Drumroll, Please
| "Drumroll, Please" | |
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| How I Met Your Mother episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 13 |
| Directed by | Pamela Fryman |
| Written by | Gloria Calderon Kellett |
| Production code | 1ALH12 |
| Original air date | January 23, 2006 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Ashley Williams (Victoria) |
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Ashley Williams (Victoria)
Virginia Williams (Claudia)
Matt Boren (Stuart)
"Drumroll, Please" is the 13th episode in the first season of the television series How I Met Your Mother. It originally aired on January 23, 2006.
The story resumes from the end of the previous episode: Ted, alone at his friends' wedding reception, disappointed after Robin is forced to cancel their date because of work, spots a pretty woman across the room. The next morning at the apartment, he tells Marshall and Lily that he had the most amazing night of his life, and begins to tell the story.
Ted approaches the pretty woman, who warns him that she never hooks up with people at weddings. Ted wins her over with some flirting, so she suggests a compromise: they will spend the rest of the wedding and an evening together, and then never see each other again, so that the future will never ruin it. They plan to use fake names — she says her name is Buttercup and Ted gives his as Lando Calrissian — but Barney immediately comes by the table and calls Ted by his name several times. They agree to tell each other only their first names (her name is Victoria) and not exchange any contact information. Lily and Marshall interrupt the story to tell Ted what a stupid idea that is, but Ted defends his decision, saying that they had a great time and because he will never see Victoria again the memory won't be ruined.
Returning to his story of the previous night, Ted steals a bottle of champagne and Victoria steals the bouquet, and they head to a ballroom in the hotel. After Victoria dances to Ted's piano accompaniment, the two almost kiss. Victoria says that they shouldn't kiss that night, that a bad kiss would ruin the romance of the evening. Instead they hover just shy of a kiss because the exciting part is the moment leading up to it. Marshall interrupts the story again and he and Lily reiterate that Ted is an idiot for not getting her number. While Ted initially defends the romance of their night together, he soon snaps and realizes that he will not rest until he sees Victoria again.
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