Right Place Right Time (4 May 2009)

Ted recounts the series of random events that lead up to the chance meeting with the woman who would eventually become his wife.

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 (credit only)
Sarah Chalke	...	Stella Zinman
Dan Castellaneta	...	Milt
John Duerler	...	Harlen Johnsen
Joel McCrary	...	Ged Wilkinson
Lyndsy Fonseca	...	Daughter
David Henrie	...	Son
Katie Hein	...	Jenni
Mary Ann Jarou	...	Jenny
Kurt Long	...	Galoshes the Weather Clown
Bianca Lopez	...	Gennie

Storyline

Ted is telling his children about a series of seemingly unrelated events that took place in 2009 all at around the same time: Robin getting food poisoning and vomiting on air; Barney miscalculating that a Czech super model will be his two hundredth sex partner; and Marshall overusing poster sized charts he has made up by the graphics department at GNB. Why is he telling them these stories in combination? Because they all led to him standing on a certain street corner at a certain time which resulted in him meeting their mother. As Ted is standing on that corner at that time, he is tapped on the shoulder by...

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Plot Keywords:

fitness gym | told in flashback | flashback | premarital sex | womanizer | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 May 2009 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Bays Thomas Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In this episode Robin had food poisoning and Barney and Ted made fun of her saying she's pregnant because she vomited. In real life, the actress, Cobie Smulders who played Robin was actually pregnant at that time.

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Goofs

During Marshall's presentation at the bar, he mentions Barney's 16 years of sexual activity. In How I Met Your Mother: The Yips Barney mentions losing his virginity at age 23 to Rhonda. This would make Ted 31 while Barney is 39, much older than he is portrayed.

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Quotes

Narrator: So there you have it, kids, theres a lot of little reasons why the big things in our lives happen. If I had known then where all those little things were leading me and how grateful I'd be to get there... well, I probably would have done something like this.
[Ted goes to every person involved and gives them a hug]
Narrator: Because somehow I ended up at the right place at the right time. And as a result, my life would never be the same.

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Connections

References Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983)

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Soundtracks

"Hey Beautiful"
Written by The Solids
Performed by The Solids

User Reviews

I hate cliffhangers but this was great.

I'm only going to comment on two events. First is the issue of Barney's 200th liaison. Even after the disappointment he feels over the supermodel bot being his 200th, we saw the next part coming. After saying "What's next?", it immediately goes to a scene of him looking at Robin. We all know what that means. This also happens to be the last scene and drove me nuts after what happened in the next comment.

Now for the big one. The whole episode is about Ted being in the right place at the right time. Throughout the episode we see a scene of Ted being tapped on the shoulder by a woman and him explaining about how circumstances led to him being on that street corner. Right before the last commercial break the mystery woman is finally revealed, AND IT'S STELLA! Leaving us with a cliffhanger like Stella reappearing makes me really anxious for next week and what will come of this.