Season 5
🎬 24 Episodes 📅 2009 ⏱ 22 min
Five friends navigate the complexities of love and life in New York, each playing a vital role in shaping one man's extraordinary journey. How I Met Your Mother unfolds as an intimate tapestry of comedy and heartfelt moments, where every detour and missed connection becomes essential to the final story. Through witty banter and genuine emotional beats, the series captures the beautiful chaos of finding your person in a world full of possibilities. What begins as a simple tale of romance becomes a universal meditation on friendship, destiny, and the unexpected paths that lead us home.
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📊 Season Stats
24
Episodes
2009
Year
22
min / ep
8.8
Watch Hours
5/9
Season No.
⭐ 8.5
Best Episode
Ep. 8 · The Playbook
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🎬 Episodes 24 episodes
1
⭐ 8.0
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After sharing a kiss at the beginning of the summer, Robin and Barney are unsure how to handle their mutual attraction. After some consideration they tell the gang they have decided to remain just friends, but secretly continue seeing each other. They are able to get away with their secret romance f…
🎬 Pamela Fryman ✍️ Carter Bays
2
⭐ 7.3
Double Date
Barney takes Marshall, and Robin to a strip club where they find a stripper who looks almost exactly like Lily. Meanwhile, Ted discovers he had been fixed up with the same woman, Jen seven years earlier.
🎬 Pamela Fryman ✍️ Matt Kuhn
3
⭐ 7.9
Robin 101
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.
🎬 Pamela Fryman ✍️ Carter Bays
4
⭐ 7.5
The Sexless Innkeeper
Marshall and Lily want to hook up with Barney and Robin for double-dating and fun, but their desperate eagerness to please is a huge turn-off. Meanwhile, when a succession of girls come to his apartment and immediately fall asleep, Ted is bummed to learn he is a "Sexless Innkeeper" whose "dates" are…
🎬 Pamela Fryman ✍️ Carter Bays
5
⭐ 7.6
Duel Citizenship
Barney tries his best hoping to convince Robin into becoming an American citizen, while Ted and Marshall's road trip takes an unexpected turn for the worst when Marshall invites Lily to come along.
🎬 Pamela Fryman ✍️ Chuck Tatham
6
⭐ 7.2
Bagpipes
Even though they do their best in order to be the perfect couple, Barney's attitude of know-it-all lands him in trouble with Robin and they are forced to seek Marshall and Lily for advice.
🎬 Pamela Fryman ✍️ Robia Rashid
7
⭐ 7.4
The Rough Patch
Lily comes up with a perfect plan to break up the relationship between Barney and Robin when they have a rough patch, but she needs help from Robin's famous friend, Alan Thicke, in order to make it work.
🎬 Pamela Fryman ✍️ Chris Harris
8
⭐ 8.5
The Playbook
After his relationship with Robin ends, Barney dusts off his "playbook" to help him back into the dating scene
🎬 Pamela Fryman ✍️ Carter Bays
9
⭐ 7.7
Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap
Barney freaks out when Marshall bequeaths a "slap bet" slap to Ted and Robin. Meanwhile, Lily's estranged father shows up for Thanksgiving.
🎬 Pamela Fryman ✍️ Jamie Rhonheimer
10
⭐ 7.5
The Window
When a perfect girl finally shows up, the gang tries everything to help Ted, while Marshall takes action when he discovers a letter written by younger himself.
🎬 Pamela Fryman ✍️ Joe Kelly
11
⭐ 7.4
Last Cigarette Ever
When Marshall picks up smoking again, it prompts Lily, Ted and Barney, ex-smokers all, to succumb as well. Meanwhile, Robin gets a new co-anchor at her show...
🎬 Pamela Fryman
12
⭐ 8.2
Girls vs. Suits
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.
🎬 Pamela Fryman ✍️ Carter Bays
13
⭐ 8.0
Jenkins
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.
🎬 Neil Patrick Harris ✍️ Greg Malins
14
⭐ 8.2
Perfect Week
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.
🎬 Pamela Fryman
15
⭐ 7.7
Rabbit or Duck
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
🎬 Pamela Fryman ✍️ Carter Bays
16
⭐ 7.5
Hooked
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.
🎬 Pamela Fryman ✍️ Kourtney Kang
17
⭐ 7.9
Of Course
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.
🎬 Pamela Fryman ✍️ Matt Kuhn
18
⭐ 7.8
Say Cheese
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.
🎬 Pamela Fryman ✍️ Robia Rashid
19
⭐ 7.4
Zoo or False
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.
🎬 Pamela Fryman ✍️ Stephen Lloyd
20
⭐ 7.5
Home Wreckers
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.
🎬 Pamela Fryman ✍️ Chris Harris
21
⭐ 7.5
Twin Beds
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.
🎬 Pamela Fryman
22
⭐ 7.7
Robots vs. Wrestlers
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.
✍️ Jamie Rhonheimer
23
⭐ 7.8
The Wedding Bride
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.
🎬 Pamela Fryman ✍️ Stephen Lloyd
24
⭐ 8.1
Doppelgangers
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.
🎬 Pamela Fryman ✍️ Carter Bays