After eight years and many teases the mother will FINALLY be revealed. And it will be none other than Once's Cristin Milioti. Great high-profile role for her. Go Cristin!
I was literally about to post this!! Not many of my friends knew who she was even though I immediately recognized her! Should be a big role for her next year
I was BEYOND excited to see her. As many posters pointed out on IMDb, it is possible she's not the mother (she could be another memeber of the mother's band and is bringing her instrument and is borrowing her umbrella) as the creators are known to do stuff like that. But I hope she is- she matches the description (about Lily's size, as they share shoes, she's dark haired, could have clearly been in college in 2008, etc.) and she is a wonderful actress.
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They have been advertising the finale and I thought this thread was to discuss it. Not to have the secret revealed with no warning.
If I had wanted to know ahead of time, I would have asked my friend who works on the show.
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My Girl is.the Girl, again! I recognized those big Bambi eyes at once!
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I just about freaked out when they revealed it to be her. PERFECT casting and I'm so excited to see how it all plays out.
We already knew the Mother was a musician, but now that it's Cristin, does anyone else want them all to go back to MacLaren's and play some Irish and/or Czech ditties together? Just me? All right...
this is soooo huge.... this has been building up for 6 years on one of the most popular shows of this century.
and it couldnt happen to a nicer sweeter girl.
TheaterDiva, if you didnt want spoilers you shouldnt click on something that says BIG REVEAL!! Daaa-DUUUUH
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The whole first 8 season have been framed by a guy (narrated by Bob Saget and played on screen by Josh Radnor) telling his kids the story of how he met their mother. It's basically been 8 seasons of build up to this.
"Some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, take the moment & making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity." -Gilda Radner
So, basically the final season takes the show's title to heart. I'm fine with this. As it's a show that has implemented time jumps, both forward and backward, and many random anecdotes, I don't see how the overall arc is a "nightmare." It's just a framing device for the season. I mean, this wedding was first introduced a few seasons back.