How Your Mother Met Me
| "How Your Mother Met Me" | |
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| How I Met Your Mother episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 9 Episode 16 |
| Directed by | Pamela Fryman |
| Written by | Carter Bays & Craig Thomas |
| Original air date | January 27, 2014 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Andrew Rannells (Darren) |
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Andrew Rannells (Darren)
Ahna O'Reilly (Kelly)
Adam Paul (Mitch; the naked man)
Roger Bart (Curtis)
Lou Ferrigno Jr. (Louis)
Rachel Bilson (Cindy)
Robert Belushi (Linus)
"How Your Mother Met Me" is the sixteenth episode of the ninth season of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother and the 200th episode overall. This is the only episode of the series in which the episode title was used instead of the usual opening that featured the cast and series's title.
The plot is mainly focused on Cristin Milioti's role as The Mother, and how some of her life events coincide with those of Ted's and the rest of the gang.
The episode has been very well received by viewers and critics, with some calling it the best episode of Season 9.
At MacLaren's Pub in September 2005, a woman passes by Barney and Ted as they get ready for another round of "Have you met Ted?" It turns out that the woman, Kelly, went to the wrong MacLaren's Pub and takes a cab to another MacLaren's on the East Side to join The Mother (her roommate) on her 21st birthday. She awaits the arrival of her boyfriend Max only to receive a call informing her of his death. After the funeral service, she returns to the apartment to open Max's last gift to her—a ukulele.
At St Patrick's Day three years later, Kelly encourages The Mother to go out and date again, bringing her to the same bar where Ted and Barney are celebrating. The two women run into Mitch, her old orchestra instructor who was then a music teacher at a Bronx public school. Inspired by his work, The Mother offers Mitch her cello and they head back to her apartment to get it. However, The Mother prepares the cello only to see Mitch pull off The Naked Man. She is disgusted at his move, but remembers her yellow umbrella at the bar and goes out to get it, leaving behind Kelly (who earlier rebuffed Barney at the bar) to have sex with Mitch. She learns that a "super inconsiderate person" (Ted) took the umbrella. The Mother expresses her desire to end poverty by taking up economics in college.
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