How I Met Your Mother: Season 2
2006 · 22 episodes · ★ 7.7
What Season 2 of How I Met Your Mother
Season two opens with Ted and Robin now a couple, while Lily and Marshall split up and the group tries to cope. Marshall tries to get over Lily with help from his friends: Barney takes him to a strip club, and Ted takes him to a Yankees game. Barney, meanwhile, believes Bob Barker is his biological father, an idea that leads him to appear on The Price Is Right. Ted, Robin, Barney, Lily and Marshall carry the romantic tangles of a season that tests the group's friendship.
Season 2 Episodes
2x01 Where Were We?
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.
Directing: Pamela Fryman · Writing: Craig Thomas, Carter Bays · Starring: George Clinton, Jenae Altschwager, Joey Diaz, G.J. Echternkamp
2x02 The Scorpion and the Toad
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.
Directing: Rob Greenberg · Writing: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas, Chris Harris · Starring: Nicole Garza, Natalie Garza, Diane Mizota, Kelly Mullis
2x03 Brunch
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.
Directing: Pamela Fryman · Writing: Stephen Lloyd · Starring: Michael Gross, Cristine Rose, Charlene Amoia, Noel True
2x04 Ted Mosby, Architect
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.
Directing: Pamela Fryman · Writing: Kristin Newman · Starring: Joe Nieves, Dawn Olivieri, Stephen Keys, Maria Arcé
2x05 World's Greatest Couple
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.
Directing: Pamela Fryman · Writing: Brenda Hsueh · Starring: Jake Broder, Valerie Azlynn, Aisha Kabia, Joe Manganiello
2x06 Aldrin Justice
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.
Directing: Pamela Fryman · Writing: Jamie Rhonheimer · Starring: Jane Seymour, Charles Robinson, Ewan Chung, Bryan Cranston
2x07 Swarley
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.
Directing: Pamela Fryman · Writing: Greg Malins · Starring: Joe Nieves, Tom Lenk, Morena Baccarin, Dana Power
2x08 Atlantic City
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.
Directing: Pamela Fryman · Writing: Maria Ferrari · Starring: Richard Gant, Patricia Belcher, Monique Edwards, Todd Stashwick
2x09 Slap Bet
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.
Directing: Pamela Fryman · Writing: Kourtney Kang · Starring: Rachel Specter, Candace Kroslak, Wayne Nickel, Courtney Abbiati
2x10 Single Stamina
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.
Directing: Pamela Fryman · Writing: Kristin Newman · Starring: Gabrielle Richens, Sarah Cahill, Michael Cotter, Kvon Harris
2x11 How Lily Stole Christmas Mid-Season Finale
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.
Directing: Pamela Fryman · Writing: Brenda Hsueh · Starring: Michael Gross, Moon Unit Zappa, Harry Groener, Cristine Rose
2x12 First Time in New York
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.
Directing: Pamela Fryman · Starring: Misti Traya, Brian Kubach, Ryan Pinkston, Lucy Hale
2x13 Columns
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.
Directing: Rob Greenberg · Writing: Matt Kuhn · Starring: Joe Nieves, Preston Bailey, William Schallert, Ewan Chung
2x14 Monday Night Football
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.
Writing: Craig Thomas, Carter Bays · Starring: Joe Nieves, Robert Michael Morris, Monique Edwards, John Ducey
2x15 Lucky Penny
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.
Directing: Pamela Fryman · Writing: Jamie Rhonheimer · Starring: Kelly Perine, John Rosenfeld, Meredith Scott Lynn, Connie Sawyer
2x16 Stuff
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.
Directing: Pamela Fryman · Writing: Kourtney Kang · Starring: E.E. Bell, Rick Malambri, Diana Gettinger, Taylor Hoover
2x17 Arrivederci, Fiero
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.
Directed by: Pamela Fryman · Written by: Chris Harris · Starring: Frank Clem, Robert Michael Ryan, Jonathan Browning, Ned Rolsma
2x18 Moving Day
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.
Directing: Pamela Fryman · Writing: Maria Ferrari · Starring: Rachelle Lefevre, Jessica Barth, Ailsa Marshall, Ella A. Thomas
2x19 Bachelor Party
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.
Directing: Pamela Fryman · Writing: Carter Bays, Craig Thomas · Starring: Meagen Fay, Erin Cardillo, Corie Vickers, K Callan
2x20 Showdown
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.
Directing: Pamela Fryman · Writing: Gloria Calderón Kellett · Starring: Bob Barker, Rich Fields, Alan Finkelstein, Lisa Hoggatt
2x21 Something Borrowed
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.
Directed by: Pamela Fryman · Written by: Greg Malins · Starring: Meagen Fay, P.J. Marino, Michael Mantell, Candice King
2x22 Something Blue Season Finale
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.
Directing: Pamela Fryman · Writing: Craig Thomas, Carter Bays · Starring: Marshall Manesh, K Callan, Scoot McNairy, Mark Cirillo
Season 2 Cast
Josh RadnorTed Mosby22 episodes
Jason SegelMarshall Eriksen22 episodes
David HenrieSon4 episodes
Ron NicolosiMike3 episodes
Meagen FayJanice2 episodes
Monique EdwardsProducer2 episodes
Aisha KabiaKara2 episodes
Ewan ChungOffice Worker2 episodes
K CallanGrandma Lois2 episodes
Cristine RoseVirginia Mosby2 episodes
George ClintonGeorge ClintonEpisode 1
Rachel SpecterGirl #2Episode 1
Misti TrayaMollyEpisode 1
Gabrielle RichensTramp Stamp GirlEpisode 1All Seasons
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Season 42008 · 24 ep. · ★ 7.8
Season 52009 · 24 ep. · ★ 7.6
Season 62010 · 24 ep. · ★ 7.7
Season 72011 · 24 ep. · ★ 7.4
Season 82012 · 24 ep. · ★ 7.3
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does season 2 of How I Met Your Mother have?
Season 2 of How I Met Your Mother has 22 episodes.
When did season 2 of How I Met Your Mother premiere?
Premiered on September 18, 2006.
Where to Watch How I Met Your Mother Season 2
In Spain, on Disney Plus.
What is the best episode of Season 2?
According to audience ratings on TMDB, 2x09, "Slap Bet," with a 8.5.