How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother (2005 – 2014)

2005 • 9 seasons • Comedy • TV-14

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Episode 4 — Who Wants to Be a Godparent?

Season 8 • How I Met Your Mother

Released: 2012-10-15 • Comedy

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When Lily and Marshall can't decide on godparents for Marvin, they put the gang to the test to see who would make the best one.

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Season 8 · Episode 4 · Streaming in USA

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Episodes

Episode 1
Farhampton
2012-09-24

Episode 2
The Pre-Nup
2012-10-01

Episode 3
Nannies
2012-10-08

Episode 4
Who Wants to Be a Godparent?
2012-10-15

Episode 5
The Autumn of Break-Ups
2012-11-05

Episode 6
Splitsville
2012-11-12

Episode 7
The Stamp Tramp
2012-11-19

Episode 8
Twelve Horny Women
2012-11-26

Episode 9
Lobster Crawl
2012-12-03

Episode 10
The Over-Correction
2012-12-10

Episode 11
The Final Page (1)
2012-12-17

Episode 12
The Final Page (2)
2012-12-17

Episode 13
Band or DJ?
2013-01-14

Episode 14
Ring Up!
2013-01-21

Episode 15
P.S. I Love You
2013-02-04

Episode 16
Bad Crazy
2013-02-11

Episode 17
The Ashtray
2013-02-18

Episode 18
Weekend at Barney's
2013-02-25

Episode 19
The Fortress
2013-03-18

Episode 20
The Time Travelers
2013-03-25

Episode 21
Romeward Bound
2013-04-15

Episode 22
The Bro Mitzvah
2013-04-29

Episode 23
Something Old
2013-05-06

Episode 24
Something New
2013-05-13

Information

Episode air date	15.10.2012
Episode runtime	21 min
Episode rating	7.13
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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