Kyle MacLachlan is coming to a CBS comedy favorite of ours.

The ex-Desperate Housewives hubby may have a major connection to How I Met Your Mother's titular, yet-to-be-revealed character, too. How does that work, you ask?

EW reports that MacLachlan is set to appear in at least two episodes of the CBS comedy as the ex-husband of the character played by House alum Jennifer Morrison.

Kyle MacLachlan will be coming to How I Met Your Mother.

She's playing the Ted-crushing architecture buff, Zoey, a character who may or may not turn out to be you-know-who, and it looks like we will meet her before him.

Jennifer Morrison debuts October 18, while MacLachlan is set to debut in November. What do you think? Is Morrison the mom? What's MacLachlan's role in all this?

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