How I Met Your Mother/The Limo

The Limo
Season 1, Episode 11
Airdate	December 19, 2005
Production Number	1ALH10
Written by	Sam Johnson & Chris Marcil
Directed by	Pamela Fryman
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How I Met Your Mother — Season One

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The Limo is the eleventh episode of the first season of How I Met Your Mother.

Starring: Josh Radnor (Ted Mosby), Jason Segel (Marshall Eriksen), Cobie Smulders (Robin Scherbatsky)

with Neil Patrick Harris (Barney Stinson)

and Alyson Hannigan (Lily Aldrin)

Guest Starring: Kathleen Rose Perkins (Marybeth), Lyndsy Fonseca (Daughter), David Henrie (Son), Marshall Manesh (Ranjit), J.P. Manoux (Not Moby)

Co-Starring: Natalie Denise Sperl (Natalya), James Tupper (Derek)

Uncredited: Bob Saget (Ted of 2030 (voice))

Plot Overview

New Year's Eve is a wild ride as Ted rents a limo for a night of party-hopping with the gang.

It's New Year's Eve 2005 and Ted has rented a limo for the night in order to live it up with his friends, sans Robin because of her pre-existing plans with her boyfriend. The remaining four decide to go to five parties in three hours and return to ring in (or, as Ted put it, "rock in") the new year at the best one. After Robin leaves, they set off for Party #1 where they pick up Mary Beth, a woman who works with Ted. Ted mistaken believes she has a thing for him, but it turns out that she's just extremely friendly. Barney also manages to pick someone up, a drunk woman named Natalya from some eastern European country.

At the second party, they leave quickly and abandon Natalya. Soon after instructing Ranjit to drive to Party #3, Ted gets a call from Robin who has been stood up by Derrick. They decide to turn around an pick up Robin before moving on to the third party. However, Ted's crush on Robin is still painfully evident and begins to fall to her every whim, throwing them further off schedule. Lily also gets out of the limo to change her shoes to a less painful pair. After rolling by Grey's Papaya, the remaining Limo party pick up a guy who they presume to be Moby and decide to go to his party. Marshall, more concerned about finding Lily, leaves the limo to go to Party #3 and find her. They realize they've made a huge mistake when Not Moby pulls out a gun he calls Janice.

Not Moby gets out of the car when they reach his party and Marshall's phone (which he forgot in the limo) rings. Lily turns out to be upstairs at Not Moby's party and flees once she sees that he has a gun. It turns out that his party was actually Party #4. What are the odds? Barney nearly attempts evacuating the limo after realizing that Not Moby stole his get-psyched mix and things are further complicated when Ranjit blows a tire. Mary Beth decides to leave too during the process of fixing the flat because of Ted obviously not being over Robin.

Robin gets a call from Derrick and Marshall returns after Lily starts screaming his name from the sunroof. He was also at Not Moby's party, where he found and stole Barney's mix. Marshall sings the praises of Party #5 and, just in time, Ranjit declares that the flat is fixed. Also, Natalya was asleep in the front seat the entire time. Of course, they get stuck in traffic and ring in the New Year from the limo. Much to Ted's chagrin, Derrick shows up out of nowhere and spoils Ted's night. He gets out of the limo, feeling like the odd man out and Robin chases him down to go through with their deal that if all else fails they would kiss at midnight.

Arc Advancement

Characters

• Ted and Robin: Ted and Robin kiss at midnight. Although, persuing this is somewhat of a dead end because the viewer already knows that "Aunt Robin" does not wind up getting married to Ted.

Referbacks

• 1x01 - Pilot: Ranjit the Limo Driver was formerly Ranjit the Cab Driver from the end of the first episode. Those events are briefly mentioned when Robin asks Ted how he knows the driver.

Trivia

The Show

• Filming Location: The entire episode takes place either inside or immediately outside the Limo except for the first and last scenes.
• Music: The song that keeps playing from Barney's mix CD is "You Give Love a Bad Name" by Bon Jovi. The entire mixtape was revealed on Barney's Blog, a companion website to the show. The list is as follows:

1. Jonathan B. Jovi - You Give Love a Bad Name
2. Digital Underground - The Humpty Dance
3. Stix - Come Sail Away
4. Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
5. O. Prime - The Transformers Theme Song
6. Joe Esposito - You're the Best Around
7. Damn Yankees - High Enough
8. Rick Springfield - Jessie's Girl
9. The Scorpions - Rock You Like a Hurricane
10. Naughty by Nature - Hip Hop Hurray
11. Tom Petty - Change of Heart
12. Slade - Run Away

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Allusions and References

• Gray's Papaya: Gray's Papaya is a hotdog stand in the Upper West Side of New York City. The stand was opened in 1972 by Nicolas A. B. Gray and has been a long-time figure of New York ever since. The store has been a location for filming on several other television shows based in New York, particularly Sex in the City.

• Moby: Richard Melville Hall, or Moby, is an electronic music artist who reached peak popularity when his second album, Play, had been entirely licensed for commerical use. He is most well known for DJing and his signature look of big glasses and a bald head.

Quotes

• Barney: No, we are already behind schedule. Ted, come on, we have an hour and a half before midnight and I don't want to be kissing Ranjit!

Ranjit: You don't know what you are missing.

• Barney: Oh, sure, laugh. Laugh for Barney Stinson! Laugh for the sad clown trapped on his whirling carousel of suits and cigars and bimbos and booze. Round and round it goes, and where’s it all heading? Nowhere.