The BEST episodes of How I Met Your Mother season 2

Every episode of How I Met Your Mother season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of How I Met Your Mother season 2!

A father tells his children, through a series of flashbacks, the journey that he and his four best friends undertook, which would lead him to meet their mother.

Last Updated: 11/18/2024Network: CBSStatus: Ended
Slap Bet
star
7.86
6355 votes

#1 - Slap Bet

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 11/20/2006

Ted and Barney discusses their viewpoints on knowing things about women. Barney thinks that the more you know the more likely you are to find a deal breaker. Ted wants to know the deal breakers right away, as Robin refuses to go to the mall to cover her secret.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
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Bachelor Party
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7.81
5766 votes

#2 - Bachelor Party

Season 2 - Episode 19 - Aired 4/9/2007

Robin attends Lily's bridal shower and finds the gift that she brought is out of place. Barney hires a stripper for Marshall's bachelor party.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
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Something Borrowed
star
7.80
5889 votes

#3 - Something Borrowed

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/7/2007

With everything going wrong on Lily and Marshall's wedding day, to everyone's surprise it's confirmed bachelor Barney who tries to fix it all.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Greg Malins
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Swarley
star
7.73
5928 votes

#4 - Swarley

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 11/6/2006

Marshall goes on his first real date post-breakup with Lily. Not only do Ted and Barney try to warn him that this girl has got the crazy eyes, but Lily decides to do everything she can to find out about this her and break them up. Also, Barney gets a new name.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Greg Malins
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Showdown
star
7.73
5766 votes

#5 - Showdown

Season 2 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/30/2007

Thinking that Bob Barker may be his father, Barney is overjoyed to be a contestant on The Price is Right. Marshall and Lily try sleeping apart prior to the wedding.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
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Something Blue
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7.72
5636 votes

#6 - Something Blue

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/14/2007

It's still Marshall and Lily's big wedding day but now we're at the reception. Robin tries to tell a story but keeps getting interrupted. Barney tries his hardest to figure out Ted and Robin's secret.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
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Ted Mosby, Architect
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7.71
5732 votes

#7 - Ted Mosby, Architect

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 10/9/2006

After Ted and Robin's first big fight, Barney tries to convince Ted that being an architect is an easy in to picking up chicks. Lily and Robin start following his trail after discovering that Ted hit it off with a girl named Anna shortly afterward.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
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World's Greatest Couple
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7.70
6014 votes

#8 - World's Greatest Couple

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 10/16/2006

Marshall tries to get used to being single in a world that is very coupled-oriented. Barney intended one-night-stand won't go away. Barney uses Lily to get out of his "horrifying" situation. Lily finds a place to stay.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
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Stuff
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7.69
5959 votes

#9 - Stuff

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/19/2007

Lily gets asked to play in an off-off-off-off-broadway play, and the gang shows up to support her. Ted and Robin get hung up on what each kept from their past relationships. Barney performs his own play to prove a point to Lily.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
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Moving Day
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7.66
5764 votes

#10 - Moving Day

Season 2 - Episode 18 - Aired 3/19/2007

Barney takes drastic measures to prevent Ted from moving into Robin's apartment. Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily are discovering the ups and downs of having the apartment to themselves. Barney considers moving in with Marshall and Lily.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
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Aldrin Justice
star
7.66
5793 votes

#11 - Aldrin Justice

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 10/23/2006

Barney seduces Marshall's law professor in hopes of getting her to grade more leniently. Lily takes a job at Ted's office, where she promptly steals to teach Ted's boss a lesson.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Brenda Hsueh
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The Scorpion and the Toad
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7.61
5743 votes

#12 - The Scorpion and the Toad

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 9/25/2006

Barney works with Marshall on his bachelor skills, which include hitting on women. Lily is back from her venture. Robin helps her look for a new apartment but gets sick of hearing about San Francisco.

Directors: Rob Greenberg
Writer: Chris Harris
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Single Stamina
star
7.59
5606 votes

#13 - Single Stamina

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 11/27/2006

Barney's brother, James (Wayne Brady), visits and Robin, the only one in the group that has never met him, is suprised. But James has a surprise for Barney that he finds difficult to swallow.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
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First Time in New York
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7.59
5944 votes

#14 - First Time in New York

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/8/2007

Robin wants to tell Ted that she loves him, but she can't tell him. Meanwhile, her sister visits and brings her boyfriend, and Robin doesn't know how to react when her sister says she's ready to lose her virginity.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
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Arrivederci, Fiero
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7.57
5924 votes

#15 - Arrivederci, Fiero

Season 2 - Episode 17 - Aired 2/26/2007

Marshall is all set to celebrate his beloved Fiero hitting the 200,000 mile mark but it stops. While the gang sits in the mechanic's garage and waits to hear what will happen to the vehicle they think about times gone by that they have spent together in the car. We also get the story of how Ted met Marshall.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Chris Harris
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How Lily Stole Christmas
star
7.57
5849 votes

#16 - How Lily Stole Christmas

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 12/11/2006

Ted almost ruins Christmas for everyone when, still carrying around anger toward Lily, he calls her a horribly disgusting name. Robin tends to Barney while he has a cold.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
Writer: Brenda Hsueh
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Atlantic City
star
7.56
5715 votes

#17 - Atlantic City

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 11/13/2006

Marshall and Lily drag the gang to Atlantic City to elope, and their quest to overcome the three-day wait for a marriage license crosses them with some Chinese gamblers, a ship captain, and a sexy novelty shirt.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
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Columns
star
7.54
5683 votes

#18 - Columns

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/22/2007

When Ted is constantly insulted by his former boss, who is now working for him on a project, he is told to fire the man, but he finds that a hard thing to do. Meanwhile, Barney offers Lily a lot of money to paint a nude portrait of him.

Directors: Rob Greenberg
Writer: Matt Kuhn
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Brunch
star
7.53
5901 votes

#19 - Brunch

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 10/2/2006

Ted's parents visit New York for their anniversary and he learns a family secret. Robin worries that they won't like her. Lily and Marshall try to adjust to the new format of their relationship now that they are no longer together.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
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Where Were We?
star
7.52
6322 votes

#20 - Where Were We?

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 9/18/2006

The gang tries to help Marshall get over Lily, especially when he finds a credit card bill that leads to a hotel in New York City where some of her charges are listed.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
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Monday Night Football
star
7.52
5680 votes

#21 - Monday Night Football

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 2/5/2007

When a funeral conflicts with the Super Bowl, the gang vows to avoid hearing the score and watch it together on Monday. This proves difficult, as Marshall is threatened with the score by a boy in Lily's class, while doing the news puts Robin in danger of finding out who won.

Directors: Rob Greenberg
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Lucky Penny
star
7.49
5903 votes

#22 - Lucky Penny

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/12/2007

Ted can't seem to catch a flight to interview for his dream job and he and Robin contemplate why. The story unfolds backwards as they think about it they remember when Robin and Lily went hunting for a wedding dress and when Barney got stuck on the subway.

Directors: Pamela Fryman
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