Big Days
| "Big Days" | |
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| How I Met Your Mother episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 6 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Pamela Fryman |
| Written by | Carter Bays & Craig Thomas |
| Production code | 6ALH01 |
| Original air date | September 20, 2010 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Rachel Bilson as Cindy |
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Rachel Bilson as Cindy
Kaylee DeFer as Cindy's Girlfriend
Bill Fagerbakke as Marvin Eriksen
Lou George as Bob
Bette Rae as Gertrude
Aaron Takahashi as Bill
"Big Days" is the first episode of the sixth season of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, and the 113th episode overall. It originally aired on September 20, 2010.
Future Ted pontificates on the important days in a relationship: "the day you meet the girl of your dreams, and the day you marry her." The audience is shown a church backyard, where Marshall brings Ted a beer, both men dressed in tuxedos. Marshall notices Ted is nervous by his habit of ripping the beer bottle labels. Flashing back to the present day at MacLaren's, Barney notices Ted doing the same thing as he sits grading papers. Amidst his work, Ted is nervous about a blonde girl at the bar he wants to approach, and Barney boosts his confidence before calling "."
While they argue, Robin walks into the bar, looking disheveled and holding a burger and a bag of fries. After being left by Don weeks earlier, she has sunk into a depression, neglecting to wash and completely letting herself go, even going as far as to swear Ted to not sleep with her (which he finds easier in her current state). She concurs with Ted that the girl is on a date, as she is reading a book. When Barney heckles her appearance, Robin decides to prove him wrong, so she returns to the apartment to clean up and returns to the bar in a sun dress (much to Barney's delight), before waving off a guy who hits on her.
Ted notices the girl (Kaylee DeFer) that he has been watching at the bar is standing next to Cindy (Rachel Bilson), the girl he had briefly dated from his school, and whose roommate Future Ted says is the eponymous mother. After their one date, Cindy had treated him badly when they met during the school day. Ted assumes that the woman at the bar is Cindy's roommate, and is determined to meet her. Cindy sees Ted and takes him aside, thanking him for helping her realize what she was looking for, and invites him to say goodbye to her before he leaves.
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