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.
Episodes
Season 5 - Episodes
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S05E01Definitions
Aired: 21 Sep. 2009
Show details expand_moreAs Ted begins his new career as a professor and is about to meet his future wife, Lily forces Barney and Robin to have "the talk" and define their new relationship.
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Robia Rashid
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Robia Rashid
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S05E02Double Date
Aired: 28 Sep. 2009
Show details expand_moreTed goes on a blind date with the same woman he went on a blind date with seven years ago, and Barney and Marshall find Lily's stripper look-alike.
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Matt Kuhn
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Matt Kuhn
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S05E03Robin 101
Aired: 5 Oct. 2009
Show details expand_moreWhen Robin fears that Barney is cheating on her, she soon discovers that he is spending his evenings with Ted learning everything there is to know on how to date her
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Robia Rashid
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Robia Rashid
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S05E04The Sexless Innkeeper
Aired: 12 Oct. 2009
Show details expand_moreWhen Lily and Marshall realize that Robin and Barney are the perfect double-date friends, they try too hard to impress and come on too strong. Meanwhile, Ted gets a new nickname from Barney after an unsuccessful hook-up.
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Kourtney Kang
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Kourtney Kang
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S05E05Duel Citizenship
Aired: 19 Oct. 2009
Show details expand_moreWhile Barney tries to convince Robin to become an American citizen, Ted and Marshall's fabled road trip takes a wrong turn when Marshall invites Lily.
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Chuck Tatham
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Chuck Tatham
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S05E06Bagpipes
Aired: 2 Nov. 2009
Show details expand_moreDespite their best efforts to be the perfect couple, Barney's know-it-all attitude gets him in trouble with Robin and they are forced to ask Marshall and Lily for relationship advice.
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Robia Rashid
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Robia Rashid
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S05E07The Rough Patch
Aired: 9 Nov. 2009
Show details expand_moreAfter Barney and Robin hit a rough patch in their relationship, Lily devises the perfect plan to break them up, calling in help from Robin's famous friend, Alan Thicke.
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Chris Harris
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Chris Harris
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S05E08The Playbook
Aired: 16 Nov. 2009
Show details expand_moreWhen Barney hooks up with a woman Lily had been saving for Ted, she gets revenge by stealing his "playbook," which contains all the moves he uses to pick up women. But will Barney have the last laugh?
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Robia Rashid
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Robia Rashid
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S05E09Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap
Aired: 23 Nov. 2009
Show details expand_moreBarney freaks out when Marshall bequeaths a "slap bet" slap to Ted and Robin. Meanwhile, Lily's estranged father shows up for Thanksgiving.
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Jamie Rhonheimer
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Jamie Rhonheimer
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S05E10The Window
Aired: 7 Dec. 2009
Show details expand_moreMaggie a girl next door Ted has wanted to date for years has suddenly broken up with her latest boyfriend, giving him and many other guys a chance to score with her.
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Joe Kelly
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Joe Kelly
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S05E11Last Cigarette Ever
Aired: 14 Dec. 2009
Show details expand_moreThe gang struggles to quit smoking while Robin clashes with her new jaded co-worker.
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Theresa Mulligan
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Theresa Mulligan
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S05E12Girls vs. Suits
Aired: 11 Jan. 2010
Show details expand_moreBarney chooses between wearing suits and sleeping with a sexy bartender. Meanwhile, Ted gets ever closer to meeting "the mother".
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Robia Rashid
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Robia Rashid
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S05E13Jenkins
Aired: 18 Jan. 2010
Show details expand_moreWhen Marshall finds out he's the "reacher" in his relationship with Lily and not the "settler," he considers pursuing a sexy and cool female coworker. Meanwhile, Ted finds out Robin is a drinking game for his architecture students.
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Neil Patrick Harris
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Greg Malins
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Neil Patrick Harris
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Greg Malins
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S05E14Perfect Week
Aired: 1 Feb. 2010
Show details expand_moreWhen Barney is about to complete the perfect week - landing seven different girls in seven days - the gang roots him on in order to forget about their own miserable week.
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Craig Gerard
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Craig Gerard
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S05E15Rabbit or Duck
Aired: 8 Feb. 2010
Show details expand_moreBarney runs into problems when he displays his cell phone number during the Super Bowl, Ted asks Marshall and Lily to arrange a marriage for him, and Robin thinks that her co-anchor has asked her out on a date.
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Robia Rashid
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Robia Rashid
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S05E16Hooked
Aired: 1 Mar. 2010
Show details expand_moreWhen the gang tries to convince Ted that he is being strung along by Tiffany, they reflect about relationships where each of them has been in the same situation.
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Kourtney Kang
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Kourtney Kang
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S05E17Of Course
Aired: 8 Mar. 2010
Show details expand_moreAfter the guys discover that Robin deliberately got Barney hooked up with an incompatible female writer, they find out that that they didn't realize that Robin hasn't been handling their breakup very well.
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Matt Kuhn
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Matt Kuhn
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S05E18Say Cheese
Aired: 22 Mar. 2010
Show details expand_moreTed angers Lily when he brings a random date to her birthday party, so she is forced to remind him of all the other random women he has brought along to important functions, only to discover that they weren't "the one."
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Robia Rashid
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Robia Rashid
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S05E19Zoo or False
Aired: 12 Apr. 2010
Show details expand_moreMarshall comes up with a number of different outrageous and embarrassing stories to explain how he was mugged in Central Park, but which of his stories is the truth?
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Stephen Lloyd
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Stephen Lloyd
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S05E20Home Wreckers
Aired: 19 Apr. 2010
Show details expand_moreTed reacts to his mom's second wedding by making the capricious decision to buy his "dream house," while everyone tries to figure out whether Barney or Robin cried at the wedding.
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Chris Harris
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Chris Harris
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S05E21Twin Beds
Aired: 3 May 2010
Show details expand_moreAs Robin contemplates moving in with her new boyfriend Don, Ted and Barney both decide that they want her back. Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily think they've revolutionized modern marriage when they begin sleeping in separate beds.
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Theresa Mulligan
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Theresa Mulligan
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S05E22Robots vs. Wrestlers
Aired: 10 May 2010
Show details expand_moreBarney is worried that the old gang is falling apart when Ted blows off a "Wrestlers vs. Robots" competition so that he can stay at a snobby party.
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Rob Greenberg
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Jamie Rhonheimer
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Rob Greenberg
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Jamie Rhonheimer
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S05E23The Wedding Bride
Aired: 17 May 2010
Show details expand_moreTed is livid when he discovers that the man Stella left Ted for at the altar wrote a blockbuster movie about the incident, and portrays Ted as the bumbling, mean-spirited bad guy.
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Stephen Lloyd
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Stephen Lloyd
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S05E24Doppelgangers
Aired: 24 May 2010
Show details expand_moreMarshall and Lily think they've spotted Barney's doppelganger, which means that they can start trying to have a baby, but it's really Barney in disguise. Meanwhile, Ted goes blonde and Robin considers taking an anchor job in Chicago.
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Robia Rashid
Stars: Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders
Director(s): Pamela Fryman
Writer(s): Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Robia Rashid










































