How I Met Your Mother: The Playbook

After his relationship with Robin ends, Barney uses all his skills and greatest tricks to get himself back into the dating scene.

Source: CBS

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Episode Info

Episode number: 5x8
Production Number: 5ALH08
Airdate: Monday November 16th, 2009

Director: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas

Alternate Airdates:

UK (E4)

Jul 15, 2010

Guest Stars

Eva Amurri As Shelly	Jaime Taite As Christina
Jannel Diaz As Chris	Katie Malia As Christy
Kim Knight As Tricia	Nicole Foster Tomlinson As Girl
Raquel Alessi As Roberta	Sarah Wright As Claire

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 voiced Narrator / Ted, 2030

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Episode Notes

Ratings: 8.4 million

Cultural References

Barney describes a play called "Mrs. Stinsfire" where he dresses as a woman. This is a reference to the Robin Williams film Mrs. Doubtfire i which Robin Williams dresses up as a woman in order to see his children more often.

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