Ten Sessions

“Ten Sessions”

How I Met Your Mother episode

Josh Radnor as Ted Mosby, with guest stars Sarah Chalke (of TV's Scrubs) as Stella and pop singer Britney Spears as Abby.

Episode no.

Season 3
Episode 13

Written by

Carter Bays & Craig Thomas

Directed by

Pamela Fryman

Production no.

3ALH13

Original airdate

March 24, 2008

Episode chronology
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"No Tomorrow"	"The Bracket"

"Ten Sessions" is the 13^th episode in the third season of the television series How I Met Your Mother. It originally aired on March 24, 2008.

[edit] Plot

During his ten weekly sessions of laser tattoo removal, Ted tries to convince his tattoo removal doctor, Stella, to go on a date with him.

Ted got his butterfly tramp stamp tattoo on his wild night out with Amy in Wait For It.
In The Platinum Rule, Ted tells the group about his crush on his doctor and they try to convince him that he shouldn't date someone he sees regularly. The Platinum Rule takes place during the evening of Ted's first meeting with Stella and his movie "date" with her and her friends. Ted is wearing the same clothes to the movies that he wore during The Platinum Rule.

Sarah Chalke partially used the same costume from her role as Elliot Reid, from the TV show Scrubs, to play her role in this episode.^[1]
The episode had the most number of viewers so far for the sitcom, believed to be due to the guest appearance of Britney Spears.^{[verification needed]}