The Window (How I Met Your Mother)
| "The Window" | |
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| How I Met Your Mother episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 5 Episode 10 |
| Directed by | Pamela Fryman |
| Written by | Joe Kelly |
| Production code | 5ALH11 |
| Original air date | December 7, 2009 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Joanna García (Maggie) |
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Joanna García (Maggie)
Jamie Kaler (Jim)
Alec Medlock (Waiter)
Barbara Perry (Mrs. Douglas)
Matthew Moy (Louis)
Marieve Herington (Betty)
George Finn (Jamie)
Jay Lay (Nicest Guy in the World)
Michael Spellman (Adam)
"The Window" is the tenth episode of the fifth season of the CBS situation comedy How I Met Your Mother and 98th episode overall. It aired on Monday, December 7, 2009.
Marshall stops by Ted's apartment with a box of childhood memorabilia from his mother. Ted receives a call from an old woman telling him "the window is open", and races over to a woman's apartment a few blocks away. Later at MacLaren's, Ted explains that "the window" was the window of opportunity to date a woman named Maggie (Joanna García), who followed up every long-term relationship with a very short break, and then an even-longer relationship.
Ted had known Maggie, the "ultimate girl next door", since college, but she has always quickly found a new boyfriend after being single. After several failed attempts Ted begged Maggie's neighbor, Mrs. Douglas, to tell him the moment she was single again. Ted arranges to meet her at the bar, and is determined not to screw up this time to make sure she comes in contact with as few other men as possible, even ordering her a taxi with a female driver. Robin reminds Ted he still has to teach his evening class, and he is forced to leave Maggie with Marshall and Lily.
While his class counsels Ted on finding love, Marshall rifles through his childhood belongings at the bar. He finds a letter to himself from 1993. The rat-tailed, overalls-wearing 15-year-old insists that Future Marshall get an expensive vehicle, a hot wife, and that he never "sell out". Marshall mournfully reflects that his job at Goliath National Bank is the ultimate sell-out. He leaves MacLaren's, and Lily chases after him, leaving Maggie with Robin. Under Robin's watch, a coworker of Maggie's, named Jim, slips into the booth. Robin shamelessly flirts with Jim and butts in on his invitation to take Maggie to an art show, trying to keep him distracted. Robin passes Maggie off to Barney, who has dared himself to get laid wearing Marshall's old overalls. Ted races back to the bar, only to face Jim and Barney, who both want Maggie.
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