How I Met Your Mother Episodes

The show's base premise that an older Ted is telling his children a long story of how he met their mother is established. Marshall pops the question to Lily, Ted tries his luck with a new girl Robin and Barney displays his interesting views on dating.

Hoping to get back together with Robin, Ted throws a party that turns into multiple parties.

Barney, seeing Ted stuck in a slump, invites him on his LEGEN-wait for it-DARY adventure.

Rediscovering an old shirt, prompts Ted to reflect on past relationships that for various reasons fizzled out and to try and reconnect with an ex.

Ted, Barney and Robin head to the hottest new club, while Marshall and Lily attempt to evolve and engage in more mature activities such as hosting a wine and cheese.

On Halloween, Ted continually dresses up as a "hanging chad", hoping that the girl he met years ago shows up again.

A matchmaking business is recently brought to Ted attention, can they find his soul mate?

With Marshall and Lily's impeding wedding date arriving the question of who gets the apartment is raised between Ted and Marshall. Barney introduces the Lemon Law to dating.

Lily and Marshall go to St. Cloud, Minnesota for Thanksgiving to spend time with the Eriksen's, while Ted and Robin volunteer at a homeless shelter.

After doing five shots in a row, Ted wakes up with little memory of the previous night and a dark haired girl and a pineapple in his bed.

Ted rents a limo to ring in the New Year.

Ted's romantic hopes are dashed when he invites Robin to a fancy wedding, only to discover that the bride-to-be won't allow him to bring a date.

Robin is emotionally torn when Ted meets an exciting new woman, Victoria, at the wedding.

Hiding in the bathroom, Marshall and Lily wait impatiently for Ted and Victoria to consummate their relationship, and Barney typically gets the wrong idea while hanging out with Robin.

It's game night and everyone has to trade embarrassing stories to hear more of the story Barney is telling.

Just as Ted and Victoria's relationship is beginning to flourish, she's offered a scholarship to a culinary institute in Germany. Should she stay, or should she go?

With Victoria in Germany, Ted faces the pitfalls of long-distance relationships, and Marshall has trouble fitting in when he takes a job at Barney's company.

With Victoria on his mind, Ted has conflicted feelings when Robin invites him over for a late night rendezvous.

Barney hires an escort for Ted to go to Robin's award show with.

With her wedding day fast approaching, Lily, along with Barney and Robin, crashes a high school prom to scope out a potential band for the reception.

Ted is excited when a matchmaking service claims to have found his soul mate, but he must postpone his date to help Lily, who has a surprising revelation.

Hoping to get closer to Robin, Ted tries to prevent her from going away for the weekend with her co-anchor, Sandy Rivers.

While Ted and Robin's romance blossoms, the newly-single Marshall is having trouble getting over his break up with Lily, in spite of the gang's best efforts to cheer him.

While Marshall adjusts to bachelorhood, Lily is back in town after an amazing summer in San Francisco, but what really brought her back?

Robin is worried about meeting Ted's parents, who have a big surprise in store, while Marshall and Lilly adjust to being just friends.

After Ted and Robin's first big fight, Ted goes out on the town with a great new pick-up line and a jealous Robin hot on his heels.

Needing a place to stay, Lily moves in with Barney, and it's only a matter of time before they're sleeping together.

Hoping that she'll lighten up a bit, Barney takes it upon himself to satisfy Marshall's recently divorced law professor.

Marshall goes on his first real date since breaking up with Lily, but his buddies warn him about the inherent dangers of dating a girl with crazy eyes.

The whole gang is off to Atlantic City when Marshall and Lily finally decide to get married, but eloping just isn't as easy as it used to be!

Robin has a secret the entire gang tries to figure out, while Barney and Marshall enter into a slap bet regarding Robin's secret.

Barney may be losing a wingman when his brother James arrives in town with some surprising news.

Ted must find a way to make amends when a fight between him and Lily threatens to ruin everyone's holiday.

Robin wants to talk her younger sister out of losing her virginity, and the gang regales one another with the wild stories of their first sexual experiences.

A nude painting of Marshall gives Barney an idea for a portrait of his own, and Ted can't quite bring himself to fire his former boss in spite of the man's obnoxiousness.

When a funeral preempts the gang's Super Bowl plans, they agree to watch the game on Monday night, trying desperately not to find out the score ahead of time.

Ted contemplates the mysterious ways of destiny after a string of bad luck that might just turn out for the best.

While Ted and Robin purge themselves of mementos from past relationships, Lily's performance in an awful play prompts Barney to star in a play of his own.

With Marshall's beloved Fiero in the shop for repairs, the gang reminisces about good times spent in the old car, and Marshall realizes that it may finally be time to let it go.

Before he considers moving into Ted's old room himself, Barney does everything he can to prevent Ted from moving in with Robin.

Barney ruins Marshall's bachelor party by hiring a stripper, and Lily reveals a secret that causes Marshall to rethink his choice of best man.

Barney is thrilled by the opportunity to fulfill a lifelong dream: to appear on The Price is Right and actually meet Bob Barker.

Surprisingly, it's up to Barney, the consummate bachelor, to set things right when they go wrong on Marshall and Lily's wedding day.

At Marshall and Lily's wedding reception, Barney is desperate to discover the big secret that Ted and Robin are hiding.

When Robin shows up with an Argentinean Adonis by her side, Ted decides he is ready to hit the town with Barney and his performance is legen-wait for it-dary!

After seeing girls get weak in the knees over Robin's man, Gael, who's from Argentina, Barney and Ted decide to pose as out-of-towners, in order to meet chicks.

When two beautiful women show that they are both very attracted to Ted, they take the party to his place, where the gang helps Ted realize that bad luck doesn't always come in threes.

When "kid unfriendly" Robin surprisingly forms a bond with the young son of the guy she is dating, she decides it is too serious and must figure out a way to let the little guy down.

After Ted introduces his new girlfriend to his friends they tell the stories of how they all met.

When a corporate law firm courts Marshall, lawyer Jeff Coatsworth (guest star John Cho) wins him over, forcing him to let go of his dream of saving the earth in favor of the almighty dollar.

When Lily and Marshall decide to buy an apartment, not only do they make every mistake in the book, but Marshall also discovers Lily's dirty little financial secret when they apply for a loan.

When Ted thinks he has met a wonderful girl, the gang can't help but point out a deal-breaking flaw, eventually leading to a heated exchange of barbs among the group.

As Lily and Marshall host their first Thanksgiving as a married couple, Barney is tortured by the tick-tock of the slap bet countdown clock and the uncertainty of the exact moment the slap is going to be delivered.

When Barney loses his "mojo," he attends the Victoria's Secret Fall Fashion Show after-party to get himself back on track, but his smooth operating skills are put to the test when he meets supermodel Heidi Klum.

When the gang finds out that Ted is taking his doctor on a date, they try to convince him, through examples of their own toxic experiences, why it's never a good idea to get into a relationship with someone you see on a regular basis.

When Ted takes a page from Barney's book and lives like there's no tomorrow, he gets a post St. Patty's Day reality check from Marshall.

Continuing his passionate quest to find the woman who will one day be his wife, Ted pursues his beautiful dermatologist, Stella.

When Barney's love life is sabotaged by a mystery woman, he turns to tournament bracketology to narrow down the field of 64 women with the most cause to hate his guts.

After Marshall is verbally emasculated by his boss, he struggles with the fact that taking a job with a "big bad" corporate law firm may have been a major mistake.

When Robin rekindles things with an old flame, he crushes her again, but Barney, in his own inimitable style, helps her realize that she is awesome.

When a guilt-ridden Barney breaks the "Bro Code," he struggles with the ramifications of his misstep.

When Ted tells the gang Stella's intimate secret, he must face the consequences of breaking her trust.

When Barney and Abby realize that they have one thing in common - their mutual hatred of Ted - the "couple" decides to go to the bar to flaunt their new relationship in Ted's face.

When Ted is in an accident, he re-evaluates his life and relationship with Stella.

As Stella responds to Ted's proposal, Barney realizes that he's in love with Robin.

Television personality Regis Philbin meets a burger-mad Marshall while on his quest to find the restaurant where he had his very first New York burger.

After inviting the gang to Stella's house in New Jersey, Ted tries to sell them on the perks of living in the suburbs until he learns that she expects him to move there after they're married.

After an intervention for their friend Stuart, they start having interventions for each other.

After Stella and Ted make the spontaneous decision to get married in three days, the presence of their exes destroys what was to be the "happiest day of their lives."

While out for dinner with the gang, Ted runs into someone from his past that prompts each of them to think about how they would handle bumping into someone they'd rather forget.

When Lily and Marshall contemplate making the life-changing decision to have a baby, Lily turns to Ted and Robin for advice and their very different points of view on the issue.

Robin rediscovers the "Woo Girls," a group of single girls who like to go out and party. Meanwhile, Ted pitches Barney a design for his company's new headquarters.

Ted returns to his and Robin's apartment only to find a naked man on the couch.

Ted tries to prove he's not pathetic for getting left at the altar, and Barney tries to impress Robin, who thinks fighting is sexy, by fighting with patrons who are sitting in their favorite booth.

Ted turns into an overprotective, older brother by going out of his way to keep his sister out of trouble when she comes to visit him in New York. Meanwhile, Marshall and Robin bond when he introduces her to a Minnesota themed bar.

When Ted and Robin become "friends with benefits" to deal with conflicts they're having around the apartment, Barney tries to resolve the issues so they'll stop hooking up. Meanwhile, Marshall struggles to find a private area to "read a magazine" while at his office.

When A blizzard shuts down the city, Marshall and Lily try to continue their longstanding airport reunion tradition while Ted and Barney volunteer to keep MacLaren's open so they can meet up with some college girls.

When Robin realizes that she only has four days to get a job or she will be deported back to Canada, she agrees to let Barney produce a video resume for her.

When the gang suspects that Barney has a girlfriend after he mysteriously leaves MacLaren's, they decide to follow him.

Lily and Marshall are less than thrilled when Ted reunites with his pompous ex-girlfriend from college.