How I Met Your Mother: Season 4, Episode 15

The Stinsons (2 Mar. 2009)

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The guys find out that Barney is pretending to have a wife and son to make his mother happy, but the charade is blown when Ted makes a move on Barney's "wife."

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Barney's recent behavior makes the gang believe he is hiding a girlfriend from them. When they follow him to what they think is a rendezvous with her, they end up at the home of Loretta Stinson, Barney's mother, where they meet Barney's wife and son, Betty and Tyler. In reality, "Betty" and "Tyler" are both actors who Barney hired. Margaret has been playing the role of Betty for seven years. To grant Loretta her dying wish of her sons being with someone they loved - Loretta who was on her deathbed at the time (and who obviously survived that ordeal) - Barney hired Margaret to play his fiancée to fulfill that wish. When Margaret, going off script, stated that she was pregnant, Barney eventually had to produce a son Tyler, who in his current incarnation is played by Grant. The already convoluted plot is made even more so when everyone catches Ted making out with "Betty". Ted has to use some of the improvisation skills he learned from actress Margaret to get them all out of this mess. ... Written by Huggo

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Barney uses the line "Call me crazy, but child actors were way better back in the 80s". Neil Patrick Harris was a child actor in the 80s. See more »

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In this episode Barney's mother's name is said to be Loretta but in episode #3.10 - The Yips, his mother's name is Patty. See more »

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Lily Aldrin: Where are you going, Barney?
Barney Stinson: The beach. It's summer. Home. Shut up. You're going somewhere!
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