How I Met Your Mother | Marshall's Dad is dead [HD]

Season 6 Episode 13 "Bad News":
Marshall receives the news that his father has died from a heart attack.

| Facts about the ending: The twist ending of Marshall's father's death was the result of show co-creators and producers Carter Bays and Craig Thomas' desire to explore the issue of the characters experiencing such a loss.[2] Bays said that "these kind of moments happen when you don't expect them. We wanted to shock the audience the way the characters were shocked. So much of what we love about the show is the relatability of it, and we try to create characters and stories that people see themselves in. As we've ticked off every milepost of young adulthood, sadly this is another one of those mileposts". Segel and Hannigan themselves were kept in the dark about the final scene. Segel said the original script had Lily saying she was pregnant, but on the scene's actual shooting day, the producers revealed that the scene will turn out differently. He and Hannigan worked out a plan wherein Segel would only know that his cue to react would be on Hannigan finishing her line with the word "it". The scene was done in only one take.[4]

Throughout the episode, numbers appear on ordinary objects counting down from 50 to 1. This is a countdown from the beginning of the episode to the eventual bad news, which is told right after the "1" is shown. As the final scene of the episode closes, a parking meter is in the background displaying a red 'expired' state.The countdown was an idea taken from the 1988 film Drowning by Numbers; through the course of that film, the numbers 1 to 100 appear in order, sometimes seen in the background, and sometimes spoken by the film's characters. According to Bays, the countdown was used to give an early signal to the audience that something big was about to happen at the end of the episode. |

Season 9 Episodes:
Episode 1: The Locket
Episode 2: Coming Back
Episode 3: Last time in New York
Episode 4: The Broken Code
Episode 5: The Poker Game
Episode 6: Knight Vision
Episode 7: No Questions asked
Episode 8: The Lighthouse
Episode 9: Platonish
Episode 10: Mom and Dad
Episode 11: Bedtime Stories
Episode 12: The Rehearsal Dinner
Episode 13: Bass Player Wanted
Episode 14: Slapsgiving 3: Slappointment in Slapmarra
Episode 15: Unpause
Episode 16: How Your Mother Met Me
Episode 17: Sunrise
Episode 18: Rally
Episode 19: Vesuvius
Episode 20: Daisy
Episode 21: Gary Blauman
Episode 22: The End of the Aisle
Episode 23: Last Forever,Part 1
Episode 24: Last Forever,Part 2

[ThatYoderVODS]

“I’m not ready for this”

That line hurts way more than it should

[legoguy]

It's even more crazy Jason (actor of Marshall) was told by the directors that he she will tell him something positive to throw him off and get a genuine reaction for the final scene 😢❤

[RylanStorm]

I am a 45 year old man. Ive watched this dozens of times. Its impossible to watch without tearing up.

[jackdavenport]

Amazing performances by both of them. Marshall’s reaction looks so genuine and Lily looks devastated over having to deliver the news. They’re both such underrated actors.

[zafagaming]

I just lost my father a month ago. I have no idea why I ended up on this video tonight, but man it hits me right in the feels...

[roxas]

This scene hurt when I first saw it as a teen. It's hurts even more after I lost my dad the same way right before I turned 25.

[VqVick]

Did anyone else see what they did with the clock at 0:03 reads past 2 AM. As a reference to Nothing Good Happens After 2 AM. Wow

[sage]

my father passed today, i hope he is in peace now. i wish i could say how much i loved you when you were hear, now i realise all your scoldings and nagging for my own good. i love you dad, please watch over me. ❤

[lunarose]

Seeing Marshall's face drop from hearing about his dad dying was so heartbreaking...

[helingunes]

I lost my father 2 days ago the same way before i hit 21… he was just 56 years old and watching this scene now feels so much different than i first saw it. This pain is indescribable 🕊️

[CroftyOriginal]

Fun fact, Marshall wasn't told about it, it wasn't in his script because they wanted his real reaction, the reaction looked genuine because it was very genuine.

[yaboytaha]

As a 19 year old who lost his dad a month ago, that line, “I’m not ready for this”, really hits hard for me

[LALMCGatorsfan]

I lost my dad in 2021 and it was months before I met the love of my life. My Dad never got to meet my beautiful Latoya. I miss my Dad so much and I can't believe how quickly it can be all over.

[lancethedragonmaster]

Mom passed at 10
Dad passed at 21
Wasnt ready. Years later im still not

[Simmy]

My mother died a month ago of a heart attack. It was unexpected even though we weren't completely surprised by it. I wasn't ready for it at all. It's still hard to believe it even happened, that she's really gone. I'm still waiting for the one great big cry i have within me. This video almost released it.

[olliethetrucker]

This gets me everytime i watch it as it sums up how i felt with my dad passed away in 2001

[UplusFD]

My father died a sudden death a couple of weeks ago and I remembered this scene. I not ready for this too but I have to be now.

[deakinreid]

When I saw this scene, I immediately knew how Marshall felt about losing a dad he loved.😥😥😥😥

[KittyMike]

Now being an adult and having my father pass away this scene means so much more along with the funeral episode

[Farhankazmi.]

To everyone who had to be ready for it way too soon, stay strong. ❤