Los Angeles, California - Barney Stinson is back! How I Met Your Mother star Neil Patrick Harris will soon return as the wisecracking ladies man on the midseason finale of the spinoff show How I Met Your Father.

Neil Patrick Harris (49) was a fan favorite as Barney Stinson in the hit series How I Met Your Mother (HIMYM), which aired from 2005 to 2014.

Nine years after the HIMYM finale, many fans' dream is about to become reality: Harris is poised to reprise his popular role in the spinoff series How I Met Your Father (HIMYF).

In the upcoming midseason finale of the second season, Stinson will meet Sophie (Hilary Duff), Jesse (Chris Lowell), and co.

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The double episode will be available on Hulu starting March 28.

In HIMYF, the roles are reversed: this time, Sophie is a woman telling her children in the distant future – in the year 2045 – how she met their father.

One of the main HIMYM characters already made a guest appearance in the spinoff's first season, as Cobie Smulders reprised her role as Robin Scherbatsky to give Sophie tips on love and life.

Recently, there were rumors about a possible return of Lily Aldrin (Alyson Hannigan) and Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) after Radnor posted a photo of the two together on Instagram.

There is no official confirmation as of yet that the two actors might appear on the spinoff.