How I Met Your Mother

2005 • E4

4.7

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Season 5 episodes (26)

1 Definitions

7/1/13

Season-only

When the gang finds out that Barney and Robin are hesitant to define their relationship, Lily forces them to confront their biggest fear...becoming boyfriend/girlfriend. Meanwhile, Ted is anxious about teaching his first lecture at Columbia.

2 Double Date

7/1/13

Season-only

While on a blind date, Ted realizes this is actually his second first date with the same girl, and seven years later they still have nothing in common. Meanwhile, Barney takes Marshall out on the town, much to the dismay of Robin.

3 Robin 101

7/1/13

Season-only

When 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.

4 The Sexless Innkeeper

7/1/13

Season-only

When 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, forcing Barney and Robin to try to break up with them.

5 Duel Citizenship

7/1/13

Season-only

While 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.

6 Bagpipes

11/2/09

Season-only

To prove that he and Robin are the perfect couple, Barney arrogantly gives relationship advice to Marshall, which results in a huge fight between Marshall and Lily.

7 The Rough Patch

7/1/13

Season-only

After 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.

8 The Playbook

7/1/13

Season-only

When Robin and Barney break up, Barney pulls out all of his greatest tricks to get himself back into the dating scene.

9 Slapsgiving 2: Revenge Of The Slap

11/23/09

Season-only

Barney freaks out when Marshall bequeaths a "slap bet" slap to Ted and Robin. Meanwhile, Lily's estranged father shows up for Thanksgiving.

10 The Window

12/7/09

Season-only

The gang tries to help Ted when the perfect girl is finally available, and Marshall takes action when he finds a letter written by his younger self.

11 Last Cigarette Ever

12/14/09

Season-only

The gang struggles to quit smoking while Robin clashes with her new jaded co-worker.

11 Last Cigarette Ever

12/14/09

Season-only

The gang struggles to quit smoking while Robin clashes with her new jaded co-worker.

12 Girls vs. Suits

1/11/10

Season-only

In the 100th episode, when Barney debates giving up wearing suits in order to land a hot bartender, his conflicted feelings lead to an amazingly awesome musical number. Meanwhile, Ted gets one step closer to meeting the future mother of his kids.

12 Girls vs. Suits

1/11/10

Season-only

13 Jenkins

1/18/10

Season-only

When Lily refuses to believe that Jenkins, Marshall's attractive female colleague, kissed him, Marshall insists Jenkins tell Lily what really happened. Meanwhile, Robin finds out that a drinking game has been made up about her.

14 The Perfect Week

2/1/10

Season-only

When 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.

15 Rabbit or Duck

2/8/10

Season-only

When Lily and Marshall forget to fix up Ted on a blind date for Valentine's Day, they use one of Barney's many discarded girls to see if they may become Ted's future wife. Meanwhile, Robin's obnoxious colleague invites her to a party at his apartment.

16 Hooked

3/1/10

Season-only

When the gang tries to convince Ted that he is being strung along by Tiffany (Carrie Underwood), they reflect about relationships where each of them has been in the same situation.

17 Of Course

3/8/10

Season-only

When Robin confesses that she is still angry with Barney for the way he handled their break-up, she enlists the help of Anita, a self-help author who plans to beat Barney at his own game.

18 Say Cheese

3/22/10

Season-only

When Ted ruins Lily's birthday dinner celebration by bringing a date, Lily goes to great lengths to keep her out of the traditional photo she takes every year of the gang.

19 Zoo or False

7/1/13

Season-only

When Marshall gets mugged, Lily decides she wants to get a gun for protection, so Marshall comes up with a convoluted story about the mugging to deter Lily from following through.

20 Home Wreckers

4/19/10

Season-only

When Ted attends his mother's wedding, he is extremely disturbed by her overly affectionate relationship with her fiancé, which forces him to think about his own life and make an impulsive decision.

21 Twin Beds

5/3/10

Season-only

When Ted and Barney jeopardize Robin's new relationship by professing their love for her, Robin realizes that she is finally over them. Meanwhile, after spending a weekend sleeping in twin beds, Marshall and Lily decide to get twin beds at home.

22 Robots vs. Wrestlers

5/10/10

Season-only

When Ted, Marshall, Lily and Barney crash a highfalutin party at a swanky New York apartment, Ted gets the chance to mingle with the snooty guests and show off his intellectual side.

23 The Wedding Bride

5/17/10

Season-only

When Ted takes a date to see a new hit movie, "The Wedding Bride," he is shocked to learn the story is loosely based on his life, and that it was written by Tony, the man Stella left him for at the altar. Judy Greer guest stars as Royce, Ted's date. Jason Lewis, Malin Akerman and Chris Kattan guest star as the movie versions of Tony, Stella and Ted.

24 Doppelgangers

5/24/10

Season-only

Marshall and Lily make a secret pact to start trying to have a baby if they ever finally see Barney's doppelganger. Meanwhile, Robin finally gets an offer for her dream job, on the fifth season finale of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER.

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

4.7

640 reviews

A Google user

November 16, 2014

Now this is the best romcom ever, was devastated at the end but ted got what he wanted . Would be nice if there was a one-off ten years in the future to let us fans know how there life's turned out. As Barney says "NEW IS ALWAYS BETTER "

Ty warner

October 17, 2014

Epic show, would be nice if they rallyed and they showed us barney bringing up his kid and ted with the mother bringing up the kids before she dies, sad ending but when watching this show, i could really relate to barneys character so i thank neil patrick harris for being such an a amazing actor and changing my life, thank you barney/neil

Adrian Baylis

March 23, 2014

Absolutely love this show. Top class acting with brilliant comedic scripting. The plots never die and each episode manages to keep the tale alive without killing off the series. The Ted moseby character may be slightly weak and lacking but this is more then made up for by the perfect character building and comic timing of Barney. Great show and fully recommend to any who enjoyed Friends.