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How I Met Your Mother Season 4

How I Met Your Mother

Season 4

September 22, 2008 24 episodes

Loaded with irresistible laughter and filled with outrageous fun, there's just one word for the hit comedy How I Met Your Mother: Awesomeness! From dating dilemmas to career conundrums, the recently engaged Ted and his feisty friends find themselves at the crossroads of young adult life. While newlyweds Marshall and Lily contemplate parenthood, single gal Robin explores the advantages of having "friends with benefits." Meanwhile, the irrepressible, opinionated Barney continues his hilariously dogged pursuit of the fairer sex. As for Ted, his Miss Right is out there, but amid bar brawls and blizzards, how will he ever find her?

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Do I Know You?
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E1. Do I Know You?

23m Sep 22, 2008

Ted and Stella get engaged, but Ted soon learns that he doesn't know anything about her. Meanwhile, Barney confesses to Lily that he's in love with Robin.

The Best Burger in New York
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E2. The Best Burger in New York

23m Sep 29, 2008

Marshall 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.

I Heart NJ
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E3. I Heart NJ

23m Oct 6, 2008

When Stella's babysitter cancels, a night out turns into the gang hanging out at her place, and Ted talks up New Jersey... until he learns Stella wants him to move there after marriage.

Intervention
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E4. Intervention

23m Oct 13, 2008

When Ted is packing his stuff for his move to New Jersey, he discovers that the gang was going to hold an intervention for his engagement to Stella and demands they hold it anyway.

Shelter Island
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E5. Shelter Island

23m Oct 20, 2008

Ted and Stella move up their wedding date, but the wedding may not go off as planned after Ted breaks the "No Exes Rule" and invites Robin to come in from Japan for the wedding.

Happily Ever After
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E6. Happily Ever After

21m Nov 3, 2008

A serendipitous meeting with someone from his past has Ted thinking about how he would handle running into someone he would prefer to forget.

Not a Father's Day
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E7. Not a Father's Day

23m Nov 10, 2008

Barney creates a holiday to celebrate not being a father. Meanwhile, Lily and Marshall are considering having a baby, but Lily first wants advice from Ted and Robin.

Woooo!
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E8. Woooo!

23m Nov 17, 2008

A birthday party for one of Lily's co-workers leads to Robin connecting with a group of single partiers known as the "Woo Girls". Ted presents a plan for Goliath National Bank's new HQ.

The Naked Man
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E9. The Naked Man

21m Nov 24, 2008

The gang learns a new way to get their dates to sleep with them after Ted walks in on Robin's date sitting naked on the couch.

The Fight
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E10. The Fight

21m Dec 8, 2008

Ted (to prove he's not a milquetoast) and Barney (to impress Robin) pick a fight with a group of guys sitting in the gang's favorite booth at MacLaren's.

Little Minnesota
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E11. Little Minnesota

21m Dec 15, 2008

Ted tries to keep his irresponsible sister from hooking up with Barney during her trip to New York, and Robin starts hanging out with Marshall at a bar for Minnesotans, not telling them that she's really Canadian.

Benefits
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E12. Benefits

21m Jan 12, 2009

Ted and Robin discover that sex with each other solve their fights as roommates, which makes Barney very jealous and angry. Meanwhile, Marshall reveals that he's too embarrassed to use the office bathroom.

Three Days of Snow
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E13. Three Days of Snow

23m Jan 19, 2009

Lily and Marshall try to continue their airport reunion tradition. Barney and Ted offer to keep MacLaren's open during a blizzard so they can meet up with some college girls.

The Possimpible
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E14. The Possimpible

21m Feb 2, 2009

Robin, desperate to find a job before she is deported, agrees to let Barney produce a video resume for her.

The Stinsons
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E15. The Stinsons

23m Mar 2, 2009

The gang thinks that Barney must have a secret girlfriend after noticing his bizarre behavior.

Sorry, Bro
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E16. Sorry, Bro

23m Mar 9, 2009

Marshall and Lily are less than thrilled when they hear that Ted's college girlfriend (Laura Prepon) has moved to New York.

The Front Porch
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E17. The Front Porch

23m Mar 16, 2009

Ted learns that not only did Lily plant another woman's earring in his bed for Karen to find, she has meddled in some of his other relationships as well.

Old King Clancy
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E18. Old King Clancy

21m Mar 23, 2009

Marshall and Barney lie to keep Ted from finding out the headquarters he'd been hired to design for GNB has been cancelled.

Murtaugh
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E19. Murtaugh

21m Mar 30, 2009

When Barney learns Ted has a list of things he thinks the gang is too old to do, he sets out to do every task within 24 hours in order to prove Ted wrong.

Mosbius Designs
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E20. Mosbius Designs

22m Apr 13, 2009

Ted goes out on his own as an architect and hires an intern to help get things started, but the intern gets a little too close to others in the gang.

The Three Days Rule
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E21. The Three Days Rule

23m Apr 27, 2009

Ted breaks one of Barney and Marshall's relationship rules, texting a woman he recently met, so the pair play a joke on Ted by pretending to be the woman.

Right Place, Right Time
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E22. Right Place, Right Time

21m May 4, 2009

Ted ponders how being in the right place at the right time can impact a person's life; Barney celebrates his 200th female conquest.

As Fast as She Can
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E23. As Fast as She Can

23m May 11, 2009

Ted is trying to find a new job, and when an old acquaintance tries to help nothing goes as planned. Barney tries to smooth talk his way out of a ticket.

The Leap
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E24. The Leap

23m May 18, 2009

Ted is trying to keep his architecture firm afloat by doing an all-nighter, but Marshall tries to lure him to the roof for a surprise 31st birthday party, on the fourth season finale.

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