How I Met Your Mother Season 9 spoilers have been making rounds on the internet, thanks to interviews granted by series co-creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas. As more spoilers are given, more speculations are developed, too. Among the latest speculations is that HIMYM's farewell season could come in only half as many episodes as usual.

How I Met Your Mother Season 9 Spoilers, Speculations

The HIMYM spoilers and speculations can be divided in 4 categories: The mother's role, The Robin-Barney wedding, the Romeward chapter for Lily and Marshall, and Ted Mosby's planned move to Chicago. Here are some of the best ones:

- Cristin Milioti. The titular mother has signed on as series regular. For the first time in eight years, a new name will be added to the main cast. This hints an elaborate story of how Ted finally meets the mother of his kids. Spoilers revealed Ted is the last among the gang to meet the mother!

- The Wedding Weekend. It has been confirmed that the entire How I Met Your Mother Season 9 will be a long story that took place during Robin's and Barney's weekend honeymoon. Fans can expect flashbacks and 'flash forwards.' HIMYM often resorts to non-linear storytelling, but skeptics are still raising their brows. Can the writers stretch a weekend into 20-24 episodes? This is how speculations of a shorter season surfaced. It will be recalled that Jason Segel was reportedly the last to come on board HIMYM 9. Could it be that a shorter season (say, 12-15 episodes) was part of the deal?

- Romeward bound. Lily has mentioned in the HIMYM 8 finale that she and Marshall are supposed to fly to Rome right after the wedding. But Marshall gets a fantastic job offer. Can he afford to forego judgeship in order to be with Lily?

- Ted to Chicago? Ted is supposed to move to Chicago the weekend after the wedding. But he is likely to strike a conversation with the yet-to-be-named mother at the Farhampton station - on the night of the wedding. Viewers who know Ted Mosby well know that his life can be supported by the theme, "What a Difference a Day Makes (24 Little Hours)." What is the first thing that Ted says to his future wife?

Ted Mosby met his wife at his best friends' wedding. This is the story that the How I Met Your Mother writers have stretched to eight years. Perhaps viewers can trust them to stretch a wedding weekend into 20 or so HIMYM episodes. Then again, do they really have that many cards up their sleeves?

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