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Episode 5.08: The Playbook Airdate: November 16, 2009
11/01 - When Robin and Barney break up, Barney pulls out all of his greatest tricks to get himself back into the dating scene. Guest cast: Claire: Sarah Wright, Shelly: Eva Amurri, Roberta: Raquel Alessi, Christy: Katie Malia, Christina: Jaime Taite, Tricia: Kim Knight, Chris: Jannel Diaz, Girl: Nicole Foster Tomlinson. Source: CBS
09/27 - Barney decides to return to his compulsive womanizing ways, after his brief foray into monogamy with Robin crashes and burns. Claire: Late 20s, this beautiful girl is intrigued by Barney, who's wearing a scuba diver's suit. Taken aside by Lily and told some of Barney's tangled history -- she's even more intrigued. When Barney breaks down and confesses that he's terrified of dating women as himself (and not as some fake character), she agrees to go out with him as himself -- an outcome that Barney has planned his entire day arranging. Shelly: Late 20s, this sweet young woman is a teacher who works with Lily. She agrees to have a meet-and-greet date with Ted at the bar -- only Barney gets there first. Manipulated into believing that he's a famous billionaire explorer and a highly eligible bachelor, she goes back with him to his apartment -- an episode that leaves both Ted and Lily intent on revenge. Roberta: Late 20s, an attractive girl, she meets Barney at the Empire State Building, and breaks down in tears when he lies, telling her that her boyfriend isn't showing for their date. Needing a shoulder to cry on, she goes back with him to his apartment -- and takes the opportunity to steal Barney's Playbook -- for Roberta is a plant, sent by Lily to capture the Playbook. Girl: Late 20s, this very attractive girl falls for Barney's latest ploy: that he's a secret astronaut with Secret NASA, the kind the government never talks about. Girl 2: Late 20s, this girl in the bar is deeply impressed when Barney tackles the infamous Ice Pick Killers (aka Ted) right in front of her. Source:SpoilerTV
Episode 5.09: Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap (fka "Maple Swirls") Airdate: November 23, 2009
11/14 - Barney freaks out when Marshall bequeaths a "slap bet" slap to Ted and Robin. Meanwhile, Lily's estranged father shows up for Thanksgiving. Guest cast: Mickey: Chris Elliot, Rita: Christina Pickles, Marvin Sr: Bill Fagerbakke, Judy: Suzie Plakson, Marvin Jr: Robert Michael Ryan, Marcus: Ned Rolsma, Morris: Jack Walsh, Eleven Year Old Lily: Piper Mackenzie Harris, Mr. Ossias: Greg Lewis, Bridesmaid: Krystal Marshall, Whitney: Marion Ruth Kerr, Leopold: Dennis W. Hall, Mr. Park: Charles Rahi Chun, Korean Woman: Doris Usui, Boy #1: Jonathan Morgan Heit. Source: CBS
10/24 - Marion's rep tells me his client extricated herself from the role of Lily's grandmother when the part started being cut considerably. "It almost became a one-liner," says the rep. Instead, Marion is expected to appear in five more episodes of Brothers & Sisters this season as mom to Sally Field's Nora. Filling in for Marion will be St. Elsewhere vet Christina Pickles, who popped up last season on The CW's Privileged. Source:Keck's Exclusives
10/18 - Let's hope Brothers & Sisters doesn't need it's grandma for their Thanksgiving episode, because former Happy Days mom Marion Ross has just signed on to play Lily's granny, Rita, on How I Met Your Mother's Turkey Day episode, set to air on Nov. 23. The episode, titled, Maple Swirls (sounds yummy!), finds Lily and her friends visiting her grandparents, who have been plagued by their deadbeat son (and Lily's dad) Mickey (Chris Elliott). Good for Marion for landing so much work in her 80's! Source:Keck's Exclusives
10/11 - Sources confirm that comic goofball Chris Elliott has landed the pivotal role of Lily's estranged dad on How I Met Your Mother. The highly-anticipated family reunion is slated to air Nov. 23 when father and daughter come face-to-face at a Thanksgiving celebration hosted by Lily's grandparents. I'm told the episode will feature childhood flashbacks that will shed light on Lily's very troubled relationship with her father. Word is the dude was a big-time loser/crook, which makes Elliott's casting pretty perfect if you ask me. Source:The Ausiello Files
10/11 - Lily's estranged father Mickey shows up for Thanksgiving, prompting memories of all the people Lily has declared dead to her in the past. Meanwhile, Robin accuses Barney of buying his famous, supposedly homemade cobbler at a store, and she challenges him to cook another one from scratch. Rita: In her late 70s, slow-moving, she is Lily's sweet, patient, long-suffering grandmother who hosts a Thanksgiving meal for Lily and her friends. Rita has allowed her thoughtless, selfish grown son Mickey to move back into her house. She's even broken her hip carrying Mickey's trunk, and given up her retirement money to fund Mickey's gambling and board game creations. Morris: In his late 70s, slow-moving, he is Lily's (Alyson Hannigan) grandfather who is delighted to host her and her friends for Thanksgiving. Unlike his wife Rita, he sees through Mickey, and his affection for Mickey is forced. 11-year-old Lily: Seen in flashbacks, she is Lily as an 11-year-old girl. She suffers through her dad's antics, and, as taught, she tells the IRS over the phone that her father is dead. Mr. Park: This Korean man, 40-50s, works at a street bodega and gives Lily regular coffee even though she asked for decaf. When pressed, he insists she got decaf, but he's lying to her. Sandy: Seen in flashback, 18-20 years old, she is Lily's freshman roommate in college who makes out with Lily's dad. Mr. Ossias: An elderly neighbor of Lily's, he steals her newspaper and is thus declared dead to her. Bridesmaid #1 and Bridesmaid #2: Seen in flashback to Lily's wedding, these bridesmaids compliment Lily's dress. Trudy: Seen in flashback, another bridesmaid at Lily's wedding, she tells Lily she's not a fan of her wedding dress. Leopold: A customer at Mr. Park's bodega, he requests a regular coffee. Source:SpoilerTV
Episode 5.10: The Window Airdate: December 7, 2009
11/01 - JoAnna Garcia has landed a guest spot on How I Met Your Mother as yet another potential conquest of Ted's, TVGuide.com has learned exclusively. The Privileged alum will play Ted's college buddy, Maggie, in an upcoming episode called "The Window." She's described as the perfect girl next door who every guy wants to marry as soon as he meets her. So sought-after is Maggie that she's always in a relationship, leaving Ted waiting and waiting for his shot at her. When he hears that she's finally single, he rushes to her door in hopes that his "window of opportunity" has not lapsed. Garcia is only signed on for one episode. Source: TV Guide Online
Episode 5.11: Last Cigarette Ever Airdate: December 2009/January 2010
10/18 - When Marshall picks up smoking again, it prompts Lily, Ted and Barney, ex-smokers all, to succumb as well. Meanwhile, Robin gets a new co-anchor at her show. Don Frank: In his mid to late 30s, in a leather jacket, a seasoned, fairly famous reporter, he is Robin's new co-anchor on "Come On, New York, Get Up," her ridiculously early morning news program. A veteran of cable news, Don took a public stance against his program's biased reports, and now the only place that will hire him is Robin's show. Some sparks fly between him and Robin, and he asks if he can bum a cigarette from her. Her high hopes for career legitimacy are crushed when Don makes it clear that being on her show is a low point for him. He's bitter about the fact that no one's watching, and he doesn't care how his attitude might affect Robin. Recurring. 13-year-old Friends: Seen in flashbacks, they are 13-year-old Marshall's friends, attempting to smoke cigarettes in the woods, and coughing. Mr. Hessler: Marshall's new boss, who doesn't know Marshall's name, he offers Marshall a pivotal third cigarette while hanging out on the roof. Mr. Hessler later survives a heart attack. Source:SpoilerTV
General Spoilers:
11/14 - Our boy Ted is about to start flirting with a student named Cindy. She's a little older than the other kids in his class, and the two hit it off on account of their shared advanced age. Looks like we have another mother candidate, or at least another mother red herring. Source: Kristin on E!Online
10/11 - [The mother is in the wrong classroom Ted taught in the premiere.] "She's not in the class he teaches week-to-week," confirms exec producer Craig Thomas, "but she's super close by." Source:The Ausiello Files
10/11 - In the upcoming 100th episode of How I Met Your Mother, Barney will call upon the sartorial skills of none other than Project Runway's Tim Gunn. In the episode, which will air around the mid-point of the CBS comedy's fifth season, Gunn will act as a "personal tailor/ fashion consultant as Barney tries to fix a major league 'Suit Catastrophe,'" according to HIMYM co-creator Craig Thomas. "Tim is basically like Barney's ER physician for a serious suit emergency." For Barney, a man-about-town who takes his suits very seriously, it's "life or death stuff," Thomas jokes. But wait, that's not all: Episode 100 will also have a guest appearance from Rachel Bilson of The O.C. and a big musical number as well. We know from his well-received turns hosting the Emmys and the Tonys that Neil Patrick Harris can pull off the musical showstoppers like nobody's business. He will no doubt, as Tim Gunn would say, make it work. "We're really excited to have Tim on the show, and, with Rachel Bilson cast as a Ted love interest and a huge musical number to boot, it's gonna make Episode 100 even more fun and special," Thomas said. Source:Chicago Tribune
10/04 - A show rep confirms to us that Rachel [Bilson] has been picked for the potentially pivotal part [of the mother], which ties in perfectly with reports from our best frenemy earlier this week stating the HIMYM 100th-episode celebration is set to be mom-centric. Show runners had been "spending a lot of time trying to cast the female role in Ted's story" for the landmark epsode, said Ausiello. So is Rachel's character the real deal? While it seems likely that the adorable starlet is the mama-related lady in question, Bilson's rep tells us that she's only signed on to appear in the one episode. Source: Kristin on E!Online
10/04 - The entire cast will be involved [in the 100th episode musical number]. But NPH will be the headliner. Source:The Ausiello Files
09/27 - How I Met Your Mother turns 100 episodes old this January, and it's marking the occasion by handing fans the mother of all gifts: some major intel about the show's titular mama. "There is some serious Mother action in episode 100," reveals executive producer Craig Thomas. "It'll be the closest Ted's ever come to discovering who she is. He's getting a step closer every episode this season, and episode 100 we kind of go bananas with it." Although Thomas won't outright confirm that Ted's future wife will be unmasked, he hints that he and fellow exec producer Carter Bays "are spending a lot of time trying to cast the female role in Ted's story for episode 100." And if that's not enough to keep viewers entertained, the milestone episode will climax with what Thomas calls a "big-ass musical" number headlined by the show's resident song-and-dance man, Neil Patrick Harris. "There will be a huge Barney story culminating in an enormous musical number that we're going to spend way too much of Twentieth Television's money on," Thomas says with a laugh. "Fans of Neil's performance at the Emmys will enjoy the ending of the episode. It's not a musical episode, but all of a sudden it becomes one. It'll probably be one of the craziest things we've ever done on the show." [... Neil Patrick Harris will direct] the Thanksgiving episode and it'll feature an appearance by Lily's dad. Source:The Ausiello Files
08/16 - [Sarah Chalke will more than likely return] but probably not until May 2010. That's when The Wedding Bride, the movie Stella's fiancé was writing, hits theaters. "If we can pull it off," says exec producer Carter Bays, "it's going to be a cool little treat for the second half of the season." [...] Bays adds that [Barney and Robin's] relationship will "have repercussions for everyone," particularly Ted. "We're exploring how Ted deals with the fact that his ex-girlfriend and best friend are now dating. And we'll see how Marshall and Lily deal with the fact that there's another couple in the group. It's giving us a lot of juice for the first half of the season." Source:The Ausiello Files
07/24 - "For a long time the mother was in this big vast ocean of New York City; she could be anyone. And we ended the season with Ted teaching at Columbia University -- literally in the same room as the mother. So that has added a great suspense element in the writing. We've gotten some great material out of that, including a whole story that plays almost like a horror movie. Suspenseful ominous music is playing and at any point Ted can round a corner and run into the mother. It's been a really nice engine for writing the season so far," [says Craig Thomas. Barney and Robin's] relationship will be one of two major focal points of season 5, per exec producer Craig Thomas. "Barney's feelings for Robin are out there, and it seems like Robin might have feelings for Barney herself," he says. "And it's so much fun to write for two people who are emotionally illiterate like the two of them are." (For the record, the other major season 5 story is the Mother being one of Ted's students.) Source:The Ausiello Files
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11/14 - Barney freaks out when Marshall bequeaths a "slap bet" slap to Ted and Robin. Meanwhile, Lily's estranged father shows up for Thanksgiving. Guest cast: Mickey: Chris Elliot, Rita: Christina Pickles, Marvin Sr: Bill Fagerbakke, Judy: Suzie Plakson, Marvin Jr: Robert Michael Ryan, Marcus: Ned Rolsma, Morris: Jack Walsh, Eleven Year Old Lily: Piper Mackenzie Harris, Mr. Ossias: Greg Lewis, Bridesmaid: Krystal Marshall, Whitney: Marion Ruth Kerr, Leopold: Dennis W. Hall, Mr. Park: Charles Rahi Chun, Korean Woman: Doris Usui, Boy #1: Jonathan Morgan Heit. Source: CBS
