Nannies (How I Met Your Mother)
| "Nannies" | |
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| How I Met Your Mother episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 8 Episode 3 |
| Directed by | Pamela Fryman |
| Written by | Chuck Tatham |
| Featured music | "I Do I Do" by Charlie Mars |
| Original air date | October 8, 2012 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Chris Elliott (Mickey Aldrin) |
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Chris Elliott (Mickey Aldrin)
Kim Shaw (Julie Jorgenson)
Jane Carr (Mrs. Buckminster)
Ashley Williams (Victoria)
Michael Trucco (Nick)
"Nannies" is the third episode of the eighth season of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, and the 163rd episode overall.
With Marshall and Lily's parental leave about to expire, the two scramble to find a nanny to take care of baby Marvin, while Barney goes back to his womanizing ways to get over his recent breakup with Quinn, organizing a festival called "Bangtoberfest" to pick up women. Lily's father, Mickey, who has moved in temporarily with the family after his house was destroyed by a fire (the incident was later featured in Robin's newscast) makes repeated offers to care for Marvin, which Lily refuses, partly due to her childhood issues with him. Robin offers to babysit Marvin with Nick, and she and Ted wind up arguing about whose relationship is better. Both attempt to outdo the other by pointing out benefits in their own relationships.
In their search for a nanny, an elderly British woman named Mrs. Buckminster quickly emerges as the leading candidate, until they realize that they cannot afford her salary demands. After fruitless searches over a nanny agency's website, the second favorite nanny who comes from the same town as Marshall seems like a perfect match, but after her last interview of the day tells them that she won't be becoming a nanny because she met a rich man. Lily and Marshall immediately realize it was Barney, but when they meet her at his apartment, she refuses to be a nanny for people who are friends with such a person. Barney then explains he only used her as part of a plan to pick up women: he added children's toys to his apartment and used the same nanny hire website Lily used so he could try to seduce young women under the guise of a widower seeking a nanny for his child. Furious at Barney, they leave. Mrs. Buckminster returns to them later, stating that Barney paid her salary in remorse for chasing off their nanny. All seems well until Lily's anxiety at leaving Marvin with a stranger gets the better of her. She irrationally decides to fire Mrs. Buckminster on the spot, despite Marshall's attempts to calm her down.
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