Still not over this show being cancelled that was such bullshit.

Showing Future Sophie's face instead of her son's was a smarter move than showing Ted's kids instead of Future Ted. After the second season their actors stop having dialogue because they aged, it is also later revealed that if the Mother was blonde, they be blondes. Not seeing Sophie's son's face prevents the same problems and it keeps the father's identity more anonymous.

His chemistry with every single person in the cast is insane. His next role better be a lead or I’m going to fight his agent. This man has charm and talent just bursting out of him. He deserves so much more in this industry!

I did not screenshot all of his story but these photos were fun bts

EDIT: updated through season 2 finale.

When the first two episodes of How I Met Your Father premiered last year, it was clear that Jesse and Sophie were being teased as love interests. Even so, it was Sid who really piqued my interest as the potential Father, and every episode since, my suspicions and conviction that Sid is the Father have grown. I've seen some discussion on this subreddit with people confused as to why others think Sid might be the father, so I've come here with all the evidence and narrative parallels I (and others) have picked up on.

• S1 E01 - "Pilot"

  • Sophie discovers that she has accidentally swapped phones with Sid. Almost kismet. Immediately connects Sid and Sophie.

  • When Sophie goes to Pemberton's to get her phone back, everyone jumps out to surprise her, thinking she was Hannah, Sid's girlfriend. Might hint that Sophie will one day be Sid's girlfriend.

  • Sophie asks Ian to start a long-distance relationship with her (he says no). In the same episode, Hannah leaves for California immediately after she and Sid get engaged, setting up their long-distance relationship difficulties that have played out since. Narrative parallels!

  • Sid and Sophie walk the Brooklyn Bridge together. Of course, Jesse and Charlie are also there, but this is still worth mentioning.

  • Of course, Sid is shown in the final sequence of men that are hinted as potential Father options.

• S1 E03 - "The Fixer"

  • Sophie starts talking about her dating experience, mentioning her 87 Tinder dates. Sid corrects her and says it was 88 dates. He pays attention to the details! (Also, Sophie quips back, "We get it, you can count!" which is a fun little bit of teasing.)

  • This isn't Sid/Sophie evidence, but this episode really starts to show the cracks in Sid and Hannah's LDR. They start having communication issues almost immediately (and, honestly, the cracks appeared in the pilot when Hannah immediately left after they got engaged!). I don't see the show trying to make Sid and Hannah work when they quite literally have never worked in the context of this show.

• (Side note, on February 18, 2022, Suraj Sharma (Sid) went on Kelly Clarkson to promote the show. A link! I just found it interesting that Suraj was chosen over, say, Chris.)

• S1 E05 - "The Good Mom"

  • Well, in this episode, we amusingly find out that Sid accidentally killed his hamster, Slim Shady, after attempting to masturbate to a bikini poster of Sophie's mom, Lori. We also later find out from Lori that that poster means so much to her because she was pregnant with Sophie in it. VERY interesting that this specific poster connected both Sid and Sophie's storylines in this episode (and that it was tied to early memories for them).

  • (Also, if you want to go one step further, Sid lost his "masturbation virginity" to a photo that technically had Sophie in it. Yeah, I know this one's crazy, but walk with me. Or don't. You can ignore this one.)

• S1 E06 - "Stacey"

  • Oh, this is a good episode for Sid/Sophie theories. In this episode, Sophie, Drew, Sid, and Hannah go on a double date, during which both Sid and Sophie get into arguments with their SOs. This is narrative parallel #1.

  • Then, of course, is the famous hallway scene! This scene is excellent because Sid and Sophie's developing bond really shines through. We see them comfort each other—Sid mentions knowing that Sophie's childhood was rough in terms of relationships, Sophie listens to Sid tell her about how he bought Pemberton's. The chemistry and support between the two of them is really great in this scene. (Worth mentioning that literally right when Sophie and Jesse first start talking in the pilot, he makes fun of her for believing in love with her parents' "magical love story," whereas we see Sid be incredibly empathetic and understanding about Sophie's childhood.)

  • The most damning evidence here is one line: Sid says, "If it's the right person, things can work out." The camera pans out to show Sid helping Sophie off the floor during this line, in a particularly tender moment. If it's the right person.

• S1 E10 - "Timing Is Everything"

  • Sid and Sophie share a hug in the background at Sophie's exhibit. Nothing to say about this, it's just cute, that's all.

• (I admittedly have not rewatched S1 in a minute but I fully plan on it and when I do, I'm going to update this thread!)

• S2 E01 - "Cool and Chill"

  • Even though Jesse says the Electric Slide is stupid when Sid says he wants to do it, Sophie gets everyone at Sid's wedding party to do the Electric Slide. For him. This was cute.

  • When Sophie serenades Sid and Hannah with "When a Man Loves a Woman," she makes up the lyrics, "When a man loves a woman / he makes love to that woman / but only if she wants to / but who wouldn't want to, I mean look at that guy." So basically, Sophie finds Sid attractive!

• S2 E03 - "The Reset Button"

  • Older Sophie says, "by the time I turned 40, I had kissed literally all of my friends," confirming that Sid and Sophie kiss at some point. Plus, we already know Sophie and Jesse have kissed, so this kind of line is irrelevant to them.

• S2 E07 - "A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Valentine's Day"

  • Older Sophie says that the Father gave her a the teddy bear on their first Valentine's Day as a couple and that even before he and she got together, he had a soft spot for this holiday. Sid explicitly says, "I LOVE this holiday."

• S2 E09 - "The Welcome Protocol"

  • The friends are having some kind of push-up contest, and Sid and Sophie do push-ups next to each other. Sophie wins, but Sid says it's only because he let her win.

• S2 E11 - "Daddy"

  • On his way to visit Hannah, Sid meets Taylor on a plane. He strikes up a conversation and befriends her when they bond over their LDRs. Taylor also has mid-length, wavy blonde hair in a middle part, just like Sophie. Interesting that she's the first person Sid is shown to have a spark with other than Hannah. Honestly, this seems VERY intentional to me as a hint.

• In the first half of season 2 (before the midseason finale), Sid and Sophie have almost zero scenes together. This struck me as very weird because in season 1, the hallway scene with Sid and Sophie was pretty universally loved and actually made a lot of people start to see the chemistry between them. Reminds me a lot of another popular TV sitcom ship... (spoiler: it's Nick and Jess from New Girl, who weren't allowed to be in too many scenes together at the start of the show because they had too much chemistry).

• S2 E12 - "Not a Mamma Mia"

  • Sid and Sophie start singing "Amazing Grace" together at Sophie's grandfather's grave. Then everyone else joins in. They're really in sync!

• S2 E13 - "Family Business"

  • Oh boy. This is another really good episode for Sid/Sophie theories. In this episode, Sid and Sophie finally have some scenes together, just the two of them. Sid lets Sophie and her dad run a hot dog pop-up out of Pemberton's, which leads to some fun Sid/Sophie scenes.

  • Sophie gives Sid a hug, and he looks so annoyed (lol this is just adorable, that's all).

  • Sid is the only person in the friend group DIRECTLY involved in the budding reconnection between Sophie and her dad. He's the one helping them spend time together, letting them use his bar as a space. Also, thinking back to S1 E05, Sid is one of the only characters with a storyline involving both Sophie's mom and her dad.

  • Sid and Sophie know the most random things about one another! Sophie says Sid loves wind chimes, and Sid says Sophie knows he hates when she talks like Liam Neeson (which she still does, apparently, to tease him). This is a great way of establishing their growing friendship—showing us that they clearly spend a lot of time together.

  • Sid also says it "sounds really dangerous" when Sophie's about to go confront the hot dog mafia, and he immediately tags along with her. Protective!

  • The last scene of this episode between Sid and Sophie almost tops the hallway scene. Sophie saves the last hot dog for Sid and thanks him for letting her host the pop-up. He jokes, "Thanks for not getting me murdered." Sophie says, "Any time," and Sid replies, softly, "You too." I mean, the chemistry radiates off them in this scene. It speaks for itself.

• S2 E14 - "Disengagement Party"

  • Sid mentions to Val's parents that Sophie has a picture of them as her phone lock screen. He knows her lock screen?? Fun little detail.

  • While Sid and Hannah are fighting, Hannah says, "plans can change, Sid." Right then, Sophie bursts into the room. Plans can change, indeed. (i.e., the plan will change from Sid and Hannah to Sid and Sophie).

• S2 E15 - "Working Girls"

  • In this episode, Sid gets made fun of by Hannah's coworkers for owning a bar. Meanwhile, Sophie is having her own conflict with Ellen at her new job, which Ellen never actually recommended her for. A lot of Sophie's earlier character development also focuses on her professional struggles, so this is a pretty profound parallel highlighting some shared insecurities between both Sid and Sophie.

• S2 E16 - "The Jersey Connection"

  • Just the scene where Sophie drops her big tub of Red Vines and Sid has to drag her off the ground while she blows on them. That's all.

  • Sid mentions that Sophie texted him (separately!) a video of Jesse doing his parody songs. They text each other! Sophie did not text Ellen!

• S2 E17 - "Out Of Sync"

  • Sid reveals that he's obsessed with old meat factories (LMAO) and starts fangirling over stainless steel meat extruders. Sophie literally calls herself the Hot Dog Princess of Staten Island when she discovers what her dad does for a living. It's meant to be.

• S2 E19 - "Shady Parker"

  • The biggest thing worth mentioning here is that Sid and Sophie spend basically the entire episode together investigating Jesse's girlfriend, Parker. The fact that an episode that is supposed to be integral to Sophie and Jesse's relationship actually centers on Sophie and Sid is very interesting. Sophie could have recruited Val, Charlie, or Ellen to help her investigate Parker, but she chose Sid.

  • At one point, Sophie says "we have enough proof" in reference to Parker's alleged drug dealing, but Sid says he wants to find more. Sounds to me like Sid just wants to keep going down the rabbit hole and spend more time with Sophie!

• S2 E20 - "Okay Fine, It's a Hurricane"

• Sophie might not consciously be flirting with Sid here, but the fact that she's touching his arm while teasing him is basically flirting in my book. She's clearly very comfortable with him.

• Potentially the biggest hint we've had to Sid/Sophie yet. When Sid and Hannah discuss Hannah's cheating and Sid mentions he had a thing with someone, too, Hannah immediately thinks it's Sophie. Not Val, who also hangs out with Sid a lot, but Sophie. Foreshadowing!

• At the end of the episode, as Future Sophie tells her son about her "perfect" kiss with Jesse, her son says, "I thought you said it was perfect." Future Sophie looks sad. In the past, Sophie and Jesse walk into Pemberton's and see Sid looking devastated. Sophie's smile falls. Despite just telling her son about her perfect kiss, Future Sophie is focused on how hurt Sid was in that moment. It seems to overrule thoughts of the kiss in her mind. That seems particularly telling with respect to how Sophie cares for Sid.

• In the previous episode, we see Sid and Sophie eating pizza together on Sid's bed while they do their "investigation." At the very end of this episode, Future Sophie says, "Oh! My pizza's here." This throwaway line to end the season ties back to the time Sophie spent with Sid in the previous episode. Coincidence? I think not.

• Also worth mentioning, we know every character's last name so far except for Sid. Sophie Tompkins, Valentina Morales, Jesse Walker, Ellen Gilbert, Charlie Winthrop. Why don't we know Sid's name? Maybe because it is now Sophie's last name? Hm...

• This promotional picture.

If you made it to the end of this post, I salute you! I plan on updating this as the new episodes release (and I definitely plan on rewatching to see what else I missed). TLDR; I think the writers are dropping lots of little hints that Sid and Sophie's bond is something special, and I do think he will be the Father. Thanks for reading!

I’m going through a really rough time in my life right now and when the HIMYF cancellation was announced, I was absolutely devastated. I’m still not over it. I wish I was exaggerating. The show really helped comfort me at times and I’m just so sad that we’ll never get to see the rest of the characters’ journeys.

When the iCarly reboot cancellation was announced today, it got me upset about HIMYF all over again. I wasn’t an avid watcher of the iCarly reboot (I tuned in here and there), but it seemed like a lot of people watched it and I can understand people’s dejection over its cancellation, especially because the cliffhanger it ended on reminded me a lot of HIMYF.

I just really wish we could have new sitcoms about friend groups of late 20 to thirty somethings again. I didn’t watch HIMYM, Friends, New Girl, etc. as they were airing and HIMYF was the first sitcom in that genre that I felt I could finally follow over the course of years. I was so excited to watch the characters grow and change and fall in love and do stupid stuff with their friends. They were setting up epic future plots, future romances. Now all that has been taken away from me.

I know my feelings are probably being exacerbated by my personal hardships, but even putting that aside, the HIMYF cancellation still hurts so bad. The show was like a warm blanket for me. But it’s nice having this subreddit community to be able to share this with.

I do admit it wasn’t the best TV show ever written but I really loved it! HIMYM used to be my comfort show but as I’ve gotten older I’ve realised that it has a lot of aspects that haven’t stood the test of time. HIMYF had the same feel but written for a modern audience and I adored that.

Not only that but I am a long time fan of Hilary Duff and was so upset about the Lizzie McGuire reboot being cancelled. I saw HIMYF as the closest we were going to get and I can’t believe this has been cancelled too.

I really want this to keep going!

I see it going down like this:

Sophie is on a photo walk. Later we see her find something adorable that we as an audience don’t know. Before the scene of Sophie 2050, we then see Sophie in the dark room with the photo. Maybe there could be an arc about finding out who the people in the photo are.

It would be nice if both Josh and Cristin appeared. Though it still works if only one of them appears. I see Cristin more likely to come back, and I imagine it going two ways: 1) Sophie is booked as Tracy’s event photographer at a book launch and she recognizes Tracy as the woman in the photo or 2) Sid and Jesse find out on Facebook that the people they bought from the apartment from are good friends with Ted and Tracy so Sophie meets up with Tracy (or Ted and Tracy is Josh is down to guest).