How I Met Everyone Else 

While everyone meets Ted's new crazy girlfriend, everyone recounts their stories of how they met everyone else. But the stories turn out to have several inconsistencies.

Director:

Pamela Fryman

Writers:

Carter Bays (created by), Craig Thomas (created by)

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
Abigail Spencer	...	Blahblah
Jolie Jenkins	...	Alexa
Ray Auxias	...	Phil
Betsy Rue	...	Audrey

Storyline

Ted is relating to his kids the story of a woman he met over the Internet in 2007 whose name he no longer remembers, so refers to her only as "Blahblah". Before meeting her, Barney believes Blahblah is probably crazy as are all women prowling the Internet for a hook-up, but that she is probably hot to overcome that craziness. After the gang meets Blahblah, Barney's assertions are strengthened. But in getting to know Blahblah and Blahblah getting to know everyone else, the gang discuss the first time each met the other. Lily and Marshall have told their story so often that they have it down to a fine art. But everyone else's story may have the same basic structure from both parties involved, but it's the subtleties that seem to differ. The story of Ted and Lily's first meeting is especially troublesome, and the true details which may never be totally known unless an impartial third party who may have been more lucid at the event comes forward.

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Plot Keywords:

reference to rene descartes | neil patrick harris character | canadian abroad | kiss | world of warcraft | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

Barney's hot/crazy chart features the "Mendoza diagonal;" a girl below the diagonal is to be avoided. In baseball, the "Mendoza line" refers to a batting average of .200; a hitter below the line is having a terrible year.

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Goofs

When Barney uses his hot/crazy graph with the example of a girl he dated he uses the graph wrong. He said that she loses ten pounds which indicates she's got hotter but instead he draws a line which actually said she's got less crazy. And the following line should be that she got crazier but instead he draws a line that said she's getting hotter and crazier, and finally he again draws a line that makes the girl less crazy instead of hotter.

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Quotes

Barney Stinson: [Flashback of the first time Ted and Barney met] Tonight's the first time I'm taking my deaf brother out since our mom died.
Ted Mosby: Oh, I'm sorry about that.
Barney Stinson: No, it's OK. I have to take care of him now. Of course, I have had to put my dreams on hold in order to do it, but I'm happy to.
[Starts crying]
Barney Stinson: He's my brother and I love him. I'm sorry, it's all still so fresh.
Ted Mosby: Oh man, I'm really sorry.
Barney Stinson: Wow, you bought that?
Ted Mosby: What?
Barney Stinson: I just made that up mid-pee. It worked on you, it's definitely gonna work on that blonde ...

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Connections

Referenced in How I Met Your Mother: The Platinum Rule (2007)

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Soundtracks

I am a scientist
Performed by Guided By Voices
(played in flashback scene when Ted met Marshall)

User Reviews

The Hot/Crazy scale

We first see Barney's Hot/Crazy scale in this episode.

Plot In A Paragraph: Ted turns up at the bar with a girl who he met on the Internet. Embarrassed by this she asks him to go along with a fake story of how they met. Barney insists if she is hot, then she must be crazy, as hot sane girls do not pick up men on the Internet. He then shows Ted the Hot/Crazy scale. Meanwhile thought the course of the night and Ted tells the story of how he met everyone else, we see how Teds date ranks on Barney's scale.

The severe where Barney explains the Hot/Crazy scale is one of my favourites of this season. It's simply brilliant

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English American Sign Language

Release Date:

22 October 2007 (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 Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1