How I Met Your Mother, Season 5

How I Met Your Mother (2005-2014) is an American sitcom, which aired Mondays at 8:00 pm on CBS. The series is narrated through flashbacks from the future, in which an older version of the main character, Ted Mosby, tells his two children the story o… more »

[Ted chances upon Marshall grilling sausages in the decrepit house he just bought]

Ted:
How'd you know I was going to be up here?

Marshall:
Robin told me. [gives Ted a beer] Happy housewarming.

Ted:
But the last time I saw you, I told you I was selling the place.

Marshall:
I know what you said, but [walks with Ted to steps of patio] I also know my friend, Ted Mosby. [they sit] Of all the times I told you, "slow down, don't go too fast into things with this girl," you never even listened to me a single damned time. Your heart is both drunk and a kid.

Ted:
Thanks for sticking out to me, man.

Marshall:
That's what I'd do.

Ted:
Can I show you some of the ideas that I have?

Marshall:
Yeah. [they stand up and head back to house, where Ted begins to explain everything]

Future Ted:
And kids, Marshall was right. I didn't give up on my dream house, because that's the thing about stupid decisions - we all make them, but time is funny and sometimes a little magical. It can take a stupid decision, and turn it into something else entirely. Because kids, as you know, that house...is this house.

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