TV Review: How I Met Your Mother [2005-2014]

The series is a flashback story told by Ted Mosby in the year 2030 as he recounts to his son and daughter of how he met their mother. Ted searches for his woman of his dreams in New York City with the help of his friends. The CBS series premiered on September 19, 2005.

MAIN CAST

Jason Segel

Cobie Smulders

Neil Patrick Harris

Alyson Hannigan

Josh Radnor

SUPPORTING CHARACTERS

Bob Saget

CELEBRITY APPEARANCES

Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad)

Morena Baccarin (Firefly, V)

Enrique Iglesias

Kaylee Anne Defer

Rachel Bilson (Jumper)

Wayne Brady Maury Povich

Will Forte (SNL)

Kyle MacLachlan (Dune, Twin Peaks, Sex and the City)

Nicole Scherzinger (Pussycat Dolls)

Jorge Garcia (Lost)

Katy Perry

John Lithgow (Footloose)

Enrique Iglesias

Mandy Moore

Lindsay Price

John Cho

Britney Spears

SEASON 1 EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

01 – Ted meets Robin for the first time at the neighborhood bar as Marshall proposes to Lily

02 – Learning Robin wants a casual relationship, Ted throws three parties hoping she will arrive

03 – Ted and Barney follow unavailable women to Philadelphia and end up licking the Liberty Bell

04 – Ted reconnects with an ex after breaking up with her on answering machine on her birthday

05 – Robin invites both Ted and Barney into an exclusive club while Marshall and Lilly play adults

06 – Ted makes his yearly pilgrimage to the rooftop Halloween party searching for a pumpkin girl

07 – A matchmaker with a 100% success rate cannot help Ted who tries to prove her wrong

08 – Both Ted and Marshall sword fight to determine who gets the apartment after Lily moves in

09 – Lily meets her in-laws on Thanksgiving as Ted and Robin volunteer at a homeless shelter

10 – Ted recounts his partying rampage when he wakes to a pineapple and an unknown woman

11 – Ted rents a limo for his friends on New Year’s Eve in a quest to find the perfect celebration

12 – Ted invites Robin to be his plus one at a friend’s wedding who called theirs off

13 – Ted meets Victoria at a wedding who want a night to remember without names and numbers

14 – Barney and Robin bond, Marshall and Lily celebrate their anniversary in the bathroom

15 – The origin of Barney is revealed after everyone shares an embarrassing moment

16 – Marshall and Lily set out their wedding outfits as Victoria leaves for Germany

17 – Ted figures out his long-distance relationship with Victoria and Marshall figures out his career

18 – Robin invites Ted to her apartment at 2am and Ted lies to her about breakup with Victoria

19 – Ted brings a date to Robin’s award banquet show after he sees Robin bringing her co-worker

20 – Lily, Robin, and Barney sneak into a high school prom to scout a band for Marshall’s wedding

21 - A matchmaking company finds Ted his soul mate while Lily has cold feet for the wedding

22 – Season Finale: Ted makes his last attempt on Robin while Marshall and Lily split

SEASON 2 EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

01 – Ted and Robin hooked up while Marshall finds Lily’s credit card bills leading to a NYC hotel

02 – Lilly returns from San Francisco as Barney takes Marshall as his wingman

03 – Ted’s parents visit NYC for your anniversary where his parents are divorced

04 – Ted hits on hitting on girls by telling them he is an architect as Robin follows him

05 – Lily temporary moves into Barney’s apartment as Marshall has a bromance

06 – Lily steals a baseball from Ted’s boss while Barry goes after Marshall’s law professor

07 – Marshall has a date for the first time after Lily as Barney gets the nickname Swarley

08 – Marshall and Lily drag the gang to Atlantic City to elope however need a marriage license

09 – Robin has a secret of being afraid of going to malls as both Ted and Marshall have a slap bet

10 – Barney’s brother James reveals he has a fiancé Tom and asks Barney to be his best man

11 – Lily steals Christmas decorations because of Ted while Robin takes care of Barney

12 – Robin has a hard time saying ‘I Love You’ as her sister comes for a visit to lose her virginity

13 – Ted attempts to fire his former boss as Barney asks Lily to paint him in the nude

14 – After missing the Super Bowl, the group is determined to watch it a day after

15 – Ted misses his flight for his interview in Chicago so Robin and him flashback to find out why

16 – Ted and Robin get rid of their items from their former relationships

17 – The gang reminisces about memories they shared within Marshall’s car the Fiero

18 – Barney takes measures to prevent Ted from moving into Robin’s apartment

19 – Robin brings dildos to Lily’s bachelorette party while Barney arranges a stripper for Marshall

20 – Lily and Marshall live apart before the wedding as Barney prepares to go on the Price is Right

21 – Everything is going wrong for Marshall and Lily’s wedding day and Barney tries to fix it

22 – Season Finale: Ted and Robin break up during Marshall and Lily’s wedding reception

SEASON 3 EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

01 – Robin returns from Argentina with a boyfriend while Ted plans on getting a tattoo

02 – Ted and Barney pretend to be visitors to New York City to pick up women

03 – Two women are completing for Ted’s affection and he has the opportunity to sleep with both

04 – Barney and Ted compete for the same girl as Robin pretends to like her new boyfriend’s son

05 – The gang reveals how they met one another to Ted’s new girlfriend who he met on World of Warcraft

06 – Ted discovers a pornstar who uses his name while Lily admits to Robin she is a shopaholic

07 – Marshall finds out his wife Lily has credit card debt and cannot afford to buy an apartment

08 – The gang reveals to Ted his new girlfriend’s flaw while Marshall awaits his bar exam results

09 – Ted sleeps with Robin again the day before Thanksgiving

10 – The gang joins a gym and Barney finds out he wasn’t good when he lost his virginity

11 – Ted wants to date his tattoo removal specialist as the gang talks him out of it

12 – Ted discovers the worst parts of himself on St. Patrick’s Day

13 – Ted convinces his tattoo removal specialist Stella to date him after 10 weeks

14 – Someone is targeting Barney and he tries to track down who she is

15 – Ted gets a car in New York City as Marshall gets fired from his law firm

16 – Robin meets her old flame who dumps her again and Barney falls for Robin

17 – Ted celebrates his 30^th birthday and finds out about Robin and Barney

18 – Barney finds a new wing man while Ted and Stella prepare to sleep together

19 – Barney finds out who is targeting him: Stella’s Secretary Abbey

20 – Season Finale: Ted and Barney make up as Ted proposes to Stella

SEASON 4 EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

01 – Stella says ‘Yes’ to Ted’s proposal while Barney is in love with Robin

02 – Marshall finds the best tasting burger in New York

03 – Ted agrees to move to New Jersey to stay with Stella and Robin moves to Japan

04 – The group was planning an intervention for Ted to stop seeing Stella

05 – Ted invites Stella’s ex-husband to their wedding and gets left at the altar

06 – Ted finally confronts Stella leading him to let go his anger

07 – Lily is ready to have baby revealing the others to want one too

08 – Robin and Lily hang out with other ‘Woo’ girls and Barney chooses Fen instead of Ted

09 – The gang practices the Naked Man which works 2 out of 3 times

10 – Ted and Barney get into a fight in the alley way with a bartender

11 – Ted’s sister Heather comes to town for Christmas and teach Ted a lesson

12 – Robin and Ted have sex to deal with their roommate issues which hurts Barney

13 – Ted and Barney run a bar during a snowstorm and Marshall picks up Lily at the airport

14 – Robin must become an American citizen or get a job otherwise she is deported

15 – Barney hired actors to portray his family to make her mom believe she is settled

16 – Marshall forgot his pants to work and Karen cheats on her boyfriend with Ted

17 – Ted dates his high school girlfriend Karen and Lily tries to break them up

18 – Ted’s building is dead and he gets fired so he starts his own firm

19 – Barney is banned for life from Laser Tag and Lily gives Marshall daddy practice

20 – Ted hires an assistant who has been sleeping with Robin

21 – Ted texts the girl he likes but it was Barney and Marshall behind it all

22 – Ted finally meets up with Stella and Tony after 7 months

23 – Tony offers Ted a teaching position at Colombia University

24 – Season Finale: Robin and Barney start dating while Ted starts teaching

SEASON 5 EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

01 – The gang finds out Barney and Robin are boyfriend and girlfriend

02 – Ted has a blind date with the same person 7 years ago

03 – Ted gives Barney classes on how to understand Robin

04 – Marshall and Lily double date with Barney and Robin

05 – Ted wants some alone time with Marshall like the ones in college

06 – Barney and Robin avoid fighting by having sex

07 – Barney and Robin break up

08 – Barney uses his The Playbook to get his woman

09 – Marshall invites Lily’s father for Thanksgiving causing tensions

10 – Ted gets in the ‘window’ with Maggie who ends up with her true love

11 – The gang finally gives up smoking cigarettes

12 – Ted dates his wife’s roommate while teaching at the university

13 – Marshall hides that fact that Jenkins is a woman from his wife Lily

14 – Barney is trying to sleep with seven women in seven nights

15 – Barney displays his number on live TV to attract girls

16 – The gang keeps various people on the hook then lets them go

17 – Barney gives Robin the perfect date between her and Don

18 – Lily wants the perfect birthday picture by kicking Ted’s girls out

19 – Marshall gets mugged by a monkey and goes on live TV

20 – Ted buys a run down house which later becomes his home

21 – Robin moves in with Don and Marshall and Lilly get separate beds

22 – The gang begins their annual event of Robot Vs. Wrestlers

23 – Ted finally he realizes he has baggage from Stella and Tony

24 – Season Finale: Marshall and Lilly are ready to have a baby

SEASON 6 EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

01 – Ted runs into Cindy whose roommate is his future wife

02 – Barney and his older James find a letter addressed to one of their fathers

03 – Barney tries to convince Ted to take the GNB job using tricks used on women

04 – The gang races to a restaurant downtown to see which route of theirs is faster

05 – Ted is hiding from Zoey that he will be designing the new GNB headquarters

06 – Robin can’t stand her co-anchor Zoey who acts like child

07 – Zoey signs up for Ted’s class and rallies them against Ted and GNB

08 – Ted is introduced to Zoey’s husband at the Natural History Museum

09 – The gang finds out why Robin and her former co-star Jessica do not talk

10 – Marshall’s bad-luck friend Blitz passes his curse to Ted

11 – Ted hangs out with the Captain so he doesn’t feel weird being with Zoey alone

12 – A false pregnancy between Marshall and Lily cause the gang to self-reflect

13 – Marshall and Lily see a fertility specialist who looks like Barney

14 – The gang heads to Minnesota after Marshall’s father passed away and hears his last words

15 – Ted is fixed up with Zoey’s cousin leading him to realize his true feelings for Zoey

16 – Barney takes advantage of “Desperation Day” on February 13th and meets Nora

17 – Ted faces Zoey’s ex-husband while Robin convinces Barney to admit his feelings for Nora

18 – Barney is frightened by his feelings for Nora and sabotages his relationship with her

19 – Barney meets his father however is shocked by the differences between them

20 – Marshall resigns from GNB as Ted and Zoey have conflicting views about the Aracdian’s future

21 – Jerry tries to impress his son Barney while Robin reunites with her secret crush

22 – Zoey hires Marshall to save the Arcadian as Ted tries to convince Zoey to tear it down

23 - Zoey secretly tapes Ted declaring the Arcadian a landmark but Lily has a plan

24 – Season Finale: Lily is pregnant, Robin wants Barney back, Ted is Barney’s best man

SEASON 7 EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

01 – Ted needs to give a toast at Punchie’s wedding

02 – Marshall is trying to erase a Youtube video of him from college

03 – Barney loses a bet and needs to wear a ducky tie for one year

04 – Robin sees a therapist and tries to get Barney back from Nora

05 – Ted takes his class on a tour while Robin dates her therapist

06 – Robin and Barney do Google searches for Ted’s first dates

07 – Barney’s brother James reveals Nora is like their mother

08 – Barney discovers he is one quarter Canadian and Ted finds the slutty pumpkin

09 – The gang stays in the city during hurricane Irene as Barney and Robin hook up

10 – Barney breaks up with Nora however Robin did not break up with Kevin

11 – Marshall and Lily decide on whether to move into their new home

12 – Robin discovers she can never become pregnant

13 – Marshall sends New Year’s at his father’s grave

14 – Barney becomes the new leader of the group after Marshall and Lily move

15 – Marshall and Lily throw a house warming party as insanity ensues in 5 minutes

16 – Kevin proposes to Robin while they join Marshall and Lily for Valentine’s weekend

17 – Robin tells Ted that he doesn’t love him so Marshall asks her to move out

18 – Barry discovers Quinn is a stripper while Robin is held hostage by Marshall and Lily

19 – The gang meets Quinn while Robin and Ted fight over an apartment

20 – Ted, Marshall, and Barney relive every 3 years of their lives since 2000

21 – Robin lands a helicopter while Barney distracts himself from Quinn

22 – Ted tries online dating to forgot about Robin but sees her everywhere

23 – Lily is getting ready to deliver while Marshall and Barney are in Atlantic City

24 – Season Finale: Barney gets engaged while Ted and Victoria run off together

SEASON 8 EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

01 – Ted discovers Klaus was leaving Victoria at the altar as well

02 – Both Barney and Quinn decide to break-up

03 – Marshall and Lily is trying to find a nanny however settles on their Lily’s father

04 – Marshall and Lily decide to name Ted, Robin, and Barney as Godparents

05 – Barney gets a dog and Ted proposes to Victoria who wants Ted never to see Robin

06 – Robin breaks up with Nick with the help of Barney

07 – Marshall tries to help a friend get a job at his law firm but it backfires

08 – Marshall has the trial of his career and wins then decides to become a judge

09 – Robin attempts to sleep with Barney to get him out of her system

10 – Robin tries to break up Barney and Patrice while Marshall’s mother is dating Lily’s dad

11 – Robin comes to terms with Patrice and Barney is ready to propose to her

12 – Ted decides to tell Robin about Barney proposing to Patrice

13 – Robin discovers her father is married while a band is hired for her wedding

14 – Ted is dating someone under 21 who happens to be Barney’s half-sister

15 – Ted has a stalker Jeanette while Barney tries to find who Robin was stalking

16 – Ted breaks up with Jeanette and she locks herself in his apartment

17 – The Captain wants to talk to Ted who wants Lily to be his art consultant

18 – Barney gives Ted the Playbook and Marshall brings a bag of Skittles to an art exhibit

19 – Barney and Robin decide on where to stay after they are married

20 – Barney tries to convince Ted to go to Robots Vs. Wrestlers Legends

21 – Ted’s girl from yoga class is Robin’s wedding planner and the Captain wants Lily to move to Rome

22 – Ted and Marshall take Barney to his surprise bachelor party and lose $80,000

23 – Ted helps Marshall and Lily pack for Italy while Barney bonds with Robin’s dad

24 – Season Finale: Ted is planning on moving to Chicago and Marshall becomes a judge

SEASON 9 EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS

01 – Lily meets Ted’s wife for the first time as the gang head towards Farhampton

02 – Marshall shares a ride and Barney discovers his brother is getting a divorce

03 – Barney and Robin find some alone time and Ted says goodbye to the bad things

04 – Lily teaches Robin how to make new friends and Ted becomes Barney’s best man again

05 – Marshall and Lily believed Ted did not get them a wedding gift

06 – Ted finds the girl to spend the wedding weekend with

07 – Marshall asks the gang to delete a text to Lily

08 – Robin and Barney’s mother finally make up

09 – Marshall and Lily have a bet on who ends up with Robin: Ted or Barney

10 – Barney and Robin find another Reverend after the current one passes away

11 – Marshall and Marvin take the bus which breaks down

12 – Barney surprises Robin by bringing Canada to the rehearsal dinner

13 – Marshall meets Ted’s future wife for the first time

14 – Marshall gives Barney his slap after studying martial arts

15 – Barney tells the truth while Ted and Robin ask him questions

16 – The boyfriend of the Mother dies 9 years ago

17 – Ted finally moves on with Robin and lets her go                           

18 – Marshall and Ted attempt to cure Barney’s hangover

19 – Barney picks out his suit for the wedding

20 – Robin’s mother arrives for the wedding and Lily is pregnant again

21 – 3 days after the wedding Ted goes on his first date with his wife

22 – Robin believes Ted is the one she should marry

23 – Barney and Robin divorce after three years of marriage

24 – Season Finale: Ted’s wife dies and later marries Robin

RECOMMENDED – 4 OUT OF 5