Girls vs. Suits 

Barney chooses between wearing suits and sleeping with a sexy bartender. Meanwhile, Ted gets ever closer to meeting "the mother".

Director:

Pamela Fryman

Writers:

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

Stars:

Josh Radnor, Jason Segel, Cobie Smulders

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Josh Radnor	...	Ted Mosby
Jason Segel	...	Marshall Eriksen
Cobie Smulders	...	Robin Scherbatsky
Neil Patrick Harris	...	Barney Stinson
Alyson Hannigan	...	Lily Aldrin
Rachel Bilson	...	Cindy
Stacy Keibler	...	Karina
Tim Gunn	...	Tim Gunn
Joe Nieves	...	Carl
Lyndsy Fonseca	...	Daughter
David Henrie	...	Son
Ryan Bailey	...	Herb (as Ryan Kyler Bailey)
James Pumphrey	...	Frat Dude #1
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Quinn Lipton	...	Dancer

Storyline

A beautiful woman named Karina starts working as a bartender at MacLaren's. Robin believes Karina's hotness is all circumstantial. Many men are mesmerized by Karina, but none more so than Barney, who has never slept with a bartender. Barney has a plan to woo Karina, but Karina, who has so far treated all the patrons at the bar like her best friend, is immediately turned off by Barney. Marshall learns it's because she previously had a bad experience with a man who worked on Wall Street, so now she immediately is turned off by anyone wearing a suit. Can Barney give up his suit wearing ways to impress Karina, or put aside his suits long enough to sleep with her? Meanwhile, Ted has started dating Cindy, a student at the university. Cindy breaks it off with Ted when she learns that the university has a strict no professor-student dating policy, which means that if they are caught, Cindy could lose her scholarship and Ted could lose his job. But something about Cindy makes Ted feel that he ...

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Plot Keywords:

neil patrick harris character | canadian abroad | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

TV's Tim Gunn (playing Barney's tailor) uses his famous catchphrase when telling Barney that he "just couldn't make it work."

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Goofs

When Barney tears his suit, there is no tearing sound, even though one is clearly intended.

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Quotes

Barney Stinson: Only two things could cause that commotion - boobs.

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Connections

Features How I Met Your Mother: Definitions (2009)

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Soundtracks

Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit
(uncredited)
Written by Carter Bays and Craig Thomas
Performed by Neil Patrick Harris with Jason Segel, Josh Radnor, Cobie Smulders, and Alyson Hannigan

User Reviews

Musical

Great songs. A good bit where they take off another movie too

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 January 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 Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1