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The Mother (How I Met Your Mother)


Tracy McConnell (1984-2024) (colloquial: "The Mother") is the title character from the CBS television sitcom "How I Met Your Mother". The show, narrated by Future Ted (Bob Saget), tells the story of how Ted Mosby (Josh Radnor) met The Mother. Tracy McConnell appears in eight episodes, from "Lucky Penny" to "The Time Travelers", as an unseen character; she was first seen fully in "Something New" and was promoted to a main character
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Craig Thomas (screenwriter)


Craig David Thomas is an American television writer who, along with writing partner Carter Bays, has written episodes of "American Dad!", "Oliver Beene", "Quintuplets" and the hit CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", which they created in 2005. In 2012 "How I Met Your Mother" won Best Comedy at the People's Choice Awards. Along with Carter Bays he is a member of The Solids, who perform the theme song to "How I Met Your Mother". He
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1 generally started with the opening credits. A cold opening has been used since Season 2. Viewers then occasionally see Ted's children on a couch and hear him talking to them, telling the story of how he met their mother. Alternatively, scenes from previous episodes or shots of New York City with Ted narrating over the top are shown. Thomas has stated that Future Ted is an unreliable narrator since he is trying to tell a story that happened over 20 years earlier; this has been a plot point in several episodes
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's children, teenagers in 2030 as Ted narrates the story of how he met their mother. Penny is portrayed by Lyndsy Fonseca while Luke is portrayed by David Henrie. Georgina Bays, the daughter of Carter Bays, has portrayed Ted's daughter as an infant. Penny and Luke as young children are portrayed by Katie Silverman and Dexter Cross in "Rally". The names of Ted's children were unknown until "Unpause". Before he had met their mother, Ted had repeatedly expressed the desire to name them Luke and
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according to Bays and Thomas, served as the climax to Ted's story of how he and the kids' mother met. The climax was filmed on a set closed to everyone except Bays, Thomas, a camera operator, and Fonseca and Henrie, who signed non-disclosure agreements. Fonseca states she had forgotten the details of the scene in the years since its filming, while Henrie states, "I do remember. I "think" I remember. We'll see." "How I Met Your Mother"s cast
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, where he met Marshall and Lily. Ted also serves as the show's narrator from the future, voiced by Bob Saget, as he tells his children a detailed story, with the premise of explaining how he met their mother. A brief history of Ted includes being left at the altar, taking a job as an architecture professor and designing the new headquarters for Goliath National Bank. Ted has dated many people and been in several long-term relationships. Ted has an on-again, off-again relationship with
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, after committing to move to Italy with Lily. This leads to constant strife between the couple through most of the final season. However, throughout the first half of the last season, Marshall is on a car ride from Minnesota to Long Island after missing his flight to Barney and Robin's wedding. In this process, Marshall meets The Mother. Portrayed by Cristin Milioti, the Mother is the title character of the series; Ted's narration of the series is based around how he met her. While several clues about
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Ted Mosby


Theodore Evelyn Mosby is a fictional character and the main protagonist in the U.S. television sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", portrayed by Josh Radnor. Ted also serves as the show's narrator from the future, voiced by Bob Saget, as he tells his children the "long version" of how he met their mother. Ted is the central character of the show. Born April 25, 1978, he is from Shaker Heights, Ohio (like show creator Carter Bays), a graduate of Wesleyan University (like
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How I Met Your Music


How I Met Your Music is the name of two albums (the first being followed by the subtitle Original Songs from the Hit Series "How I Met Your Mother", the second being followed by Deluxe) composed of songs from the CBS television series "How I Met Your Mother", the first of which was released hours before the Season 8 premiere. It features 20 songs that had appeared in the first seven seasons of the show and was released only digitally, originally through iTunes. A second iteration, titled "
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Pilot (How I Met Your Mother)


"Pilot" is the pilot episode of American television sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", which premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005. It was written by series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, and directed by Pamela Fryman The pilot takes place in 2030, as a future Ted Mosby (Voiced by Bob Saget) is telling his kids the story of how he met their mother. It flashes back to 2005 to a younger Ted (Josh Radnor) who meets Robin Scherbatsky (Cobie Smulders), a
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Unreliable narrator


story as told in the popular radio dramas and television series, but with novel disclosures of graphic details. Along with the child, the audience is left to make their own judgments about his reliability. As a framing device on the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", the main character Ted Mosby, in the year 2030, recounts to his son and daughter the events that led him to meeting their mother. Show creator Craig Thomas explicitly said in a 2008 interview that the narrator, "Future Ted" (voiced
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there were only four directors: Pamela Fryman (196 episodes), Rob Greenberg (7 episodes), Michael Shea (4 episodes) and Neil Patrick Harris (1 episode). The show ran from 2005 to 2014. "How I Met Your Mother" is a joint production by Bays & Thomas Productions and 20th Century Fox Television and syndicated by 20th Television. Known for its unique structure, humor, and incorporation of dramatic elements, "How I Met Your Mother" has gained a cult following over the years.
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How I Met Your Mother (season 8)


The eighth season of the American television comedy series "How I Met Your Mother" was announced in March 2011 along with confirmation of the seventh season. The season premiered on September 24, 2012 and concluded on May 13, 2013. In addition to the Region 1 DVD release of the season on October 1, 2013, it was also added for streaming on Netflix the same day. The eighth season of "How I Met Your Mother" received widespread criticism. The review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes reported that 40% of
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critics gave it a positive review. The consensus reads: ""How I Met Your Mother" wears out its welcome this season, with an anticlimactic reveal and rote, less-than-fruitful humor." Alexander Lowe of "We Got This Covered" gave the season a negative review, saying "After 8 long years and 192 episodes of "How I Met Your Mother", the future Mrs. Ted Mosby has finally been revealed. And it was dreadfully anticlimactic". He gave the season as a whole a
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Rally (How I Met Your Mother)


"Rally" is the eighteenth episode of the ninth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and the 202nd episode overall. In the future, Ted and The Mother are in the back of a limo on their way to a New Year's Eve party. Ted pops open some champagne to toast to a great year with his wife, who has just released a new book. The Mother warns Ted to go easy on the champagne, but he tells her he will be fine as he made
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How I Met Your Mother (season 4)


The fourth season of the American television comedy series "How I Met Your Mother" premiered on September 22, 2008 and concluded on May 18, 2009. It consisted of 24 episodes, each running approximately 22 minutes in length. CBS broadcast the fourth season on Monday nights at 8:30 pm in the United States. The complete fourth season was released on Region 1 DVD on September 29, 2009. In the United Kingdom it aired on E4. The fourth season is the only season of "How I Met Your Mother"
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How I Met Your Mother (season 5)


The fifth season of the American television comedy series "How I Met Your Mother" premiered on September 21, 2009 and concluded on May 24, 2010. It consists of 24 episodes, each running approximately 22 minutes in length. CBS broadcast the fifth season on Monday nights at 8:00 pm in the United States. Reviews for season 5 of "How I Met Your Mother" were mixed. Cindy McLennan of "Television Without Pity" gave the season a negative review, and at the end of the season wrote: "
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Pilot (How I Met Your Mother)


reporter who he becomes smitten for. Meanwhile, Ted's lawyer friend Marshall Eriksen (Jason Segel) plans on proposing to his girlfriend Lily Aldrin (Alyson Hannigan), a kindergarten teacher. The episode introduces several of the show's storytelling tools, including the framing device of future Ted as the narrator, his children, and many flashbacks to the past, present, and future. Future Ted reveals early the ending of a possible relationship story when he tells his children that Robin is not the mother, but "Aunt Robin
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Aldrin (Alyson Hannigan), and Barney Stinson (Neil Patrick Harris), as Ted seeks out his future wife (Cristin Milioti). The show tells this story through the framing device of "future" Ted (Bob Saget) as an unreliable narrator who is recounting to his son and daughter the events that led him to their mother. In Seasons 1–8, episodes are typically set to a similar timeline as its real-world airdate, with the season finale generally taking place in the spring and the next season premiere
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The Over-Correction


"The Over-Correction" is the tenth episode of the eighth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and the 170th episode overall. Robin, Marshall, Lily, and Ted are trapped in different closets. Future Ted narrates how things came to be. A week earlier at MacLaren's, Marshall and Lily tell Ted and Robin that Marshall's mother Judy is staying at their apartment. Judy tells Lily that having gotten over the death of her husband, she is ready to date again and
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How Your Mother Met Me


"How Your Mother Met Me" is the sixteenth episode of the ninth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" and the 200th episode overall. This is the only episode of the series in which the episode title was used instead of the usual opening that featured the cast and series's title. The plot is mainly focused on Cristin Milioti's role as The Mother, and how some of her life events coincide with those of Ted's and the rest of the gang. The episode has been very
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List of awards and nominations received by How I Met Your Mother


"How I Met Your Mother" (often abbreviated to "HIMYM") is an American sitcom that premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005. The 2013–14 season is the show's ninth and final season. The series follows the main character, Ted Mosby, and his group of friends in Manhattan. As a framing device, Ted, in the year 2030, recounts to his son and daughter the events that led him to meeting their mother. The show was created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays, who also
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Slap Bet


play in "Slap Bet" have gone on to have effects seen in multiple episodes throughout the program". "Business Insider" noted that the episode received the second-best rating of any "How I Met Your Mother" episode on IMDb, surpassed only by the 9th season episode How Your Mother Met Me. In 2018, TheRinger.com listed this episode at #52 in its list of the best 100 television episodes to have aired since 2000, and was the only episode of How I Met Your Mother to have made
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How I Met Your Mother (season 9)


The ninth and final season of "How I Met Your Mother", an American sitcom created by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas, premiered on CBS on September 23, 2013, with two episodes, and concluded on March 31, 2014. The show was renewed for the final season on December 21, 2012, after cast member Jason Segel changed his decision to leave the show after Season 8. Cristin Milioti, who was revealed as "The Mother" in the Season 8 finale, was promoted to a series regular,
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How I Met Your Mother (season 9)


Cobie Smulders, Neil Patrick Harris, and Alyson Hannigan all reprise their roles in this season. Cristin Milioti, who was revealed as The Mother in the Season 8 finale, has been promoted to series regular, a first for the series. "How I Met Your Mother" was initially scheduled to run for eight seasons after CBS ordered a seventh and eighth season in 2011. The show gained a resurgence in ratings during season seven, and CBS began discussing the possibility of ordering a ninth season. By 2012, "Deadline
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The Locket (How I Met Your Mother)


"The Locket" is the first episode of the ninth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and the 185th episode overall. On Friday at 11am, 55 hours before the wedding, the gang all set out on their separate trips to the wedding that will change their lives, as well as the life of the woman who will become Ted's wife. Robin and Barney are being driven to Farhampton by Ranjit. They worry about which of their relatives will be the "Wild Card"
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Wait for It (How I Met Your Mother)


"Wait for It" is the first episode in the third season of the television series "How I Met Your Mother" and 45th episode overall. It originally aired on September 24, 2007. Future Ted tells his children that, although they know the short story of how he met their mother, there is a bigger story of how he became the man he needed to be in order to meet her. At Lily and Marshall's wedding, Barney tries to get Ted out to help him "conquer New York"
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Doppelgangers (How I Met Your Mother)


"Doppelgangers" is the 24th episode of the fifth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and the 112th episode overall. It originally aired on May 24, 2010. Although Marshall is ready to have a baby, Lily is not, so they reach a compromise: they make a pact to start trying to have a baby once they finally see Barney's doppelgänger. One day they finally spot Barney's doppelgänger, who appears in the form of a brown-haired cab driver, but later
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Pamela Fryman


said that continuing to direct "How I Met Your Mother" is her fantasy realized. In 2014, she officiated the wedding of "How I Met Your Mother" star Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka, who played a side role in the show. Fryman has received recognition from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences also known as the (ATAS), the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the Directors Guild of America, Goldderby.com, the Online Film & Television Association also known as the (OFTA),
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Mom and Dad (How I Met Your Mother)


"Mom and Dad" is the tenth episode of the ninth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and the 194th episode overall. On Saturday at 3pm, 27 hours before the wedding, Barney and Robin try to find someone to officiate their wedding in the wake of the previous minister's sudden death. James saves the day when he arrives with his father, Sam, who is a minister and has agreed to perform the ceremony. Barney's father, Jerome, arrives with his wife
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Hopeless (How I Met Your Mother)


"Hopeless" is the 21st episode of the sixth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" and the 133rd episode overall. It aired on April 18, 2011. The episode starts with Barney and his father, Jerry, parting in 1983. Back in the present, Barney is disappointed in Jerry's normal suburban lifestyle, and decides not to pursue any further contact. However, Barney is surprised by a call from Jerry, who invites Barney to go fishing with him and his son JJ. Barney
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Bob Saget


Raising Dad". It co-starred Kat Dennings, Brie Larson, and Jerry Adler and lasted only one season. Saget was host of NBC's game show "1 vs. 100" from 2006 to 2008. Saget served as the voice of the future Ted Mosby, who narrated the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", which premiered on September 19, 2005. His HBO comedy special, "That Ain't Right", came out on DVD on August 28, 2007. It is dedicated to his
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Branman. Pamela Fryman invited Bob Saget to be the voiceover narrator, Future Ted, explaining to him that the show would be like "The Wonder Years" but "kind of into the future". Saget either went to the television studio and recorded the narration while watching the episode, or did so separately and rerecorded with the episode if necessary. He normally did not attend table readings but did so for the last episode. In various interviews Bays and Thomas have stated that "a pretty famous actress" turned down the
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Pilot (How I Met Your Mother)


. The role of Barney was initially envisioned as a "John Belushi-type character" before Neil Patrick Harris won the role after being invited to an audition by the show's casting director Megan Branman. Pamela Fryman invited Bob Saget to be the voiceover narrator, Future Ted, explaining to him that the show would be like "The Wonder Years" but "kind of into the future". Saget either went to the television studio and recorded the narration while watching the episode, or did so separately and rerecorded with the
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The Fortress (How I Met Your Mother)


"The Fortress" is the 19th episode of the eighth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and the 179th episode overall. Robin asks Barney where they should live after the wedding. Barney said they are going to live in his apartment, but Robin refuses because he has bedded countless women there. Barney agrees to find a new place, but also wants the apartment to go to someone who will appreciate it. When Ted rejects Barney's offer, Barney tells Robin that he could not find
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Say Cheese (How I Met Your Mother)


"Say Cheese" is the 18th episode of the fifth season of the CBS situation comedy "How I Met Your Mother" and 106th episode overall. It originally aired on March 22, 2010. It is Lily's 32nd birthday, and, as one who really loves her own birthday, she wakes herself up at midnight for the sole purpose of announcing that it is officially her birthday before falling asleep once again. Later in the morning, Marshall brings her breakfast in bed with its own theme, "Spanish Interlude"
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Columns (How I Met Your Mother)


"Columns" is the 13th episode in the second season of the television series "How I Met Your Mother". It originally aired on January 22, 2007. Future Ted notes the differences between being an employee and a boss: Ted always used to make fun of the boss with and established alibis for his co-workers whereas now he is more awkward and condescending to them and is trying to deal with his former boss, Hammond Druthers, who now works for him. Things are not made any easier when his
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Nannies (How I Met Your Mother)


"Nannies" is the third episode of the eighth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and the 163rd episode overall. With Marshall and Lily's parental leave about to expire, the two scramble to find a nanny to take care of baby Marvin, while Barney goes back to his womanizing ways to get over his recent breakup with Quinn, organizing a festival called "Bangtoberfest" to pick up women. Lily's father, Mickey, who has moved in temporarily with the family after his house
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Happily Ever After (How I Met Your Mother)


"Happily Ever After" is the sixth episode in the fourth season of the television series "How I Met Your Mother" and 70th overall. It originally aired on November 3, 2008. The day after Stella ran out on their wedding, Ted is unusually happy. His friends (other than Barney, who is just happy Ted isn't married) are worried about him, thinking that he is repressing his emotions. Over the course of two weeks, the group tries to be there for Ted, but he insists
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Carter Bays


Carter Loard Bays (born August 12, 1975) is an American television showrunner, writer and producer. He is best known as co-creator, writer, and executive producer of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother". His show has been nominated for seven Primetime Emmy Awards, including Best Original Song for "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit." Bays also co-founded the band The Solids, who perform the theme song to "How I Met Your Mother", "Hey Beautiful".
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Baby Talk (How I Met Your Mother)


"Baby Talk" is the sixth episode of the sixth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and the 118th episode overall. It aired on October 25, 2010. Marshall and Lily visit Stuart and Claudia, who are having trouble naming their newborn baby. When Claudia and Stuart leave the room, Marshall and Lily both come up with names for the baby, although the names are different. They both decide that to solve this problem, they would both come up with names and present them
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List of How I Met Your Mother characters


The American sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" premiered on CBS on September 19, 2005. Created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays, the show is presented from the perspective of Ted Mosby in 2030 ("Future Ted") as he tells his children how he met the titular mother. The show lasted for nine seasons and 208 episodes; the finale first aired on March 31, 2014. The main characters are: Ted Mosby, a romantic searching for "The One"; Barney Stinson, a womanizer;
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The Mother (How I Met Your Mother)


) and glimpses the mother's foot as she disappears into her room after taking a shower. Ted finds out at this time that she plays bass guitar in a band. Ted forgets to take the yellow umbrella with him when he goes out and Future Ted mentions, "this is how your mother got her yellow umbrella back." In "How Your Mother Met Me", it is revealed that, after Ted left the apartment, the Mother had discovered the umbrella and, upon going to question Cindy, finds her
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How Your Mother Met Me


sometimes I wonder why it even bothers with pure comedy. How I Met Your Mother could easily be a successful 30-minute dramedy if it wanted to be, and I maintain that it's at its best when it's doing these kinds of emotional stories. I didn't expect the Mother to have loved and lost at such a young age, but it worked for the show and for her character, and it added a nice bit of depth to the woman Ted will soon love, and that we already do." Kevin
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How I Met Your Mother


" and "How I Met Your Mother" exploits this framing device in numerous ways: to depict and re-depict events from multiple points of view; to set up jokes using quick and sometimes multiple flashbacks nested within the oral retelling; to substitute visual, verbal or aural euphemisms for activities Ted does not want to talk about with his children (sexual practices, use of illicit substances, vulgar language, etc.); and even to add some elements of humor: in the episode "How I Met Everyone Else
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How Your Mother Met Me


seven years, while weaving her into the larger continuity of the series." Kaitlin Thomas from TV.com has also given the episode a positive review, saying, "'How Your Mother Met Me' was a great 200th episode for How I Met Your Mother. It was something different, but it was also a long time coming. It fleshed out a character we've been hearing about for nearly nine years but still didn't really know, and it was one of those patented emotional episodes the series does so well that
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Vesuvius (How I Met Your Mother)


"Vesuvius" is the nineteenth episode of the ninth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and the 203rd episode overall. The episode features Ted in 2024, telling the Mother about the day of Robin and Barney's wedding. The final scene prompted some to think that the Mother was dead; this was proven correct in the series finale, "Last Forever". Ted and the Mother are dining at the Farhampton Inn during a snowstorm in 2024. They pass the time by telling each other
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How I Wet Your Mother


"How I Wet Your Mother" is the sixteenth episode of "The Simpsons"' twenty-third season. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 11, 2012. In the episode, a traumatic incident causes Homer to repeatedly wet the bed. As it worsens, his family, with the help of Professor Frink, successfully manage to infiltrate his dreams to get to its subconscious source. The episode name is a pun on "How I Met Your Mother". The episode was co
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Shelter Island (How I Met Your Mother)


"Shelter Island" is the fifth episode in the fourth season of the television series "How I Met Your Mother" and 69th overall. It originally aired on October 20, 2008. Marshall, Lily and Barney are at MacLaren's when Ted and Stella arrive. Stella is upset because her sister is stealing her dream wedding on Shelter Island, marrying a vegan man Stella hates. Ted and Stella meet her sister, who tells them her fiancé has run off with another woman. Ted and Stella have what they each think
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How I Met Your Music


the many lists of 'iconic' songs vary. The first album contained about 20 tracks totaling 40 minutes. According to Craig Thomas, a co-creator of "How I Met Your Mother", a decision was made to release it without a physical CD, "because that’s so 1992". Entitled "How I Met Your Music: Original Songs from the Hit Series", it was originally released digitally to iTunes in 2012, and featured songs from the first seven seasons of the show. Following the show
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How I Wet Your Mother


to hail. A truck then hits Homer. Behind the end credits, David Byrne and Glenn Close sing a version of "Dream Operator" from the David Byrne movie "True Stories". "How I Wet Your Mother" is written by Billy Kimball and Ian Maxtone-Graham and was directed by Lance Kramer. The title of the episode is a reference to the TV show, "How I Met Your Mother". The plot spoofs the film "Inception", with various scenes parodying certain moments from the film
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The Mother (How I Met Your Mother)


Mother's death from an unspecified terminal illness in 2024, also revealed in the series finale, received a mixed reaction from fans. In the alternate ending on the ninth season DVD, The Mother is still living when Ted is telling the story in 2030. During its first eight seasons, the successful sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" often hinted at the unseen character of The Mother. Well-known actresses often made guest appearances on the show. Many fans expected that another would play one of the most-wanted
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station, she reveals that her name is Tracy McConnell. In the season 1 episode "Belly Full of Turkey", Ted meets a stripper named Tracy and says "...that, kids, is the true story of how I met your mother". The children are horrified, but then he says he is joking, which led some fans to correctly guess that the Mother's name is Tracy. In the series finale, it is revealed that six years prior to Ted telling the story to his children, Tracy died
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The Mother (How I Met Your Mother)


5, 2014, Carter Bays announced on Twitter that an alternate ending would be included on the Season 9 DVD. No new material was shot for this scene. In the alternate ending, The Mother is still living when Ted is telling the story in 2030. Future Ted is heard saying, "...When I think how lucky I am to wake up next to your mom every morning, I can't help but be amazed how easy it all really was...", indirectly stating that The Mother is alive. The
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began. Bays and Thomas also did not want a large casting call. They chose Cristin Milioti after seeing her on "30 Rock" and "Once"; her musical ability was also helpful, as The Mother had been described as a band member. Milioti filmed her first scene for the last episode of season 8 having never watched "How I Met Your Mother" before. She only learned of the character's importance after binge watching the show during the summer. The Mother was born on September 19, 1984.
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Garbage Island (How I Met Your Mother)


"Garbage Island" is the 17th episode of the sixth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" and the 129th episode overall. It aired on February 21, 2011. At Hong Kong International Airport in 2021, Ted's flight to New York City has been cancelled. While arguing with an attendant at the departure lounge, he runs into Wendy the Waitress. Future Ted describes how it happened. At MacLaren's, Ted and Zoey tell Wendy the Waitress how they ended up together. Ted says Zoey
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Tailgate (How I Met Your Mother)


with her father's nonchalant reaction. Next, Marshall decides to narrate the "Enigmas of the Mystical"—his favourite childhood book, Lily admits she can't believe any of the stories. Realizing that Lily is upset, Marshall apologizes and explains he acted that way because his dad made him believe in the magical. Lily reveals that her dad taught her not to believe in anything but herself. In the meantime, Ted and Barney turn Ted's apartment into an impromptu bar, calling it "Puzzles", after becoming frustrated with how
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Nuno Bettencourt


track, "Need I Say More", and Baby Animals selections. The album was released by Hollywood Records and is available on iTunes. The following year, Bettencourt was featured in a song and video called "Best Night Ever" by Marshall Eriksen, a character on "How I Met Your Mother". The video was a parody of Extreme's "More Than Words" video, in which the entire main cast of "How I Met Your Mother" made appearances. Bettencourt formed the recording entity Population 1 and
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The Window (How I Met Your Mother)


"The Window" is the tenth episode of the fifth season of the CBS situation comedy "How I Met Your Mother" and 98th episode overall. It aired on Monday, December 7, 2009. Marshall stops by Ted's apartment with a box of childhood memorabilia from his mother. Ted receives a call from an old woman telling him "the window is open", and races over to a woman's apartment a few blocks away. Later at MacLaren's, Ted explains that "the window" was the window
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Something New (How I Met Your Mother)


"Something New" is the 24th and final episode of the eighth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and the 184th episode overall. Future Ted tells his kids that, during the spring of 2013, he was making the final adjustments to the house he bought, while Barney and Robin were preparing for their wedding. As Lily and Marshall pack their things to go to Italy, Marshall's mother calls them and Lily slips the fact that they are moving. To compensate, Marshall promises her
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How I Met Your Mother


How I Met Your Mother (often abbreviated to HIMYM) is an American sitcom created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays for CBS. The series follows the main character, Ted Mosby, and his group of friends in New York City's Manhattan. As a framing device, Ted, in the year 2030, recounts to his son and daughter the events that led him to meet their mother. The series was loosely inspired by Thomas and Bays' friendship when they both lived in New York City. Among the 208 episodes,
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The Lighthouse (How I Met Your Mother)


"The Lighthouse" is the eighth episode of the ninth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and the 192nd episode overall. At 9 AM on Saturday, with 33 hours before the wedding, Barney is caught in the middle as Robin and Loretta continue to feud over the blouse Robin won in "The Poker Game". The three of them, joined by Lily, sit down to brunch together as Robin flaunts the blouse in Loretta's face and escalates the feud when she claims her mother
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Pilot (How I Met Your Mother)


, Barney, is quite possibly the funniest new sitcom character to debut on television in ages". He also praised the rest of the cast. Brian Lowry of "Variety" said that it was a "bright" and "cleverly constructed" half-hour, putting it in the company of "Two and a Half Men". "It's not often that a pilot has the polished feel of a show that's been around for a while, but "How I Met Your Mother" should be a solid
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Downton Abbey


[Chap Stewie]]", which has Stewie Griffin reborn in a household similar to Downton Abbey, and "[[How I Met Your Mother]]" episode "[[The Fortress (How I Met Your Mother)|The Fortress]]", where the gang watch a television show called "Woodworthy Manor", which is remarkably similar to "Downton Abbey". Julian Fellowes' "The Gilded Age" is set to debut on [[NBC]] in 2019, portraying New York in the 1880s and
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Sam and Diane


a Chance". In the novel "When Angels Fail to Fly", a female character compares the sexual tension between Sam and Diane to that between David and Maddie of "Moonlighting", and the first-person narrator mentions Sam and Diane's arguments "about something stupid". In an episode of "Community", Sam and Diane are satirized. Alan Sepinwall of "The Star-Ledger" said that, from the season three episode of "How I Met Your Mother", "Everything Must Go"
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The Locket (How I Met Your Mother)


describes to his kids as "How Aunt Lily met your Mother." The two sit together and Lily sounds off about Ted's driving habits (which the Mother secretly thinks are cool) as the Mother tries to stop Lily from looking at Judy's picture of Marvin. The Mother notes that it seems like Ted wanted Lily to leave and Lily suddenly remembers the locket that Robin had been looking for that Ted thought he had. She recalls how Ted discovered he did not have the locket, but considered the idea that when
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The Platinum Rule (How I Met Your Mother)


"The Platinum Rule" is the 11th episode in the third season of the television series "How I Met Your Mother" and 55th overall. It originally aired on December 10, 2007. It was the last episode to air before the 2007–08 Writers Guild of America strike meant production was suspended. Ted announces to the group that he is planning on taking out his tattoo removal doctor Stella to a movie and is immediately met with disapproval. Barney mentions the "Golden Rule": Although it is known commonly from the Bible
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The Mother (How I Met Your Mother)


the titular mother. But in the first episode of season 5, "Definitions", it is revealed that he was actually in the wrong classroom — Economics instead of Architecture. At the same time in "How Your Mother Met Me", the Mother sits her first session in Economics 305 and meets another graduate student named Cindy (Rachel Bilson), whom she offers to move in with her as her roommate. They see Ted enter the room, but when he announces the subject, The Mother thinks she is in
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The show initially received positive reviews, while the later seasons received more mixed reviews. The show was nominated for 30 Emmy Awards, winning ten. In 2010, Alyson Hannigan won the People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Comedy Actress. In 2012, seven years after its premiere, the series won the People's Choice Award for Favorite Network TV Comedy, and Neil Patrick Harris won the award for Favorite TV Comedy Actor. The series concerns the adventures of Ted Mosby (played by Josh Radnor) narrating the story of how
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How I Met Your Mother (season 9)


the only time "How I Met Your Mother" added a new regular cast member. Season 9 consists of 24 episodes, each running approximately 22 minutes in length. Taking place immediately after where the previous season left off, Season 9 covers the events of a single weekend that lead up to Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Robin's (Cobie Smulders) wedding. During the course of the weekend, "The Mother" (Milioti) is separately introduced to Robin, Barney, Lily (Alyson Hannigan), and
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No Pressure (How I Met Your Mother)


"No Pressure" is the 17th episode of the seventh season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and the 153rd episode overall. It aired on February 20, 2012. Future Ted tells his children that the day that he told their mother he loved her was significant because he had not said those words to anyone since he confessed to Robin that he still loved her. In the aftermath of Ted's confession, he reminds Robin that five years ago their thoughts on the future were too different,
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Last Words (How I Met Your Mother)


"Last Words" is the 14th episode of the sixth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" and the 126th episode overall. It aired on January 17, 2011. Everybody goes to St. Cloud, Minnesota, Marshall's hometown, to attend the recently deceased Marvin Eriksen's funeral. Marshall is devastated, while his mother Judy is keeping herself distracted by doing chores (according to Lily, she has not eaten or slept in the last two days). Ted and Barney unsuccessfully try to make Marshall
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Sunrise (How I Met Your Mother)


"Sunrise" is the seventeenth episode of the ninth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and the 201st episode overall. Future Ted tells a story about how he watched his balloon "friend" flying away, stating the event caused him to believe that if you let go of the things you love, you will lose them forever. In the present, on Sunday at 5 AM, 13 hours before the wedding, Ted and Robin are walking along the beach, reminiscing about Ted's top
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In January 2013, "How I Met Your Mother" was renewed for a ninth and final season. Carter Bays stated to "Entertainment Weekly" that season nine "will feature some of the most non-linear episodes we've ever done". The season nine premiere episode aired on September 23, 2013 and the one-hour series finale aired on March 31, 2014. In the year 2030, Ted Mosby (voiced by Bob Saget) sits his daughter and son down to tell them the story of how he
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Landmarks (How I Met Your Mother)


"Landmarks" is the 23rd episode of the sixth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" and the 135th episode overall. It aired on May 9, 2011. Marshall presents his case for preserving the Arcadian at a meeting of the Landmark Preservation Commission (LPC), where the fate of the Arcadian would be decided once and for all. When Ted is called up to present his opinion, Future Ted explains how difficult it was for him to come to his decision. Ever since Zoey had explained
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Murtaugh (How I Met Your Mother)


"Murtaugh" is the 19th episode in the fourth season of the television series "How I Met Your Mother" and 83rd overall. It originally aired on March 30, 2009. In this episode, Ted and Barney feud over what activities are appropriate for their age, while Marshall and Lily disagree on how to coach Lily's students. Barney is banned from laser tag for being too rough, so he plans to toilet paper the arena. Ted notes that Barney is too old for laser tag, and reveals his "
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Symphony of Illumination


"Symphony of Illumination" is the 12th episode of the seventh season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and the 148th episode overall. It aired on December 5, 2011. The episode is a continuation of the previous episode, "The Rebound Girl". It is the second most critically acclaimed episode of the 7th season (behind "Tick Tick Tick"), and has been well reviewed by critics, especially for its ending. Instead of Future Ted narrating to his kids as usual,
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The Pineapple Incident


"The Pineapple Incident" is the tenth episode in the first season of the television series "How I Met Your Mother". It originally aired on November 28, 2005. It is the highest viewed episode in season 1 and the second highest overall episode during the nine seasons of "How I Met Your Mother". It is widely considered one of the best episodes in the entire series. Barney, Marshall, and Lily criticize Ted for overthinking every aspect of his life, rather than simply acting on a whim.
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The Best Man (How I Met Your Mother)


"The Best Man" is the premiere episode of the seventh season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" and the 137th episode overall. It aired on September 19, 2011. Ted is called in to speak to Barney before his wedding to a mystery bride. Barney wonders if should have gone with "the other tie", as this is the "tie" he'll have to "wear" for the rest of his life. Barney fear that this will be the worst wedding of all time
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Tick Tick Tick (How I Met Your Mother)


"Tick Tick Tick" is the tenth episode of the seventh season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and the 146th episode overall. It aired on November 14, 2011. Barney and Robin awaken in bed together from the events of the previous night. They agree to try to keep it a secret, but this will prove difficult as they are attending a cruise party with their significant others, Kevin and Nora. They realize that they cannot keep it a secret, and believing this is
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The Goat (How I Met Your Mother)


"The Goat" is the 17th episode in the third season of the television series "How I Met Your Mother" and 61st overall. It originally aired on April 28, 2008. The episode begins with the aftermath of the events of "Sandcastles in the Sand": Barney and Robin are in bed together after having sex and she proposes to pretend it never happened. Barney agrees but feels quite awkward and uncomfortable around Ted at MacLaren's later in the day. Hoping to find an excuse for his and Robin's
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Katy Perry videography


shows, including in guest judging roles in "American Idol" and "The X Factor", as well as hosting "Saturday Night Live" in December 2011. Perry has additionally starred in episodes for the television shows "How I Met Your Mother", "Raising Hope", and "The Simpsons", and won the People's Choice Award for Favorite TV Guest Star for her appearance in "How I Met Your Mother". Perry also starred in a four-day long livestream event on YouTube in 2017
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Slap Bet


"Slap Bet" is the ninth episode in season 2 of the popular sitcom "How I Met Your Mother". The episode, originally titled "Robin Sparkles", first aired on November 20, 2006. The episode received highly positive reviews and features in several lists of the best "How I Met Your Mother" episodes in the series. The episode led to two recurring jokes and storylines in the show: "Robin Sparkles", Robin's teenage pop star career, and the Slap Bet, in which Marshall
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Right Place, Right Time (How I Met Your Mother)


"Right Place, Right Time" is the 22nd episode of the fourth season of "How I Met Your Mother" and 86th overall. It aired on May 4, 2009. Future Ted (Bob Saget) describes to his children a day near the beginning of his struggling solo architecture career, where a set of circumstances began his journey to meet their mother. The cold open shows Ted walking down his street with a yellow umbrella, stopping at a newsstand, giving some cash to a homeless man, and stopping at
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, actor Josh Radnor and voice actress Tara Strong guest starred in the episode. Recurring guest voice actors Ralph Garman, writer Mark Hentemann, writer Chris Sheridan, writer Danny Smith, writer Alec Sulkin and writer John Viener also made minor appearances. In the opening scene of the episode, the Griffin family is seen watching a television show entitled "How I Met Your Father", a parody of the CBS comedy-sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", which was created by Craig Thomas and Carter Bays, who were
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Definitions (How I Met Your Mother)


"Definitions" is the first episode of the fifth season of the "How I Met Your Mother" TV series and 89th episode overall. It originally aired on September 21, 2009. Future Ted explains how nervous he was his first day of teaching, when he was trying to figure out what kind of teacher he would be: formal disciplinarian or laid-back peer. Before the first class, Marshall gives Ted the gift of a worn leather fedora and whip, just like fictional college teacher Indiana Jones. That night
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Hooked (How I Met Your Mother)


"Hooked" is the 16th episode of the fifth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother" and 104th episode overall. It originally aired on March 1, 2010. Future Ted mentions how most his stories have been romantic or have portrayed him in a fairly positive light, but in this next story, he was simply a jerk. Ted tells the gang that he has invited a woman over under the pretense of checking out his antique camera collection, which Barney classifies as "bait." He's
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How I Met Your Mother (season 4)


to be nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series. This season is currently the second highest rated season of "How I Met Your Mother" in terms of viewership, at an average of 9.42 million viewers. However, it is currently the highest rated in terms of the important Adults 18-49 demographic, which is what advertisers use to determine how much a 30-second advertising spot costs. Season 4 averaged 4.0/10 in terms of rating/share in the Adults 18-49 demographic. The season received highly positive
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Christian Tramitz


he also gave the old Ted Mosby (narrator) in "How I Met Your Mother", Asterix in "Asterix and the Vikings" and Chick Hicks in Cars" his voice. Thereupon he became the German voice cast of Scrad/Charlie (Johnny Knoxville) in "Men in Black II". He was also the German Voice of the character Colt from the Anime Series "Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs", In 2004, Christian Tramitz married his second wife, Annette, and has a daughter and a
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How I Met Your Mother (season 1)


these characters inside and out". However, Poniewozik derided the premise of the show, Future Ted's narration, as a "gimmicky distraction". Hal Boedeker of "The Orlando Sentinel" disagreed, saying that "the twist should keep viewers coming back" and praises the five leads as "irresistible". The A.V. Club also called the premise "a winner" and the actors "appealing", but complained that the show stuck too closely to standard sitcom one-liners, as did Doug Elfman of the "
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The Pre-Nup


"The Pre-Nup" is the second episode of the eighth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and the 162nd episode overall. The episode narrates Ted Mosby's problems with his current girlfriend, Victoria, and it focuses on the downfall and eventual breakup of Barney and Quinn. It gathered 8.17 million viewers, but it was panned by critics. Future Ted tells his children that the summer of 2012 was uneventful because everyone was happy and in love, so he skips ahead to October.
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P.S. I Love You (How I Met Your Mother)


"P.S. I Love You" is the 15th episode of the eighth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and the 175th episode overall. Ted tells the gang that he found his destined love on the subway—they were both reading "One Hundred Years of Solitude"—but lost her at the next stop. Ted hopes to find her again, but Marshall and Lily are unsure of this; especially when he reveals he has written details he remembered about her. However, Ted indeed reunites with the woman
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Pilot (How I Met Your Mother)


its original American broadcast, the pilot of "How I Met Your Mother" was watched by 10.94 million viewers and averaged a 3.9 rating among A18-49. The episode received generally favorable reviews, garnering a score of 69 from Metacritic. Seth Thrasher gave the episode 5/5 saying: "...this is one of the funniest sitcoms I’ve seen in a LONG, LONG time". He also said that he was impressed by Harris' character: "I never realized Neil Patrick Harris was so damned funny. His character
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How Your Mother Met Me


similarities between Ted and the Mother" was "kind of irritating". Alan Sepinwall from HitFix has praised the episode, saying, "As an episode, "How Your Mother Met Me" was pretty terrific. I can quibble with a couple of things here and there — they were stuck with Darren, for instance, even though I'd have been fine never seeing him again — but overall it did about as good a job as possible as a single episode could at both telling a story of the Mother's last
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Bedtime Stories (How I Met Your Mother)


"Bedtime Stories" is the eleventh episode of the ninth season of the CBS sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and the 195th episode overall. On Saturday at 5pm, 25 hours before the wedding, Marshall and his son, Marvin, are taking the bus in the final leg of their journey to Farhampton. In an effort to get Marvin to sleep, Marshall constantly uses rhymes (the entire episode is worded with rhymes), and begins telling stories of his friends. The episode also features Lin-
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The Fight (How I Met Your Mother)


"The Fight" is the tenth episode in the fourth season of the television series "How I Met Your Mother" and 74th overall. It originally aired on December 8, 2008. A bartender, Doug, gets Ted and Barney involved in a fight with a group of guys sitting in the gang's favorite booth. Marshall and Lily try to warn them off, but Barney vows to join in when Robin reveals that she thinks fights are sexy. Ted joins in as an experience he thinks he should have sometime in
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Double Date (How I Met Your Mother)


"Double Date" is the second episode of the fifth season of the sitcom "How I Met Your Mother", and the 90th episode overall. It originally aired on September 28, 2009. Future Ted describes a date he went on in 2009, and the screen quickly changes to show a side-by-side shot of him preparing in 2009 and 2002. It turns out that Ted is about to go on a blind date with Jen, a woman he went on another blind date with in 2002. Meanwhile
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How I Met Your Mother


it had purchased the cable rerun rights to "How I Met Your Mother" at a rate of about $725,000 per episode. The four-year syndication contract stipulated that the studio deliver at least 110 half-hour episodes by the year 2010, and allowed for up to eight seasons of the show. At the end of the fourth season only 88 episodes had been produced, and a further 22 episodes were required, ensuring that there would be a fifth season. There also was a complication with the writing of the
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How I Met Your Mother


critics, although some compared the series unfavorably to "Friends". On Metacritic, a review aggregation site that collected 25 reviews for the series, it scored a 69 out of 100. Michael Abernethy of "PopMatters" gave the season a negative review, writing that "The comedy that does occur in How I Met Your Mother isn't enough to compensate for its inconsistencies." Tom Shales of "The Washington Post" gave the season a lukewarm review, saying it's "a little better than most other sitcoms,
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How I Met Your Mother


a positive review. The consensus reads: ""How I Met Your Mother" wears out its welcome this season, with an anticlimactic reveal and rote, less-than-fruitful humor." The ninth season received mixed to positive reviews by critics, though fans found it worse than prior seasons. Rotten Tomatoes reported that 80% of critics gave the show a positive review, with an average rating of 7.3 out of 10. Gareth Mitchell at "House of Geekery" responded negatively, mostly criticizing the structure of the
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