the Mother played by Cristin Milioti Something New How I Met Your Mother episodeThe Mother Cristin Milioti is finally seen in this episode Episode no Season 8Episode 24Original air dateMay 13 2013 2013 05 13 Guest appearancesCristin Milioti as The Girl with the Yellow Umbrella The Mother Casey Wilson as Krirsten Keegan Michael Key as Calvin Suzie Plakson as Judy Eriksen Marshall Manesh as Ranjit Joe Nieves as Carl Ned Rolsma as Marcus Eriksen Brian Huskey as Rand Lyndsy Fonseca as Daughter David Henrie as Son Cherub Moore as HostessEpisode chronology Previous Something Old Next The Locket How I Met Your Mother season 8 List of episodes Contents 1 Plot 2 Production 3 Reception 3 1 Ratings 3 2 Critical reception 4 References 5 External linksPlot EditFuture Ted tells his kids that during the spring of 2013 he was making the final adjustments to the house he bought while Barney and Robin were preparing for their wedding As Lily and Marshall pack their things to go to Italy Marshall s mother calls them and Lily slips the fact that they are moving To compensate Marshall promises her that he and his son will visit her for a week A free Lily visits Ted in MacLaren s and he shows her his finished house Meanwhile Barney and Robin sit in a bar and an obnoxious couple Krirsten and Calvin start bothering them not letting them look at their cigars and stealing their reserved table Barney and Robin start planning to break them up so Robin puts her engagement ring in one of their champagne glasses When Krirsten finds the ring she excitedly responds that she will marry Calvin but he has no intentions of doing so After their break up Robin and Barney smoke happily in a park when the couple find them saying that after the fight they agreed to get married Barney and Robin feel proud after seeing them happy When Lily and Ted reach his house Lily realizes that Marshall s mother is trying to convince Marshall to not go to Italy after seeing some Facebook photos When Lily sees a For Sale sign Ted reveals that he is moving to Chicago because he cannot be around Robin after the wedding Marshall calls Lily for a final time saying that no matter what happens he will move to Italy with her After this Marshall receives a call saying that his application to be a judge has been granted Marshall realizes then that he cannot join Lily in Italy Ted reveals to Lily that after he found Robin digging her old locket only to find the empty box she interpreted it as a sign to not marry Barney and grabbed Ted s hand Ted left saying that he would see her at her wedding He realizes that after all these years he still feels something for Robin and would do anything to make her smile Lily admits where the locket is before Ted almost married Stella Lily chanced upon Robin drinking away her sorrows at Ted going ahead with his wedding Both of them went to the park where the locket was buried and Robin found it taking it to Ted s apartment and putting it in a race car pencil box which she intended to take to Japan Ted realizes he still has that box and wants to give her the locket as a wedding gift With the wedding scheduled in 56 hours Ted moves out of his empty apartment and meets up with Lily to go to the wedding When she asks how he is returning to the city before going to Chicago Ted says that he will take the train Ranjit picks up Robin and Barney at their apartment Marshall calls Lily and she reminds him that in a week they will be living in Italy When Marshall s brother Marcus reminds him that he has not told her about the job Marshall says that it is face to face news During a closing montage featuring all of the gang heading to Farhampton for the wedding the titular mother Cristin Milioti is finally revealed to the audience for the first time as she steps up to a counter at a Long Island Rail Station while carrying her signature yellow umbrella and bass guitar and asks for a ticket to Farhampton where she will eventually meet Ted Production EditMilioti s scene was filmed on March 27 2013 1 John Lithgow helped her make the flight to Los Angeles in time for the shoot not knowing about her role in the show citation needed Although the Mother only says one line the scene was filmed in secrecy with scripts only kept on hardcopy that were destroyed 2 Milioti being driven to the studio very late at night 3 and members of the production staff serving as extras during the train station scene They welcomed Milioti to the stage like Jesus has risen show creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas said 4 with the latter describing it as a very surreal moment It was a moment we pictured for a lot of years 2 Reception EditRatings Edit Including DVR viewing the episode was watched by 10 44 million viewers with an 18 49 rating of 4 5 5 Critical reception Edit This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it December 2015 Something New received acclaim Donna Bowman of The A V Club gave the episode an A 6 Max Nicholson of IGN scored the episode 7 5 7 TV com s Bill Kuchman described the episode as monumental and said that it did a fantastic job of keeping the show s future under wraps adding that the production team took a risk in casting a relatively unknown actress as the Mother 8 Alan Sepinwall commented on the casting of the unknown Milioti 9 So that we would have no preconceived notions about the Mother We didn t spend years watching her on Scrubs or The O C or even a few months on Good Morning Miami She is a blank slate onto whom the show and its audience can project whatever qualities we feel should be in Ted Mosby s ideal woman without insisting that Elliott Reed or Summer Roberts or Chris Elliott s daughter would act that way play bass that way etc She is the Mother she has put on this world to cross Ted Mosby s path on the night of his best friend s wedding and make him forget all about Robin Scherbatzky and a move to Chicago Earlier knowledge of her is not required and maybe not even preferred References Edit Michael Ausiello May 14 2013 How I Met Your Mother Season 9 Spoilers Wedding Weekend Cristin Milioti TVLine Retrieved August 28 2013 a b Stransky Tanner May 13 2013 How I Met Your Mother Burning questions about the mother Entertainment Weekly Entertainment Weekly 6 September 2013 Franich Darren May 13 2013 How I Met Your Mother Casting Cristin Milioti as the mother Inside TV EW com Insidetv ew com Retrieved August 28 2013 Live 7 DVR Ratings The Big Bang Theory Again Leads Adults 18 49 Ratings Increase amp Tops Total Viewership Gains 90210 Earns Biggest Percentage Increase in Week 34 Ratings TVbytheNumbers Tvbythenumbers zap2it com June 3 2013 Archived from the original on June 8 2013 Retrieved August 28 2013 Bowman Donna May 13 2013 Something New The A V Club Retrieved May 14 2013 Nicholson Max May 13 2013 Something New IGN Retrieved May 14 2013 TV com May 14 2013 How I Met Your Mother Season 8 Finale Review Kids Here s How WE Met The Mother TV com Retrieved August 28 2013 Sepinwall Alan May 13 2013 Season finale review How I Met Your Mother Something New What s Alan Watching External links Edit Something New at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Something New How I Met Your Mother amp oldid 1126887310, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
