Monday Night Football (How I Met Your Mother episode)

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“Monday Night Football”
How I Met Your Mother episode
Episode no. Season 2
Episode 14
Written by Carter Bays & Craig Thomas
Directed by Rob Greenberg
Guest stars Joe Nieves (Carl), Lyndsy Fonseca (Daughter), Emmitt Smith (Himself), Nicholas Roget-King (Doug), David Henrie (Son), Monique Edwards (Producer)
Production no. 2ALH14
Original airdate February 5, 2007
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"Monday Night Football" is the 14th episode in the second season of the television series How I Met Your Mother. It originally aired on February 5, 2007.

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Ted's favorite holiday is Super Bowl Sunday. He has everything planned out continuing their tradition of watching it together with hot wings. However the gang's plans are cut short when they find out a worker at the bar has died. They are forced into going to the funeral otherwise they won't be allowed back in the bar. The funeral starts at the same time as the Super Bowl, so they tape it figuring they'll watch it afterwards. The wake lasts too long and they run out of time to watch the Super Bowl. They plan to not find out the score of the game until the next day to watch it together. Ted works at home so no one can tell him the score while Barney handcuffs himself to Ted's wall, so he can't find the score, because he has a lot of money on the game. Robin does the best she can to avoid the media, however she is the media. Finally Marshall goes to class with Lily for show and tell, but must bribe one of her students not to reveal the score. Ted constructs a device so he can get the wings and not find out the score while he's in the sports bar, but must go back to get the dipping sauce. Meanwhile Barney escapes from Ted's and tries as hard as he can to find the score of the game. He runs into many people including Emmitt Smith, who have all missed the game. Marshall continues to be tormented by the student until he gets him back by spraying juice on his pants and threatens to tell everyone he wet his pants. While Ted is back in the bar getting the sauce, but he trips but doesn't find out the score, Barney checks the newspaper, Robin hears the winner at the station, and a janitor has the radio on in the school revealing the score of the game to Marshall and Lily, thus they all know the score of the game without watching the game. When they go to watch the game Barney reveals that he lost every bet he made and everyone gets mad at him for ruining the game. The five of them sit down and watch the game anyway.

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In this episode we find out how Barney developed a gambling problem.

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