When Ted and Robin decide to help feed the homeless on Thanksgiving Day, they are in a state of disbelief when they run into Barney and discover that he is a regular volunteer at the homeless shelter. Thanksgiving doesn't end there for the trio, for they end up somewhere that only the "real" Barney would bring anyone to for a holiday meal. Meanwhile, things do not go very smoothly when Marshall and Lily pay a holiday visit to Marshall's family in Minnesota.

Episode Viewers and Ratings

Season 1 Episode 9 of How I Met Your Mother resulted in a 0.00 rating in the 18-49 demographic.

How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episodes...

• s01e01 - Pilot
• s01e02 - Purple Giraffe
• s01e03 - Sweet Taste of Liberty
• s01e04 - Return of the Shirt
• s01e05 - Okay Awesome
• s01e06 - Slutty Pumpkin
• s01e07 - Matchmaker
• s01e08 - The Duel
• s01e09 - Belly Full of Turkey
• s01e10 - The Pineapple Incident
• s01e11 - The Limo
• s01e12 - The Wedding
• s01e13 - Drumroll, Please
• s01e14 - Zip, Zip, Zip
• s01e15 - Game Night
• s01e16 - Cupcake
• s01e17 - Life Among the Gorillas
• s01e18 - Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M.
• s01e19 - Mary the Paralegal
• s01e20 - Best Prom Ever
• s01e21 - Milk
• s01e22 - Come On

How I Met Your Mother Show Summary

Ted is a single, 27-year-old architect living with his two best friends from his college years; Marshall Eriksen, a law student, and Lily Aldrin, a kindergarten teacher and aspiring artist. Lily and Marshall have been dating for almost nine years when Marshall finally proposes.

Their engagement causes Ted to think about marriage and finding his soul mate, much to the disgust of his self-appointed best friend Barney Stinson, whom he met in the restroom at a bar four years earlier. Barney is a serial womanizer who concocts elaborate con games, usually involving costumes and fake identities, designed to bed women, only to lose interest in them immediately afterward.

Ted begins his search for his perfect soul mate and meets an ambitious young reporter from Canada, Robin Scherbatsky, with whom he quickly falls in love. He's sure it's love at first sight, but destiny may have something else in store.

The series is narrated through flashbacks from the future.