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How I Met Your Mother S4E18 — Old King Clancy
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How I Met Your Mother•Season 4•Episode 18

Old King Clancy

7.4/10 · 4,078 votesMar 23, 200921 min

Ranked #23 of 24 in Season 4•−0.7 vs season avg

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

Directed byPamela Fryman
Written byJamie Rhonheimer
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Ted Mosby

Neil Patrick Harris

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Jason Segel

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Alyson Hannigan

Alyson Hannigan

Lily Aldrin

Cobie Smulders

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Episode Summary

"Old King Clancy" is episode 18 of How I Met Your Mother season 4. It scored 7.4/10 from 4,078 votes, ranking #23 of 24 episodes this season (season average 8.1). Directed by Pamela Fryman and written by Jamie Rhonheimer, it aired on March 23, 2009.

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