Popular HIMYF Dad Theory Reveals Major Twist After Season 1 Finale

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One popular fan theory for the identity of the title dad in How I Met Your Father would mean a major twist for Sophie’s story after the season 1 finale. The HIMYM spinoff is already subject to plenty of theories about the identity of the father of Sophie’s son, though How I Met Your Father has already revealed the key detail of when Hilary Duff’s character met the dad. At the end of How I Met Your Father’s pilot, Future Sophie revealed that the night of Sid and Hannah’s engagement party was the night she met her son’s father, which so far means the candidates for How I Met Your Father's dad are Jesse, Sid, Charlie, Ian, and Drew.

While the first few episodes of How I Met Your Father set up the chemistry between Sophie and Jesse (Chris Lowell) as a parallel to HIMYM’s Ted and Robin, the two characters didn’t admit they had feelings for one another until toward the end of the season. Nonetheless, Jesse has been seen as the most obvious choice for the dad in How I Met Your Father, though the season 1 finale episode complicated his romance with Sophie. When Jesse pulled a Mosby by accidentally letting an “I love you” slip early, Sophie got scared, but after a chat with HIMYM’s Robin Scherbatsky in MacLaren’s, she was ready to go back to Jesse and progress their relationship. However, once she walked back to HIMYM’s old apartment, Sophie saw Jesse kissing his ex-girlfriend, Meredith. This seemingly put an end to their romance (for now), especially since the final moments of How I Met Your Father season 1 saw her romantic interest Ian return from Australia.

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