How I Met Your Mother

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A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.
  • 25min
  • Seasons: 9
  • Episodes: 208
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How I Met Your Mother

season 5

serie United States 2005 - 2014

Episode rating

Season 5
8.4
E1
8.0
E2
8.2
E3
7.8
E4
7.6
E5
7.6
E6
7.6
E7
9.3
E8
7.8
E9
8.0
E10
7.7
E11
9.0
E12
8.5
E13
8.7
E14
7.9
E15
7.6
E16
8.2
E17
8.1
E18
7.5
E19
7.7
E20
7.6
E21
8.1
E22
7.9
E23
8.3
E24

Cast of season 5

In order of relevance in the season

Episodes of season 524

  • 8.4
    /10

    Definitions
    episode S5.E1 september 2009
    As Ted begins his new career as a professor and is about to meet his future wife, Lily forces Barney and Robin to have "the talk" and define their new relationship.
  • 8
    /10

    Double Date
    episode S5.E2 september 2009
    Ted goes on a blind date with the same woman he went on a blind date with seven years ago, and Barney and Marshall find Lily's stripper look-alike.
  • 8.2
    /10

    Robin 101
    episode S5.E3 october 2009
    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
  • 7.8
    /10

    The Sexless Innkeeper
    episode S5.E4 october 2009
    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. Meanwhile, Ted gets a new nickname from Barney after an unsuccessful hook-up.
  • 7.6
    /10

    Duel Citizenship
    episode S5.E5 october 2009
    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.
  • 7.6
    /10

    Bagpipes
    episode S5.E6 november 2009
    Despite their best efforts to be the perfect couple, Barney's know-it-all attitude gets him in trouble with Robin and they are forced to ask Marshall and Lily for relationship advice.
  • 7.6
    /10

    The Rough Patch
    episode S5.E7 november 2009
    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.
  • 9.3
    /10

    The Playbook
    episode S5.E8 november 2009
    When Barney hooks up with a woman Lily had been saving for Ted, she gets revenge by stealing his "playbook," which contains all the moves he uses to pick up women. But will Barney have the last laugh?
  • 7.8
    /10

    Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap
    episode S5.E9 november 2009
    Barney freaks out when Marshall bequeaths a "slap bet" slap to Ted and Robin. Meanwhile, Lily's estranged father shows up for Thanksgiving.
  • 8
    /10

    The Window
    episode S5.E10 december 2009
    Maggie a girl next door Ted has wanted to date for years has suddenly broken up with her latest boyfriend, giving him and many other guys a chance to score with her.
  • 7.7
    /10

    Last Cigarette Ever
    episode S5.E11 december 2009
    The gang struggles to quit smoking while Robin clashes with her new jaded co-worker.
  • 9
    /10

    Girls vs. Suits
    episode S5.E12 january 2010
    Barney chooses between wearing suits and sleeping with a sexy bartender. Meanwhile, Ted gets ever closer to meeting "the mother".
  • 8.5
    /10

    Jenkins
    episode S5.E13 january 2010
    When Marshall finds out he's the "reacher" in his relationship with Lily and not the "settler," he considers pursuing a sexy and cool female coworker. Meanwhile, Ted finds out Robin is a drinking game for his architecture students.
  • 8.7
    /10

    Perfect Week
    episode S5.E14 february 2010
    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.
  • 7.9
    /10

    Rabbit or Duck
    episode S5.E15 february 2010
    Barney runs into problems when he displays his cell phone number during the Super Bowl, Ted asks Marshall and Lily to arrange a marriage for him, and Robin thinks that her co-anchor has asked her out on a date.
  • 7.6
    /10

    Hooked
    episode S5.E16 march 2010
    When the gang tries to convince Ted that he is being strung along by Tiffany, they reflect about relationships where each of them has been in the same situation.
  • 8.2
    /10

    Of Course
    episode S5.E17 march 2010
    After the guys discover that Robin deliberately got Barney hooked up with an incompatible female writer, they find out that that they didn't realize that Robin hasn't been handling their breakup very well.
  • 8.1
    /10

    Say Cheese
    episode S5.E18 march 2010
    Ted angers Lily when he brings a random date to her birthday party, so she is forced to remind him of all the other random women he has brought along to important functions, only to discover that they weren't "the one."
  • 7.5
    /10

    Zoo or False
    episode S5.E19 april 2010
    Marshall comes up with a number of different outrageous and embarrassing stories to explain how he was mugged in Central Park, but which of his stories is the truth?
  • 7.7
    /10

    Home Wreckers
    episode S5.E20 april 2010
    Ted reacts to his mom's second wedding by making the capricious decision to buy his "dream house," while everyone tries to figure out whether Barney or Robin cried at the wedding.
  • 7.6
    /10

    Twin Beds
    episode S5.E21 may 2010
    As Robin contemplates moving in with her new boyfriend Don, Ted and Barney both decide that they want her back. Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily think they've revolutionized modern marriage when they begin sleeping in separate beds.
  • 8.1
    /10

    Robots vs. Wrestlers
    episode S5.E22 may 2010
    Barney is worried that the old gang is falling apart when Ted blows off a "Wrestlers vs. Robots" competition so that he can stay at a snobby party.
  • 7.9
    /10

    The Wedding Bride
    episode S5.E23 may 2010
    Ted is livid when he discovers that the man Stella left Ted for at the altar wrote a blockbuster movie about the incident, and portrays Ted as the bumbling, mean-spirited bad guy.
  • 8.3
    /10

    Doppelgangers
    episode S5.E24 may 2010
    Marshall and Lily think they've spotted Barney's doppelganger, which means that they can start trying to have a baby, but it's really Barney in disguise. Meanwhile, Ted goes blonde and Robin considers taking an anchor job in Chicago.