Definitions (How I Met Your Mother)
| "Definitions" | |
|---|---|
| How I Met Your Mother episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 1 |
| Directed by | Pamela Fryman |
| Written by |
Carter Bays Craig Thomas |
| Production code | 5ALH01 |
| Original air date | September 21, 2009 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
|
Brett Ryback (Guy) |
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Brett Ryback (Guy)
Kimberly Matula (Girl)
Abhi Sinha (Guy #2)
Laura Ornelas (Girl #2)
Dale E. Turner (Professor Calzonetti)
Joe Manganiello (Brad)
Michael Busch (Student)
"Definitions" is the first episode of the fifth season of the How I Met Your Mother TV series and 89th episode overall. It originally aired on September 21, 2009.
Future Ted explains how nervous he was his first day of teaching, when he was trying to figure out what kind of teacher he would be: formal disciplinarian or laid-back peer. Before the first class, Marshall gives Ted the gift of a worn leather fedora and whip, just like fictional college teacher Indiana Jones. That night, Ted has a dream about his first day. However, the dream quickly becomes a nightmare, causing Ted to wake in a panic and find Barney rifling through his nightstand for condoms.
At the first day of class, Ted quickly becomes anxious and alternates between being stern authority figure and laid-back buddy. Recalling his dream and deciding to take Barney's advice to not take any questions during the first class, Ted fails to learn from his students that he is in the wrong classroom. When the real professor arrives and announces that the class is for Economics, a humiliated Ted races across campus to his correct classroom. Exhausted and embarrassed, Ted doesn't have the energy to think about what kind of teacher he'll be, and simply starts teaching, which turns out well. Future Ted adds that the mother had been in the Economics class, though he does not reveal where she had been sitting.
Meanwhile, Barney and Robin have spent the summer having sex together, but without any discussion about their relationship ("the Talk"). After the events of "The Leap", Lily is ecstatic to have another couple to double date with, but the two quickly tell her they are not dating. They lie to the gang all summer while hooking up secretly. When confronted about their relationship, they admit they hate talking about feelings and defining relationships. Later that night, Marshall's law school buddy Brad ("World's Greatest Couple") asks Robin out on a date to a hockey game.
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