Say Cheese 

Ted angers Lily when he brings a random date to her birthday party, so she is forced to remind him of all the other random women he has brought along to important functions, only to discover that they weren't "the one."

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
Laura Prepon	...	Karen
Brooke Nevin	...	Amanda
Anne Dudek	...	Natalie
Gina Comparetto	...	Strawberry
Asia De Marcos	...	Japanese Wife (as Asia Demarcos)
Blake Hogue	...	Neighbor
T. Lynn Eanes	...	Esme (as Tanisha Lynn)
Gaku Space	...	Robin's Date
Jessica Vilchis	...	Rosalie

Storyline

It's Lily's 32nd birthday. The only thing she loves more than birthdays is taking a group photo with all her close friends on such special occasions as a permanent memory she can paste in her scrapbook. On this birthday for which Marshall has planned an intimate black tie dinner for the five of them, Ted brings Amanda, a woman he has just started dating. When Amanda is out of earshot, Lily makes it quite clear to Ted that she doesn't want Amanda in the photo. The reason is that Ted has always brought the woman he is dating to such functions, she who is always in the photo. But each of those women have not only become a forgotten nameless memory which has ruined the shot for Lily, but many have become the nameless "bitch" in the photo in Ted's memory. This discussion leads to an argument between Ted and the rest regarding dating philosophy, and what happens in the aftermath of the inevitable break-up. The photos also bring up the issue that Barney seems never to take a bad photograph, ...

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Plot Keywords:

neil patrick harris character | man wears a tuxedo | woman wears a red dress | birthday | paris france | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

This episode, where they celebrated Lily's 32nd birthday, aired on March 22, 2010, Alyson Hannigan's 36th birthday.

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Goofs

In this episode Barney claims he has never taken a bad picture. Though in S5E04 "The sexless innkeeper' in Marshall's photo montage of their double date every picture of Barney is bad.

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Quotes

Barney Stinson: The camera loves me Robin - more than loves me the camera lusts me. The camera wants to put on some nice lingerie, pop in an Al Green CD, dim the lights, and do me as I lie there with my eyes closed.

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Connections

References The Goonies (1985)

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Soundtracks

Briques
(uncredited)
Performed by Les Cautionneurs

User Reviews

This a fun episode that is really a good indicator of

What HIMYM is. Light and funny and easy to watch. Funny, real, emotional, etc. Not great...and almost an 8, but not quite. But really enjoyable.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Japanese Spanish

Release Date:

22 March 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:

Dolby Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1