How I Met Your Mother / Season 8

Season 8 of How I Met Your Mother
Original title	How I Met Your Mother - Season 8
Episodes	24
Country of production	United States
First broadcast	September 24, 2012 - May 13, 2013 on CBS
German-language first broadcast	April 17, 2013 - August 28, 2013 on ProSieben
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The eighth season of the American sitcom How I Met Your Mother had its first broadcast from September 24, 2012 to May 13, 2013 on CBS . The German-language premiere broadcast of the Free TV transmitter ProSieben from 17 April to 28 August, 2013.

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	D quotas
161	1	Farhampton	Farhampton	Sep 24 2012	Apr 17, 2013	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas	1.63 million
The first episode of the eighth season begins with a preview of Robin and Barney's wedding. Robin is extremely nervous in the run-up to Barney's wedding and Ted tries to calm her down. The wedding is not shown, but Ted tells his story of Victoria after a woman is married at a train station. At the end of the episode, Ted's future wife is seen on the platform (she is covered by her yellow umbrella), but he is not looking in her direction.
162	2	At home with Klaus	The pre-nup	Oct. 1, 2012	Apr 24, 2013	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas	1.39 million
Barney has a bizarre prenuptial agreement drawn up, which leads to a heated argument for all four couples and ultimately to the end of the relationship between Barney and Quinn.
163	3	The super nanny	Nannies	Oct 8, 2012	May 8, 2013	Pamela Fryman	Chuck Tatham	1.06 million
Lily has to go back to work soon after the birth of her son and is looking for a babysitter for the time of her absence. Mickey offers himself as such, but first has to remind Lily that he was a good father before he became addicted to gambling . Meanwhile, Barney tries to process the separation from Quinn by relapsing into his usual way of life.
164	4th	Who would like to become a sponsor?	Who Wants to Be a Godparent?	Oct 15, 2012	May 8, 2013	Pamela Fryman	Matt Kuhn	1.07 million
Lily and Marshall are looking for a godparent for Baby Marvin. There is a competition between Ted, Robin and Barney, which is held as a game show. Finally, they are chosen together as godparents, and Lily and Marshall decide to try harder to be friends with the three of them.
165	5	Two sly dogs	The Autumn of Break-Ups	Nov 5, 2012	May 15, 2013	Pamela Fryman	Kourtney Kang	1.70 million
Ted asks Victoria if she wants to marry him. She says yes on the condition that Ted end his friendship with Robin. Although Ted thinks seriously about it, he eventually breaks up because Robin is part of his family for him. In the meantime, Barney has recruited a dog that he has run into as a wingman, but soon has to part with him again, which is clearly difficult for him.
166	6th	Breakups Café	Splitsville	Nov 12, 2012	May 15, 2013	Pamela Fryman	Stephen Lloyd	1.79 million
Robin tries to break up with Nick and invites him to the Splitsville café, among other places. However, as she is about to back down, Barney rushes to help her. As a result, Robin and Barney get closer again, just as Lily and Marshall can spend time together again.
167	7th	The Stamp	The Stamp Tramp	Nov 19, 2012	22. May 2013	Pamela Fryman	Tami Sagher	1.74 million
A disastrous job interview from Brad, Marshall's college colleague, leaves Marshall's supervisor in doubt about his judgment. Brad, however, works for an opposing company and spies on the strategy for a lawsuit, whereupon Marshall has to win the "most important process of his life" (narrator's reference to future episodes) in order to keep his job. In a parallel storyline, Barney tries to find a new strip club with Robin's help after Quinn starts dancing again and Barney doesn't want to meet her. After the 'Decision', a press conference based on LeBron James , and an evening at the new club, Barney and Robin kiss, but go their separate ways again.
168	8th	Twelve washed women	Twelve Horny Women	Nov 26, 2012	22. May 2013	Pamela Fryman	Eric Falconer & Romanski	1.87 million
Marshall reports to a judicial committee on the trial of a chemical company represented by his former friend Brad. The reason for the hearing is initially unknown. In the process, both the jury, twelve women, and the judge are strongly influenced by Brad's aggressively seductive demeanor. Marshall can still win the case with Brad's involuntary help, but the fine for the corporation is well below the prosecution's claim. Thereupon Marshall decides to apply himself as a judge in order not to have to stand idly by such an injustice in the future. This also reveals the reason for the hearing. The rest of the gang, meanwhile, are vying to see who was more at odds with the law in their youth. Ted, Barney, and Robin then admit that their reports were grossly exaggerated. In the final scene, however, it is implied that Lily used to be really feared in her neighborhood.
169	9	The lobster therapy	Lobster crawl	Dec 3, 2012	May 29, 2013	Pamela Fryman	Barbara Adler	1.50 million
After Barney has made it clear that he is no longer interested in Robin, it is precisely this inaccessibility that arouses Robin's interest in Barney. She forges various plans to seduce Barney, all of which ultimately fail. Instead, he starts to meet up with Robin's colleague Patrice. In the second storyline, Ted is allowed to take care of Baby Marvin, but in doing so it draws Lily and Marshall's anger, who miss the first crawl, the first swim and the first Santa Claus visit. In a preview "a few years later," Ted can be seen with his daughter as he hands her over to Lily and Marshall. They then immediately set off to see Santa Claus to take revenge for the "first times" they missed.
170	10	In the closet	The Over-Correction	Dec 10, 2012	May 29, 2013	Pamela Fryman	Craig Gerard & Matthew Zinman	1.60 million
Barney continues to meet with Patrice. Robin interprets this behavior as overcompensation after the separation from Quinn and wants to compromise the relationship. So she sneaks into Barney's apartment to confront him and Patrice with the playbook. The actions of the episode are linked by phone calls between Marshall, Lily, Robin and Ted, with each of the protagonists hiding in a closet or storage room. Lily, Robin and Ted are in Barney's apartment, while Marshall is hiding in his own apartment. The reason for this is the beginning of a sexual relationship between his mother Judy, who is visiting, and Lily's father Mickey.
171	11	Bewitched - Part 1	The Final Page (1)	Dec 17, 2012	5th June 2013	Pamela Fryman	Dan Gregor & Doug Mand	1.51 million
At the beginning of the episode, Barney is "bewitched" by Marshall - which means that he is not allowed to speak a word until the ban is lifted. When the new GNB building is about to open with a big party, Ted wants revenge on his college professor, who never believed in Ted's future as an architect. Marshall, Lily and Barney accompany him to his old campus. There, Marshall and Lily involuntarily run into a former classmate whom they feel harassed before and still. Robin also wants revenge: To Patrice for her liaison with Barney. The first part of the double episode ends with Ted, Marshall and Lily, as well as Robin, realize that with revenge campaigns you only keep yourself captive and that you have the key to free yourself from it. At college, Ted frees Barney from being bewitched, whereupon Barney bewitches Ted and tells him that he wants to propose marriage to Patrice on the roof of the WWN news channel. Ted has to promise not to tell any of his friends about it even after the ban is broken.
172	12	Bewitched - Part 2	The Final Page (2)	Dec 17, 2012	5th June 2013	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas	1.83 million
Lily and Marshall spend their first night without Marvin, who is taken care of by Lily's father Mickey. Out of concern for Marvin, almost all of their plans that they made for that night are destroyed, including the visit to the opening ceremony of the GNB building. However, this is overshadowed by the events of Ted, Robin and Barney: Ted wants to pick up Robin for the party, but then tells about Barney's engagement to Patrice. He convinces Robin to follow her heart and thus Barney, with which he finally releases her. On the roof of the news channel, Robin finds the last page of the playbook and learns that the events described from episode 166 (Splitsville) were staged by Barney and culminate in his marriage proposal to Robin, which she accepts.
173	13	Band or dj	Band or DJ?	Jan. 14, 2013	June 12th, 2013	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas	1.40 million
Lily and Ted argue over who plans the wedding. They particularly go into the subject of "band or DJ". Meanwhile, it is revealed that Robin's father does not agree with her relationship with Barney, but will still appear at the wedding. In the end, it turns out that Robin and Barney's hired band cancels at the last minute and Ted meets Cindy again on the subway. He tells her about it and she arranges her former roommate, the mother, who then plays with her band at the wedding.
174	14th	The invisibility ring	Ring up!	Jan. 21, 2013	19th June 2013	Pamela Fryman	Jennifer Hendriks	1.35 million
Ted meets with a 20-year-old woman. Now that Barney is engaged to Robin, he urges Ted to sleep with her. After Ted finds out she's also a Star Wars fan, he eventually does. Robin struggles with the fact that she has apparently not been noticed by other men since her engagement. She finally comes to terms with Marshall and Lily's help. Marshall successfully tries to please Lily with a leather bracelet made by Ted. Unfortunately, he is allergic to it. In the end, it turns out that the 20-year-old woman is Barney's half-sister and Barney wants the two of them to marry, otherwise it would just be a one-night stand.
175	15th	The dark side	PS I love you	Feb 4, 2013	June 26, 2013	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas	1.64 million
Barney discovers the lost episode of the television show "Underneath the Tunes" starring Robin Sparkles. There it is stated that Robin ended her music career because she developed an obsession for an initially unnamed man. Ted has a brief encounter with a woman on the subway and then tries to track her down. Marshall and Lily dissuade him by arguing that fate must do the job. In fact, luck seems to bring Ted back together with the woman (Jeanette). The two start a relationship. However, it quickly turns out that Jeanette has actually been chasing Ted for a long time.
176	16	Two madmen	Bad crazy	Feb 11, 2013	3rd July 2013	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas	1.58 million
After Ted informs the group that he broke up with his crazy friend Jeannette, he instructs Marshall and Barney not to let them into his apartment while he is away. Jeannette comes under the pretext of fetching a book from Ted's room into his room and barricades herself there. Ted admits that he never officially broke up with Jeannette and the group accepts their relationship and comes to the conclusion that their crazy behavior is a reflection of Ted's current emotional state. Meanwhile, Robin admits to future Lily in a series of flashovers that she used to be afraid to hold little Marvin and allowed Mike Tyson to take him. In the present, Robin stops Marvin for the first time and finds a bond with him.
177	17th	The ashtray	The Ashtray	Feb. 18, 2013	July 10, 2013	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas	1.58 million
Ted receives a message from the "Captain" on his answering machine. Ted saw the captain for the last time over a year ago at an art exhibition, together with Robin and Lily, and now believes that he is calling Becky about Ted's then short-term friend. When Ted tells Robin about it, Robin tells him that Ted couldn't know the real story because he was "high". However, Robin doesn't tell the correct story either, as it later turns out, because Robin was drunk at the time. In the end, only Lily tells the correct story and it becomes clear that the captain called about a painting that Lily discovered and that the captain was able to sell for a lot of money. The captain turns Lily an offer as an art consultant, which she accepts.
178	18th	Always trouble with Barney	Weekend at Barney's	Feb 25, 2013	17th July 2013	Pamela Fryman	George Sloan	1.39 million
After Ted and Jeannette split up, Barney tries as a matchmaker by using the supposedly destroyed playbook. Meanwhile, Marshall faces some embarrassing situations opening an art gallery where Lily is trying to sell herself.
179	19th	The fortress of barreness	The Fortress	March 18, 2013	July 24, 2013	Michael Shea	Stephen Lloyd	1.12 million
Since Barney and Robin want to get married soon and Robin does not want to settle down with him due to numerous one night stands in Barney's apartment, she tries to sell them. Lily is working way too much overtime for the "Captain" and has no time to watch her favorite show with Marshall, which Ted uses to watch the show himself with Marshall. Ultimately, Robin decides not to sell the apartment because she doesn't want Barney to change or he'll be different from the one she fell in love with. Lily cancels the mission for the captain and now spends more time with Marshall.
180	20th	The time travelers	The Time Travelers	March 25.2013	July 31, 2013	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas	1.30 million
Barney tries to convince Ted that the event “Robots vs. Wrestlers: Legends, ”but Ted doesn't want to get up early the next day. As they argue, various future versions of the two pop up at MacLaren's, supporting Barney's and Ted's side, respectively. Meanwhile, some more events happen at MacLaren's, some of which are very surprising. Ted finally realizes that he is alone in the bar and has only imagined the whole thing. In 2030, Ted tells his children that there are only 45 days between that night in the bar and the day he met their mother.
181	21st	All roads lead to Rome	Romeward Bound	Apr 15, 2013	7 Aug 2013	Pamela Fryman	Chuck Tatham	1.26 million
Lily receives an offer from the captain to go to Rome, Italy for a year. She refuses at first, fearing that Marshall wouldn't want that because of his good job. But when it turns out that Marshall's company hasn't received any real contracts for some time, things change. Meanwhile, Ted is sitting with Barney at MacLaren's and has taken a look at Barney and Robin's wedding planner. She goes to a yoga class with him and, according to Ted, has a great body. However, she wears a coat, so Ted and Barney bribe the bar owner, Carl, to turn up the heat. In the end, Marshall and Lily decide, after going back and forth, to go to Italy.
182	22nd	Bro-Mitzvah	The Bro Mitzvah	Apr 29, 2013	14 Aug 2013	Pamela Fryman	Chris Harris	1.22 million
Ted and Marshall plan a bachelorette party for Barney while Robin meets with Barney's mother. Robin has a terrible evening, as does Barney, where everything goes wrong. Among other things, there is a bad clown, Quinn was hired as a stripper and Barney loses so much money that he has to sell Marshall. After Robin finds out, disappointed at the end of both meetings, that the stripper Ted and Marshall ordered is Quinn, she throws away her engagement ring and leaves. But in the end it becomes clear that the friends planned this cruel day, and with it every step, to make the bachelorette party unforgettable for Barney.
183	23	Old things	Something old	May 6, 2013	Aug 21, 2013	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas	1.43 million
Robin is desperate to find something in Central Park that she buried a few years ago. Meanwhile, Lily and Marshall ask Ted for help packing for Italy, and Barney invites Robin's father to play Laser Tag with him so they can get to know each other better.
184	24	New chances	Something New	13th of May 2013	28 Aug 2013	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas	1.87 million
As the friends prepare to go to Barney and Robin's wedding, Ted shows Lily the renovations he's done to his Westchester home. She finds out that he wants to sell the house and move to Chicago immediately after the wedding. Meanwhile, Robin's and Barney's night of relaxation is nearly ruined by a hideous couple, and Marshall visits his family in Minnesota with baby Marvin. There he learns that he could work as a judge in the future, but only if he does not go to Rome with Lily. At the end of the episode, the eponymous mother's face is revealed for the first time when she is also on her way to the wedding.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ↑ How I Met Your Mother: Season 8 . In: Zap2it.com . Archived from the original on September 30, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 14, 2013. 
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