HIMYF Bosses Confirm This Is Us Vet's Return — Are Sid and Hannah Doomed? Plus, Hope for Sophie and Sid 'Shippers

How I Met Your Father might’ve dangled a Neil Patrick Harris cameo in front of our eyes this week, but Barney Stinson’s return was far from the biggest development in the Hulu comedy’s midseason finale.

In addition to setting Sophie on a journey to find her estranged father (more on that here), Tuesday’s back-to-back episodes featured a pair of reunions for series creators Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger: First came the introduction of Michael Cimino, who the EPs previously worked with on fellow Hulu series Love, Victor. His debut as Val’s college-aged fiancé (!) Swish was followed by the arrival of Caitlin Thompson, who the EPs knew from their stint as showrunners on NBC’s This Is Us. Her debut as Sid’s new Instagram friend Taylor promises to throw a wrench in his marriage to Hannah, who continues to live roughly 3,000 miles west of Pemberton’s.

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Lastly, Jesse swore to Val that he was done pining for Sophie… but does anyone really believe him?

In Part 2 of our conversation with Aptaker and Berger, the duo breaks it all down and tease what’s to come when Season 2 resumes on Tuesday, May 23.

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