How I Met Your Mother / Season 4

Season 4 of How I Met Your Mother
Original title	How I Met Your Mother - Season 4
Episodes	24
Country of production	United States
First broadcast	September 22, 2008 - May 18, 2009 on CBS
German-language first broadcast	November 28, 2009 - February 20, 2010 on ProSieben
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The fourth season of the American sitcom How I Met Your Mother was shown from September 22, 2008 to May 18, 2009 on the station CBS in the first broadcast. The German-language premiere broadcast of the Free TV transmitter ProSieben on 28 November 2009 to the 20th of February, 2010.

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See also : cast of How I Met Your Mother

Role name	actor
Theodore "Ted" Evelyn Mosby	Josh Radnor
Marshall Eriksen	Jason Segel
Robin Charles Scherbatsky Jr.	Cobie Smulders
Barney Stinson	Neil Patrick Harris
Lily Aldrin	Alyson Hannigan

Episodes

No. ( total )	No. ( St. )	German title	Original title	First broadcast in the USA	German language first broadcast (D)	Director	script
65	1	Do we know each other?	Do I Know You?	22 Sep 2008	Nov 28, 2009	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas
After Stella accepts Ted's marriage proposal, he wants to get to know her better and learns that she has never seen Star Wars . Meanwhile, Barney tells Lily that he is in love with Robin, whereupon Lily arranges a date. However, Barney does not manage to confess his love to Robin, and he realizes that a steady relationship with her would be a mistake. After watching Star Wars, Stella lies to Ted that she likes the movie because it's very important to Ted.
66	2	The best burger in New York	The Best Burger in New York	29 Sep 2008	Nov 28, 2009	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas
At MacLaren's Pub, Marshall tells the others how he had the best burger in New York when he arrived in town. Then the five set off in search of the store. Eating "New York's Best Burger" seems very important to Marshall as he is frustrated with being unemployed. Meanwhile, Barney repeatedly promotes the Goliath National Bank. When the five believe they have found the store, it turns out that the burger joint has become a branch of the Goliath National Bank. Lily now also learns that Marshall has found a job at GNB contrary to his ideas. With the help of a man, they get the best burger in New York that evening.
67	3	I love new jersey	I Heart NJ	Oct 6, 2008	Dec 5, 2009	Pamela Fryman	Greg Malins
Because Ted spends most of his time on the train to meet Stella in New Jersey and his friends in New York, Stella invites his friends over. Although they hate New Jersey, they ultimately agree to visit. There is an argument between Ted and Stella: Ted doesn't want to move to New Jersey, Stella doesn't want to move to New York. Meanwhile, Robin quits the job at Metro News 1 because of a supposed position at a larger broadcaster, which only turns out to be a promise to a casting. After Ted and Stella are reconciled, Ted plans to move to New Jersey. Robin, who had previously quit her old job, will get a job as a foreign correspondent at the new station and will go to Japan.
68	4th	The old man and three moves	intervention	Oct 13, 2008	Dec 5, 2009	Pamela Fryman	Stephen Lloyd
Barney, disguised as an old man, wants to tear up a woman at MacLaren's, which he succeeds. Meanwhile, Ted, Marshall, Lily and Robin pack Robin into Japan and Marshall and Lily into their new apartment, as Ted is moving to live with Stella. While moving house, Ted finds a sealed letter addressed to him. In it, the friends advised him against marrying Stella so quickly. Ted and Marshall realize they don't want to move away. Lily and Robin don't want to move either. But then Ted realizes that it is a mistake not to move because life needs change. They swear they'd all come back to the bar in a year's time to have an expensive scotch, which they'll save for now.
69	5	Unwanted guests	Shelter Island	Oct 20, 2008	Dec 12, 2009	Pamela Fryman	Chris Harris
Ted and Stella want to celebrate their wedding on Shelter Island. All friends are invited, plus Robin, Ted and Toni's ex, Stella's ex and the father of their daughter. Stella doesn't want the ex-partners to be at the wedding and so Ted talks to Robin and Stella to Toni. Meanwhile, Barney is eager to sleep with Robin again. His plan was to get Robin drunk at Ted's wedding and end up in bed with her. However, before that he grabs the next one - Stella's sister, who actually wanted to get married on Shelter Island. After talking to Robin, Ted discovers a card that Stella wrote on the little table in his room. Stella leaves Ted in front of the altar and drives back to New York with Toni.
70	6th	Under the table	Happily Ever After	Nov 3, 2008	Dec 12, 2009	Pamela Fryman	Jamie Rhonheimer
After Ted's wedding disaster, Ted surprisingly recovers very quickly. The others do not understand his method of suppressing grief. He tries to avoid Stella and shows a map with all the places where Stella could be. When they are in a tapas shop that is actually outside the zone where Stella could be, Stella promptly walks in through the door. The five friends hide from her under the table and each one tells about people they would never want to see again, such as Lily's schoolmate Stinker, Barney's prison friend Bekka de Lucci or Robin's dad. Ted realizes that he should face his fear and talk to Stella. At this very moment Stella has disappeared and the friends follow her in a taxi. Ted knows exactly what to tell her, but when he sees Stella, Toni and their daughter, he realizes that they are made for each other and Ted is no longer angry.
71	7th	Not Father's Day	Not a Father's Day	Nov 10, 2008	Dec. 19, 2009	Pamela Fryman	Robia Rashid
Barney gets a call from a woman who says he is pregnant. That rekindles Marshall and Lily's desire to have children. Meanwhile, Barney learns that he will not be a father after all. Without further ado, he invents “Not Father's Day” for single men who like being childless. Meanwhile, Lily brings Ted and Robin to her place and asks them both if they are ready to become parents. Ted is for kids and Robin is against it. Lily is at a loss and gets drunk, whereupon she drives to Marshall's work and immediately wants a baby from him. Marshall brings her home and explains the next morning that he is not ready for children because of the job and finances. Barney realizes Non-Father's Day is only for losers who don't get a girlfriend, and he ends it.
72	8th	Woooo!	Woooo!	Nov 17, 2008	Dec. 19, 2009	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas
Lily and Robin want to go to their kindergarten colleague Jillian's birthday, but Jillian is very different than at work. She is a woooo girl! Robin joins this group of Woooo girls. Meanwhile, Ted is commissioned by Barney to design a design for the new headquarters of the GNB. However, this design was rejected, which is mainly Barney's fault, as he thinks the Swedish architecture collective SVEN is great. Lily tries to be included in the group of Woooo Girls until Robin has a serious conversation with her that Lily does not fit into this group. Robin explains that the Woooo-Girls “woooohen” because life doesn't offer them anything better.
73	9	Naked man	The Naked Man	Nov 24, 2008	Jan. 2, 2010	Pamela Fryman	Joe Kelly
When Ted arrives home, he finds a naked man who is on a date with Robin and wants to surprise her with his tactic called "the naked man" and get her to bed. The friends discover that “the naked man” has landed with Robin. While Marshall is disappointed that there are reasons for sex other than love, Barney is enthusiastic about this simple strategy and urges Ted to try the "naked man" on his planned date as well. When the date doesn't go well, Ted decides to comply and succeeds. Barney, on the other hand, is thrown naked from the apartment by the woman during his attempt. Robin invites the man on a second date to prove that she not only had sex with him because he was naked, but eventually lets go of him.
74	10	Wimps	The fight	Dec 8, 2008	Jan. 2, 2010	Pamela Fryman	Theresa Mulligan Rosenthal
The bartender Doug provokes an argument with two men who are sitting at the table of the five friends. He asks them to help him, whereby Ted and Barney get involved after a long discussion. Doug has beaten the men up alone in the meantime, but believes the victory is a communal act. Everyone is enthusiastic about the "tough men". But when the two are charged with assault, they admit that they were not involved and thus stab Doug in the back - there is an argument between them and Doug and Ted knocked out Ted . As it turns out, Marshall had earlier with his Brothers fought and in turn knocks Doug down.
75	11	In exile	Little Minnesota	Dec 15, 2008	Jan. 9, 2010	Pamela Fryman	Chuck Tatham
It's Christmas and Ted's younger sister, Heather, is visiting. Ted still sees them as a teenager and doesn't want to help them find a job or apartment. Barney, who has been keeping an eye on Heather for a long time, pretends that they are having an affair to show Ted how little he trusts both of them. Meanwhile, Marshall is introducing Robin to a "themed bar" dedicated to his home town of Minnesota. Robin pretends to come from there and settles in so well that the jealous Marshall betrays her Canadian origins. Eventually Robin finds a Canadian bar and Ted supports his sister.
76	12	Sex with the ex	Benefits	Jan. 12, 2009	Jan. 9, 2010	Pamela Fryman	Kourtney Kang
Ted and Robin's living together regularly ends in arguments. To avoid this, they decide to sleep together as an outlet. Barney, who is jealous, tries to keep the apartment in order to avoid any cause for argument. When Ted realizes that Barney is injured, he ends the affair with Robin.
77	13	Three days of snow	Three Days of Snow	Jan. 19, 2009	Jan. 16, 2010	Pamela Fryman	Matt Kuhn
Lily and Marshall want to break with their tradition of picking up each other with beer at the airport because they feel too grown up. Independently of each other, however, they decide in favor of this tradition. It's snowing and Barney and Ted are allowed to watch the bar. They see the chance to fulfill their dream of a bar without curfew and let guests in, but chaos breaks out and so they decide against a bar.
78	14th	The dancer's hip	The Possimpible	Feb 2, 2009	Jan. 16, 2010	Pamela Fryman	Jonathan Groff
Robin has to find a new job quickly, otherwise she has to go back to Canada. Barney offers to make an application video for her, just like he has one. When applying, all friends decide to delete an unnecessary fact from their résumé. Marshall has an injury called a dancer's hip that actually stems from the fact that he often dances in secret. Although Robin is not convinced by the application video, Barney can get her a job with it.
79	15th	The Stinsons	The Stinsons	March 2, 2009	Jan. 23, 2010	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas
The friends suspect that Barney has a girlfriend. When they investigate, they discover that Barney has hired an actress and a child actor to pretend to be Barney's wife and son so that Barney's mother will be happy with him. At dinner together, Ted kisses Barney's "wife" and Barney tells his mother the truth, who admits that she never liked the woman and is glad that Barney is not her husband.
80	16	Pantsless	Sorry bro	March 9, 2009	Jan. 23, 2010	Pamela Fryman	Craig Gerard & Matthew Zinman
Ted meets up again with his ex-girlfriend Karen, who previously cheated on Ted and who Lily and Marshall hate. Barney thinks it's very funny that Marshall left his pants at work and Barney cut up the new pants. It turns out that Karen has a boyfriend and is cheating on him with Ted. First Ted breaks up with her, but then meets with her again.
81	17th	The porch test	The Front Porch	March 16, 2009	Jan. 30, 2010	Rob Greenberg	Chris Harris
Karen breaks up with Ted over someone else's earring in his bed. Lily had put the earring there on purpose, as Karen failed the "veranda test": In this test, Lily imagines whether Ted's current girlfriend can still sit on a veranda with them when they are retired and whether it suits them. It turns out that Lily has sabotaged Ted's relationships on several occasions, including Robin. Barney discovers through Marshall how great a nightgown can be. Lily tells Karen the truth, whereupon she forgives Ted but tells him not to see Lily again. He then breaks up with Karen and gets along with Lily.
82	18th	Old King Clancy	Old King Clancy	March 23, 2009	Feb 6, 2010	Pamela Fryman	Jamie Rhonheimer
Ted's designs for the GNB are not well received. He's fired, but Barney and Marshall don't tell him. Instead, they pretend that Ted has a new boss and fool him with amateur actors. Lily is excited to find out which celebrity Robin was almost in bed with, who in the end turns out to be an unknown Canadian athlete. When he knows everything, Ted decides to go into business for himself.
83	19th	The Murtaugh List	Murtaugh	March 30, 2009	Jan. 30, 2010	Pamela Fryman	Joe Kelly
Ted has a Murtaugh List - a list that includes everything he feels too old to do. Barney wants to prove to Ted that he is not too old for any of these and begins to do everything on the list and soon has to admit that he is really too old for some of the things. Ted, on the other hand, tries to act like an old man. Marshall trains Lily's kindergarten group in basketball and, to Lily's horror, is very strict.
84	20th	Mosbius designs	Mosbius designs	Apr 13, 2009	Feb 6, 2010	Pamela Fryman	Kourtney Kang
Ted starts his own company, sets up an office in his own apartment and hires a secretary. When Robin begins an affair with him, a dispute breaks out over the young man. In the end, he quits and breaks up with Robin. Marshall tries to raise his profile at work in order not to be fired, which he succeeds.
85	21st	The three day rule	The Three Days Rule	Apr 27, 2009	Feb 13, 2010	Pamela Fryman	Greg Malins
Ted meets a woman and wants to call her directly. Barney says you have to wait three days and swaps the woman's phone number with his own. Ted, who thinks he is exchanging romantic texts with the woman, is now actually writing with Barney and Marshall. When he finds out, he turns the tables. The woman then turns out to be a failure.
86	22nd	In the right place at the right time	Right Place Right Time	May 4, 2009	Feb 13, 2010	Pamela Fryman	Stephen Lloyd
Ted meets Stella on a street corner and describes the little coincidences that all contributed to this meeting. Most notably, Robin's Food Poisoning, Marshall's Addiction to Statistics, and Barney's 200th Conquest, which is why Ted takes the exact path down the street where he meets Stella.
87	23	Reluctant help	As Fast as She Can	May 11, 2009	Feb 20, 2010	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas
Stella's husband Toni has a guilty conscience towards Ted and tries to get him a contract as an architect, but it doesn't work. Ted tells Toni that he doesn't want Stella back after what she did to him, which opens Toni's eyes, which is why he breaks up with Stella. Ted helps them get back together. Barney tries to talk his way out of a speeding ticket, which ends up going to jail.
88	24	The jump	The Leap	May 18, 2009	Feb 20, 2010	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas
Ted's first assignment, to his frustration, is to design a fast food restaurant. Marshall wants to jump from the roof of her house over the abyss to the neighbors on the roof. Because of the goat mentioned a season earlier, Ted ends up in the hospital, where Barney and Robin kiss after some back and forth. Ted does not get the contract for the fast food store and decides to become a lecturer. In the end, all friends dare to jump onto the neighboring roof.

Web links

• Episode list of the fourth season of How I Met Your Mother on fernsehserien.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ How I Met Your Mother Season 4 Episode Guide . tv.com. Retrieved December 22, 2010.
2. ↑ How I Met Your Mother: Broadcast dates for the TV series on ProSieben . fernsehserien.de. Retrieved January 14, 2011.