If you’re a fan of “Friends,” you’ll like the legendary TV series “How I Met Your Mother.” The show focuses on the interesting lives of New Yorkers Ted, Marshall, Lily, Barney, and Robin. From Marshall and Lily’s #couplegoals relationship to Ted’s search for “the one,” HIMYM is a show worth binge-ing over. Here are some of the top episodes of the series, and the spoilers alert is now activated.
1. How Your Mother Met Me
Season & Episode: Season 9, Episode 16
Episode Aired: January 27, 2014
IMDb Rate: 9.5 stars
The major plot line of HIMYM is the mystery of Ted’s wife. Throughout the nine seasons, bits and pieces of clues were provided about her.
In this episode, you will see the other side of that hunt. It narrates the whole story of the mother before meeting Ted.
2. Slap Bet
Season & Episode: Season 2, Episode 9
Episode Aired: November 20, 2006
IMDb Rate: 9.4
A slap bet is a violent game the gang plays when they want to bet on something. In this episode, they tried to guess Robin’s big secret, with Barney and Marshall making a bet. Whoever is right gets to slap the loser as hard as they can.
3. The Playbook
Season & Episode: Season 5, Episode 8
Episode Aired: Nov. 16, 2009
IMDb Rate: 9.3
Barney Stinson has a reputation for being a womanizer, and he’s proud of it. He even made a playbook, which consists of tricks and plays he uses on women to convince them to go out on a date with him.
In this episode, Lily steals Barney’s playbook after he makes a play on a woman she was planning to set Ted up with. Barney ended up performing what he called “The Scubadiver,” a play he tore from the playbook before Lily stole it. Now, everyone’s curious about what the play is all about.
4. The Final Page: Part Two
Season & Episode: Season 8, Episode 12
Episode Aired: Dec. 17, 2012
IMDb Rate: 9.3
In this episode, Ted tells Robin that Barney is proposing to Patrice (Robin’s co-worker) after he makes him promise not to tell anyone. Despite Robin being his date for his building’s opening, he makes the heartbreaking decision to allow her to stop Barney since he believes she’s still in love with him.
5. The Pineapple Incident
Season & Episode: Season 1, Episode 10
Episode Aired: Nov. 28, 2005
IMDb Rate: 9.1
Similar to the appeal of the entire TV series, the episode “The Pineapple Incident” is filled with mystery. Ted finds himself in bed with a woman after drinking so much the night before. The problem is that he has no memory of what happened, who the woman is, or how he even got home.
6. The Naked Man
Season & Episode: Season 4, Episode 9
Episode Aired: Nov. 24, 2008
IMDb Rate: 9.1
Barney is all about tricks and scams just to be with someone, and when the gang discovers a new move that works on Robin, everyone wants to try it out. Lily tried the bold move on Marshall, while Ted and Barney also tried it with their dates. Since the “naked man” claims it works 2 out of 3 times, one of them is bound to fail.
7. Game Night
Season & Episode: Season 1, Episode 15
Episode Aired: Feb. 27, 2006
IMDb Rate: 9.0
In the episode “Game Night,” Marshall hosts a night full of fun games but focuses on getting to know Ted’s new girlfriend, Victoria. The gang had to share one embarrassing story each to appease Barney, who went on a self-pity party after they watched the breakup tape he gave his ex-girlfriend.
8. Spoiler Alert
Season & Episode: Season 3, Episode 8
Episode Aired: Nov. 12, 2007
IMDb Rate: 9.0
In the “Spoiler Alert,” Ted introduced his new girlfriend, Cathy, to the gang, and no one seemed to like her. When Ted noticed this, he confronted his friends, who told him his girlfriend’s major flaw—she talks too much.
He gets his revenge on his friends by pointing out everyone’s flaws. The gang retaliates by pointing out Ted’s annoying habit of correcting everyone. m
9. Girls vs. Suits
Season & Episode: Season 5, Episode 12
Episode Aired: Jan. 11, 2010
IMDb Rate: 9.0
Barney is a “suits” man, and he’s known for always wearing suits, even his pajamas. When an attractive bartender starts working at the Maclaren’s pub, he sets his sights on her.
One major issue is that she hates anyone in a suit. So Barney has to decide whether to give up his suits just to get the girl.
10. Blitzgiving
Season & Episode: Season 6, Episode 10
Episode Aired: Nov. 22, 2010
IMDb Rate: 9.0
“Blitzgiving” follows the gang as they celebrate Thanksgiving with Ted leading the celebration with his “turducken” (a chicken, within a duck, within a turkey) and Marshall and Lily’s college friend nicknamed “The Blitz.” Everything ended in a disaster, and they were forced to celebrate it with Zoey, Ted’s enemy.
11. Swarley
Season & Episode: Season 2, Episode 7
Episode Aired: Nov. 6, 2006
IMDb Rate: 8.9
After Marshall and Lily’s breakup, the boys started frequenting this cafe, where the female barista, Chloe, made a move on Marshall. Barney and Ted cautioned him that she had crazy eyes.
On a side note, Chloe wrote the name “Swarley” on Barney’s cup, which became his new name throughout the episode.
12. How I Met Everyone Else
Season & Episode: Season 3, Episode 5
Episode Aired: Oct. 22, 2008
IMDb Rate: 8.9
In “How I Met Everyone Else,” the gang meets Ted’s new girlfriend, who wants to pretend they met sweetly rather than admit it was in an online game. She then asked everyone to recount how they met Ted and got jealous over everything, especially Robin.
13. Slapsgiving
Season & Episode: Season 3, Episode 9
Episode Aired: Nov. 19, 2007
IMDb Rate: 8.9
“Slapsgiving” is the episode that centers on Marshall and Barney’s running slap bet. Marshall tells Barney to prepare for Thanksgiving since the third slap in their slap bet will be given on that day. With Barney nervous, Marshall preoccupied, and Ted and Robin awkward, Lily, who prepared the entire celebration, has had enough.
14. Bad News
Season & Episode: Season 6, Episode 13
Episode Aired: Jan. 3, 2011
IMDb Rate: 8.9
The episode “Bad News” follows Marshall and Lily as they try their best to finally start a family. They get tested to make sure they have the tools to be parents. Barney even disguises as a doctor to “help.” In the end, they get the good news that both of them are in healthy condition, but they also receive bad news from Marshall’s family.
15. Tick Tick Tick
Season & Episode: Season 7, Episode 10
Episode Aired: Nov. 14, 2011
IMDb Rate: 8.9
The episode “Tick Tick Tick” follows Barney and Robin as they build up the courage to tell their partners, Nora (Barney’s girlfriend) and Kevin (Robin’s boyfriend, that they cheated on them with each other. They both plan to get back together afterward. While Barney could be honest with Nora, Robin failed to do the same and abandoned their plans.
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