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Unfinished

  • Episode aired Oct 4, 2010
  • TV-PG
  • 30m
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7.6/10
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Neil Patrick Harris, Jason Segel, and Josh Radnor in How I Met Your Mother (2005)
ComedyDramaRomance

When Ted declines Barney's offer to design the new GNB building, Barney tries to woo him by using all of his best womanizing tactics. Meanwhile, Robin is still not over her relationship with... Read allWhen Ted declines Barney's offer to design the new GNB building, Barney tries to woo him by using all of his best womanizing tactics. Meanwhile, Robin is still not over her relationship with Don and drunk dials him.When Ted declines Barney's offer to design the new GNB building, Barney tries to woo him by using all of his best womanizing tactics. Meanwhile, Robin is still not over her relationship with Don and drunk dials him.

  • Director
    • Pamela Fryman
  • Writers
    • Jamie Rhonheimer
    • Matt Kuhn
  • Stars
    • Josh Radnor
    • Jason Segel
    • Cobie Smulders
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.6/10
    3.7K
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    • Director
      • Pamela Fryman
    • Writers
      • Jamie Rhonheimer
      • Matt Kuhn
    • Stars
      • Josh Radnor
      • Jason Segel
      • Cobie Smulders
    • 4User reviews
    • 2Critic reviews
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    Josh Radnor
    Josh Radnor
    • Ted Mosby
    Jason Segel
    Jason Segel
    • Marshall Eriksen
    Cobie Smulders
    Cobie Smulders
    • Robin Scherbatsky
    Neil Patrick Harris
    Neil Patrick Harris
    • Barney Stinson
    Alyson Hannigan
    Alyson Hannigan
    • Lily Aldrin
    James Lanham
    • Sixteen Year Old Clint Eastwood
    Malea Mitchell
    Malea Mitchell
    • Chrissy
    Tara Erica Moore
    Tara Erica Moore
    • Rachel
    Jude Will
    • Seven Year Old Clint Eastwood
    Wayne Chiang
    • Asian Guy at the Bar
    • (uncredited)
    Clark Gilmer
    Clark Gilmer
    • Blond Girl at the Bar
    • (uncredited)
    David H. Lawrence XVII
    David H. Lawrence XVII
    • Newscast Announcer
    • (uncredited)
    Keith Middlebrook
    Keith Middlebrook
    • Scott Weisman
    • (uncredited)
    Carolyn Ordoñez
    Carolyn Ordoñez
    • Chrissy's Friend
    • (uncredited)
    Bob Saget
    Bob Saget
    • Narrator
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    • Director
      • Pamela Fryman
    • Writers
      • Jamie Rhonheimer
      • Matt Kuhn
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    10bevo-13678

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    I like the bit where robin throws an empty whisky bottle over her shoulder
    8slightlymad22

    Three Solid Episodes In A Row

    Neil Patrick Harris knocks it out if the park once again as Barney Stinson as How I Met Your Mother.

    Plot in A Paragraph: When Barney tells Ted that the new GNB headquarters building project is back on and that the job is his once again, Ted declines, preferring his life as a college professor as opposed to his horrible experience working at GNB. Barney is devastated, and reacts in typical Barney fashion. Ted and Marshall realise that Barney's resulting unusual behaviour is him making the moves on Ted like he makes the moves on the women he's trying to pick-up. Meanwhile, Robin catches a bit of Don's new television show, and starts leaving abusive messages on his voicemail.

    Any episode that features the brilliant Neil Patrick Harris's character Barney Stinson in the main storyline is always excellent. I could go on and on about the brilliance of this episode, and in particular Neil Patrick Harris but I won't bore you with it.

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    • Trivia
      At the beginning of 'Unfinished', you hear Franz Schubert's Symphony No.8 which is popularly known as Unfinished Symphony which he composed in 1822 but left unfinished.
    • Goofs
      When Ted references the death of Gaudí, he pronounces is "GOW-dee" instead of "gow-DEE." Given that Ted has been shown to strive for correct pronunciation, it doesn't make sense that he'd mispronounce a name from someone in his chosen field.
    • Quotes

      Robin Scherbatsky: I am never going to have closure. Okay, closure doesn't exist. One day, Don and I are moving into together, and the next thing I know, he's on a plane to Chicago. It just... ended. And, no matter how much I try to forget that it happened, it will have never not happened. Don and I will always be a loose end. We will always be...

      [Shot to Ted giving a lecture]

      Ted Mosby: Unfinished. Gaudí, to his credit, never gave up on his dream. But that's not usually how it goes. Usually it isn't a speeding bus that keeps the brown, pointy, weird church from getting built. Most of the time it's just too difficult, too expensive, too scary. It's only once you've stopped that you realize how hard it is to start again, so you force yourself not to want it. But it's always there. And until you finish it, it will always be...

      [Ted stops speaking and runs out of the classroom to take Barney's job offer. On his way over the street, he almost gets hit by a bus. He looks at it for a second to take in the dramatic irony before he continues to run]

    • Connections
      References Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope (1977)
    • Soundtracks
      Hey Beautiful
      Written by The Solids

      Performed by The Solids

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    • Release date
      • October 4, 2010 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Filming locations
      • 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production companies
      • Bays Thomas Productions
      • 20th Century Fox Television
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    • Runtime
      • 30m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1
      • 16:9 HD

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