How I Met Your Mother / Season 1

Season 1 of How I Met Your Mother
Original title	How I Met Your Mother - Season 1
Episodes	22nd
Country of production	United States
First broadcast	September 19, 2005 - May 15, 2006 on CBS
German-language first broadcast	September 13, 2008 - November 29, 2008 on ProSieben
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The first season of the American sitcom How I Met Your Mother was first broadcast from September 19, 2005 to May 15, 2006 on CBS . The German-language first broadcast was on the German free TV channel ProSieben from September 13 to November 29, 2008.

actor

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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
1	1	In love, engaged, failed	pilot	19 Sep 2005	13 Sep 2008	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas
In 2030 Ted would like to tell his children in detail how he met their mothers. The story starts in 2005 when Marshall makes a marriage proposal to Lily, which she accepts. Ted also wants to finally find his future wife. At MacLaren's, he and Barney meet the newscaster Robin, whom Ted immediately falls for. They get along well and have a successful first date, which ends abruptly and without a kiss because Robin is called to a story. Ted wants to nail it and steals the blue horn for her from the restaurant where they had their first date. He makes his way to Robin's apartment. Ted confesses his love for Robin, which seems daunting to Robin. After Ted leaves, he ponders whether he missed the sign for the first kiss. Again in the future one learns that Robin is not the mother of the children.
2	2	The purple giraffe	Purple giraffe	26 Sep 2005	13 Sep 2008	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas
After Robin's rejection, Ted decides not to see Robin again, but later he meets her in the bar while talking to Lily. He decides to have a party to get another date with Robin. After Robin did not show up at the first party, he celebrates a second and Robin does not show up at this either, which leads to a third party. At the third party, Robin and Ted decide to continue to be friends.
3	3	Women, aviators, freedom	Sweet Taste of Liberty	Oct 3, 2005	Sep 20 2008	Pamela Fryman	Phil Lord & Chris Miller
Barney and Ted try to pick up women at the airport. After a few unsuccessful attempts, they end up with two young girls on their way to Philadelphia. Without further ado, Barney procures two plane tickets there. Meanwhile, Lily realizes in the bar that she is not as much a man magnet as Robin. Finally she finds a flirt partner, but unfortunately it turns out that he is gay.
4th	4th	Good old shirt	Return of the shirt	Oct 10, 2005	Sep 20 2008	Pamela Fryman	Kourtney Kang
Ted goes to his ex-girlfriend Natalie, whom he left three years ago on her birthday, in order to rebuild a relationship with her. This time, Ted wants to do everything better and makes up his mind to act more adult in the relationship. Barney passes the time giving Robin tasks that she should do in her live moderation in order to collect money.
5	5	Of dancers and pigeons	Okay awesome	Oct 17, 2005	27 Sep 2008	Pamela Fryman	Chris Harris
Robin has made guest list spots in the hippest club in town. Robin, Ted and Barney have an eventful evening ahead of them. Lily and Marshall, on the other hand, prefer to spend the evening the way it should be for an engaged couple: at home with other couples. But Marshall soon fled, and Lilly followed him.
6th	6th	The pumpkin slut	Slutty pumpkin	Oct 24, 2005	27 Sep 2008	Pamela Fryman	Brenda Hsueh
Since Ted met a nice woman a few years ago at a rooftop party, but has lost her number, he goes to the same rooftop party every year on Halloween to meet her again. Marshall and Lily try to win the award for the best costume at MacLaren's with their " Pirates of the Caribbean " costumes. Meanwhile, the relationship between Robin and her new boyfriend Mike fails due to Robin's bad behavior.
7th	7th	Cockroach loves mouse	Matchmaker	Nov 7, 2005	Oct 4, 2008	Pamela Fryman	Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil
Barney convinces Ted to sign up with a dating agency just to get on dates. After the computer finds Ted's dream woman, it realizes that she is already taken. Ted gains access to her data and goes looking for her himself. Lily and Marshall encounter a creepy animal in the apartment.
8th	8th	The duel	The Duel	Nov 14, 2005	Oct 4, 2008	Pamela Fryman	Gloria Calderon Kellett
When Lily returns to her apartment three months later, she discovers that there is now a Chinese restaurant there. Without further ado, Ted invites her to live with him and Marshall. After Lily changes a lot, Ted changes his mind. A saber fight breaks out between Ted and Marshall, which ends abruptly when a saber pierces Lily. Robin isn't happy with Barney's idea that after five minutes on one date, Barney will know if he'd like a second. To prove Barney wrong, she goes on a date with a man who isn't actually her type. But against her will, the date ends in an emergency. Robin gets a call that Lily has had an accident and leaves the date.
9	9	Benefits and misdeeds	Belly Full of Turkey	Nov 21, 2005	Oct 11, 2008	Pamela Fryman	Phil Lord & Chris Miller
On Thanksgiving , Robin and Ted decide to help distribute the food to the homeless. There they meet Barney. It turns out that Barney has been arrested for urinating in public and is doing community service. At Marshall's parents' house, after various remarks by Marshall's mother about being a mother, Lily flees to the nearest supermarket and buys a pregnancy test. Since there are no toilets there, she goes behind the house and is promptly arrested. In jail, it is revealed to Marshall and Lily that Lily is not pregnant.
10	10	The pineapple incident	The Pineapple Incident	Nov 28, 2005	Oct 11, 2008	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas
Ted wakes up in the morning with a hangover next to a woman. Only through the stories of his friends does it become clear what happened the previous evening. At first everyone thinks the woman is Robin, whom Ted had phoned drunk several times, but she is a woman from the bar, Trudy. Robin then appears to speak to Ted about the nightly calls. To show Robin that he's over her, he wants to introduce her to Trudy, who has already disappeared.
11	11	New Years Eve mood	The soda	Dec 19, 2005	Oct 18, 2008	Pamela Fryman	Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil
To give his friends something special for New Year's Eve, Ted rents a stretch limousine . He plans to attend five parties with them within three hours. Between the different parties, the friends lose each other several times and meet a man they think is Moby . Shortly before midnight everyone finds each other again and Robin's new boyfriend shows up too, so that Ted doesn't have anyone to kiss and gets out of the car disappointed. Robin follows him and kisses him, because she had promised him.
12	12	Wedding guest plus one	The Wedding	Jan. 9, 2006	Oct 18, 2008	Pamela Fryman	Kourtney Kang
Shortly after Ted learns that Robin has broken up with her boyfriend, he invites her to his friends Claudia and Stuart's wedding. A dispute breaks out between the future couple about whether Ted can bring a guest he has not reserved until they finally split up. After they have persuaded Stuart, Ted and Marshall go with him to the bar, where he gets along with Claudia again and, even after a few drinks, she agrees that Robin can come to the wedding. When Ted wants to pick up Robin on the evening of the wedding, she receives a call that she has to represent a newscaster, which she also accepts, so that Ted goes to the wedding alone.
13	13	Dream and reality	Drumroll, please	Jan. 23, 2006	Oct 25, 2008	Pamela Fryman	Gloria Calderon Kellett
Still at Stuart and Claudia's wedding, Ted meets a woman who introduces herself as Victoria. Since she and Ted both agree that acquaintances made at weddings can't lead to relationships, they decide to have a great evening and never see each other again afterwards. So they don't exchange phone numbers and use false names. Ted later regrets this decision and calls Claudia to ask about Victoria. At the same time Marshall wants to know from her where the cake at the wedding came from because it was so good. However, Claudia replies that there was no guest named Victoria at the wedding. Finally, Robin explains to him that she saw him and Victoria that evening and learned that Victoria works in a bakery and made the cake for the wedding. When Ted arrives at the bakery, they hug and kiss.
14th	14th	Just don't rush anything	Zip, zip, zip	Feb 6, 2006	Oct 25, 2008	Pamela Fryman	Brenda Hsueh
Although they've been together for a few weeks, Ted and Victoria haven't had sex yet. One evening Victoria decides to speed things up and goes with Ted to his supposedly empty apartment. However, there are Lily and Marshall who, contrary to their original plans, have decided to spend the ninth anniversary of their relationship at home. When Ted and Victoria arrive, Marshall and Lily hide in the bathroom so as not to disturb them. Meanwhile, Robin hangs out with Barney as his "bro", they go to a cigar bar and play laser tag . When Barney finally tries to seduce her, Robin gets angry and admits that she still has feelings for Ted.
15th	15th	Game night	Game night	Feb. 27, 2006	Nov 8, 2008	Pamela Fryman	Chris Harris
Ted wants his friends and Victoria to get to know each other. He asks his buddies not to tell anything about Robin. When they meet, Marshall suggests that they try a game he has developed in which one has to reveal intimate things. While each of the friends one after the other tells his most embarrassing experience, Barney's story shows for the first time details about how he went from being a stupid hippie to being a seductive heartbreaker in a suit.
16	16	Tailor-made	Cupcake	March 6, 2006	Nov 8, 2008	Pamela Fryman	Maria Farrari
Victoria accepts a job offer from Germany. She and Ted don't know if they want a long distance relationship. Marshall has an interview at NRDC and needs a new suit. Barney accompanies him to his tailor. Lily tries on some wedding dresses even though she couldn't afford a single one. She accidentally sits down in a cake and has to pay for the expensive dress. In addition, Marshall has to pay $ 4,000 for the suit and so decides to work with Barney to pay off his and Lily's debts. At the airport, Ted and Victoria decide to have a long-distance relationship.
17th	17th	Life among gorillas	Life Among the Gorillas	March 20, 2006	Nov 15, 2008	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas
Due to financial problems, Marshall works for the company that also employs Barney. The behavior of the other employees does not correspond to Marshall's at all. However, he wants to adapt and changes his style, which Lily doesn't like at all. However, the two find each other again at a karaoke evening, at which Barney and other colleagues are also present. Meanwhile, Ted is waiting for a call from his girlfriend. At the end of the episode, Robin calls him and asks if he would like to come to her.
18th	18th	The decent one	Nothing Good Happens After 2 AM	Apr 10, 2006	Nov 15, 2008	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas
Because Ted still hasn't received a call from Victoria, he finally drives to Robin. He tells her that he broke up with Victoria. While he's in the bathroom, Victoria calls, Robin answers the phone and they both realize that Ted lied to them. Robin throws Ted out of her apartment and Victoria breaks up.
19th	19th	A nice whore	Mary the Paralegal	Apr 24, 2006	Nov 22, 2008	Pamela Fryman	Chris Harris
Robin is supposed to receive an award for a journalistic work and invites her friends to this celebration. Ted and Robin want to make each other jealous. Barney says he hired a prostitute for Ted for the evening. Ted finds the woman nice to his surprise, but when he asks her about her job, it turns out that Barney had lied, which is why the woman reacts indignantly when Ted calls her a "whore".
20th	20th	Just two months	Best Prom Ever	May 1, 2006	Nov 22, 2008	Pamela Fryman	Ira Ungerleider
Lily and Marshall surprisingly got a wedding date in two months. Lily is suddenly no longer sure whether she wants to marry Marshall. The friends sneak in at a high school party to hear a band that might play at the wedding.
21st	21st	The super date	Milk	May 8, 2006	Nov 29, 2008	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas
The dating agency finds Ted's perfect dream woman. Meanwhile, Barney and Marshall, who is doing an internship at Barney's company, play a prank on a man named Butterfield, who then takes revenge. Lily calls Ted because she broke down. She wants to go to an interview for a scholarship. After Ted changes the tire, Lily drives away, leaving Ted in nowhere. Ted is picked up by Robin and driven back to New York. When he gets home, Ted realizes that his dream wife is Robin and doesn't go on his date. Lily decides against the scholarship.
22nd	22nd	Last try	Come on	May 15, 2006	Nov 29, 2008	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas
Ted plans to be with Robin again. That's why he surprises her in her apartment with a string quartet with blue instruments. But they argue, and Robin tells Ted that she will go camping with her work colleague Sandy on the weekend. He wonders how he can prevent this excursion and wants an ex-girlfriend of Barney's to teach him a rain dance. Marshall learns that Lily has enrolled in an art school even though they are getting married soon. Ted tries to create precipitation on the roof by the rain dance. Finally it rains and he drives to Robin - they become a couple. When Ted comes home the next day, he sees Marshall sitting on the stairs of his house in the rain, Lily's engagement ring in hand.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ How I Met Your Mother Season 1 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.