Home Wreckers 

Ted reacts to his mom's second wedding by making the capricious decision to buy his "dream house," while everyone tries to figure out whether Barney or Robin cried at the wedding.

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
Cristine Rose	...	Virginia
Harry Groener	...	Clint
Gary Anthony Williams	...	Inspector
Suzie Plakson	...	Judy
Lyndsy Fonseca	...	Daughter
David Henrie	...	Son
Cinda Adams	...	Wedding Guest #3
Thomas Crawford	...	Wedding Guest #1
Kathleen M. Darcy	...	Wedding Guest #2
Jim Grollman	...	Uncle Larry

Storyline

Ted is telling his kids the crisis he endured at the announcement of his mother's second marriage to free thinking Clint, whose every word about Ted's mother is of a sexual nature. Not being able to contain his horror not only in her marrying a man like Clint but her marrying for a second time before Ted even enters into his first marriage, Ted runs off in the middle of the reception. But when he emerges 72 hours later, Ted is a new, happier man. He has circumvented his own non-marriage status by buying a house. Although he considers it his dream house, the gang see a run down uninhabitable rat trap. The home inspector concurs. Lily thinks she has at least a cathartic solution to Ted's problem. But it's Marshall who knows deep down what Ted will do. Meanwhile, Robin and Barney have differing stories about which of the two of them cried at Clint's sexually charged wedding serenade to and about Ted's mom. And Marshall comes up with a new guessing game he calls "was I a kid or was I ...

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Plot Keywords:

canadian abroad | neil patrick harris character | buying a house | falling through the floor | house inspection | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Barney is having a flashback of driving Ted's mom to the airport (about 15 minutes in), he says "and that's how you got the brooch." This is a continuation of the conversation Barney and her had in the episode Brunch (season 2, episode 3) where he asked about its origin.

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Goofs

Barney is driving Ted's mother to the airport in 2006 even though in season 2 (happens in 2007) Barney was terrified of driving.

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Quotes

Lily Aldrin: We all have to live with the mistakes we make, but how often do you get to bash the living hell out of them?

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Connections

References The Blair Witch Project (1999)

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Soundtracks

Hey Beautiful
Written by The Solids
Performed by The Solids

User Reviews

BBQ

I like the bit where they smashed the wall with a sledgehammer

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Hawaiian

Release Date:

19 April 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