Sorry, Bro (9 Mar. 2009)

Ted meets with his ex-girlfriend from college--a girlfriend who cheated on him constantly and Marshall and Lily can't stand, and Marshall tells the story about how he forgot to bring his pants to work.

Director:

Pamela Fryman

Writers:

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

Stars:

Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Josh Radnor	...	Ted Mosby
Jason Segel	...	Marshall Eriksen
Cobie Smulders	...	Robin Scherbatsky
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Barney Stinson
Alyson Hannigan	...	Lily Aldrin
Laura Prepon	...	Karen
Bryan Callen	...	Bilson
Charlene Amoia	...	Wendy
David Burtka	...	Scooter
Taran Killam	...	Blauman
Hayes MacArthur	...	Curt 'Ironman' Irons
Rowly Dennis	...	Trevor
Patrick Moote	...	Darren
Houston Rhines	...	Jerry
Laura Ann Kesling	...	8-Year Old Nicole

Storyline

While Ted, Barney, Marshall and Lily have a beer at the bar at 2am, Robin, who drops by the bar, has just woken up to start her new job at the morning show. Barney is relaying a story about Marshall at work that day, he who was getting dressed for work after a basketball game at the company gym when he realized that he forgot to bring his suit pants, meaning that he had to go to work wearing his athletic shorts. Barney plays a hand at what Marshall ultimately wore for the rest of the work day. And Ted is telling the gang that his old girlfriend Karen is in town. Karen was Ted's first real girlfriend in high school and through some of college. She was pretentious and chronically cheated on Ted, which are the primary reasons that Marshall and Lily hate her. But Ted always took her back when she came running. As Marshall and Lily try to persuade Ted not to fall into the same trap he always has with Karen let alone even see her, Ted fills in a few more of the blanks regarding what he has ...

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 March 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Bays Thomas Productions, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Reference to previous episode: When Marshall says nothing interesting happened Robin answers: "Come on, you guys! You are four young, active people, living in the most exciting city on earth". She's quoting Barney's gay brother, James, in How I Met Your Mother: Single Stamina, after they refused to go out because it was winter.

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Goofs

Lily says that she painted Marshall naked because he ate her bowl of fruit, but previously Lily painted Marshall naked for a nude art class she wanted to take.

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Quotes

Marshall Eriksen: The story is already written. Ted is Charlie Brown and Karen is Lucy, and she's going to pull the football away and have sex with it.

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