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Season 1  "Life Among the Gorillas"  1x17

Aired 18 years ago - Mar 20, 2006

Marshall interns at the corporation where Barney works and Lily finds that he is becoming a shallow jerk as he tries to fit in with his crude fratty coworkers. Meanwhile, Ted feels guilty when he receives several gifts from Victoria (Erika Singh) while he hasn't sent her anything.

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Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 1
Sorry to bother you, but we've had reports of a sasquatch loose in the building.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 2
Look at you.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 3
Hey, so, now that I'm working here, are you finally going to tell me exactly what your job is?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 4
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 5
Oh, my gosh, Jessica Simpson? What a surprise.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 6
Okay, fiancee's dead. Hit by a bus. What do you do? Go.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 7
Anyway, I got the care package, and it's just great.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 8
Oh, and, um... don't worry, yours is in the mail.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 9
So that's the problem. You work on that. I'm gonna eat this cupcake.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 10
That's brilliant.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 11
Okay, fine, I have feelings for him.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 12
The guys I work with are a bunch of jerks.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 13
Oh... Does she cut the crusts off your sandwich, too?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 14
P.S. If you've unfolded this note, your kiss already got out. Quick-- catch it."
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 15
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 16
We're not even working together, Barney. I'm in the legal department and you're...
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 17
Marshall. Lily's a catch.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 18
when she's supporting you on a kindergarten teacher's salary
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 19
But will you be happy knowing you could have made her a lot happier.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 20
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 21
Eventually you just run out of stuff to say.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 22
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 23
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 24
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 25
And you know why? Because you're different.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 26
Not necessarily. Okay, at first, I was appalled,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 27
and it's cool and I'm doing it.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 28
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 29
Yeah, but it's one thing to say it, it's another thing to show it.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 30
Marshall, I should feel tremors of psychitude rock my body like a seizure.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 31
- Ow! That hurt! - So badly.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 32
You sure? You want to practice your story one more time?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 33
So we find this choice nudie nest near the airport...
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 34
...that was steak sauce!
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 35
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 36
So she's going to dump me.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 37
Ted, you're a great guy. I know it, you know it, she knows it.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 38
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 39
...what do you think?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 40
No, when Dr. Australia Birdbath-Vaseline came home from the gorillas,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 41
Okay, those guys were mean at first, yes,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 42
But wait, knock-knock, back door, who's there?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 43
Nah. I'm so over karaoke.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 44
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart." Elton John, Kiki Dee.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 45
On Monday, Bilson and I are going to talk to Montague in HR.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 46
Aw, we're gonna own the office.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 47
I just thought that maybe I could make some money for a few years.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 48
You've got a great package, Marshall. I love your package.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 49
but you've got a huge package.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 50
No, what's the point of going out? I got a girlfriend... for now.

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Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 2
Look at you.
#2 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 3
Hey, so, now that I'm working here, are you finally going to tell me exactly what your job is?
#3 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 4 #4 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 5
Oh, my gosh, Jessica Simpson? What a surprise.
#5 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 6
Okay, fiancee's dead. Hit by a bus. What do you do? Go.
#6 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 7
Anyway, I got the care package, and it's just great.
#7 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 8
Oh, and, um... don't worry, yours is in the mail.
#8 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 9
So that's the problem. You work on that. I'm gonna eat this cupcake.
#9 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 10
That's brilliant.
#10 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 11
Okay, fine, I have feelings for him.
#11 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 12
The guys I work with are a bunch of jerks.
#12 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 13
Oh... Does she cut the crusts off your sandwich, too?
#13 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 14
P.S. If you've unfolded this note, your kiss already got out. Quick-- catch it."
#14 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 15 #15 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 16
We're not even working together, Barney. I'm in the legal department and you're...
#16 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 17
Marshall. Lily's a catch.
#17 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 18
when she's supporting you on a kindergarten teacher's salary
#18 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 19
But will you be happy knowing you could have made her a lot happier.
#19 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 20 #20 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 21
Eventually you just run out of stuff to say.
#21 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 22 #22 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 23 #23 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 24 #24 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 25
And you know why? Because you're different.
#25 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 26
Not necessarily. Okay, at first, I was appalled,
#26 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 27
and it's cool and I'm doing it.
#27 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 28 #28 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 29
Yeah, but it's one thing to say it, it's another thing to show it.
#29 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 30
Marshall, I should feel tremors of psychitude rock my body like a seizure.
#30 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 31
- Ow! That hurt! - So badly.
#31 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 32
You sure? You want to practice your story one more time?
#32 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 33
So we find this choice nudie nest near the airport...
#33 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 34
...that was steak sauce!
#34 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 35 #35 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 36
So she's going to dump me.
#36 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 37
Ted, you're a great guy. I know it, you know it, she knows it.
#37 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 38 #38 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 39
...what do you think?
#39 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 40
No, when Dr. Australia Birdbath-Vaseline came home from the gorillas,
#40 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 41
Okay, those guys were mean at first, yes,
#41 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 42
But wait, knock-knock, back door, who's there?
#42 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 43
Nah. I'm so over karaoke.
#43 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 44
"Don't Go Breaking My Heart." Elton John, Kiki Dee.
#44 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 45
On Monday, Bilson and I are going to talk to Montague in HR.
#45 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 46
Aw, we're gonna own the office.
#46 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 47
I just thought that maybe I could make some money for a few years.
#47 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 48
You've got a great package, Marshall. I love your package.
#48 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 49
but you've got a huge package.
#49 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 17 (S01E17) - 50
No, what's the point of going out? I got a girlfriend... for now.
#50