How I Met Your Mother (season 2)

How I Met Your Mother
Season 2
Season 2 DVD cover art
Starring	Josh Radnor Jason Segel Cobie Smulders Neil Patrick Harris Alyson Hannigan
No. of episodes	22
Release
Original network	CBS
Original release	September 18, 2006 (2006-09-18) – May 14, 2007 (2007-05-14)
Season chronology
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List of episodes

The second season of the American television comedy series How I Met Your Mother premiered on September 18, 2006 and concluded on May 14, 2007. It consisted of 22 episodes, each approximately 22 minutes in length. CBS broadcast the first three episodes of the second season on Monday nights at 8:30 pm in the United States, the remaining episodes were broadcast at 8:00pm. The complete second season was released on Region 1 DVD on October 2, 2007. In the United Kingdom it aired on E4 from October 2, 2009 weekdays at 7:30pm.

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Cast

Main cast

Josh Radnor as Ted Mosby
Jason Segel as Marshall Eriksen
Cobie Smulders as Robin Scherbatsky
Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson
Alyson Hannigan as Lily Aldrin
Bob Saget (uncredited) as Future Ted Mosby (voice only)

Recurring cast

Lyndsy Fonseca as Penny, Ted's Daughter
David Henrie as Luke, Ted's Son
Joe Nieves as Carl
Charlene Amoia as Wendy the Waitress
Joe Manganiello as Brad Morris
Marshall Manesh as Ranjit

Guest cast

Bryan Cranston as Hammond Druthers
David Burtka as Scooter
Bob Barker as himself
Wayne Brady as James Stinson
Michael Gross as Alfred Mosby
Charles Robinson as Bank President
Emmitt Smith as himself
Lucy Hale as Katie Scherbatsky
Ryan Pinkston as Kyle
Candice King as Amy

Episodes

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	Prod. code	US viewers (millions)
23	1	"Where Were We?"	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas	September 18, 2006 (2006-09-18)	2ALH01	10.48^[1]
The gang tries to help Marshall get over Lily. Barney takes him to a strip club, and Ted takes him to a Yankees game. Marshall finds a credit card trail that leads to Lily's hotel in the city, but the guys try to keep him from going to see her.
24	2	"The Scorpion and the Toad"	Rob Greenberg	Chris Harris	September 25, 2006 (2006-09-25)	2ALH02	9.14^[2]
Barney teaches Marshall how to pick up women. When things start to go sour for an awkward Marshall, Barney steps in and wins the women over... for himself. Lily returns from her art experience. While helping her look for a new apartment, Ted gets sick of hearing about Lily's amazing summer in San Francisco.
25	3	"Brunch"	Pamela Fryman	Stephen Lloyd	October 2, 2006 (2006-10-02)	2ALH03	9.32^[3]
When Ted, Robin, and the gang spend the weekend with his parents, Ted is stunned when a family secret that changes things forever is unveiled at brunch. Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily find it difficult to control themselves when they are forced to spend time together with Ted's parents.
26	4	"Ted Mosby, Architect"	Pamela Fryman	Kristin Newman	October 9, 2006 (2006-10-09)	2ALH04	9.09^[4]
After Robin insinuates that Ted's job is boring, Barney sets out to convince his buddy otherwise. As the guys test out the pick-up line, "Ted Mosby, Architect" on the ladies, they realize it really works. But when Robin hears that Ted is parading around town picking up girls, she is hot on his heels to discover the truth.
27	5	"World's Greatest Couple"	Pamela Fryman	Brenda Hsueh	October 16, 2006 (2006-10-16)	2ALH06	9.05^[5]
Lily moves into Barney's apartment. It works well at first, as Lily gets rid of Barney's conquests by pretending to be his wife. Barney throws her out when he's disappointed to find that they slept in his bed together without having sex.
28	6	"Aldrin Justice"	Pamela Fryman	Jamie Rhonheimer	October 23, 2006 (2006-10-23)	2ALH05	9.59^[6]
Barney takes it on himself to please Marshall's disgruntled law professor, while Lily gets a job at Ted's architecture firm and tries to teach his boss a big lesson.
29	7	"Swarley"	Pamela Fryman	Greg Malins	November 6, 2006 (2006-11-06)	2ALH07	8.22^[7]
Barney is mistakenly called Swarley at a coffee shop and his friends call him Swarley all day. Marshall starts dating a woman and they really hit it off, but Barney and Ted tell him he has to dump her because she has "crazy eyes".
30	8	"Atlantic City"	Pamela Fryman	Maria Ferrari	November 13, 2006 (2006-11-13)	2ALH08	9.33^[8]
Marshall and Lily, together again, decide to elope to Atlantic City, and they gather Barney, Ted and Robin to take part in the wedding.
31	9	"Slap Bet"	Pamela Fryman	Kourtney Kang	November 20, 2006 (2006-11-20)	2ALH09	8.85^[9]
Barney uncovers Robin's secret past and the real reason behind her strong aversion to malls, which leads Barney and Marshall to make a bet.
32	10	"Single Stamina"	Pamela Fryman	Kristin Newman	November 27, 2006 (2006-11-27)	2ALH10	9.85^[10]
Barney's brother James (Wayne Brady) visits and Robin, the only one in the group who's never met him, is surprised. But James has a surprise for Barney that he finds hard to accept.
33	11	"How Lily Stole Christmas"	Pamela Fryman	Brenda Hsueh	December 11, 2006 (2006-12-11)	2ALH12	8.66^[11]
Ted almost ruins Christmas for everyone when, still carrying around anger toward Lily over breaking the engagement, he calls her a horribly disgusting name.
34	12	"First Time in New York"	Pamela Fryman	Gloria Calderon Kellett	January 8, 2007 (2007-01-08)	2ALH11	8.37^[12]
Robin wants to tell Ted she loves him, but she can't make the leap. Meanwhile, her sister visits and brings her boyfriend, and Robin doesn't react well when her sister says she's ready to lose her virginity.
35	13	"Columns"	Rob Greenberg	Matt Kuhn	January 22, 2007 (2007-01-22)	2ALH14	9.42^[13]
When Ted is constantly insulted by his former boss, who is now working for him on a project, he is told to fire the man, but he finds that a hard thing to do. Meanwhile, Barney offers Lily a lot of money to paint a nude portrait of him.
36	14	"Monday Night Football"	Rob Greenberg	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas	February 5, 2007 (2007-02-05)	2ALH13	10.61^[14]
The group plans to watch the Super Bowl XLI when they are invited to a funeral on the same evening. They make plans to record the game and to not find out the score before watching it the following day.
37	15	"Lucky Penny"	Pamela Fryman	Jamie Rhonheimer	February 12, 2007 (2007-02-12)	2ALH15	9.68^[15]
Ted finds a "lucky" penny, and even though bad luck starts to follow him, it may be the best thing to ever happen to him.
38	16	"Stuff"	Pamela Fryman	Kourtney Kang	February 19, 2007 (2007-02-19)	2ALH16	8.95^[16]
After Robin gives Ted grief over keeping all of his gifts from ex-girlfriends, Ted decides it's time to give them all away. However, the tides change when he finds that Robin has been holding on to items as well. Lily tells the whole group to come to her play. After Barney tells her it sucked, she tells him she would compliment a play he performed in regardless of how bad it was – Barney decides to prove her wrong.
39	17	"Arrivederci, Fiero"	Pamela Fryman	Chris Harris	February 26, 2007 (2007-02-26)	2ALH17	9.33^[17]
Marshall's beloved 1988 Fiero dies just short of reaching the 200,000-mile mark, leading the gang to relive their greatest memories in the car.
40	18	"Moving Day"	Pamela Fryman	Maria Ferrari	March 19, 2007 (2007-03-19)	2ALH18	7.27^[18]
As Ted and Robin hit a new milestone in their relationship, Barney does everything he can to derail their happiness. To do so, Barney steals the rental truck Ted is using for moving day, including all the belongings inside of it.
41	19	"Bachelor Party"	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas	April 9, 2007 (2007-04-09)	2ALH19	9.90^[19]
When Barney ruins Marshall's bachelor party plans, Lily reveals information about Barney that forces Marshall to rethink his best man choice.
42	20	"Showdown"	Pamela Fryman	Gloria Calderon Kellett	April 30, 2007 (2007-04-30)	2ALH20	7.24^[20]
Barney is chosen as a contestant on The Price Is Right giving him the opportunity to fulfill one of his life wishes: to meet Bob Barker, who he delusionally believes to be his father.
43	21	"Something Borrowed"	Pamela Fryman	Greg Malins	May 7, 2007 (2007-05-07)	2ALH21	7.69^[21]
Lily and Marshall's wedding day arrives, but nothing goes as they had planned. Surprisingly, Barney steps in to save their once-in-a-lifetime moment. Meanwhile, Barney abuses the 'it's for the bride' superpower.
44	22	"Something Blue"	Pamela Fryman	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas	May 14, 2007 (2007-05-14)	2ALH22	9.90^[1]
Barney overhears that Ted and Robin have a secret, leading him to wonder what it might be. When the secret is revealed, the truth stuns even Barney.

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Season 2	"Where Were We?" "Ted Mosby: Architect" "Aldrin Justice" "Swarley" "Slap Bet" "Single Stamina" "How Lily Stole Christmas" "First Time in New York" "Columns" "Monday Night Football" "Lucky Penny" "Bachelor Party" "Something Blue"
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