How I Met Your Father fails to live up to the creativity and success of How I Met Your Mother, with underdeveloped characters, repetitive storylines, and an uninteresting approach to its premise.
Everyone is forced to reconsider their relationships in this episode, and Ellen tries to bond with a stray cat.
Sophie breaks up with Drew, while Jesse visits his ex for answers, and Charlie tries to get everyone to watch soccer together.
Sophie’s attempt to take the perfect photograph brings her closer to Jesse, Valentina steals an expensive purse, and Jesse’s ex returns.
Sophie works as an event photographer for a famous gallerist’s snobbish daughter, Sid and Jesse procrastinate, and Charlie tries to find the writer of a 1-star Yelp review.
A couples’ getaway to a bed & breakfast turns sour, while Ellen and Charlie’s housewarming dinner experiences a few hiccups of its own.
Sophie vets her mom’s new boyfriend, Charlie therapizes Sid and Jesse, and Ellen meets someone new.
Sophie pretends to be sophisticated at her thirtieth birthday party, Jesse and Ellen bond, and Charlie and Valentina figure out their relationship status.
Sophie helps Jesse get a date, while Valentina helps Sid’s long-distance sex life, and Charlie and Ellen search for an apartment.
Sophie, still hung up on Ian, struggles to live in the moment with Jesse, and Charlie tries to make new friends.
Sophie sits down in 2050 to tell her son the story of how she met his father, which starts with a Tinder date in 2022.