HIMYF's Future Sophie narrates her tale in 2050.
While the finale of How I Met Your Mother also wrapped up the characters’ stories in 2013 upon Ted finally meeting Tracy, the episode also has glimpses into the characters’ futures. HIMYM’s finale features several flashforwards that indicate the big moments of the characters’ lives between 2013, the present timeline’s end, and 2030 when Ted narrates the story and finally gets back together with Robin. When taking into the major events after HIMYM’s finale that Future Ted gives, it’s much easier to estimate where Ted Mosby, Robin Scherbatsky, Lily Aldrin, Marshall Eriksen, and Barney Stinson are during the Hulu series’ first season in 2022 - and especially whether HIMYM’s characters could cameo on How I Met Your Father.
How I Met Your Mother’s ending doesn’t list any specific events from the year 2022 aside from Tracy taking Stinson’s Hangover Fixer Elixir on January 1, but Future Ted does summarize what happened to HIMYM’s characters two years before How I Met Your Father’s timeline in 2020. There are also a few details that HIMYM's finale reveals between 2020 and 2030, with How I Met Your Father hopefully filling in the gaps. Here's a breakdown of where HIMYM's characters will be in 2022 for How I Met Your Father.
Ted And Tracy
In How I Met Your Father, Ted and Tracy have been together for nine years, married for two, and raising their two young children Luke (5) and Penny (7). Ted is assumed to still be an architecture professor in 2022 and Tracy has published her book on poverty a year before in 2021. If How I Met Your Father continues into 2024, it’s possible the series will overlap with Tracy getting sick and ing away. Since Ted and Tracy are living in New York in 2022, it’s highly possible the two could appear in HIMYM's spinoff.
Marshall And Lily
In 2016 Marvin Waitforit Eriksen (10), Daisy (8), and their unnamed third child (5-6).
Barney Stinson
Barney Stinson’s daughter, Ellie, was born in 2020, which means that in 2022, he’ll be raising his two-year-old child, still working at GNB, and likely decreasing his womanizing ways. While many believe Barney is an easy HIMYM character cameo, it’s unclear whether he’ll still be dating younger women as frequently in How I Met Your Father’s setting.
Robin Scherbatsky
Robin was seen attending Ted and Tracy’s wedding in 2020, though she became distant - aside from her sporadic drinks with Lily - until she and Ted get together in 2030. Robin is still a famous news reporter at this time, so she could easily connect to How I Met Your Father, if the characters see her newscasts on TV in 2022. Since every How I Met Your Mother character is likely still in New York City during How I Met Your Father’s timeline, the opportunities for character overlap are vast.