Not to be outdone by the TV Squad interview with Carter Bays, Zap2It and Craig Thomas got together for a talk. Once again, Thomas gives you a lot of information and a lot to think about without giving any specifics away – it’s a great read, especially this:
Tell me, do you have the whole mother thing mapped out at this point, or are you still debating in the writers room?
We know what we’d like to do. We’ve had a plan since the pilot and we actually shot a little piece of it at the beginning of season two, using the kids, because we knew if we waited until the finale of the series, the kids would have aged like six years. So yeah, part of our plan for how we want to end it all has already been done.
Full interview here! He also answers the Barney/Robin question – will the show touch on that pairing again, or are they done with it?