9.5/1011,311 votesLoading...#1 - How Your Mother Met Me
Season 9 Episode 16 - Aired 1/27/2014
The mother reveals how she met Ted and what she has been doing over the past eight years.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.4/108,393 votesLoading...#2 - Slap Bet
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/2006
Ted and Barney discusses their viewpoints on knowing things about women. Barney thinks that the more you know the more likely you are to find a deal breaker. Ted wants to know the deal breakers right away, as Robin refuses to go to the mall to cover her secret.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Kourtney Kang
9.3/107,583 votesLoading...#3 - The Playbook
Season 5 Episode 8 - Aired 11/16/2009
After his relationship with Robin ends, Barney dusts off his "playbook" to help him back into the dating scene
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas
9.3/107,808 votesLoading...#4 - The Final Page (2)
Season 8 Episode 12 - Aired 12/17/2012
Christmas approaches and Ted wrestles with whether to tell Robin about Barney's intentions involving Patrice, while Marshall and Lily get an early Yule gift, a night away from Marvin, but a case of separation anxiety strikes and threatens to ruin the evening.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
9.1/107,207 votesLoading...#5 - The Pineapple Incident
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/28/2005
After being forced into knocking back 5 shots, so he will stop thinking, Ted goes on a partying rampage. The next morning he wakes up with a woman in his bed, but he does not know who it is. So he turns to his friends to try and piece the night together and work out who the woman is in his bed.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas
9.1/106,045 votesLoading...#6 - The Naked Man
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/2008
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.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Joe Kelly
9.0/105,980 votesLoading...#7 - Game Night
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 2/27/2006
A mysterious tape arrives for Barney from one of his numerous ex-girlfriends, and the entire gang watches it. But, in order for them all to find out how she broke Barney's heart and made him into a suit-wearing bachelor, everyone must share their most embarrassing moment.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Chris Harris
9.0/105,354 votesLoading...#8 - Spoiler Alert
Season 3 Episode 8 - Aired 11/12/2007
Marshall awaits his bar exam results; Ted introduces his latest girlfriend to the gang, who all see the flaw that Ted has missed
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Stephen Lloyd
9.0/106,119 votesLoading...#9 - Girls vs. Suits
Season 5 Episode 12 - Aired 1/11/2010
When Barney debates giving up wearing suits in order to land a hot bartender, his conflicted feelings lead to an amazingly awesome musical number. Meanwhile, Ted gets one step closer to meeting the future mother of his kids.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas
9.0/105,579 votesLoading...#10 - Blitzgiving
Season 6 Episode 10 - Aired 11/22/2010
When 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.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas
8.9/105,755 votesLoading...#11 - Swarley
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/2006
Marshall goes on his first real date post-breakup with Lily. Not only do Ted and Barney try to warn him that this girl has got the crazy eyes, but Lily decides to do everything she can to find out about this her and break them up. Also, Barney gets a new name.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Greg Malins
8.9/105,286 votesLoading...#12 - How I Met Everyone Else
Season 3 Episode 5 - Aired 10/22/2007
Amid sharing stories with her about how members of the gang met each other, Ted's hot new girlfriend has a reaction to the meeting that gets her a high ranking on Barney's crazy scale.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Gloria Calderón Kellett
8.9/105,066 votesLoading...#13 - Slapsgiving
Season 3 Episode 9 - Aired 11/19/2007
Lily and Marshall have their first Thanksgiving as a married couple; Barney is tortured by the slap bet countdown clock, worrying about when the slap will be dished out.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Matt Kuhn
8.9/105,364 votesLoading...#14 - Bad News
Season 6 Episode 13 - Aired 1/3/2011
Afraid they will never get pregnant, Lily and Marshall decide to see a specialist. Robin begins her new job.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: N/A
8.9/105,452 votesLoading...#15 - Tick Tick Tick
Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 11/14/2011
Barney and Robin are afraid to break the news to Nora and Kevin that they cheated with each other and want to get back together, while Ted and Marshall get stoned together at a concert.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Chris Harris
8.8/104,582 votesLoading...#16 - Showdown
Season 2 Episode 20 - Aired 4/30/2007
Thinking that Bob Barker may be his father, Barney is overjoyed to be a contestant on The Price is Right. Marshall and Lily try sleeping apart prior to the wedding.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: N/A
8.8/104,844 votesLoading...#17 - Ducky Tie
Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 9/26/2011
Barney faces having to wear Marshall's ducky tie if he loses a bet with him. Meanwhile, Ted hopes to apologize to an ex for cheating on her.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas
8.8/105,431 votesLoading...#18 - The End of the Aisle
Season 9 Episode 22 - Aired 3/24/2014
With only a half an hour left before the wedding, Robin and Barney panic; Lily and Marshall rewrite their wedding vows.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas
8.7/105,154 votesLoading...#19 - Mary the Paralegal
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 4/24/2006
Robin is nominated to receive an award for a news report and everyone needs a date to take to the show. Barney introduces Ted to Mary as a date that Ted can take to the show. Originally Ted is opposed to the idea of just trying to save face in front of Robin but when she shows up with a date he changes his mind. Robin asks Mary lots of questions, and Ted begins to really like Mary, despite her occupation.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Chris Harris
8.7/105,348 votesLoading...#20 - Come On
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 5/15/2006
Ted tries to keep Robin from going on a camping trip so that she can spend time with him. Barney enlists the help of an old flame to perform a rain dance. At the same time Marshall finds out about Lily's interview for the fellowship in San Francisco.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas
8.7/104,930 votesLoading...#21 - Ted Mosby, Architect
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/2006
After Ted and Robin's first big fight, Barney tries to convince Ted that being an architect is an easy in to picking up chicks. Lily and Robin start following his trail after discovering that Ted hit it off with a girl named Anna shortly afterward.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Kristin Newman
8.7/104,737 votesLoading...#22 - World's Greatest Couple
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/2006
Marshall tries to get used to being single in a world that is very coupled-oriented. Barney intended one-night-stand won't go away. Barney uses Lily to get out of his "horrifying" situation. Lily finds a place to stay.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Brenda Hsueh
8.7/104,355 votesLoading...#23 - Something Borrowed
Season 2 Episode 21 - Aired 5/7/2007
With everything going wrong on Lily and Marshall's wedding day, to everyone's surprise it's confirmed bachelor Barney who tries to fix it all.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Greg Malins
8.7/104,430 votesLoading...#24 - Something Blue
Season 2 Episode 22 - Aired 5/14/2007
It's still Marshall and Lily's big wedding day but now we're at the reception. Robin tries to tell a story but keeps getting interrupted. Barney tries his hardest to figure out Ted and Robin's secret.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas
8.7/104,647 votesLoading...#25 - Ten Sessions
Season 3 Episode 13 - Aired 3/24/2008
Ted pursues a woman named Stella, but only gets attention from her receptionist Abby.
Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Chris Harris
The Best Episodes of How I Met Your Mother
Every episode of How I Met Your Mother ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of How I Met Your Mother!
A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to...
Genre:Comedy
Network:CBS
Best Episodes Summary
"How Your Mother Met Me" is the best rated episode of "How I Met Your Mother". It scored 9.5/10 based on 11311 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 1/27/2014. This episode scored 0.1 points higher than the second highest rated, "Slap Bet".