Garbage Island (21 Feb. 2011)

The Captain asks Ted to help find out who stole Zoey away from him, Marshall withholds sex until he does something to help the environment, and Barney is reluctant to admit that he has a crush on Robin's friend.

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
Kyle MacLachlan	...	The Captain
Jennifer Morrison	...	Zoey Pierson
Bob Odenkirk	...	Arthur Hobbs
Charlene Amoia	...	Wendy
Nazanin Boniadi	...	Nora
Dan O'Brien	...	Meeker (as Daniel G. O'Brien)
Edward Flores	...	Food Guy

Storyline

Zoey's husband, the Captain, doesn't know that Ted is the man for who Zoey left him. Intimidated by the Captain, Ted doesn't relish doing Zoey the favor of picking up a box of her belongings from her old apartment, but does it when she tells him that the Captain has left it with the doorman for her. So when Ted goes to pick up the box, he is dismayed to run into the Captain, who needs to talk to his good friend Ted about putting the man who stole Zoey away from him on the gangplank. Meanwhile, Marshall focuses his entire life on being good to the environment after watching a documentary on Garbage Island, this focus even to the exclusion of sex with Lily. Marshall finally opens up to his wife about why he has gone on this environmental bent. And Barney doesn't want to admit that his first date with Nora - his first ever date on Valentine's Day - resulted in him wanting another date with her. Robin tries to change that.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to sting | reference to mother theresa | airport lounge | 2020s

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 February 2011 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television, Bays Thomas Productions

Did You Know?

Trivia

It can be seen on the coffee mug Robin is holding while talking to Barney, is from Tim Hortons. The popular Canadian coffee shop where 'Cobie Smulders' (gv) and here character Robin are from.

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Quotes

Lily Aldrin: You should work at a carnival.
Barney Stinson: I tried; they're pretty strict with backgrounds.

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Connections

References Spider-Man (2002)

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Soundtracks

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

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