How I Met Your Mother/Come On

Come On
Season 1, Episode 22
Airdate	May 15, 2006
Production Number	1ALH21
Written by	Carter Bays & Craig Thomas
Directed by	Pamela Fryman
Stream
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How I Met Your Mother — Season One

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Come On is the twenty-second episode and also the season finale of the first season of How I Met Your Mother.

Starring: Josh Radnor (Ted Mosby), Jason Segel (Marshall Eriksen), Cobie Smulders (Robin Scherbatsky)

with Neil Patrick Harris (Barney Stinson)

and Alyson Hannigan (Lily Aldrin)

Guest Starring: Alexis Denisof (Sandy Rivers), Amy Acker (Penelope), Robert Michael Morris (Weatherman), Suzanne Ford (Vet)

Co-Starring: Mark Gagliardi (Quartet Leader)

Uncredited: Bob Saget (Ted of 2030 (voice)), Kelly Perine (Dave)

Plot Overview

Hoping to get closer to Robin, Ted tries to prevent her from going away for the weekend with her co-anchor, Sandy. Meanwhile, Marshall is upset when he finds out about Lily's fellowship interview.

Arc Advancement

Happenings

• The Wedding: The Wedding has been called off, Marshall and Lily broke up over the art fellowship interview from the previous episode.

Characters

• Robin: Robin was promoted to lead anchor after Sandy Rivers announced that he would be leaving the local news to persue a job at CNN.

• Lily and Marshall: Lily's application for the art fellowship in San Francisco was accepted. Although in the previous episode she insisted that she wasn't going to go, she decided that this is something she must do. As a result, she and Marshall got into a big fight the ended with them breaking up and calling off the marriage.

• Ted and Robin: Ted and Robin finally get together after 22 episodes of indecision. However, Future Ted says that this is how he ended up with Robin, and doesn't specifically note her as the mother from the show's title.

Referbacks

• 1x01 - Pilot: Ted and Robin conspired to steal the blue french horn on the wall of a restaurant they were at. Ted eventually went through with it and the horn is now on Robin's mantle.

Trivia

The Show

• Alternative Title: The episode was originally titled "Rainy Dance."
• Angel Reunion: Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker and Alyson Hannigan have all appeared together on Angel, a spin-off to Buffy the Vampire Slayer in which Hannigan co-starred. In the episode Orpheus, Hannigan guest starred as Willow. Denisof and Acker were series regulars and respectively played Wesley and Fred.

Allusions and References

• ER: ER is a long running hospital drama on NBC. The series first began airing in 1994 and is notable for popularizing then unknown actors like George Clooney and Noah Wyle.

Ted: I'm getting brain surgery from a guy who's seen a couple episodes of ER.