How I Met Your Mother amassed a total of episodes and this list is devoted to its 10 finest transmissions. When whittling down choices, not a single episode of the rather redundant eighth season came into contention, and only a sole outing from season seven Trilogy Time almost made the cut.
Other also-rans included Nothing Good Happens After 2 a. Without further ado, here are the top ten episodes of How I Met Your Mother — the episodes that could be described as the great- wait for it…. Ad — content continues below. This is an episode about the scariness of moving on. HIMYM often worked best when it was easily identifiable and the theme of reluctance to move out of somewhere, on to something new was done really well with the two opposites of Ted, who wants to keep everything, and Robin, who chucks most stuff out.
Most viewers could see themselves in one of those two categories. On their ninth anniversary Marshall and Lily bail on a weekend away to stay home and watch Quantum Leap but end up accidentally stuck in the bathroom when Ted arrives home with his new girlfriend Victoria. A cleverly scripted episode where the show felt the influence of Quentin Tarantino as Barney lays out for Ted the eight steps of the titular dating rule broke down into screen carded sections. Get the best of Den of Geek delivered right to your inbox!
After appearing to lose an argument with Ted and Marshall over the ethical implications of hiring a prostitute, Barney goes ahead and hires one for Ted, the titular Mary, in an effort to help the latter make Robin jealous Ted occasionally digresses to the equivalent of a petty child.
This episode, the twelfth of season five, sees Barney attempting to go a week without wearing a suit so as to woo a woman guest star Stacy Kiebler who hates dressy attire. Some of the best sitcom episodes in the history of television have started with the same principle, that being…shots.
Ultimately, the episode is an earnest illustration of an undeniable truth: The best celebration of love is the one most suited for the couple. The story of the night Lily and Marshall met during the first week of college is extraordinarily sweet, while puncturing some of their syrupy-ness with an acknowledgement that couples often mythologize their relationships. As much as HIMYM was built on optimism and happy endings, it always did disappointments exceedingly well.
What results is a moving ode to taking chances and embracing new phases of adulthood, even if it hurts to leave the safety of familiarity behind. Marshall thinks she is married, and Barney thinks she was a porn star. This is the episode where we find out Robin was a Canadian pop singer and view her music video for " Let's Go to the Mall. For you. World globe An icon of the world globe, indicating different international options.
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