How I Met Your Mother will no doubt be tuning into Hulu's new spin-off . And after watching the first episode, we can report that it delivers.
But does it reference the original? Sure, the framing device and basic premise are the same, but was full of call-backs, recurring gags, and props that take on different meanings over time (ahem, Ducky Tie).
So naturally, our eyes were peeled during the pilot for any and all similarities to the previous series' pilot. Here are all the references, similarities, and, okay, a few stretches of the imagination:The opening title sequence.
HIMYF has the same theme music as How I Met Your Mother, but sung by a female vocalist, because this series is from a female POV, namely Sophie, played in 2022 by and narrated from 2050 by Kim Cattrall.
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