Morena Baccarin solely appeared in a single episode of How I Met Your Mom, however her temporary visitor function ended up having a huge impact on ongoing storylines.
A sitcom about courting and relationships How I Met Your Mom options numerous visitor stars taking part in the function of most important characters’ love pursuits, together with Morena Baccarin in a memorable one-episode season 2 visitor look. Previous to her How I Met Your Mom function, Baccarin was finest identified for enjoying Inara Serra within the cult TV sequence, Firefly, which she additionally reprised within the 2005 movie, Serenity.
Within the years since her activate How I Met Your Mom, Baccarin has been solid in additional substantial supporting roles like Jessica Brody in Homeland, Leslie Thompkins in Gotham, and Vanessa Carlysle within the Deadpool franchise. She’s additionally taken on equally restricted visitor roles in reveals like The Good Spouse, A Sequence of Unlucky Occasions, and Jordan Peele’s Twilight Zone reboot. Baccarin’s How I Met Your Mom character, Chloe, arrived at a serious turning level in Marshall Eriksen’s character arc. Regardless of solely showing in a single episode, Chloe ended up being vital to the general story of the sequence.
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Morena Baccarin Performed Chloe The Barista
Baccarin performed barista Chloe in How I Met Your Mom season 2, episode 7, “Swarley”. Chloe went on a date with Marshall in the course of the temporary time that he and Lily had been damaged up after Lily ended their engagement. Exterior of childhood flashbacks, Chloe is Marshall’s solely love curiosity on the present apart from Lily. Whereas Marshall favored Chloe, Barney deemed her to have “Loopy Eyes”, which was certainly one of many HIMYM jokes which have aged poorly. Nevertheless, most of Chloe’s actions that Barney thought had been indicators of psychological instability truly turned out to be a results of Lily’s unseen meddling after she came upon Marshall was planning to go on a date with Chloe.
Chloe Helped Lead To Lily & Marshall Getting Again Collectively
After the season 1 finale dropped the bombshell of Marshall and Lily breaking off their engagement, How I Met Your Mom’s second season started with Marshall struggling to regulate to single life. Since he hadn’t been single since school, he had a troublesome time getting again into the courting pool. It wasn’t till seven episodes into the season that Marshall agreed to go on a date with one other lady. He met Chloe on the espresso store the place she labored. It was there she recognized Barney as “Swarley,” and indicated her curiosity in Marshall by drawing a coronary heart subsequent to his title on his cup.
However when Lily, again from San Francisco and regretting her determination to go away, came upon concerning the date, she went to the residence to strategically showcase a photograph of her and Marshall, solely to have to cover out when he introduced Chloe again house. In true sitcom style, Lily ended up lunging over the sofa to interrupt what would’ve been Marshall and Chloe’s first kiss. Though Chloe was only a one-episode character, she was the catalyst that acquired Marshall and Lily again collectively. Baccarin’s How I Met Your Mom character additionally acquired the final giggle of the episode because the gang unwittingly left Chloe alone within the residence.
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