Double Date (How I Met Your Mother)
| "Double Date" | |
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| How I Met Your Mother episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 2 |
| Directed by | Pamela Fryman |
| Written by | Matt Kuhn |
| Production code | 5AlH02 |
| Original air date | September 28, 2009 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Alyssa Smith (April) |
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Alyssa Smith (April)
Lindsay Sloane (Jen)
Clyde Tull (Minister Giles)
Alyson Hannigan (Jasmine/Stripper Lily)
Rizwan Manji (Dr. Vikash)
Molly Prather (Judy)
"Double Date" is the second episode of the fifth season of the sitcom How I Met Your Mother, and the 90th episode overall. It originally aired on September 28, 2009.
Future Ted describes a date he went on in 2009, and the screen quickly changes to show a side-by-side shot of him preparing in 2009 and 2002. It turns out that Ted is about to go on a with Jen, a woman he went on another blind date with in 2002.
Meanwhile, the rest of the gang grapples with relationship questions. Though Barney claims to have tickets to an origin of Chewbacca exhibit, which Marshall is genuinely excited about, they instead head to the Lusty Leopard strip bar, where Marshall is uncomfortable because he considers fantasies cheating. He explains to Barney that every time he wants to fantasize, he must create an elaborate scenario where Lily must die of a terminal illness. While they discuss this, Jasmine (Alyson Hannigan) — a stripper who looks exactly like Lily — appears on stage, exciting Barney to no end.
After going to exactly the same restaurant and exchanging the same dialogue, including a pun about shellfish that Jen describes as "really bad", Ted and Jen realize they are repeating their blind date from seven years ago. They remember that the date was horrible, from Ted's snobbish behavior to Jen's obsession with her cats and her ex-boyfriend. Frightened by the prospect of having to date everyone in New York City again, they decide to retrace their steps to find the mistakes of the first date.
Barney and Marshall return to MacLaren's and tell Robin and Lily about Lily's doppelgänger. It is also revealed that the gang has seen two other doppelgängers; a butch "Lesbian Robin", and "Mustache Marshall", Hispanic lawyer Señor Justicia. Lily is excited about the find, but Robin gets mad about Barney going to a strip club. Barney makes Marshall tell Lily about his death fantasies that he uses to justify thinking about other women.
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