Home Wreckers (19 Apr. 2010)

Ted reacts to his mom's second wedding by making the capricious decision to buy his "dream house," while everyone tries to figure out whether Barney or Robin cried at the wedding.

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
Cristine Rose	...	Virginia Mosby
Harry Groener	...	Clint
Gary Anthony Williams	...	Inspector
Suzie Plakson	...	Judy Eriksen
Lyndsy Fonseca	...	Daughter
David Henrie	...	Son
Cinda Adams	...	Wedding Guest #3
Thomas Crawford	...	Wedding Guest #1
Kathleen M. Darcy	...	Wedding Guest #2
Jim Grollman	...	Uncle Larry

Storyline

Ted is telling his kids the crisis he endured at the announcement of his mother's second marriage to free thinking Clint, whose every word about Ted's mother is of a sexual nature. Not being able to contain his horror not only in her marrying a man like Clint but her marrying for a second time before Ted even enters into his first marriage, Ted runs off in the middle of the reception. But when he emerges 72 hours later, Ted is a new, happier man. He has circumvented his own non-marriage status by buying a house. Although he considers it his dream house, the gang see a run down uninhabitable rat trap. The home inspector concurs. Lily thinks she has at least a cathartic solution to Ted's problem. But it's Marshall who knows deep down what Ted will do. Meanwhile, Robin and Barney have differing stories about which of the two of them cried at Clint's sexually charged wedding serenade to and about Ted's mom. And Marshall comes up with a new guessing game he calls "was I a kid or was I ...

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Hawaiian

Release Date:

19 April 2010 (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

Barney is driving Ted's mother to the airport in 2006 even though in season 2 (happens in 2007) Barney was terrified of driving.

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Quotes

Clint: [Ted's mother and her boyfriend, Clint, visits the apartment, but Clint couldn't stop praising Virginia] Ted, your mother is a very, very erotic woman.
Ted Mosby: Please don't.

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Connections

References The Blair Witch Project (1999)

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Soundtracks

"Our House"
(uncredited)
Written by Graham Nash
Performed by Crosby Stills Nash & Young

User Reviews

Drunk or Kid

A nice episode but not as funny as "Zoo or False" (man, the way Barney pulls off the Neil Armstrong statement is fantastic ).

As with Ted, we also don't meet the MOTHER, but we get introduced to his present home. Now that does that give an indication that his Wife will make an appearance soon. Cant say that... Initially, i didn't think the creators would take the series till 5 seasons without bringing her in, so they can get another 5 seasons as well.

Highlights: 1. Who cried? 2. Your p**** is enormous. 3. Drunk or Kid 4. Barney was planning to become Ted's dad 5. & of course... Mahatma Gandhi, and the pancakes, and the dragon and you…