World's Greatest Couple
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| “World's Greatest Couple” | |
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| How I Met Your Mother episode | |
 Lily's new apartment |
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| Episode no. | Season 2 Episode 5 |
| Written by | Brenda Hsueh |
| Directed by | Pamela Fryman |
| Production no. | 2ALH05 |
| Original airdate | October 16, 2006 |
| Episode chronology | |
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| "Ted Mosby: Architect" | "Aldrin Justice" |
| List of How I Met Your Mother episodes | |
"World's Greatest Couple" is the 5th episode in the second season of the television series How I Met Your Mother. It originally aired on October 16, 2006.
[edit] Plot
Ted and Robin go to Lily's new apartment to bring her a housewarming gift, but find that her new place is absolutely horrendous. Her bed, which folds out from the wall, makes contact with the door and wall, while her kitchen and her bathroom (as well as her stove, sink, oven, and refrigerator) are combined. Furthermore, she has a raccoon as a roommate, who eats the housewarming gift Ted and Robin brought over. However, neither Ted nor Robin can invite Lily to their place, since Marshall and Ted live together (at this point Marshall and Lily aren't together) and Robin has a lot of dogs, which Lily is allergic to. Ted and Robin want Barney to let Lily stay over at his place, which he immediately rejects. However, when the wall falls down in Lily's apartment when she pulls the bed down, Ted gives her the spare key (interestingly, Ted has never been to Barney's apartment, but has a spare key to it), and when Barney arrives after work, he finds Lily sitting on his couch. After some initial reluctance, he agrees to let Lily stay for two days, as long as she doesn't try to change anything. Barney gets annoyed with Lily when she buys groceries, saying that he would be in a relationship if he wanted a refrigerator full of groceries and fresh coffee in the morning. He then gives Lily a tour of his apartment, full of things that try to scare off relationships, such as a king-size bed with a full size blanket and one pillow, a toilet seat which will not remain down, and professionally lit bookshelves of porn. However, Barney finds Lily helpful when none of his clever ideas to avoid getting into a relationship don't work, and has Lily pose as his wife in order to scare off other women. Lily then convinces Barney to give his apartment a slight makeover so that it looks more like a woman lives there. However, when Lily and Barney sleep in the same bed and merely cuddle together, Barney realizes that he and Lily are in a relationship, and he wants out. Lily gets to keep anything she picked out for Barney's apartment and takes it to her own apartment, and lives there instead of living with Barney.
Meanwhile, Marshall finds that it is hard being single after being in a committed relationship for so long. He had originally bought tickets to an Alanis Morrisette concert when he and Lily were still together, but was disappointed that he had trouble finding someone to go with him. He decides to hang out with Brad, a friend of his from law school who is also recently single. They go to the concert, brunch, and a Broadway play, insisting to a curious and skeptical Ted and Robin that it is merely two bros hanging out together. However, Marshall himself begins to be weirded out at dinner before the Broadway play, and begins to question Brad's sexuality, especially when Marshall is invited to go to a wedding in Vermont with Brad. Marshall decides to stop hanging out with Brad, especially when he sees that Brad is hold a bouquet of flowers, but soon after he finds out that Brad has moved on, making the situation a bit awkward, but Marshall is finally relieved that he wouldn't have worry about Brad making advances on him. However, later on, there is an awkward situation when Marshall and Ted run into Brad on the street.
