Symphony of Illumination
| "Symphony of Illumination" | |
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| How I Met Your Mother episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 7 Episode 12 |
| Directed by | Pamela Fryman |
| Written by | Joe Kelly |
| Production code | 7ALH12 |
| Original air date | December 5, 2011 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Vicki Lewis (Dr. Sonya) |
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Vicki Lewis (Dr. Sonya)
Chase Ellison (Scott)
Todd Grinnell (Insane Duane)
Danielle Weeks (Sheila)
Andra Nechita (Robin's daughter)
Noah Schnacky (Robin's son)
"Symphony of Illumination" is the 12th episode of the seventh season of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, and the 148th episode overall. It aired on December 5, 2011. The episode is a continuation of the previous episode, "The Rebound Girl".
It is the second most critically acclaimed episode of the 7th season (behind "Tick Tick Tick"), and has been well reviewed by critics, especially for its ending.
Instead of Future Ted narrating to his kids as usual, this episode opens with Robin telling her two kids about the time she revealed to their father that she was pregnant. The scene cuts to Barney and Robin in the bathroom of Marshall and Lily's Long Island house, picking up from the end of the previous episode. Robin explains that she is a week late with her period, and has a doctor's appointment to find out if she is pregnant. She also reveals that she and Kevin have not yet had sex, meaning that if she is pregnant, Barney is the father. Although Barney is giddy at the prospect of becoming a father, Robin is not happy and is still firmly against having children of her own. Barney comes to understand and share her reservations when he sees how the life of an old friend, "Insane Duane", has changed since marrying and having children. Both Robin and Barney are relieved when the doctor informs them that Robin is not pregnant. For a day Robin celebrates not being pregnant, until she receives additional news from the doctor: she is unable to have children. Robin struggles to find a way to tell her friends, so she lies and says instead that she is disappointed at not making the Canadian women's pole vaulting team.
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