How I Met Your Mother
“A love story in reverse.”
A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.
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A love story in reverse: How I Met Your Mother is a fresh new comedy about Ted (Josh Radnor) and how he fell in love. When Ted's best friends Marshall (Jason Segel) and Lily (Alyson Hannigan) decide to tie the knot, it sparks the search for his own Miss Right. Helping him in his quest is his bar-hopping "wing-man" Barney (Neil Patrick Harris), a confirmed bachelor with plenty of wild schemes for picking up women. Ted's sights are set on the charming and independent Robin (Cobie Smulders), but destiny may have something different in mind. Told through a series of flashbacks, Ted recalls his single days, the highs and lows of dating and the search for true love.
1.Pilot
7.819-09-200523mWhen Ted's best friend Marshall proposes to his girlfriend, Lily, Ted realizes he'd better get a move on if he hopes to find true love. Ted soon meets Robin in a neighborhood bar,...
2.Purple Giraffe
7.526-09-200523mIn a desperate attempt for a second date, Ted invites Robin to a party he is throwing. However, she doesn't show up and he keeps throwing parties in the hopes she will finally arri...
3.Sweet Taste of Liberty
7.603-10-200521mTed agrees to let Barney spice up his love life, and ends up on a crazy adventure of flying to Philadelphia, encountering the law and visiting the Liberty Bell.
4.Return of the Shirt
7.510-10-200523mTed's outlook on his continuing search for love is altered when he rediscovers a shirt that has not seen daylight in years. Meanwhile, Barney amuses himself by coaxing Robin into s...
5.Okay Awesome
7.617-10-200522mTed and Barney start checking out the club scene with their friend Robin, whereas Lily and Marshall try to participate in some more "grown-up" activities, as they draw slowly neare...
6.The Slutty Pumpkin
7.524-10-200522mTed makes his yearly pilgrimage to the rooftop Halloween party in search of a girl dressed as a pumpkin who he met years ago. Meanwhile, Robin is dumped after driving her new boyfr...
7.Matchmaker
7.307-11-200522mWhen a matchmaker with a 100% success rate turns Ted away because he is not compatible with any of the available women in her database, he is still determined that he is going to f...
8.The Duel
7.814-11-200522mAs Lily becomes more of a permanent fixture in the apartment, Ted feels like he is being edged out of the mix by his engaged roomies. Petrified of being left alone and homeless, Te...
9.Belly Full of Turkey
7.421-11-200522mTed and Robin are surprised to run into Barney when they volunteer at a homeless shelter on Thanksgiving. Lily is on the brink of freaking out when she goes to Thanksgiving dinner...
10.The Pineapple Incident
8.528-11-200522mAfter being forced into knocking back 5 shots, so he will stop thinking, Ted goes on a partying rampage. The next morning he wakes up with a woman in his bed, but he does not know...
11.The Limo
7.819-12-200523mTed rents a limo to take the gang out to sample five New Year's Eve parties in a quest to find the perfect celebration.
12.The Wedding
7.409-01-200622mRobin accepts Ted's invite to a friend's wedding, but thanks to Ted, the couple may never make it down the aisle.
13.Drumroll, Please
7.923-01-200622mTed finds a new woman at the wedding. They want to remember the evening so they don't exchange last names or numbers; but Ted takes a big fall when he tries to find out her name.
14.Zip, Zip, Zip
7.606-02-200623mAfter agreeing to take things slowly and not have sex for a month, Ted and Victoria decide that they have waited long enough.
15.Game Night
8.227-02-200622mA mysterious tape arrives for Barney from one of his numerous ex-girlfriends, and the entire gang watches it. But, in order for them all to find out how she broke Barney's heart an...
16.Cupcake
7.006-03-200622mThings are going great with Ted and Victoria's relationship, but when Victoria is offered her dream job, the couple have to make serious relationship decisions. Meanwhile Marshall...
17.Life Among the Gorillas
7.320-03-200622mMarshall interns at the corporation where Barney works and Lily finds that he is becoming a shallow jerk as he tries to fit in with his crude fratty coworkers. Meanwhile, Ted feels...
18.Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M.
7.910-04-200622mRobin, who is very lonely, asks Ted to come over to her apartment after 2 A.M., but he isn't sure if he wants to go as he has a phone call on the way over with his friends, and wit...
19.Mary the Paralegal
8.024-04-200622mRobin is nominated to receive an award for a news report and everyone needs a date to take to the show. Barney introduces Ted to Mary as a date that Ted can take to the show. Origi...
20.Best Prom Ever
7.301-05-200622mLily, Barney and Robin attend a high school prom to scout out a potential band for Lily and Marshall's wedding reception. In order to get in Lily and Robin pretend to be the dates...
21.Milk
7.908-05-200622mWhen a matchmaking company calls Ted claiming they have found his soul mate, he is forced to postpone his date when Lily asks for his help.
22.Come On
8.215-05-200622mTed tries to keep Robin from going on a camping trip so that she can spend time with him. Barney enlists the help of an old flame to perform a rain dance. At the same time Marshall...
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