The Mother Revealed on How I Met Your Mother

On last night's season finale of How I Met Your Mother, the titular mother is finally revealed in the train station buying a ticket for Farhampton and carrying a yellow umbrella.  I love the song introducing her - the Shins' "Simple Song."  The actress playing the Mother is Cristin Milioti.  She was the star of the Broadway show Once, based on the movie of the same name, and was nominated for a Tony.  Here is a clip of her singing Falling Slowly with co-star Steve Kazee.  She also guest-starred on the Sopranos, Nurse Jackie, and 30 Rock.  She will be seen soon as Leonardo DiCaprio's wife on The Wolf of Wall Street. 

I think she's perfect for the role.  She looks exactly like the kind of girl that Ted would fall for - cute, quirky, and has the indie-hipster look.  She and Josh Radnor also look like they could be the parents of Lyndsy Fonseca and David Henrie, and I can see Cristin fitting in nicely with the gang.  I appreciate that the producers didn't go for stunt casting - I think that would have been too distracting and too hard to keep a secret.  It's nice in this day and age that they can still keep something back until they want to reveal it.  

I can't wait for the ninth and final season of the show.