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How I Met Your Mother

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Season 1  "Return of the Shirt"  1x4

Aired 18 years ago - Oct 10, 2005

Ted's outlook on his continuing search for love is altered when he rediscovers a shirt that has not seen daylight in years. Meanwhile, Barney amuses himself by coaxing Robin into sacrificing her job by saying completely outlandish things on air live for a cash reward.

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Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 1
- Who's Natalie? - Natalie.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 2
I just wasn't looking for a big commitment at the time.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 3
- You wanted to see me, Mr. Adams. - Yes, I did.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 4
Today, a delicious hot dog will cost you $2.50,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 5
Booger.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 6
Sure, Metro News One pays you jack,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 7
and so for two more hundie sticks,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 8
Found it! I found Natalie's number.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 9
- It's Ted Mosby. - Go to hell.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 10
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 11
No, I didn't dump her right before her birthday.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 12
- Well, did she cry her eyes out? - I don't know.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 13
I'm just like super-busy right now, so...
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 14
Not exactly the point I was trying to make, Marshall.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 15
We're not gonna have sex for at least a month, but you're awesome.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 16
Well, guess what? She cried.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 17
suddenly turned tragic when Ethel and Sadie Margolis,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 18
Joel Adams wants to see you in his office.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 19
What do you think that means?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 20
That's when Robin realized that no one, not even her boss, watched Metro News One.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 21
Natalie! Come on! I just want to say I'm sorry.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 22
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 23
Maybe we should just call it a day.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 24
People think I can't keep a secret, but I totally can.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 25
Come on, just a cup of coffee.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 26
Maybe it was the caffeine, but you really brought your game up to a whole new level.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 27
The tea candles... the sock monkeys...
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 28
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 29
I don't get it, man. Natalie's awesome.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 30
Good word.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 31
It's the "Stairway to Heaven" of breakup lines.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 32
No, no, we're gonna get you out of this.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 33
Ted, what is the truth? Why do you want to break up with her?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 34
The chances of one person being another person's "the one" are, like, six billion-to-one.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 35
I just wrapped up a live newscast by honking my own boobs.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 36
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 37
So Coach Dave Shula, screw you and your crappy steakhouse.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 38
It's the law of love, chunk.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 39
So tonight, can we just skip the cake?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 40
I can trust again.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 41
Henry, as New York's oldest hansom cab driver, you've seen quite a lot.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 42
And then, in '72, Mickey Mantle rode my cab for the fourth time.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 43
I never thought I'd have my story told.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 44
You know, Metro News One may not be number one in viewership,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 45
So, if you ever come to Alabama,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 46
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 47
I'm not the one for you?!
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 48
- Okay, so what's the problem?! - I... I... I can't explain it.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 49
Okay, what's going on is you broke my heart over my answering machine on my birthday,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 50
I'm just, like, so busy right now.

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Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 2
I just wasn't looking for a big commitment at the time.
#2 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 3
- You wanted to see me, Mr. Adams. - Yes, I did.
#3 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 4
Today, a delicious hot dog will cost you $2.50,
#4 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 5
Booger.
#5 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 6
Sure, Metro News One pays you jack,
#6 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 7
and so for two more hundie sticks,
#7 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 8
Found it! I found Natalie's number.
#8 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 9
- It's Ted Mosby. - Go to hell.
#9 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 10 #10 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 11
No, I didn't dump her right before her birthday.
#11 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 12
- Well, did she cry her eyes out? - I don't know.
#12 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 13
I'm just like super-busy right now, so...
#13 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 14
Not exactly the point I was trying to make, Marshall.
#14 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 15
We're not gonna have sex for at least a month, but you're awesome.
#15 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 16
Well, guess what? She cried.
#16 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 17
suddenly turned tragic when Ethel and Sadie Margolis,
#17 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 18
Joel Adams wants to see you in his office.
#18 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 19
What do you think that means?
#19 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 20
That's when Robin realized that no one, not even her boss, watched Metro News One.
#20 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 21
Natalie! Come on! I just want to say I'm sorry.
#21 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 22 #22 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 23
Maybe we should just call it a day.
#23 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 24
People think I can't keep a secret, but I totally can.
#24 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 25
Come on, just a cup of coffee.
#25 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 26
Maybe it was the caffeine, but you really brought your game up to a whole new level.
#26 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 27
The tea candles... the sock monkeys...
#27 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 28 #28 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 29
I don't get it, man. Natalie's awesome.
#29 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 30
Good word.
#30 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 31
It's the "Stairway to Heaven" of breakup lines.
#31 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 32
No, no, we're gonna get you out of this.
#32 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 33
Ted, what is the truth? Why do you want to break up with her?
#33 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 34
The chances of one person being another person's "the one" are, like, six billion-to-one.
#34 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 35
I just wrapped up a live newscast by honking my own boobs.
#35 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 36 #36 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 37
So Coach Dave Shula, screw you and your crappy steakhouse.
#37 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 38
It's the law of love, chunk.
#38 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 39
So tonight, can we just skip the cake?
#39 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 40
I can trust again.
#40 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 41
Henry, as New York's oldest hansom cab driver, you've seen quite a lot.
#41 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 42
And then, in '72, Mickey Mantle rode my cab for the fourth time.
#42 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 43
I never thought I'd have my story told.
#43 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 44
You know, Metro News One may not be number one in viewership,
#44 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 45
So, if you ever come to Alabama,
#45 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 46 #46 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 47
I'm not the one for you?!
#47 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 48
- Okay, so what's the problem?! - I... I... I can't explain it.
#48 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 49
Okay, what's going on is you broke my heart over my answering machine on my birthday,
#49 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 1 Episode 4 (S01E04) - 50
I'm just, like, so busy right now.
#50