How I Met Your Mother plot events

Put these How I Met Your Mother moments in the order they happen in the story, from the pilot to the finale. Future Ted's narration jumps around, but flashbacks and flash-forwards go where they fall in the timeline, not where they air. You place all 66 cards in the right order, one at a time. You start with three lives, and ten right in a row wins a lost one back.

How I Met Your Mother plot events
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Put these How I Met Your Mother moments in the order they happen in the story, from the pilot to the finale. Future Ted's narration jumps around, but flashbacks and flash-forwards go where they fall in the timeline, not where they air. Drag or tap it onto the line
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How to play the How I Met Your Mother plot order game

Each card is a moment from How I Met Your Mother, and the goal is to line them up in the order they happen in the story across nine seasons of Ted's life in New York. The season is printed under every card. One moment is already on the line when you begin. Slot each new card before, after or between those already placed. A good call reveals its spot; a miss moves the card to the right place and costs one of your three lives.

Future Ted's narration leaps backward and forward, so ignore when a scene airs and think about when it happens. A card tagged flashback is placed by its date in the story, not by its episode. The relationships are the safest anchors: Ted's girlfriends come and go in sequence, Barney and Robin circle each other for years, and Marshall and Lily keep hitting new milestones. The final season covers a single wedding weekend before racing through the years that follow.

What's in the deck

Here are 28 of the 66 cards you might be dealt, with 38 more in the deck. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

  • Ted steals a blue French horn for Robin on their date Season 1
  • Ted wakes up beside a stranger and a mystery pineapple Season 1
  • Victoria leaves for a culinary fellowship in Germany Season 1
  • Marshall sits alone in the rain after Lily leaves him Season 1
  • A barista's mistake gives Barney a nickname that sticks Season 2
  • Robin's teen pop-star past as Robin Sparkles comes out Season 2
  • Ted and Robin reveal they have broken up Season 2
  • Marshall learns about Lily's credit card debt Season 3
  • Ted wins Stella over with a two-minute date Season 3
  • Ted finds out Barney slept with Robin and ends their friendship Season 3
  • Stella says yes to Ted's proposal Season 4
  • Stella leaves Ted at the altar for Tony Season 4
  • Ted is laid off from his architecture firm Season 4
  • Ted lectures the wrong class on his teaching debut Season 5
  • Ted meets Cindy, the future Mother's roommate Season 5
  • Ted watches a hit movie that mocks his breakup with Stella Season 5
  • Zoey confronts Ted over tearing down the Arcadian Season 6
  • Barney meets his father, Jerome Whittaker Season 6
  • Ted breaks up with Zoey and lets the Arcadian fall Season 6
  • Robin falls for her court-ordered therapist, Kevin Season 7
  • Ted tells Robin he loves her Season 7
  • Lily gives birth to Marvin while Marshall rushes from Atlantic City Season 7
  • Ted and Victoria end their relationship Season 8
  • Ted struggles to break up with the unstable cop Jeanette Season 8
  • Barney holds an open house to sell his apartment Season 8
  • Daphne sends Lily a troubling text on the road trip Season 9
  • Barney and Robin marry at the Farhampton Inn Season 9
  • Barney and Robin decide to divorce Season 9

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