shrinkage The latest pictures from the second season show a big reunion between the two How I met your mother Stars. Demonstrates a notable improvement over the first installment, shrinkage Season 2 had a knack for incorporating popular television stars and seamlessly tying them into ongoing stories. Familiar faces that keep popping up include: Gilmore Girls alum Kelly Bishop, New girl‘s Damon Wayans Jr. and Peels Star Neil Flynn.

New pictures from PEOPLE reveal a continuation of the trend, like Cobie Smulders reunites with her ex on screen How I met your mother Co-star Jason Segel for the first time since then HIMYM ended in 2014. Smulders, who portrayed HIMYMRobin Scherbatsky appears in the December 11 episode of the Apple TV+ series. She plays Sophie, who visits Jimmy (Segel) with Derek (Ted McGinley) to buy a yellow Volkswagen. Sophie is described as a single mother. Check out the pictures below:

What the addition of Smulders means for Season 2’s shrinkage

Jimmy could develop a new romantic interest

At the beginning of shrinkage In Season 2, Jimmy is having a difficult romantic time. While he is still struggling with the death of his wife, his affair with Gaby (Jessica Williams) collapses and the two friends don’t get back together for some time. Midway through the season, Gaby and Jimmy get along better, but their relationship is still a bit awkward. And in any case, she’s really into a new squeeze (played by Wayans).

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This means that Sophie is a single mother She’ll be able to relate to Jimmy a lotwhich could lead to a deeper connection. But even if nothing comes of it, Smulders’ presence is something of a treat from the alternate universe How I met your mother fans. Although Robin and Marshall (Segel) were friends and had mutual boyfriends, they were more of a sideshow couple who had relatively few significant scenes together. The Apple TV+ original could now make up for that.

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The guest casting of the show was great

The outstanding addition to the shrinkage The second season cast could include Brett Goldstein. Goldstein, co-creator of the series along with Segel and Bill Lawrence, is miles away from him Ted Lasso Portrayed as the drunk driver responsible for the fatal car accident that killed Jimmy’s wife Tia. The dramedy also perfectly utilized sitcom veteran Wendie Malick as Paul’s (Harrison Ford) girlfriend it is reunited Cougar Town Co-Stars: Christa Miller and Josh Hopkins.

It may come to a point like other hit drama series The bear And Just murders in the buildingwhere the guest actors seem a little too distracting. But so far The series has avoided this trap. Smulders, another TV pro with roles from the MCU To Stumptownshould fit right in and perhaps continue for those already confirmed shrinkage Season 3. She has that built-in chemistry with Segel that should help.

New episodes of shrinkage Season 2 streams on Apple TV+ on Wednesdays

Source: PEOPLE