Episode
How I Met Your Mother: The Fortress
Overview
Barney reluctantly attempts to sell his apartment by holding an open house, during which Ted and Marshall get mistaken for a couple. Tension arises between Lily and Marshall when her new job causes her to spend less time at home.
Details
- Series
- How I Met Your Mother
- Season
- Season 8
- Episode
- Episode 19
- Air date
- 2013-03-18
- Runtime
- 23 min
Episode context
The Fortress is Episode 19 in Season 8 of How I Met Your Mother. It aired on 2013-03-18. The runtime is 23 min.
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Episode 18: Weekend at Barney's
Barney's legendary relationship playbook, which Robin thought was destroyed, rears its head when Ted and Jeanette break up and Barney decides to use his chick manual to help Ted find a new girlfriend.
Episode 20: The Time Travelers
Ted and Barney's future versions attempt to persuade present day Ted to go see Robots Versus Wrestlers. Marshall and Robin have a dance-off.
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Episode 17: The Ashtray
When Ted receives an unexpected call from The Captain, the gang reminisced about their last awkward encounter with him.
Episode 21: Romeward Bound
When The Captain asks Lily to move to Rome for a year as his art consultant, she fears that Marshall will resent her. Meanwhile, Ted and Barney become obsessed with a girl who is hiding her amazing body under a puffy coat.
Episode 16: Bad Crazy
Ted is reluctant to break up with his crazy girlfriend Jeanette. Meanwhile, Robin becomes attached to Marvin after finally holding him for the first time.
Episode 22: The Bro Mitzvah
The gang works together to plan a legendary bachelor party for Barney.
Episode 15: P.S. I Love You
Barney uncovers the lost episode of Robin's “Underneath the Tunes” as Robin Sparkles. Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily are concerned that Ted's new girlfriend is a stalker.
Episode 23: Something Old
Robin desperately tries to locate the item that she buried in Central Park years earlier to wear as her "Something Old" for the wedding. Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily ask Ted to help them pack for Italy, and Barney invites Robin's father to play Laser Tag in order to bond with him.
Episode 14: Ring Up!
Barney begs Ted to continue seeing his much younger, much wilder girlfriend, even though Ted has nothing in common with her. Meanwhile, Robin must adjust to the power of the bling.
Episode 24: Something New
As the gang prepares to go to Robin and Barney's wedding, Ted invites Lily to see the house he's finally finished fixing up. Meanwhile, Robin and Barney's night of relaxation is ruined by an obnoxious couple, and Marshall takes the baby on a last-minute trip to Minnesota to see his family.
Episode 13: Band or DJ?
When Robin learns that Barney never asked her father's permission before proposing, she insists that he seek his approval before announcing their engagement. Meanwhile, Ted keeps his feelings concealed by throwing himself into planning their wedding.
Episode 12: The Final Page (2)
Christmas approaches and Ted wrestles with whether to tell Robin about Barney's intentions involving Patrice, while Marshall and Lily get an early Yule gift, a night away from Marvin, but a case of separation anxiety strikes and threatens to ruin the evening.