How I Met Your Mother

2005 • CBS

4.8

5.33K reviews

TV-14

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Season 6 episodes (24)

1 Big Days

9/20/10

Season-only

When Ted and Barney argue about who has "dibs" on a hot girl, Ted realizes that she is there with Cindy (guest star Rachel Bilson), a girl he previously dated who is also the roommate of his future wife. Meanwhile, Robin is heartbroken over Don, and Marshall can't keep quiet about his desire to start a family.

2 Cleaning House

9/27/10

Season-only

When Barney convinces the gang to help his mom move out of her home, they quickly learn that she has been very protective of Barney and lied to him about events throughout his life. Meanwhile, Ted gets upset when Robin oversells him to a blind date.

3 Unfinished

10/4/10

Season-only

When Ted declines Barney's offer to design the new GNB building, Barney ties to woo him by using all of his best womanizing tactics. Meanwhile, Robin is still not over her relationship with Don and drunk dials him.

4 Subway Wars

10/11/10

Season-only

When the gang teases Robin about not being a "real" New Yorker, she sets out to prove them wrong by racing them to a downtown restaurant to catch a glimpse of Woody Allen, the ultimate New Yorker.

5 Architect of Destruction

10/18/10

Season-only

Ted becomes conflicted about pursuing his dream job of designing the new GNB headquarters after meeting a hot girl who's passionate about saving the landmark building that is being torn down to make room for it.

6 Baby Talk

10/25/10

Season-only

Marshall and Lily independently research how to conceive a baby with the gender of their choice. Meanwhile, Robin is growing more and more irritated by her perky new co-anchor.

7 Canning Randy

11/1/10

Season-only

When Zoey enrolls in Ted's class, she manipulates his students into taking her side in the fight to save the building being torn down to make room for his project. Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily spot Robin marching in the Halloween parade of shame.

8 Natural History

11/8/10

Season-only

When the gang attends a black tie fundraiser at the Natural History Museum, Ted runs into Zoey and sees a whole different side of her when she introduces him to her husband, The Captain.

9 Glitter

11/15/10

Season-only

When Barney finds a copy of the Canadian kids show "Space Teens" starring Robin's alter-ego "Robin Sparkles," the gang learns more about Robin's past as a performer than they expected.

10 Blitzgiving

11/22/10

Season-only

When Ted leaves the bar early to prepare a Thanksgiving feast for his friends, the gang winds up partying all night with The Blitz, an old friend from college who has bad luck. As a result Ted is forced to spend Thanksgiving with Zoey.

11 The Mermaid Theory

12/6/10

Season-only

When Ted's new friendship with Zoey tests the theory that men and married women can't be friends, he invites her husband, "The Captain," to hang out with them. Meanwhile, Marshall and Robin decide to spend alone time together.

12 False Positive

12/13/10

Season-only

When Marshall and Lily receive shocking news, it has a profound effect on the gang and forces them to reexamine their own lives. Meanwhile, Robin gets a new job, Barney discovers the joy of giving on Christmas and Ted begins his duties as Best Man for his old friend Punchy's wedding.

13 Bad News

1/3/11

Season-only

When Marshall and Lily fear they will never get pregnant, they see a specialist who can hopefully help move the process along. Meanwhile, Robin starts her new job.

14 Last Words

1/17/11

Season-only

The gang travels home to Minnesota with Marshall where Ted and Barney will stop at nothing to make Marshall laugh. Meanwhile, Marshall has an unfortunate meeting with an old high school bully that terrorized him throughout his youth.

15 Oh Honey

2/7/11

Season-only

When Zoey fixes Ted up on a date with her cousin (guest star Katy Perry), the gang resorts to calling her "Honey" after learning how naive she is. Meanwhile, Ted calls an intervention on himself after having an epiphany about his feelings for Zoey, and Barney gets acquainted with Honey in Ted's place.

16 Desperation Day

2/14/11

Season-only

Barney declares February 13th "Desperation Day," a holiday for desperate women. Meanwhile, Lily surprises Marshall for Valentine's Day, Ted and Zoey continue to figure out their relationship and Robin bonds with her single girlfriends.

17 Garbage Island

2/21/11

Season-only

After Marshall sees a documentary about garbage, he becomes fixated on saving the environment. Meanwhile, Ted runs into Zoey's ex-husband, The Captain, and Robin forces Barney to admit he has feelings for Nora, the girl who made history as his first Valentine's Day date ever.

18 A Change of Heart

2/28/11

Season-only

When Barney starts to have real feelings for Nora, he worries that there is something wrong with his heart. Meanwhile, Robyn starts dating a guy who acts a lot like a dog.

19 Legendaddy

3/21/11

Season-only

When Barney finally meets his father (guest star John Lithgow), he's surprised to learn how his life turned out. Meanwhile, the gang points out each other's "gaps," something they should know by adulthood, but never learned.

20 The Exploding Meatball Sub

4/11/11

Season-only

Lily and Barney react badly when Marshall finally quits his job at Goliath National Bank to take a volunteer position at an environmental organization. Meanwhile, Ted and Zoey's opposing positions on the future of the Arcadia come between them.

21 Hopeless

4/18/11

Season-only

When Barney tries to bond with his father (guest star John Lithgow), he asks the gang to help make his life seem more exciting by lying about their own lives. Meanwhile, Robin runs into a guy she has a crush on.

22 The Perfect Cocktail

5/2/11

Season-only

When Marshall and Barney argue over the destruction of the Arcadian Hotel, Robin and Lily try to mix the right combination of cocktails that will force them to make up. Meanwhile, Ted plans a romantic weekend away with Zoey.

23 Landmarks

5/9/11

Season-only

When Ted is faced with an important decision that might affect his future with Zoey, the gang expresses their true feelings about her.

24 Challenge Accepted

5/16/11

Season-only

Robin and Barney bond when they intervene in Ted's relationship (until they run into Nora), and Marshall and Lily watch a ticking clock as he fears that he soon will be the victim of food poisoning. Meanwhile, Ted performs his Best Man duties at a very important wedding.

About this show

A half-hour comedy series about Ted and how he fell in love. It all started when Ted's best friend, Marshall, drops the bombshell that he's going to propose to his long-time girlfriend, Lily, a kindergarten teacher. At that moment, Ted realizes that he had better get a move on if he too hopes to find true love. Helping him in his quest to find his future wife is Barney, a friend with endless, sometimes outrageous opinions, a penchant for suits and a foolproof way to meet women. When Ted meets Robin, he's sure it's love at first sight, but after a whirlwind romance with her, he realizes destiny has something else in store for him. The series is narrated through flashbacks from the future.

Ratings and reviews

4.8

5.33K reviews

Skylar Karrasch (Ytse)

October 13, 2016

I have not seen this series through series, only on Netflix. Just saying though, Netflix has better music than the DVD releases do, so I hope that this is like the netflix version and not the DVD versions Anyway. Seasons 1-5 are golden, but once season 6 started, that marked to start of the steady decline of the show's quality. Not to say that 6-9 doesn't have good episodes, great episodes can still be found, but the seasons as a whole just feel less genuine.

Behrad Radfar

February 19, 2021

Seasons 1-7 are OK, sometimes funny. Seasons 8-9 are occurring for one event: Barney-Robin wedding. Chronologically, season 8 ends before it starts!! Season 9 is kinda stupid. Many events happen in last 3 episodes. Why Barney/Robin get divorced, why Mom dies, why Ted gets back with Robin, why Ted's children insist to have aunt Robin as mom!! Why Barney suddenly have child with number 31 and loves his daughter to eternity!! Last 3 episodes are worst. I suggest not to see them and end it with imagination.

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Garett Sloane

December 20, 2013

The last season is half way done and it feels like it is using stall tactics because they are out of ideas. The plot has not progressed in more than 10 episodes this last season. As a series I think the show has the potential to be one of the best sitcoms of its era and this ending is embarrassing the legacy. Without spoiling, there is a weekend long event that opens the last season, and the whole last season is just about that weekend so far. 12 episodes nothing happened yet.

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