The Three Days Rule

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"The Three Days Rule"
How I Met Your Mother episode
Episode no.Season 4
Episode 21
Directed byPamela Fryman
Written byGreg Malins
Original air dateApril 27, 2009 (2009-04-27)
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"The Three Days Rule" is the 21st episode of the fourth season of the television series How I Met Your Mother and 85th overall. It aired on April 27, 2009. The storyline features Ted's overeager communication with a woman he meets.

Plot

At MacLaren's, Ted gets Holli's phone number and says that he will call her immediately, though

takeout and sex, Robin spots Marshall
with the takeout order and realizes that "Holli" has really been Marshall and Barney, having edited Holli's number in Ted's phone.

They explain that it has been a long time since Ted was very interested in a girl, and their goal is to lure Ted into saying "I love you" too soon, to release his stored-up "crazy" and give him a better chance with Holli after he really contacts her, noting that he had a look on his face, similar to the look he had on his date with Robin. They tell her that there are three signs that Ted displays before telling his date that he loves them: suggesting that they get married, planning a trip too soon, and getting too personal. Stan, a night security guard and MacLaren's regular, provides them with beautiful messages in an effort to obtain this result. These messages inadvertently cause them to fall in love with Stan as well.

Barney and Marshall then complain that Ted is not confessing as soon as they had expected, which Robin does not care about and demands them to stop. When Robin goes back to the apartment, she reveals the truth to Ted, so he "confesses" via text that he had a

Future Ted then reveals that when he got the Mother
's number, he did not wait three days to call her; he called her right away.

To Barney and Marshall's dismay, Stan shows up at McLaren's to take Robin out on a date. After Stan says a heartfelt goodbye speech to the men, he leaves with Robin after claiming he does not remember their names.

Critical response

Donna Bowman of the A.V. Club gave the episode a B− rating.[1]

References

  1. ^ How I Met Your Mother "The Three Day Rule", B-, by Donna Bowman April 27, 2009

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