February 1, 2013 11:25 AM PDT

Kyle MacLachlan to Return to How I Met Your Mother — What Does The Captain Want?

by Vlada Gelman

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An unexpected blast from the past is coming to How I Met Your Mother.

Kyle MacLachlan will reprise his role as The Captain on the hit CBS comedy, TVLine has confirmed.

Per Vulture, which first reported the news, the actor will appear in the Feb. 18 episode. The Captain, aka the ex-husband of Zoey (played by Once Upon a Time‘s Jennifer Morrison), will contact Ted out of the blue — naturally, stressing him out.

HIMYM fans, why do you think The Captain’s getting in touch with Ted?

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Comments (14)

Great, he was a part of one of my favorite episodes of Season 6, I assume there will be some mention of Zoey, maybe will also see Jennifer Morrison return. I always thought while their relationship was a disaster, deserved a better ending.
Comment by Mike – February 1, 2013 11:28 AM PDT Reply To This Post
The Captain was the only good part of that Zoey storyline. Stoked to see him again!
Comment by Tricia Garcia (@theinfamousjew) – February 1, 2013 11:29 AM PDT Reply To This Post
It would be the best if Ray Wise was also in the episode so we could have a mini twin peaks reunion.
Comment by serena – February 1, 2013 11:43 AM PDT Reply To This Post
- ^this!
  Comment by Vicki – February 1, 2013 11:48 AM PDT Reply To This Post
I hope he will call Ted “Galactic President Superstar McAwesomeville”.
Comment by Azerty – February 1, 2013 12:54 PM PDT Reply To This Post
Why do people hate Zoey so much?
Comment by Teag – February 1, 2013 01:21 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- Because she was the WORST of all of Ted’s girlfriends!!! Not only did Zoey and Ted have absolutely nothing in common but their whole relationship was based on her trying to kill Ted’s dream of adding to the New York City sky line. Oh also the fact that she constantly wore berets was annoying too!
  Comment by Shannon – February 1, 2013 01:32 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - Shannon pretty much nailed it.
    Comment by Milah – February 1, 2013 01:47 PM PDT Reply To This Post
  - well i was going to post something in response but i dont need to anymore, nailed it
    Comment by Alan – February 1, 2013 04:00 PM PDT Reply To This Post
- Well Jennifer Morrison is a pretty annoying actress to begin with.
  Comment by ABC – February 2, 2013 05:53 AM PDT Reply To This Post
Kyle MacLachlan + Special appearance on any TV show = Makes life a lot better. I sure hope Portlandia is bringing him back as the mayor for future episodes too. “Have you met Brian and Joseph?”
Comment by Britta Unfiltered – February 1, 2013 03:42 PM PDT Reply To This Post
the only good thing to come out of season 6 is returning, good ill take that gladly but they better have a good reason and not waste it like they did bringing back artillery arthur, my favourite recurring character given nothing to do.
Comment by Alan – February 1, 2013 04:02 PM PDT Reply To This Post
“And how can this guest appearance be? For he IS the Kwisatz Haderach!”
Comment by The Squatch – February 1, 2013 07:28 PM PDT Reply To This Post
How did I get the name Captain? Gave it to myself. A real man chooses his own name.
Comment by Nero theTVFiddler – February 2, 2013 09:03 AM PDT Reply To This Post

Kyle MacLachlan to Return to How I Met Your Mother — What Does The Captain Want?

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