First Time in New York (8 Jan. 2007)

Robin tries to keep her younger sister from losing her virginity while on vacation in New York, which causes everyone to reminisce about their first times.

Director:

Pamela Fryman

Writers:

Carter Bays (creator), Craig Thomas (creator),

Stars:

Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders

Cast

Episode cast overview:
Josh Radnor	...	Ted Mosby
Jason Segel	...	Marshall Eriksen
Cobie Smulders	...	Robin Scherbatsky
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Barney Stinson
Alyson Hannigan	...	Lily Aldrin
Lucy Hale	...	Katie Scherbatsky
Ryan Pinkston	...	Kyle
Misti Traya	...	Molly
Brian Kubach	...	Brian
Stu Smith	...	Stranger (as Stuart Randy Smith)

Storyline

Robin is about ready to say "I love you" to Ted - the first time she would have said it to any man - but it just won't come out. These feeling coincide with a visit to New York by Robin's seventeen year old baby sister, Katie Scherbatsky. Katie doesn't arrive alone, but with her two month boyfriend, Kyle, who is also visiting family in New York. Katie plans on losing her virginity to Kyle on this trip, something that Robin tries her hardest to talk her out of. Robin requests her friends' help in convincing Katie not to lose it to Kyle, but to wait for someone special. This request makes everyone discuss their first time, which brings up some controversy between Marshall and Lily based on Robin's first time. And Barney's first time comes straight out of a movie... or several movies.

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 January 2007 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Bays Thomas Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

23 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The 'Dirty Dancing' scene is actually the second time Neil Patrick Harris has recreated a scene on television from a Patrick Swayze movie. The first was in Doogie Howser, M.D. Season 3, Episode 1, where he recreated a scene from Ghost.

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Goofs

During Ted's last flashback, Molly gets out of the bed wearing jeans followed by a shot of her putting the jeans on.

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Quotes

Katie Scherbatsky: You are such a hypocrite. You lost your virginity when you were sixteen.
Robin Scherbatsky: How did you know that?
Katie Scherbatsky: I read your diary. I found it in your bedroom-slash-writing room.
Barney Stinson: I'll give you $100,000 for that diary.

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Connections

Edited from Dirty Dancing (1987)

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Soundtracks

"Always Love"
Performed by Nada Surf

User Reviews

Need to know the name of a song!

Oops, tried to ask this in a faq then found the comment option. Silly me, anyways can anyone help me with this please? I really need to know the artist of a song in this episode. It's near the beginning when they are talking about "there is a time when you think you know" and "there is a time when you know you know." Who is the artist singing in the background? I LOVE her voice! (There, I said it!) I got interested in this series because I love Alyson but now I love the whole show. I think Tedd and Robin are heart-wrenchingly romantic! And did barney actually look like Patrick Swayze in that simulated Dirty Dancing scene or what? Hilarious! (And Robin's little sister has a GREAT face!) :D