Intervention (13 Oct. 2008)

Ted, Robin, Marshall, and Lily all begin getting cold feet because of their imminent life changes, and Barney tries to prove that he can pick up a woman while posing as an 80-year-old man.

Director:

Michael J. Shea

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
Matt Boren	...	Stuart
Virginia Williams	...	Claudia
Charlene Amoia	...	Wendy
Emily Foxler	...	Claudette
Michael Christian Alexander	...	Intervention Leader
Declan Beaty	...	Gilbert Abergast
Michelle Gunn	...	Mrs. Abergast
Alex Lombard	...	Amber
Shaila Vaidya	...	Cindy

Storyline

Buoyed by the success of an intervention concerning their friend Stuart's over-consumption of alcohol carried out by a large group of their friends, the gang decide to hold interventions for everything that bothers them about the others. So when Ted, Marshall and Lily are packing up the apartment to move on with their respective lives, Ted finds the intervention box with envelopes addressed to him. The others admit that they were going to hold an intervention when Ted first got engaged, believing he was rushing into things, but decided not to after they got to know Stella. As Ted makes them read their letters anyway, Ted comes to realize that they may be right, which in turn makes Marshall and Lily realize that moving to their new apartment does not feel right, and makes Robin realize that moving to Japan does not feel right. Only Barney, trying to win a bet that he, wearing make-up and pretending to be eighty years old, can still pick up a twenty-two year old, may inadvertently have ...

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

13 October 2008 (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

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

In the flashback where Ted's encyclopædia bookshelf falls off the wall, removing the plaster to expose the the brickwork underneath, the bricks bounce and flex as though pushed from behind the set.

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Quotes

Robin Scherbatsky: [in a thick Canadian accent] Stanley Cup. Game 6, eh? The Rangers are about to be sorry they ever played shinny with the Canucks.
Marshall: Hey, hey Robin.
Robin Scherbatsky: Yeah?
Marshall: I'll give you 20 bucks if you can shoot it through this front door.
Robin Scherbatsky: [laughs] You're nuttier than a Tim Horton's maple log. Timmy Ho!
[shoots a hockey puck]
Lily: [catches the puck] That's it Robin, give me the stick.
Robin Scherbatsky: I'll give you summer teeth. Some are here, some are there.
Lily: Oh Robin, give me the stick.
Robin Scherbatsky: Take off,
[...]

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Connections

References Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)

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Soundtracks

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

User Reviews

Brilliant!

This episode was the funniest I've seen so far.

The joke at the beginning is the most original joke I have ever seen on television. It might not be one were you will laugh your ass of, but come on... think about it. Someone, probably writer Stephen Lloyd had to come up with an opening scene en then thought; 'he, I'll let Barney come into the bar dressed like an 80 year old and make him trying to convince a hot girl that he is actually from the future'. This writer is brilliant and surely deserves a special thank you for coming up with this joke.

But there was so much more to love. Like the interventions, so funny! From 'oh bullocks' to 'we're having to many interventions'. I already loved the flashbacks on this show. but the ones in this episode made me even love them more! Finally the joke with Barney and the girl fight made me laugh so badly that I missed the rest of the episode.

Stephen Lloyd, you're my new hero.