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Season 5  "Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap"  5x9

Aired 15 years ago - Nov 23, 2009

Barney freaks out when Marshall bequeaths a "slap bet" slap to Ted and Robin. Meanwhile, Lily's estranged father shows up for Thanksgiving.

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Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 1
the next great American board game, but his ideas were always a little off.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 2
But this is the one!
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 3
Here. Come play Daddy's new game.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 4
Actually, dear, slight change of plans. We're staying here for the time being.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 5
Oh, hey, guys. What a pleasant surprise.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 6
Clearly, they're not getting the whole sock-on-the-doorknob thing.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 7
So, not only did you stop them from moving to Florida,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 8
a look we all prayed never to be on the receiving end of.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 9
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 10
Hey, Mickey. Just hang tight, okay? We'll work this out.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 11
She doesn't talk about it much, but this thing with her dad causes her a lot of pain.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 12
Lily, come on. It's been three years, okay? That's long enough.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 13
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 14
That dress is gorgeous!
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 15
One coffee, please.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 16
Excuse me. Are you sure mine was decaf? You just used the same pot.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 17
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 18
Oh, you don't have to ask.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 19
Marshall, that man broke my heart every single day for 20 years.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 20
I want to be your slap-prentice.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 21
- Wait, what? - I'm just saying, I'll slap him.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 22
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 23
Everything looks delicious, Mother Eriksen.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 24
Dear Lord...
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 25
It's just gonna be, like, five more minutes.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 26
at which point, neither one of us gets to slap Barney.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 27
- What? You said you were okay with that. - Well, I'm not!
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 28
Yes, your dad has made some mistakes in the past, but he's a different person now.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 29
I miss her a ton. Little princess.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 30
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 31
And then, right before my eyes, your father broke down crying.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 32
Marshall, what gives you the right to do that?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 33
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 34
She just needs some time to cool down. Let's finish the game.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 35
This slap was supposed to be a wonderful thing, a gift,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 36
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 37
I mean, men are stronger than women.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 38
But what you couldn't tell your teammates,
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 39
a man, to do all of your slapping for you.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 40
You come in here, and you watch your daughter leave and you don't even care.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 41
- What's this? What's he doing? - Did you swallow some of that paint?
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 42
Mr. Park's, huh? This is the last place I expected to find you.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 43
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 44
He really is dead to me.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 45
So that's how on Thanksgiving, 2009, your Aunt Lily performed a miracle.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 46
Slap Bet Commissioner, surely tying me to a chair is a breach...
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 47
Last year, you got left at the altar. You lost your job.
 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 48
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 49
Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 50
- I can't take this from you, Ted. - Nor I, you.

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Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 2
But this is the one!
#2 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 3
Here. Come play Daddy's new game.
#3 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 4
Actually, dear, slight change of plans. We're staying here for the time being.
#4 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 5
Oh, hey, guys. What a pleasant surprise.
#5 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 6
Clearly, they're not getting the whole sock-on-the-doorknob thing.
#6 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 7
So, not only did you stop them from moving to Florida,
#7 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 8
a look we all prayed never to be on the receiving end of.
#8 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 9 #9 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 10
Hey, Mickey. Just hang tight, okay? We'll work this out.
#10 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 11
She doesn't talk about it much, but this thing with her dad causes her a lot of pain.
#11 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 12
Lily, come on. It's been three years, okay? That's long enough.
#12 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 13 #13 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 14
That dress is gorgeous!
#14 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 15
One coffee, please.
#15 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 16
Excuse me. Are you sure mine was decaf? You just used the same pot.
#16 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 17 #17 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 18
Oh, you don't have to ask.
#18 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 19
Marshall, that man broke my heart every single day for 20 years.
#19 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 20
I want to be your slap-prentice.
#20 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 21
- Wait, what? - I'm just saying, I'll slap him.
#21 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 22 #22 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 23
Everything looks delicious, Mother Eriksen.
#23 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 24
Dear Lord...
#24 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 25
It's just gonna be, like, five more minutes.
#25 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 26
at which point, neither one of us gets to slap Barney.
#26 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 27
- What? You said you were okay with that. - Well, I'm not!
#27 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 28
Yes, your dad has made some mistakes in the past, but he's a different person now.
#28 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 29
I miss her a ton. Little princess.
#29 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 30 #30 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 31
And then, right before my eyes, your father broke down crying.
#31 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 32
Marshall, what gives you the right to do that?
#32 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 33 #33 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 34
She just needs some time to cool down. Let's finish the game.
#34 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 35
This slap was supposed to be a wonderful thing, a gift,
#35 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 36 #36 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 37
I mean, men are stronger than women.
#37 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 38
But what you couldn't tell your teammates,
#38 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 39
a man, to do all of your slapping for you.
#39 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 40
You come in here, and you watch your daughter leave and you don't even care.
#40 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 41
- What's this? What's he doing? - Did you swallow some of that paint?
#41 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 42
Mr. Park's, huh? This is the last place I expected to find you.
#42 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 43 #43 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 44
He really is dead to me.
#44 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 45
So that's how on Thanksgiving, 2009, your Aunt Lily performed a miracle.
#45 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 46
Slap Bet Commissioner, surely tying me to a chair is a breach...
#46 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 47
Last year, you got left at the altar. You lost your job.
#47 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 48 #48 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 49 #49 Recap of How I Met Your Mother Season 5 Episode 9 (S05E09) - 50
- I can't take this from you, Ted. - Nor I, you.
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