Perfect Week 

When Barney is about to complete the perfect week - landing seven different girls in seven days - the gang roots him on in order to forget about their own miserable week.

Director:

Pamela Fryman

Writers:

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

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
Jim Nantz	...	Jim Nantz
Nick Swisher	...	Self
Larry Poindexter	...	Joe Donovan
Charlene Amoia	...	Wendy
Lyndsy Fonseca	...	Daughter
David Henrie	...	Son
Jessica Borden	...	Joanna (as Jessica Faye Borden)
Hong Chau	...	Cook Pu
Ryan Daniel Dobson	...	Danny (as Ryan Dobson)
George Finn	...	Jamie Adamic

Storyline

By the third day, it looks as if Barney's perfect week - sleeping with seven different women on each of the seven days with no rejection - may become a reality. It not only becomes Barney's obsession, but that of Marshall, Lily, Robin and Ted, as those four need something to take their minds off what a bad week they're having. Marshall and Lily have lost yet another couple friends when information about Marshall and Lily's life is made public. Robin has yet to hear from her latest date, which bothers her despite thinking that he was boring. And Ted is having problems with a student in his class who he thought was putting him on. But the four find out that behind Barney's perfect week quest, he too is facing a major problem in his life. Only Lily believes Barney needs to get out from the perfect week quest and deal with his problem head on.

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Plot Keywords:

neil patrick harris character | perfect week | canadian abroad | crying woman | reference to muhammad ali | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the scene when Ted is doing roll call in his class, he calls out the name Jamie Adamic. Jamie Adamic is the name of one of the assistants to the producers on the show.

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Goofs

In this episode we learn Lily and Marshall have been sharing a toothbrush for the past 8 years but in the season one episode "Zip, Zip, Zip" Lily and Marshall are both in the bathroom brushing their teeth with their own toothbrushes.

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Quotes

Lily Aldrin: So how'd the date with Dale go?
Robin Scherbatsky: Sometimes the dude with the horn-rimmed glasses and the Smurfs T-shirt is being ironic, and sometimes he's just a dork with a lazy eye who has a love-hate relationship with Gargamel.
Lily Aldrin: Robin, just because a guy talks a lot about a fictional character on a first date doesn't mean he's not husband material.
Marshall Eriksen: Yeah, Sasquatch isn't fictional.

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Connections

References Major League (1989)

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Soundtracks

Baseball Charge #2
(uncredited)
Written by Tommy Walker

User Reviews

Neil Patrick Harris Is Awesome

How I Met Your Mother is well and truly over its slump from earlier this season, and is now producing excellent episode after excellent episode.

Plot In A Paragraph: With Barney aiming to achieve the ultimate dream by completing "The Perfect Week" which involves sleeping with 7 girls in 7 days, all the gang are rooting for him, to forget their own miserable week. Ted accidentally insulted a student named Cook Poo, when he believed someone had wrote a fake name on his sign up sheet. Robin was upset when a guy she had a bad first date with doesn't call her back, and Marahall and Lily are devastated when they lose another couple as friends when it is revealed that they share a toothbrush.

Any episode that features the brilliant Neil Patrick Harris's character Barney Stinson in the main storyline is always excellent, and this one is no exception, in fact I consider this one of my favourite episodes of HIMYM.

I could go on and on about the brilliance of this episode, and in particular Neil Patrick Harris but I won't bore you with it.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 February 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