"The Bracket" | |
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How I Met Your Mother episode | |
Episode no. | Season 3 Episode 14 |
Directed by | Pamela Fryman |
Written by | Joe Kelly |
Production code | 3ALH14 |
Original air date | March 31, 2008 |
Guest appearance(s) | |
Chris Tallman (Mark) |
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Chris Tallman (Mark)
Maite Schwartz (Holly)
April Bowlby (Meg)
Dawn Olivieri (Anna)
Ken Barnett (Colton Dunn)
Brendan Patrick Connor (Janitor)
Yvonne DeLaRosa (Charna)
Katy Savoy (Karen)
Kathy Uyen (Julia)
Hallie Lambert (Kate)
Tess Alexandra Parker (Mysterious Woman)
"The Bracket" is the 14th episode in the third season of the television series How I Met Your Mother and 58th overall. It originally aired on March 31, 2008.
Barney attempts to track down and identify a woman who is stalking him in order to warn women he picks up from having sex with him. He narrows down a list of 64 women most likely to want revenge, then has the gang help him eliminate possibilities tournament style. Lily, the only person who has seen the stalker, forces him to confront his "final four," none of whom is the stalker, although the woman from "Ted Mosby: Architect" started tedmosbyisajerk.com, under the impression that Barney's identity is Ted's. Lily is irked by his refusal to apologize to the women he's hurt, Barney reasoning that they were consenting adults, he showed them a good time, and remembered each and every one - even going so far as to scrapbook each experience. Barney finally apologizes to a woman when he thinks that she is the avenger but he does not recall having slept with her. This turns out to be a friend of Robin's, but Lily nonetheless is proud of Barney for finally giving out a sincere apology. The woman isn't revealed, but Future Ted reassures that she will be revealed another time.