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The Best Episodes of How I Met Your Mother Season 4

Every episode of How I Met Your Mother Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of How I Met Your Mother Season 4!

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

Season 4 Ratings Summary

"Do I Know You?" is the best rated episode of "How I Met Your Mother" season 4. It scored 8.5/10 based on 4263 votes. Directed by Pamela Fryman and written by Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, it aired on 9/22/2008. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Best Burger in New York".

  • Do I Know You?
    8.5/104,263 votes

    #1 - Do I Know You?

    Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/2008

    Ted and Stella get engaged, but Ted soon learns that he doesn't know anything about her. Meanwhile, Barney confesses to Lily that he's in love with Robin.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas

  • The Best Burger in New York
    8.4/104,547 votes

    #2 - The Best Burger in New York

    Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/29/2008

    Marshall claims that he had the best hamburger in the world during his first week in New York City, but he forgot where the burger joint is located. The gang then hits the streets of Manhattan to help him find it.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas

  • I Heart NJ
    7.5/103,734 votes

    #3 - I Heart NJ

    Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/6/2008

    When Stella's babysitter cancels, a night out turns into the gang hanging out at her place, and Ted talks up New Jersey... until he learns Stella wants him to move there after marriage.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Greg Malins

  • Intervention
    8.7/104,463 votes

    #4 - Intervention

    Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/2008

    When Ted is packing his stuff for his move to New Jersey, he discovers that the gang was going to hold an intervention for his engagement to Stella and demands they hold it anyway.

    Director: Michael J. Shea

    Writer: Stephen Lloyd

  • Shelter Island
    8.2/103,945 votes

    #5 - Shelter Island

    Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/2008

    Ted and Stella move up their wedding date, but the wedding may not go off as planned after Ted breaks the "No Exes Rule" and invites Robin to come in from Japan for the wedding.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Chris Harris

  • Happily Ever After
    7.9/103,757 votes

    #6 - Happily Ever After

    Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 11/3/2008

    A serendipitous meeting with someone from his past has Ted thinking about how he would handle running into someone he would prefer to forget.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Jamie Rhonheimer

  • Not a Father's Day
    7.6/103,650 votes

    #7 - Not a Father's Day

    Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 11/10/2008

    Barney creates a holiday to celebrate not being a father. Meanwhile, Lily and Marshall are considering having a baby, but Lily first wants advice from Ted and Robin.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Robia Rashid

  • Woooo!
    7.9/103,886 votes

    #8 - Woooo!

    Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/2008

    A birthday party for one of Lily's co-workers leads to Robin connecting with a group of single partiers known as the "Woo Girls". Ted presents a plan for Goliath National Bank's new HQ.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas

  • The Naked Man
    9.1/106,054 votes

    #9 - 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

  • The Fight
    8.2/103,890 votes

    #10 - The Fight

    Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/2008

    Ted (to prove he's not a milquetoast) and Barney (to impress Robin) pick a fight with a group of guys sitting in the gang's favorite booth at MacLaren's.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: N/A

  • Little Minnesota
    8.0/103,833 votes

    #11 - Little Minnesota

    Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 12/15/2008

    Ted tries to keep his irresponsible sister from hooking up with Barney during her trip to New York, and Robin starts hanging out with Marshall at a bar for Minnesotans, not telling them that she's really Canadian.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Chuck Tatham

  • Benefits
    8.5/104,119 votes

    #12 - Benefits

    Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 1/12/2009

    Ted and Robin discover that sex with each other solve their fights as roommates, which makes Barney very jealous and angry. Meanwhile, Marshall reveals that he's too embarrassed to use the office bathroom.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Kourtney Kang

  • Three Days of Snow
    8.4/104,076 votes

    #13 - Three Days of Snow

    Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 1/19/2009

    Lily and Marshall try to continue their airport reunion tradition. Barney and Ted offer to keep MacLaren's open during a blizzard so they can meet up with some college girls.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Matt Kuhn

  • The Possimpible
    8.2/103,879 votes

    #14 - The Possimpible

    Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 2/2/2009

    Robin, desperate to find a job before she is deported, agrees to let Barney produce a video resume for her.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: N/A

  • The Stinsons
    8.2/103,975 votes

    #15 - The Stinsons

    Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 3/2/2009

    The gang thinks that Barney must have a secret girlfriend after noticing his bizarre behavior.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas

  • Sorry, Bro
    7.6/103,761 votes

    #16 - Sorry, Bro

    Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 3/9/2009

    Marshall and Lily are less than thrilled when they hear that Ted's college girlfriend (Laura Prepon) has moved to New York.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Craig Gerard, Matthew Zinman

  • The Front Porch
    8.2/103,957 votes

    #17 - The Front Porch

    Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 3/16/2009

    Ted learns that not only did Lily plant another woman's earring in his bed for Karen to find, she has meddled in some of his other relationships as well.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Chris Harris

  • Old King Clancy
    7.4/103,580 votes

    #18 - Old King Clancy

    Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 3/23/2009

    Marshall and Barney lie to keep Ted from finding out the headquarters he'd been hired to design for GNB has been cancelled.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Jamie Rhonheimer

  • Murtaugh
    8.3/103,898 votes

    #19 - Murtaugh

    Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 3/30/2009

    When Barney learns Ted has a list of things he thinks the gang is too old to do, he sets out to do every task within 24 hours in order to prove Ted wrong.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Joe Kelly

  • Mosbius Designs
    7.5/103,625 votes

    #20 - Mosbius Designs

    Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 4/13/2009

    Ted goes out on his own as an architect and hires an intern to help get things started, but the intern gets a little too close to others in the gang.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Kourtney Kang

  • The Three Days Rule
    8.6/104,081 votes

    #21 - The Three Days Rule

    Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 4/27/2009

    Ted breaks one of Barney and Marshall's relationship rules, texting a woman he recently met, so the pair play a joke on Ted by pretending to be the woman.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Greg Malins

  • Right Place, Right Time
    8.1/103,761 votes

    #22 - Right Place, Right Time

    Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 5/4/2009

    Ted ponders how being in the right place at the right time can impact a person's life; Barney celebrates his 200th female conquest.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Stephen Lloyd

  • As Fast as She Can
    7.5/103,659 votes

    #23 - As Fast as She Can

    Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 5/11/2009

    Ted is trying to find a new job, and when an old acquaintance tries to help nothing goes as planned. Barney tries to smooth talk his way out of a ticket.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas

  • The Leap
    8.6/104,271 votes

    #24 - The Leap

    Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 5/18/2009

    Ted is trying to keep his architecture firm afloat by doing an all-nighter, but Marshall tries to lure him to the roof for a surprise 31st birthday party, on the fourth season finale.

    Director: Pamela Fryman

    Writer: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas