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Season 5  "Home Wreckers"  5x20

Aired 14 years ago - Apr 19, 2010

When Ted attends his mother's wedding, he is extremely disturbed by her overly affectionate relationship with her fiancé, which forces him to think about his own life and make an impulsive decision.

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Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 1
* And you *
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 2
Everyone! * And the dragon...*
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 3
Aunt Meredith!
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 4
Oh, I told you already.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 5
And my friends didn't see me for the next 72 hours.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 6
Shh.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 7
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 8
So I went back to my hotel room and got onto this Web site
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 9
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 10
I just finalized the paperwork.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 11
It's a question of drawing boundaries.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 12
Is she in the room with us right now, Ted?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 13
Stupidest thing any of us has ever done.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 14
- Kid? Why... - Throw rockets in the...
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 15
Drunk!
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 16
- It wasn't me! - What?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 17
They're just happy, you know?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 18
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 19
Wait, wait. You're just getting this place inspected now?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 20
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 21
Moms, right?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 22
Ted, stop it. You can't keep this house. It's a huge mistake.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 23
Now, me driving my brother's car the wrong way down I-94,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 24
Did you cry on that guy or something?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 25
You can always find problems with any decision,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 26
I know we've only been on two dates, but dammit, Lily Aldrin, I'm gonna marry you.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 27
And I know you think that you like this Gothic exterior now
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 28
It was Robin!
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 29
If I pretend to reveal that you were the one who cried,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 30
- Think we'll be out of here early. - Really?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 31
The cracked chimney, the bats, the rats,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 32
before a medium-sized wind blows the whole sumbitch down.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 33
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 34
out on that patio where I'll be barbecuing every weekend.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 35
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 36
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 37
I... I'm exactly where I was five years ago. I'm sick of it. I'm...
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 38
What do you mean?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 39
I wanted to be your dad!
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 40
And that's how you got the brooch?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 41
We made good time... Not a lot of traffic...
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 42
Ted's mom.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 43
* Workin' on our night moves *
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 44
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 45
and bash the living hell out of it?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 46
* I'll light the fire *
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 47
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 48
There's one last thing I gotta do.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 49
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 50

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Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 2
Everyone! * And the dragon...*
#2 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 3
Aunt Meredith!
#3 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 4
Oh, I told you already.
#4 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 5
And my friends didn't see me for the next 72 hours.
#5 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 6
Shh.
#6 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 7 #7 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 8
So I went back to my hotel room and got onto this Web site
#8 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 9 #9 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 10
I just finalized the paperwork.
#10 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 11
It's a question of drawing boundaries.
#11 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 12
Is she in the room with us right now, Ted?
#12 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 13
Stupidest thing any of us has ever done.
#13 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 14
- Kid? Why... - Throw rockets in the...
#14 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 15
Drunk!
#15 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 16
- It wasn't me! - What?
#16 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 17
They're just happy, you know?
#17 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 18 #18 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 19
Wait, wait. You're just getting this place inspected now?
#19 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 20 #20 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 21
Moms, right?
#21 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 22
Ted, stop it. You can't keep this house. It's a huge mistake.
#22 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 23
Now, me driving my brother's car the wrong way down I-94,
#23 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 24
Did you cry on that guy or something?
#24 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 25
You can always find problems with any decision,
#25 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 26
I know we've only been on two dates, but dammit, Lily Aldrin, I'm gonna marry you.
#26 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 27
And I know you think that you like this Gothic exterior now
#27 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 28
It was Robin!
#28 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 29
If I pretend to reveal that you were the one who cried,
#29 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 30
- Think we'll be out of here early. - Really?
#30 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 31
The cracked chimney, the bats, the rats,
#31 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 32
before a medium-sized wind blows the whole sumbitch down.
#32 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 33 #33 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 34
out on that patio where I'll be barbecuing every weekend.
#34 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 35 #35 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 36 #36 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 37
I... I'm exactly where I was five years ago. I'm sick of it. I'm...
#37 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 38
What do you mean?
#38 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 39
I wanted to be your dad!
#39 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 40
And that's how you got the brooch?
#40 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 41
We made good time... Not a lot of traffic...
#41 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 42
Ted's mom.
#42 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 43
* Workin' on our night moves *
#43 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 44 #44 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 45
and bash the living hell out of it?
#45 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 46
* I'll light the fire *
#46 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 47 #47 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 48
There's one last thing I gotta do.
#48 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 49 #49 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 20 (S05E20) - 50 #50