Matchmaker (How I Met Your Mother episode)

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“Matchmaker”
How I Met Your Mother episode
The Matchmaker
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 7
Written by	Chris Marcil and Sam Johnson
Directed by	Pamela Fryman
Production no.	1ALH06
Original airdate	November 7, 2005
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"Matchmaker" is the 7^th episode in the first season of the television series How I Met Your Mother. It originally aired on November 7, 2005.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Robin and Barney convince Ted to use a matchmaking service after Robin does a story on a place called Love Solutions and Barney gets Ted there by telling him that his boat is sinking. Barney is refused since the woman could tell that he didn't really want to find a soul mate. However, she convinces a skeptical Ted that she can truly help him find a soul mate. However, Love Solutions hasn't found anyone for him after 5 days (after they said it would take 3 days). After everyone tells him not to "Ted out" about it (and then explain Ted's name as a verb). He returns to Love Solutions, only to find that his chances for finding a soul mate are zero. The only person who is compatible with Ted is a woman who is already matched up. Ted sneaks back in and gets her info, only to track her down and find out that she is engaged and will be getting married in a few days. He tells her that if things change, he'll be available. She calls him up, and while he thinks things have changed, she merely informs him of something she spotted after his appointment. He reveals why he's been coming there, and she tells him to not believe in matchmaking services. He then returns to Love Solutions, and finds that because he has no soulmate (according to the computer), the company is ruined, as the 100% success rate no longer exists. Ted, however, has hope that he will find his soulmate.

Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily have spotted an unusual creature in the apartment. When they first see it, they run away, with Lily believing it to be a cockroach, while Marshall believes that it is a mouse. They spot it again, and try to kill it with bug spray and a phone book. However, they run away again when the phone book starts moving (meaning that the creature isn't dead), but have gotten a good glimpse of the creature. The creature is described as having six legs, antennae, and an exoskeleton, but also has tufts of fur, whiskers, and a tail, and is roughly the size of a potato. Thus, Marshall an Lily label it the "cockamouse." Robin is skeptical of them, but eventually they catch it, and Marshall wants to take it to the Columbia University Biology department. However, when Marshall arrives there, he finds that the "cockamouse" has mysteriously disappeared, and must still be in the apartment. Robin finally sees the creature, and throws a drink at it when the only way she can think of subduing it is by trying to get it drunk. Marshall arrives and grabs it and throws it out the window; however, the "cockamouse" suddenly begins to fly, surprising Robin, Lily, and Marshall. They then shut the window before it flies back inside, and the "cockamouse" is never seen again.