Big Days (20 Sep. 2010)

Ted musters up the courage to talk to a girl at the bar, but then discovers she's there with one of his exes. Meanwhile, Lily is mad at Marshall because he told his dad they're trying to have a baby, and Robin lets herself go.

Director:

Pamela Fryman

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
Rachel Bilson	...	Cindy
Bill Fagerbakke	...	Marvin Eriksen Sr.
Kaylee DeFer	...	Casey (as Kaylee Anne Defer)
Lyndsy Fonseca	...	Daughter
David Henrie	...	Son
Brian David Jones	...	Co-Worker #2 (as Brian Jones)
Daniel Kash	...	Guy
Peter Katona	...	Co-Worker #1
James Ryen	...	Co-Worker #3

Storyline

Ted sees a beautiful woman sitting alone at the bar reading a book. He and Barney argue on who gets the privilege of approaching her. After Ted wins the battle, he may change his mind as he soon finds out that she is a friend of an old girlfriend, Cindy, with who their relationship ended very badly. But Ted also remembers that Cindy's roommate - who Ted only saw the back of - could actually be Ted's soul mate. Will Ted risk approaching this woman while receiving the wrath of Cindy on the chance that that woman is Cindy's roommate? Meanwhile, Robin has had a difficult summer trying to get over Don, and the way she looks shows it. And Lily and Marshall have scheduled tonight as the first night they will try to conceive a child. Marshall has even saved himself for two weeks in preparation. But someone may get between Marshall and Lily getting together this evening: Marvin Sr., who is a little too involved in Marshall's life for Lily's liking.

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Plot Keywords:

bar | lesbian kiss | flashback

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 September 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:

22 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Ted and Lily share a nervous/subconscious tick of peeling off/ripping up labels off bottles (water or beer). Lily does it when she feels guilty (Season 3 Episode 7 Dowisetrepla) while Ted does it when he's nervous (Season 6 Episode 1 Big Days).

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Quotes

Ted Mosby: [sipping a beer] This is what church has been missing. Dude, you fixed Church!
Marshall Eriksen: You're welcome, God.

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Soundtracks

"Run Off The Road"
(uncredited)
Performed by Ola Podrida

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