Lucky Penny

"Lucky Penny"
How I Met Your Mother episode
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 15
Directed by	Pamela Fryman
Written by	Jamie Rhonheimer
Production code	2ALH15
Original air date	February 12, 2007
Guest appearance(s)
Meredith Scott Lynn (Phyllis) John Rosenfeld (Guy) Kelly Perine (Fred)
Season 2 episodes
September 2006 – May 2007 "Where Were We?" "The Scorpion and the Toad" "Brunch" "Ted Mosby: Architect" "World's Greatest Couple" "Aldrin Justice" "Swarley" "Atlantic City" "Slap Bet" "Single Stamina" "How Lily Stole Christmas" "First Time in New York" "Columns" "Monday Night Football" "Lucky Penny" "Stuff" "Arrivederci, Fiero" "Moving Day" "Bachelor Party" "Showdown" "Something Borrowed" "Something Blue"

Meredith Scott Lynn (Phyllis)
John Rosenfeld (Guy)
Kelly Perine (Fred)

"Lucky Penny" is the 15th episode in the second season of the television series How I Met Your Mother and 37th overall. It originally aired on February 12, 2007.

Ted and Robin are running through the airport, trying to catch a plane to Chicago, where Ted has an interview with a large architecture firm for the job of running the company's New York branch. As they reach their gate, the attendant tells them they cannot get on the flight. They explain that Ted had to attend a court date that morning for jumping a subway turnstile, and she asks them to wait while she talks with the flight. While they wait, Robin suggests that their lateness was in fact Barney's fault.

The show then flashbacks a few months to when Marshall had just broken his toe. He is especially disappointed, as he had been training hard to run the New York City Marathon. Barney complains about his moaning, and states that running a marathon is easy, even without training. Marshall then bets Barney he cannot complete the marathon, and Barney—who has a gambling addiction—accepts the wager.

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