How I Met Your Dad

TV ShowComedy, Drama1 season, 1 episode
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Plot

How I Met Your Dad is a television pilot of a TV series to serve as a spin-off of How I Met Your Mother, created by original series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, with Emily Spivey. This series was expected to debut 2014, but was shelved indefinitely. 20th Television opted not to order How I Met Your Dad to series. The plot focuses on Sally on the journey of how she met her daughter's father. She lives in New York with her friends, is getting divorced from her first husband, and has no idea what she is doing with her life.

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  1. S01E01Pilot—In 2044, Sally Javits began writing a series of letters to her daughter Cricket explaining how she met her father. In 2014, three days after

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Cast

Greta GerwigGreta GerwigSally JavitsDrew TarverDrew TarverToddNicholas D'AgostoNicholas D'AgostoFrankTiya SircarTiya SircarJulietAndrew SantinoAndrew SantinoDanny JavitsMeg RyanMeg RyanFuture Sally Javits

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