How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother (2005 – 2014)

2005 • 9 seasons • Comedy • TV-14

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Episode 21 — Hopeless

Season 6 • How I Met Your Mother

Released: 2011-04-18 • Comedy

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When Barney tries to bond with his father, he asks the gang to help make his life seem more exciting by lying about their own lives. Meanwhile, Robin runs into a guy she has a crush on.

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Season 6 · Episode 21 · Streaming in USA

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Episodes

Episode 1
Big Days
2010-09-20

Episode 2
Cleaning House
2010-09-27

Episode 3
Unfinished
2010-10-04

Episode 4
Subway Wars
2010-10-11

Episode 5
Architect of Destruction
2010-10-18

Episode 6
Baby Talk
2010-10-25

Episode 7
Canning Randy
2010-11-01

Episode 8
Natural History
2010-11-08

Episode 9
Glitter
2010-11-15

Episode 10
Blitzgiving
2010-11-22

Episode 11
The Mermaid Theory
2010-12-06

Episode 12
False Positive
2010-12-13

Episode 13
Bad News
2011-01-03

Episode 14
Last Words
2011-01-17

Episode 15
Oh Honey
2011-02-07

Episode 16
Desperation Day
2011-02-14

Episode 17
Garbage Island
2011-02-21

Episode 18
A Change of Heart
2011-02-28

Episode 19
Legendaddy
2011-03-21

Episode 20
The Exploding Meatball Sub
2011-04-11

Episode 21
Hopeless
2011-04-18

Episode 22
The Perfect Cocktail
2011-05-02

Episode 23
Landmarks
2011-05-09

Episode 24
Challenge Accepted
2011-05-16

Information

Episode air date	18.04.2011
Episode runtime	23 min
Episode rating	7.56
Genres	Comedy
TMDB series rating	8.1
IMDb series rating	8.3
Series status	Ended
Age rating	14+
Country	US

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Cast

Josh Radnor
Ted Mosby

Neil Patrick Harris

Neil Patrick Harris
Barney Stinson

Jason Segel
Marshall Eriksen

Alyson Hannigan

Alyson Hannigan
Lily Aldrin

Cobie Smulders
Robin Scherbatsky

Cristin Milioti

Cristin Milioti
Tracy McConnell

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