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The Best Episodes of How I Met Your Mother Season 2

Every episode of How I Met Your Mother Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of How I Met Your Mother Season 2!

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A father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 9 - Slap Bet
    9.4/10(9447 votes)

    S2:E9

    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

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  2. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 7 - Swarley
    8.9/10(6493 votes)

    S2:E7

    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

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  3. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 20 - Showdown
    8.8/10(5228 votes)

    S2:E20

    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:Gloria Calderón Kellett

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  4. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 4 - Ted Mosby, Architect
    8.7/10(5625 votes)

    S2:E4

    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

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  5. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 5 - World's Greatest Couple
    8.7/10(5449 votes)

    S2:E5

    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

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  6. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 21 - Something Borrowed
    8.7/10(4981 votes)

    S2:E21

    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

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  7. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 22 - Something Blue
    8.7/10(5071 votes)

    S2:E22

    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
    Writers:Craig Thomas, Carter Bays

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  8. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 3 - Brunch
    8.4/10(5107 votes)

    S2:E3

    Ted's parents visit New York for their anniversary and he learns a family secret. Robin worries that they won't like her. Lily and Marshall try to adjust to the new format of their relationship now that they are no longer together.

    Director:Pamela Fryman
    Writer:Stephen Lloyd

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  9. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 14 - Monday Night Football
    8.3/10(4901 votes)

    S2:E14

    When a funeral conflicts with the Super Bowl, the gang vows to avoid hearing the score and watch it together on Monday. This proves difficult, as Marshall is threatened with the score by a boy in Lily's class, while doing the news puts Robin in danger of finding out who won.

    Director:Unknown
    Writers:Craig Thomas, Carter Bays

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  10. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 15 - Lucky Penny
    8.3/10(4808 votes)

    S2:E15

    Ted can't seem to catch a flight to interview for his dream job and he and Robin contemplate why. The story unfolds backwards as they think about it they remember when Robin and Lily went hunting for a wedding dress and when Barney got stuck on the subway.

    Director:Pamela Fryman
    Writer:Jamie Rhonheimer

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  11. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 16 - Stuff
    8.3/10(5013 votes)

    S2:E16

    Lily gets asked to play in an off-off-off-off-broadway play, and the gang shows up to support her. Ted and Robin get hung up on what each kept from their past relationships. Barney performs his own play to prove a point to Lily.

    Director:Pamela Fryman
    Writer:Kourtney Kang

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  12. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 19 - Bachelor Party
    8.3/10(4781 votes)

    S2:E19

    Robin attends Lily's bridal shower and finds the gift that she brought is out of place. Barney hires a stripper for Marshall's bachelor party.

    Director:Pamela Fryman
    Writers:Carter Bays, Craig Thomas

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  13. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 2 - The Scorpion and the Toad
    8.1/10(4899 votes)

    S2:E2

    Barney works with Marshall on his bachelor skills, which include hitting on women. Lily is back from her venture. Robin helps her look for a new apartment but gets sick of hearing about San Francisco.

    Director:Rob Greenberg
    Writers:Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Chris Harris

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  14. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 17 - Arrivederci, Fiero
    8.1/10(4834 votes)

    S2:E17

    Marshall is all set to celebrate his beloved Fiero hitting the 200,000 mile mark but it stops. While the gang sits in the mechanic's garage and waits to hear what will happen to the vehicle they think about times gone by that they have spent together in the car. We also get the story of how Ted met Marshall.

    Director:Pamela Fryman
    Writer:Chris Harris

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  15. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 1 - Where Were We?
    8.0/10(5042 votes)

    S2:E1

    The gang tries to help Marshall get over Lily, especially when he finds a credit card bill that leads to a hotel in New York City where some of her charges are listed.

    Director:Pamela Fryman
    Writers:Craig Thomas, Carter Bays

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  16. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 6 - Aldrin Justice
    8.0/10(4897 votes)

    S2:E6

    Barney seduces Marshall's law professor in hopes of getting her to grade more leniently. Lily takes a job at Ted's office, where she promptly steals to teach Ted's boss a lesson.

    Director:Pamela Fryman
    Writer:Jamie Rhonheimer

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  17. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 10 - Single Stamina
    8.0/10(4863 votes)

    S2:E10

    Barney's brother, James (Wayne Brady), visits and Robin, the only one in the group that has never met him, is suprised. But James has a surprise for Barney that he finds difficult to swallow.

    Director:Pamela Fryman
    Writer:Kristin Newman

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  18. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 12 - First Time in New York
    8.0/10(4892 votes)

    S2:E12

    Robin wants to tell Ted that she loves him, but she can't tell him. Meanwhile, her sister visits and brings her boyfriend, and Robin doesn't know how to react when her sister says she's ready to lose her virginity.

    Director:Pamela Fryman
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 11 - How Lily Stole Christmas
    7.9/10(4834 votes)

    S2:E11

    Ted almost ruins Christmas for everyone when, still carrying around anger toward Lily, he calls her a horribly disgusting name. Robin tends to Barney while he has a cold.

    Director:Pamela Fryman
    Writer:Brenda Hsueh

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  20. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 18 - Moving Day
    7.9/10(4515 votes)

    S2:E18

    Barney takes drastic measures to prevent Ted from moving into Robin's apartment. Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily are discovering the ups and downs of having the apartment to themselves.

    Director:Pamela Fryman
    Writer:Maria Ferrari

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  21. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 8 - Atlantic City
    7.8/10(4800 votes)

    S2:E8

    Marshall and Lily drag the gang to Atlantic City to elope, and their quest to overcome the three-day wait for a marriage license crosses them with some Chinese gamblers, a ship captain, and a sexy novelty shirt.

    Director:Pamela Fryman
    Writer:Maria Ferrari

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  22. How I Met Your Mother Season 2 Episode 13 - Columns
    7.7/10(4556 votes)

    S2:E13

    When Ted is constantly insulted by his former boss, who is now working for him on a project, he is told to fire the man, but he finds that a hard thing to do. Meanwhile, Barney offers Lily a lot of money to paint a nude portrait of him.

    Director:Rob Greenberg
    Writer:Matt Kuhn

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Slap Bet" is the best rated episode of "How I Met Your Mother" season 2. It scored 9.4/10 based on 9447 votes. Directed by Pamela Fryman and written by Kourtney Kang, it aired on 11/20/2006. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Swarley".