HIMYM Secretly Hinted At Robin’s Future Distance Back In Season 8
How I Met Your Mother’s finale revealed that Robin drifted away from the group in the future, which season 8 had already secretly laid the groundwork for. Considering Robin was the last character to enter the gang and was always far more career-oriented and independent, it wasn’t entirely surprising to learn that for a period of time in HIMYM’s future timeline, she stopped hanging out with the other characters. Robin’s distance in the HIMYM ending twist then returned in her How I Met Your Father cameo but appeared less cold than in the original series’ depiction and thus was more similar to season 8’s hints.
In HIMYM’s finale episode, it was revealed that after her divorce from Barney and realization that she still loves Ted, Robin chose to stop hanging out with the group so much. Robin’s distance was then explained in HIMYM to have continued until Tracy convinced her to appear at her wedding with Ted, but it was still clear that she held back because of her feelings for the architect. Robin’s distance was primarily upsetting due to her strong friendship with Lily, though an earlier HIMYM season 8 episode had already hinted that the two wouldn’t always remain so close.
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The HIMYM season 8 episode “Bad Crazy” saw Robin watching baby Marvin Eriksen for the first time, with her fears about holding him leading to a series of wild events that she gradually revealed to Lily over a period of 17 years. The episode depicted Robin and Lily getting drinks every few years, with both remarking that they should “do this more often” each time, suggesting they would go long periods of time without seeing one another in the future. This HIMYM season 8 story secretly hinted
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