Episode
How I Met Your Mother: Home Wreckers
Overview
When Ted attends his mother's wedding, he is extremely disturbed by her overly affectionate relationship with her fiancé, which forces him to think about his own life and make an impulsive decision.
Details
- Series
- How I Met Your Mother
- Season
- Season 5
- Episode
- Episode 20
- Air date
- 2010-04-19
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
Home Wreckers is Episode 20 in Season 5 of How I Met Your Mother. It aired on 2010-04-19. The runtime is 23 min.
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Episode 19: Zoo or False
When Marshall gets mugged, Lily decides she wants to get a gun for protection, so Marshall comes up with a convoluted story about the mugging to deter Lily from following through.
Episode 21: Twin Beds
When Ted and Barney jeopardize Robin's new relationship by professing their love for her, Robin realizes that she is finally over them. Meanwhile, after spending a weekend sleeping in twin beds, Marshall and Lily decide to get twin beds at home.
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Episode 17: Of Course
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Episode 23: The Wedding Bride
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Episode 16: Hooked
When the gang tries to convince Ted that he is being strung along by Tiffany, they reflect about relationships where each of them has been in the same situation.
Episode 24: Doppelgangers
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Episode 15: Rabbit or Duck
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Episode 14: Perfect Week
When Barney is about to complete the perfect week - landing seven different girls in seven days - the gang roots him on in order to forget about their own miserable week.
Episode 13: Jenkins
When Lily refuses to believe that Jenkins, Marshall's attractive female colleague, kissed him, Marshall insists Jenkins tell Lily what really happened. Meanwhile, Robin finds out that a drinking game has been made up about her.
Episode 12: Girls vs. Suits
When Barney debates giving up wearing suits in order to land a hot bartender, his conflicted feelings lead to an amazingly awesome musical number. Meanwhile, Ted gets one step closer to meeting the future mother of his kids.