The Time Travelers (How I Met Your Mother)

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"The Time Travelers"
How I Met Your Mother episode
Episode no.Season 8
Episode 20
Directed byPamela Fryman
Written by
Original air dateMarch 25, 2013 (2013-03-25)
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"The Time Travelers" is the 20th episode of the

sitcom How I Met Your Mother
, and the 180th episode overall.

Plot

At MacLaren's, in April 2013,

the coat-check girl, whom Ted had not seen for seven years. Ted prepares to talk to her, but is stopped by her future versions—one who grew sick of Ted and a version very much obsessed
with him. They inform Ted the relationship is doomed, mainly due to his previous failed relationships, and Ted lets the woman walk out of the bar.

Meanwhile,

prank
to force Marshall to hide in a stall when a woman enters. Marshall attempts to leave, scaring women from the bathroom out and humiliating himself. Lily lets Marshall and Robin dance off.

Ted returns to Barney, who reveals that the entire cocktail story happened in 2008, and Ted is actually sitting in the bar alone, with Barney and their future selves being a figment of his imagination, and that Ted relived the story to get rid of his loneliness; his friends were too busy to go to Robots Vs. Wrestlers, and Ted is preparing to head to the event alone (echoing "

Future Ted states if he could relive the events of that night, he would have instead visited his apartment, his friends, and most importantly, the mother
(who was living several blocks away at the time). Future Ted imagines himself running through the streets before knocking on the mother's apartment door. Ted introduces himself, telling her how much he loves her, that they will meet in 45 days, and he would give anything to spend that extra time with her before getting punched in the face by her boyfriend.

Ted snaps back to reality, standing outside MacLaren's. He puts the ticket in his pocket and then walks home.

The episode concludes on a bittersweet note with Ted, imaginary Barney, and the imaginary future versions of themselves at MacLaren's singing an a cappella version of Billy Joel's "The Longest Time".

Critical reception

Donna Bowman of The A.V. Club gave the episode a B+.[1]

TV.com's Bill Kuchman praised Bob Saget's narration and added that the episode's climax stands up there with some of the show's finest moments.[2]

Max Nicholson of IGN said the episode was very bizarre but had a grounded storyline. He noted that the time-traveler plot device may have been lifted off Felicity, and in the end he gave the episode an 8.7 out of 10.[3]

Kevin Olsta of Starpulse said Bays and Thomas did well with writing the episode.[4]

Sandra Gonzalez of Entertainment Weekly said the episode tackled time travel for the first time since the season 5 episode "The Window", but it can be one of the show's best.[5]

References

  1. ^ Donna Bowman (March 25, 2013). "The Time Travelers". The A.V. Club. The Onion. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  2. ^ Bill Kuchman. "How I Met Your Mother "The Time Travelers" Review: T-Minus 45 Days". TV.com. Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  3. News Corporation
    . Retrieved November 19, 2017.
  4. ^ Kevin Olsta (March 26, 2013). "'HIMYM' Recap: 'The Time Travelers' Gives Us Some Great Moments". StarPulse. Archived from the original on August 14, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2017.
  5. ^ Sandra Gonzalez (March 11, 2013). "'How I Met Your Mother': Exclusive photo from 'The Time Travelers'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved November 19, 2017.

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