How I Met Your Mother

Season 4 · 24 Episodes

Season 4

200824 Episodes

Loaded with irresistible laughter and filled with outrageous fun, there's just one word for the hit comedy How I Met Your Mother: Awesomeness! From dating dilemmas to career conundrums, the recently engaged Ted and his feisty friends find themselves at the crossroads of young adult life. While newlyweds Marshall and Lily contemplate parenthood, single gal Robin explores the advantages of having "friends with benefits." Meanwhile, the irrepressible, opinionated Barney continues his hilariously dogged pursuit of the fairer sex. As for Ted, his Miss Right is out there, but amid bar brawls and blizzards, how will he ever find her?

Episodes

Ted and Stella get engaged, but Ted soon learns that he doesn't know anything about her. Meanwhile, Barney confesses to Lily that he's in love with Robin.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Carter Bays, Craig Thomas

Guest Stars

Sarah Chalke

Stella Zinman

Kyle Archer

Mark Johnson

Heidi Herschbach

April

Lyndsy Fonseca

Daughter

David Henrie

Son

Nicole Taylor

Sexy Blonde

Marshall claims that he had the best hamburger in the world during his first week in New York City, but he forgot where the burger joint is located. The gang then hits the streets of Manhattan to help him find it.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Carter Bays, Craig Thomas

Guest Stars

Regis Philbin

Charlene Amoia

Wendy

Jay Lay

Nicest Guy in the World

Mandy McMillian

Waitress

Casey Washington

Strip Club Guy

When Stella's babysitter cancels, a night out turns into the gang hanging out at her place, and Ted talks up New Jersey... until he learns Stella wants him to move there after marriage.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Greg Malins

Guest Stars

Darcy Rose Byrnes

Lucy Grafanello

Edward Kiniry-Ostro

Brian

Sarah Chalke

Stella Zinman

Michael Kagan

Joel Adams

Shammy Dee

Matisse

Elaine Kao

Girl From Couple

John Pollono

Guy From Couple

When Ted is packing his stuff for his move to New Jersey, he discovers that the gang was going to hold an intervention for his engagement to Stella and demands they hold it anyway.

Director

Michael J. Shea

Written By

Stephen Lloyd

Guest Stars

Emily Baldoni

Claudette

Michelle Gunn

Mrs. Abergast

Virginia Williams

Claudia

Matt Boren

Stuart

Charlene Amoia

Wendy

Declan Beaty

Gilbert

Shaila Vaidya

Cindy

Michael Christian Alexander

Intervention Leader

Alex Lombard

Hot Chick

Ted and Stella move up their wedding date, but the wedding may not go off as planned after Ted breaks the "No Exes Rule" and invites Robin to come in from Japan for the wedding.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Chris Harris

Guest Stars

Danneel Ackles

Nora

Darcy Rose Byrnes

Lucy Grafanello

Jason Jones

Tony Grafanello

Sarah Chalke

Stella Zinman

Annie Abrams

Desk Clerk

Lyndsy Fonseca

Daughter

David Henrie

Son

Aaron Hendry

Juice Bar Guy

A serendipitous meeting with someone from his past has Ted thinking about how he would handle running into someone he would prefer to forget.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Jamie Rhonheimer

Guest Stars

Eric Braeden

Robin Scherbatsky Sr.

Darcy Rose Byrnes

Lucy Grafanello

Jason Jones

Tony Grafanello

Michael Bolten

Kyle

Sarah Chalke

Stella Zinman

Max Prado

Michael Sasser

Shelby Zemanek

Young Robin

Meegan E. Godfrey

Becca

Chris Dotson

Waiter

Barney creates a holiday to celebrate not being a father. Meanwhile, Lily and Marshall are considering having a baby, but Lily first wants advice from Ted and Robin.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Robia Rashid

Guest Stars

Dan Lauria

Nolan

Lindsey Stoddart

Charlotte

Michael Antosy

Recruit

Michael Hagiwara

Mr. Li

Michael McCafferty

Cabbie

Elena K. Smith

Ted's Cousin

Danièle Watts

Lori

A birthday party for one of Lily's co-workers leads to Robin connecting with a group of single partiers known as the "Woo Girls". Ted presents a plan for Goliath National Bank's new HQ.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Carter Bays, Craig Thomas

Guest Stars

Jamie-Lynn Sigler

Jillian

Krista Kalmus

Misty

Erika Medina

Stacey

Jae Suh Park

Crystal

Bryan Callen

Bilson

Kevin Christy

Sven #1

Ted Cannon

Sven #3

Sam Littlefield

Sven #2

Matthew Stephen Young

Mechanical Bull Operator

The gang learns a new way to get their dates to sleep with them after Ted walks in on Robin's date sitting naked on the couch.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Joe Kelly

Guest Stars

Courtney Ford

Vicky

Candace Moon

Christina

Adam Paul

Mitch

Jim Woods

Burglar #2

Lyndsy Fonseca

Daughter

David Henrie

Son

David Tran

Busboy

Kevin Michael Walsh

Burglar #1

Ted (to prove he's not a milquetoast) and Barney (to impress Robin) pick a fight with a group of guys sitting in the gang's favorite booth at MacLaren's.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Guest Stars

Khary Payton

Guy in Booth #3

Will Sasso

Doug Martin

Davis Cleveland

Andy

Kate Mansi

Amanda

Robert Michael Ryan

Marvin Eriksen

Charlene Amoia

Wendy

Sarah Campbell

Esmerelda

Ethan Dizon

Ben

Ned Rolsma

Marcus Eriksen

Courtney Ray Geigle

Guy #1

Andy Hoff

Guy #2

Ryan Freeman

Guy in Booth #2

Jess Rowland

Guy in Booth #1

Alec Gray

Kid

Ted tries to keep his irresponsible sister from hooking up with Barney during her trip to New York, and Robin starts hanging out with Marshall at a bar for Minnesotans, not telling them that she's really Canadian.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Chuck Tatham

Guest Stars

Erin Cahill

Heather Mosby

Eric Bruskotter

George

Tug Coker

Bud

Jon Paul Burkhart

Herm

Sean C. Graham

Wayne

Scott Michael Morgan

Glen

Ted and Robin discover that sex with each other solve their fights as roommates, which makes Barney very jealous and angry. Meanwhile, Marshall reveals that he's too embarrassed to use the office bathroom.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Kourtney Kang

Guest Stars

Kendra Wilkinson

Kim Kardashian

Spencer Pratt

Heidi Montag

Greg Collins

Matt Zinman

Kevin Kirkpatrick

Donald

Ambrit Millhouse

Jill

Jason Rogel

Clerk

Bryan Callen

Bilson

Jack J. Bennett

Craig Gerard

Ethan Dizon

Ben

Lily and Marshall try to continue their airport reunion tradition. Barney and Ted offer to keep MacLaren's open during a blizzard so they can meet up with some college girls.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Matt Kuhn

Guest Stars

Joe Nieves

Carl

Marshall Manesh

Ranjit Singh

Eileen April Boylan

Melissa

Pat Crawford Brown

Thelma

Cal Gibson

Ryan

Amy Gumenick

Amanda

Jordan Masterson

Colin

Yves Bright

Patrice

Gita Isak

Rachel Sondheimer

Ute Werner

Viveka

Robin, desperate to find a job before she is deported, agrees to let Barney produce a video resume for her.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Guest Stars

Colleen Shannon

Lottery Girl

Regan Burns

Producer

Tina Casciani

Marisela Diaz

Angela Martinez

Rochelle Harper

Seth Morris

Director

Mark Tomesek

Dr. Goodman

Ara Anton

Herm

Wayne Lopez

Referee

The gang thinks that Barney must have a secret girlfriend after noticing his bizarre behavior.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Carter Bays, Craig Thomas

Guest Stars

Frances Conroy

Loretta Stinson

Brooke D'Orsay

Margaret

Zachary Gordon

Grant

Angelo Diona

Ricky

Kimberly Dawn Guerrero

Stage Mom

Marshall and Lily are less than thrilled when they hear that Ted's college girlfriend (Laura Prepon) has moved to New York.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Craig Gerard, Matthew Zinman

Guest Stars

Bryan Callen

Bilson

Hayes MacArthur

Curt

Rowly Dennis

Trevor

David Burtka

Scooter

Laura Prepon

Karen

Taran Killam

Gary Blauman

Charlene Amoia

Wendy

Patrick Moote

Darren

Houston Rhines

Jerry

Laura Ann Kesling

Nicole

Koby Rouviere

Marshall Eriksen

Ted learns that not only did Lily plant another woman's earring in his bed for Karen to find, she has meddled in some of his other relationships as well.

Written By

Chris Harris

Guest Stars

Laura Prepon

Karen

Italia Ricci

Hot Woman #1

Nikki BreAnne Wells

Hot Woman #2

Jessica Anderson

Hot Woman #3

Marshall and Barney lie to keep Ted from finding out the headquarters he'd been hired to design for GNB has been cancelled.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Jamie Rhonheimer

Guest Stars

Aaron Hill

The Frozen Snowshoe

Bryan Callen

Bilson

Darlena Tejeiro

Louisa

Aynsley Bubbico

Maya

Stephen Kearin

Arthur

William Walton

Roy

When Barney learns Ted has a list of things he thinks the gang is too old to do, he sets out to do every task within 24 hours in order to prove Ted wrong.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Joe Kelly

Guest Stars

Charlie Stewart

Kenny

Robert Wisdom

McCracken

Andrew Astor

Addison

Bill Fagerbakke

Marvin Eriksen

Justin Lawrence

Ryan

Brian Collins

Teen Wolf

Kaela Elmido

Girl

Ted goes out on his own as an architect and hires an intern to help get things started, but the intern gets a little too close to others in the gang.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Kourtney Kang

Guest Stars

Ryan Sypek

Stephen Holland

Creepy Back Rub Guy

Joel Spence

Toy Guy

Bo Barrett

Guy 2

Edward Rudolph Flores

Food Guy

Darren O'Hare

Guy 1

Ted breaks one of Barney and Marshall's relationship rules, texting a woman he recently met, so the pair play a joke on Ted by pretending to be the woman.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Greg Malins

Guest Stars

Kevin Michael Richardson

Stan

Rebecca Budig

Holli

Ted ponders how being in the right place at the right time can impact a person's life; Barney celebrates his 200th female conquest.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Stephen Lloyd

Guest Stars

Dan Castellaneta

Milt

Kurt Long

Galoshes the Weather Clown

Kit Pongetti

Fran

Joel McCrary

Wilkinson

Mary Ann Jarou

Jenny

John Duerler

Harlen Johnsen

Sarah Chalke

Stella Zinman

Tanner Maguire

Young Barney

Katie Hein

Jenni

Bianca Lopez

Gennie

Austin Majors

12-Year-Old Matthew

Lyndsy Fonseca

Daughter

David Henrie

Son

Steven Montfort

Matthew

Ted is trying to find a new job, and when an old acquaintance tries to help nothing goes as planned. Barney tries to smooth talk his way out of a ticket.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Carter Bays, Craig Thomas

Guest Stars

Amir Talai

Richard Greenleaf

Jason Jones

Tony Grafanello

Sarah Chalke

Stella Zinman

Renée Taylor

Mrs. Matsen

Peter Breitmayer

Minnesota State Trooper

Nicolai Dorian

Skateboarder

Azita Ghanizada

Sexy Female Cop

Ezra Buzzington

Highway Cop #1

Ron Roggé

Highway Cop #2

Joe Thornton Jr.

Highway Cop #3

Ted is trying to keep his architecture firm afloat by doing an all-nighter, but Marshall tries to lure him to the roof for a surprise 31st birthday party, on the fourth season finale.

Director

Pamela Fryman

Written By

Carter Bays, Craig Thomas

Guest Stars

Christine Scott Bennett

Tracey

Joel McCrary

Wilkinson

Jayden Lund

Bill

John Duerler

Harlen Johnsen

How I Met Your Mother

Season 4

Episodes

1.Do I Know You?

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2.The Best Burger in New York

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3.I Heart NJ

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4.Intervention

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5.Shelter Island

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6.Happily Ever After

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7.Not a Father's Day

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8.Woooo!

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9.The Naked Man

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10.The Fight

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11.Little Minnesota

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12.Benefits

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13.Three Days of Snow

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14.The Possimpible

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15.The Stinsons

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16.Sorry, Bro

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17.The Front Porch

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18.Old King Clancy

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19.Murtaugh

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20.Mosbius Designs

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21.The Three Days Rule

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22.Right Place, Right Time

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23.As Fast as She Can

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24.The Leap

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