As his 31st birthday nears, an all-nighter to try to get business has Ted realizing he may need to pursue a career other than architecture. Meanwhile, Marshall tries to get him up to a rooftop surprise party.
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Ted continues trying to land a client for Mosbius Designs, and when Tony tries to help, nothing goes as planned, for either of them. Barney tries to smooth talk his way out of a ticket.
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Ted explains to his future kids how a series of unrelated events led to a chance encounter with a former girlfriend. Barney makes the 200th notch in his bedpost. Marshall goes overboard when he discovers GNB has a department that can make him charts and graphs.
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Engaged to the woman of his dreams yet uncomfortable with the prospect of not having a best man for his upcoming wedding, a successful real estate agent (Paul Rudd) with no male friends schedules a series of "man dates" in hopes of finding a suitable candidate for the big day. See more, plus ext...
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Barney tries to complete in, a single day, all the tasks from a list Ted made to prove the gang’s not too old to do them. Meanwhile, he challenges Ted to complete a list of things they're too young to do yet.
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song, with The Swell Season. Here’s how this happened... The band was at a restaurant in Los Angeles; drinking tea, when they were offered a bottle of wine by two celebrities. Paul Rudd and Jason Segel. Now The Swell Season has been enjoying watching their "Freaks & Geeks" DVDs while on tour, so...
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Ted goes out on his own as an architect and hires an intern to help get things started, but all he helps himself to is Robin. Meanwhile, news of impending layoffs at GNB has Marshall looking for a schtick to make himself indispensable to the company.
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