A lot of How I Met Your Mother spoilers came out of yesterday’s CBS presentation at the Television Critics’ Association press tour, as showrunner Craig Thomas shared great season 8 spoilers.

Yesterday we reported that negotiations for a ninth season of the show seem to be going well. But how about the upcoming eighth?

Speaking to TV Line, Craig Thomas presented 16 great spoilers for season 8. Among other things, they talked about how they’re planning to wrap it up, considering it could be the series’ last. Thomas said:

Right now, the thing that we know to be true is we have this year and no deal for next year. So we have to proceed as though this could be the last year of HIMYM. Hopefully we will know soon. Basically, we couldn’t possibly know soon enough. But we’d be thrilled to tell either story – either wrap it up this year or to tell another chapter of this story. We don’t know yet which way it’s going to go.

Thomas goes on to talk about the relationships they’ve set up at the start of the show (Barney and Quinn, Ted and Victoria, and Robin and Michael Trucco’s character), and how they’re all headed for doom:

It’s cool to start with everybody coupled up, but it’s like a horror movie. There’s a fun feeling of doom to these three couples. We’re calling October, “Breakup Month.” This is the month where some stuff went crazy in these relationships. […] It’s a bit of a relationship bloodbath in the first six episodes.

But Thomas does reveal that both Victoria and Trucco’s character will have significant character arcs before they eventually leave to make way for the romances we know are awaiting our main characters.

On the season premiere, the showrunners tease some “really huge stuff” happening, as we once again flash forward to Barney and Robin’s wedding day – the day when Ted meets the mother. “We blow everything out of the water,” Thomas says, “and show you more information […] that I think will blow some people’s minds.”

As for Lily and Marshall, they’ll figure out a situation with a babysitter that will, “free them up to have at least the occasional beer with the gang.”

Finally, the official Twitter account for the show has tweeted the following additional teasers:

What part of season 8 are you most excited to see?