My Top 5 How I Met Your Mother Episodes From Each Season
This list is a work in progress. I'm a huge fan of the show so I decided to go back and determine my personal Top 5 episodes from each season.
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- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersAfter an alcohol-induced blackout, Ted awakens to find a strange woman and a pineapple in his bed.Season 1 episode 10
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersMarshall and Lily enter a Halloween costume party and Robin brings her new boyfriend. Ted and Barney go to the same Halloween party they go to every year where Ted looks for his lost love, the Slutty Pumpkin.Season 1 episode 6
- CreatorCarter BaysCraig ThomasStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersA father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.Season 1 episode 1: Pilot
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersRobin, Ted, and Barney go to a hot new club, leaving the engaged Marshall and Lily to a more adult, albeit boring, evening of wine tasting.Season 1 episode 5
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersLily moves in with Marshall and Ted, and when Ted suspects that he's being edged out of the apartment, he and Marshall decide to settle it like men.Season 1 episode 8
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersThe guys tell Marshall to stay away from his new date because she has "crazy eyes," but she couldn't be any crazier than Lily after she learns that Marshall's going out on his first new date.Season 2 episode 7
- DirectorRob GreenbergStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersEverybody misses the Super Bowl because of a funeral. Therefore, they all try to go 24 hours without finding out who won so that they can watch the game together on Monday night.Season 2 episode 14
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersThe gang discovers that Robin's been hiding a huge secret, but they have no idea what it is. Marshall thinks she is married, and Barney thinks she was a porn star.Season 2 episode 9
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersMarshall and Lily elope to Atlantic City, but they discover that getting married in Atlantic City isn't as easy as getting married in Las Vegas.Season 2 episode 8
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersWhen Ted misses his important business trip to Chicago, he tries to trace his steps back to the original incident that triggered the series of events that made him miss the flight.Season 2 episode 15
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersOne of Barney's exes is sabotaging his love life, but he doesn't know who. So he makes a NCAA Basketball Tournament-style bracket to figure out which women he wronged the worst.Season 3 episode 14
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersThe guys shatter Ted's impressions of his new girlfriend by telling him she talks too much. Ted responds by turning the tables on his friends, and they react by pointing out Ted's worst flaw.Season 3 episode 8
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersTed has a chance for a threesome with two women, but Barney and Lily try to sabotage it. Meanwhile, Robin's date also goes better than expected, if only she can find a razor.Season 3 episode 3
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersBarney finds a new wingman to replace Ted, but he's painfully shy and awkward around women. Meanwhile Ted discovers that his new girlfriend Stella hasn't had sex in 5 years.Season 3 episode 18
- 2005–201422mTV-PG8.1 (3.9K)TV EpisodeDirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersRobin gives romance a second try with an old boyfriend, only to have him break her heart...again.Season 3 episode 16
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersWhen the gang learns that a bold, desperation date move got Robin into bed, Ted and Barney decide to try it out for themselves.Season 4 episode 9
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersBarney tries to do all the items on Ted's "I'm too old for this stuff" list while Marshall's over-competitive side comes out when he coaches Lily's kindergarten basketball team.Season 4 episode 19
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersTed meets with his ex-girlfriend from college--a girlfriend who cheated on him constantly and Marshall and Lily can't stand, and Marshall tells the story about how he forgot to bring his pants to work.Season 4 episode 16
- 2005–201430mTV-PG8.4 (4.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersMarshall claims that he had the best hamburger in the world during his first week in New York City, but he forgot where the burger joint is located. The gang then hits the streets of Manhattan to help him find it.Season 4 episode 2
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersStella's boyfriend Tony breaks up with her after having a conversation with Ted, prompting Stella to come back to Ted with a surprising request.Season 4 episode 23
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersWhen Barney hooks up with a woman Lily had been saving for Ted, she gets revenge by stealing his "playbook," which contains all the moves he uses to pick up women. But will Barney have the last laugh?Season 5 episode 8
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersBarney runs into problems when he displays his cell phone number during the Super Bowl, Ted asks Marshall and Lily to arrange a marriage for him, and Robin thinks that her co-anchor has asked her out on a date.Season 5 episode 15
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersAfter the guys discover that Robin deliberately got Barney hooked up with an incompatible female writer, they find out that that they didn't realize that Robin hasn't been handling their breakup very well.Season 5 episode 17
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersTed is livid when he discovers that the man Stella left Ted for at the altar wrote a blockbuster movie about the incident, and portrays Ted as the bumbling, mean-spirited bad guy.Season 5 episode 23
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersBarney chooses between wearing suits and sleeping with a sexy bartender. Meanwhile, Ted gets ever closer to meeting "the mother".Season 5 episode 12
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersTed and Zoey's feud continues during a fundraiser at the Museum of Natural History. Meanwhile, Marshall confesses to Lily that he enjoys his job at GNB, and a prank by Barney and Robin may lead Barney to his real father.Season 6 episode 8
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersWhile Barney finds a new video from Robin's Canadian teen star past, Lily fears that a baby could come between her friendship with Robin. Meanwhile, Ted's obnoxious old friend, "Punchy," comes from Cleveland for a visit.Season 6 episode 9
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersMarshall suspects that he is the reason Lily can't get pregnant after meeting a fertility doctor who also happens to be Barney's doppelganger. Meanwhile, Robin's embarrassing past is revealed at work by her former co-anchor.Season 6 episode 13
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersThe gang tries to support Marshall and Lily tries to help his mom during Marshall's father's funeral, but Marshall becomes preoccupied when he discovers that he has one final voicemail message from him.Season 6 episode 14
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersWhen Ted leaves the bar early to prepare a Thanksgiving feast for his friends, the gang winds up partying all night with The Blitz, an old friend from college who has bad luck. As a result, Ted is forced to spend Thanksgiving with Zoey.Season 6 episode 10
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersWhile Barney prepares for his wedding to a mystery bride, he and Ted reminisce about Punchy's wedding, including when Marshall and Lily announced they were having a baby. Meanwhile, Robin considers telling Barney she has feelings for him.Season 7 episode 1
- DirectorRob GreenbergStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersAt the Architect's Ball, Ted runs into Victoria, who tells him that she's getting married. Meanwhile, Barney places an unlikely wager with Marshall and Lily in order to see Lily's breasts.Season 7 episode 3
- 2005–201422mTV-PG8.7 (4.3K)TV EpisodeDirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersTed makes a fateful phone call to his old girlfriend Victoria, Barney's magic trick gets him in trouble with airport security just as he's about to leave on a trip with Quinn, and Robin tries to take the perfect birth announcement photo.Season 7 episode 24
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersTed tries to choose a date for the Architect's Ball, an embarrassing Internet video could cost Marshall a new job, and Barney makes a bold move to prove to Nora that he's a changed man.Season 7 episode 2
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersAs Ted, Marshall, and Barney get together for their triennial viewing of the original Star Wars trilogy, Ted begins to question if he will ever end up where he wants to be - especially now that Barney and Quinn are getting serious.Season 7 episode 20
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersTed and Marshall turn Barney's bachelor party into the worst night of his life, or is that exactly what they want him to believe?Season 8 episode 22
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersRobin's past as a Canadian pop star is revisited when Barney uncovers the lost episode of a music documentary series in which she was featured as Robin Sparkles. Marshall and Lily have some concerns about Ted's latest girlfriend.Season 8 episode 15
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersMarshall gets in the doghouse at work after he recommends a friend for a job, Robin helps Barney find a new strip club, and Ted is embarrassed after watching his video diary from college.Season 8 episode 7
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersWhen Ted receives an unexpected call from The Captain, the gang reminisced about their last awkward encounter with him.Season 8 episode 17
- DirectorPamela FrymanStarsJosh RadnorJason SegelCobie SmuldersBarney is forced to break out "The Playbook" one final time to keep Ted from getting back together with Jeanette and taking her to his wedding, and Marshall embarrasses Lily at an art exhibition.Season 8 episode 18