You Can Now Read the Pilot Script for CBS' Shelved Sitcom How I Met Your Dad
LatestJudging on how pissed you may or may not have been after the series finale of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother aired in 2014, or whether or not you are a fan of Duchess of Mumblecore Greta Gerwig, this information could be pertinent to you. According to TVLine, a legitimate copy of the shelved HIMYM spin-off and Gerwig vehicle How I Met Your Dad has leaked online.
What this means: if you’d like to spend however long reading a pilot script about a character originally described as “a female Peter Pan who never has grown up and has no idea where she’s going in life,” then by all means, do it. (No judgement—I definitely did, and some of us fit that description, anyway.)
Set in 2014, the pilot centers around Sally Javits (Gerwig, with Meg Ryan as Narrator/Future Sally), whose hard-partying ways implode her short-lived marriage to her high-strung husband Gavin (Anders Holm). After the fallout, Sally’s brother Danny (Andrew Santino) and his husband Todd (Drew Tarver) find themselves virtually babysitting Sally as both prepare for the arrival of their soon-to-be adopted daughter. Meanwhile, designated Barney Stinson-adjacent BFF Juliet (Tiya Sircar) convinces Sally to get over Gavin via the “nail and bail” approach (yes, that’s a bonafide phrase from the script), and sets up our newly-single protagonist with an IT guy named Frank (Nick D’Agosto).