How Ted Ended Up Telling the Kids How He Met Their Mother

by Corrupt200

In the summer of 2030, Robin takes an emergency trip to Vancouver to say goodbye to her father before he passes away. Ted follows not long after to keep her company. As Robin exchanges last words with her dad, she reflects on her friendship with Ted since 2024 and realizes it may be so much more. She confronts Ted and they end up in one of their worst fights ever.

Act 1.

World Wide News Anchor Desk. August 4, 2030. Robin is behind the anchor desk finishing off her recording.

ROBIN: And that's how the world rotated on August 4, 2030. This is Robin Scherbatsky with World Wide News closing off. Goodnight.

[gets up and walks toward her dressing room. Enter Robin's secretary]

ROBIN'S SECRETARY: Miss Scherbatsky, your sister, Katherine, called from Vancouver. It sounds very urgent. Here's the number. [Hands Robin a piece of paper]

ROBIN: Thanks. [pulls out the slimmest lightest smartphone ever and punches the number] Hello, Katie? It's Robin. What's up? Why did you call?

KATIE'S VOICE: Hi, Robin. It's about Dad, he's sick and in the hospital. Dr. Stuyvesant says that he may not be with us much longer. Dad wants to see you one more time before he says goodbye. Please try to get the next flight here as soon as possible.

ROBIN: Oh my god, I will. [hangs up, dials again] Hello, Air Canada? Please get me on the next flight from JFK to Vancouver. It's urgent. My father is on his deathbed. [Runs out of the recording room]

[End of Act 1]

Act 2.

Mosby Living Room. August 5, 2030. Ted, Penny, and Luke are seated on the sofa.

TED: Ready to see Aunt Robin?

PENNY and LUKE: [separately] Of course. No other anchorperson like her.

PENNY: When I'm an adult, I want to be a journalist just like her. [grabs remote an clicks on TV]

[we see the TV screen. Sandy Rivers is on the screen.]

SANDY RIVERS: Hello, this Sandy Rivers filling in for Robin Scherbatsky…

LUKE: Ugh. I hate that douchebag!

TED: That makes three of us, son! [grabs phone] Call Robin.

ROBIN'S VOICE: Hello, Ted. [sobbing] I can't talk long since I'll get charged extra for international calls. I'm at the Vancouver General Hospital. My father is dying. He may not be with us for more than two weeks. I'll talk to you when I'm back in New York. [hangs up]

TED: She should not be alone there. I'm going to Vancouver. Kids, do you mind staying with Grandma and Grandpa McConnell for a week? This is not a fun trip I'm taking. Robin's dad is on his deathbed.

PENNY: Not at all.

LUKE: Do what you need to do. I hope Aunt Robin is handling it okay. She'll be happy to see you there.

TED: Okay, go get packing. [picks up phone] Hello, Air Canada, please put me on the next available flight from JFK to Vancouver. It's an emergency…

End of Act 2