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The Time Travelers

  • Episode aired Mar 25, 2013
  • TV-14
  • 22m
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8.4/10
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Neil Patrick Harris and Josh Radnor in How I Met Your Mother (2005)
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Ted and Barney run into their future selves as they debate whether to go to "Wrestlers vs. Robots," while Robin and Marshall argue over who gets credit for a new drink at McLaren's.Ted and Barney run into their future selves as they debate whether to go to "Wrestlers vs. Robots," while Robin and Marshall argue over who gets credit for a new drink at McLaren's.Ted and Barney run into their future selves as they debate whether to go to "Wrestlers vs. Robots," while Robin and Marshall argue over who gets credit for a new drink at McLaren's.

  • Director
    • Pamela Fryman
  • Writers
    • Carter Bays
    • Craig Thomas
    • Craig Gerard
  • Stars
    • Josh Radnor
    • Jason Segel
    • Cobie Smulders
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  • IMDb RATING
    8.4/10
    5.8K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Pamela Fryman
    • Writers
      • Carter Bays
      • Craig Thomas
      • Craig Gerard
    • Stars
      • Josh Radnor
      • Jason Segel
      • Cobie Smulders
    • 28User reviews
    • 4Critic 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
    Jayma Mays
    Jayma Mays
    • Coat Check Girl
    Joe Nieves
    Joe Nieves
    • Carl
    Lyndsy Fonseca
    Lyndsy Fonseca
    • Daughter
    David Henrie
    David Henrie
    • Son
    Lou Ferrigno Jr.
    Lou Ferrigno Jr.
    • Louis
    Bob Saget
    Bob Saget
    • Narrator
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Pamela Fryman
    • Writers
      • Carter Bays
      • Craig Thomas
      • Craig Gerard
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    10derekobrien1978-712-549551

    Important Message!

    Be sure to fully read the message Robin leaves for Marshal in ladies bathroom.
    doranna92

    20 minutes from now

    As the show goes, I seriously do not know what's going on in the writers head, but they are obviously running out of ideas. I haven't had this kind of disappointment since the middle of the 6th series, but this episode was a disaster. The main line is this x time from now. I'm from the future, 22 minutes from now, and I highly recommend myself not to watch this episode because it will ruin my day. There is no fun in it. Boring. I miss the usual HIMYM jokes, we have just this anemic part of Robin and Marshall, but nothing else. I never wanted to say this, but this episode was the last step on a long road, from now I am really only watching the show to get to know who the hell this mother can be. Sorry guys, you had something great and you wanted more but did'n have the imagination or the courage to do it: now you suffer because you're losing hundreds or maybe thousands of viewers.
    10mlbroberts

    One of my favorites of any sitcom

    Extremely creative, to put together three versions of Ted and Barney, two of them from future points in time, and have them debate whether to go to Robots versus Wrestlers. Even better to have them sing "For The Longest Time" together in the end. Genius, in a sitcom no less.

    And speaking of Time Travel, I watched an episode of Nanny and the Professor, made 35 years earlier than this, and I swear it's the same set as the exterior of Maclaren's when the Professor and his date go into a Chinese restaurant. Slightly altered but not completely.
    3alibea-34845

    Uncomfortable and confusing

    This episode just made me dizzy and confused it was very uncomfortable to watch, unfortunately. I think there was some deeper meaning behind it but It's really uncanny valley for me.
    2k-i-r-s-t-y

    So sad.

    I really don't understand what has happened to this programme. I have watched all precious seasons numerous times and can always find things to laugh at. I love all the characters, well maybe not Ted, and have loved following the story lines. This whole season has just been dreadful! Can anyone shed any light on why this is so bad????? The writing seems so very different, the characters have changed drastically, the stories are really bad. So sad, was a good thing, now not so much. I keep watching with the hope that there will be one nice episode with some of the old humour in it. Fingers crossed. Why do they make us write so much in a review? I've pretty much said all I want to about the programme, I really only wanted to say it was bad but had to parp on more in order to fulfil all the required lines. Hey no, life is one huge disappointment all round.

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    • Trivia
      Carl's last name is revealed to be MacLaren.
    • Quotes

      Ted Mosby: Hi. I'm Ted Mosby. And exactly forty-five days from now, you and I are gonna meet. And we're gonna fall in love. And we're gonna get married, and... we're gonna have two kids. And we're gonna love them and each other so much. All that is forty-five days away. But I'm here now, I guess, because I want those extra forty-five days. With you, I want each one of them. Look, and if I can't have them, I'll take the forty-five seconds before your boyfriend shows up and punches me in the face, because... I love you. I'm always gonna love you. 'Til the end of my days, and beyond. You'll see.

    • Connections
      Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Most Re-Watched TV Scenes of All Time (2019)
    • Soundtracks
      The Longest Time
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      Music & lyrics by Billy Joel

      Performed by Neil Patrick Harris & Josh Radnor

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    • Release date
      • March 25, 2013 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • 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
      • 22m
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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