How I Met Your Mother's directors include Neil Patrick Harris who direct the series finale.
How I Met Your Mother ( often abbreviated to HIMYM ) is an American sitcom that originally aired on CBS from September 19 , 2005 to March 31 , 2014 . Among the 208 episodes , there were only four directors : Pamela Fryman ( 196 episodes ) , Rob Greenberg ( 7 episodes ) , Michael Shea ( 4 episodes ) , and Neil Patrick Harris ( 1 episode ) . `` Jenkins '' is the 13th episode of the fifth season of the CBS situation comedy How I Met Your Mother and 101st episode overall . The episode is directed by starring actor and first-time director Neil Patrick Harris .