The Three Days Rule (27 Apr. 2009)

Ted gets around the three-day rule by texting a woman he just met, but he doesn't realize that he's actually texting Barney and Marshall.

Director:

Pamela Fryman

Writers:

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

Stars:

Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Josh Radnor	...	Ted Mosby
Jason Segel	...	Marshall Eriksen
Cobie Smulders	...	Robin Scherbatsky
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Barney Stinson
Alyson Hannigan	...	Lily Aldrin (credit only)
Rebecca Budig	...	Holli
Kevin Michael Richardson	...	Stan
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bob Saget	...	Narrator (voice)

Storyline

Ted has just met a woman named Holli. He wants to call her right away, but Barney tells him he can't because of the "three day rule". To shut Barney up, Ted promises that he'll follow the rule and not call her for three days. Ted finds what he thinks is a loophole: he'll text her instead. But the one text leads to a series of texts over the course of the day that makes Ted discover that Holli may be his perfect girl. Will he tell her that he loves her? That's what Barney and Marshall believe will happen since it really is Barney and Marshall who Ted has been texting, and Barney and Marshall have been responding pretending to be Holli. Barney stole Ted's phone, into which he changed Holli's cell phone number for his own. Robin finds out about what Barney and Marshall have been doing. Believing it to be mean to their best friend, Robin tells Ted what they did. Ted seeks his revenge by texting back a message which will make Barney and Marshall wonder which of the two really is his best ...

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Plot Keywords:

text messaging

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 April 2009 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Bays Thomas Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 30 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Robin Scherbatsky: No woman in the history of the world is ever "just sitting around, reading architecture magazines in my old cheerleader uniform".
Ted Mosby: Okay, maybe she's just lying about the architecture magazines.

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Connections

Features How I Met Your Mother: Pilot (2005)

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Soundtracks

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

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