Episode
How I Met Your Mother: Hopeless
Overview
When Barney tries to bond with his father, he asks the gang to help make his life seem more exciting by lying about their own lives. Meanwhile, Robin runs into a guy she has a crush on.
Details
- Series
- How I Met Your Mother
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 21
- Air date
- 2011-04-18
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
Hopeless is Episode 21 in Season 6 of How I Met Your Mother. It aired on 2011-04-18. The runtime is 23 min.
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Episode 24: Challenge Accepted
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Episode 17: Garbage Island
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Episode 16: Desperation Day
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Episode 15: Oh Honey
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Episode 14: Last Words
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Episode 13: Bad News
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Episode 12: False Positive
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