Episode 4.21: The Three Days Rule
Airdate: Arpil 27, 2009
* new 04/22 - Soap Opera Digest Award-Winning Actress Rebecca Budig ("All My Children
") guest stars as Ted's love interest. When Ted breaks Barney and Marshall's "three days rule" by having a "text" relationship with a girl he just met, they play a cruel joke on him by pretending to be her. Guest cast: Holly: Rebecca Budig, Stan: Kevin Michael Richardson. Source: CBS
* 04/05 - Fresh off her second stint as All My Children's "real Greenlee," Rebecca Budig has grabbed a guest-starring gig on CBS' How I Met Your Mother. In one of this season's final episodes, Budig will play Holly, a new girlfriend of Ted's. Source: TV Guide Online
Episode 4.22: Right Place Right Time
Airdate: May 4, 2009
* new 04/22 - After Ted runs into an old flame, he talks to his future kids about how being in the right place at the right time can impact a person's life. Meanwhile, Barney celebrates his 200th female conquest. Guest cast: Harlen Johnsen: John Duerler, Ged Wilkinson: Joel McCrary, 12-Year-Old Barney: Tanner Maguire, 12-Year-Old Matthew: Austin Majors, Galoshes the Weather Clown Kurt Long Matthew: Steven Montfort, Fran: Kit Pongetti, Jenni: Katie Hein, Jenny: Mary Ann Jarou, Gennie: Bianca Lopez, Milt: Dan Castellaneta. Source: CBS
* 04/05 - We will see one of Ted's former girlfriends return before the season ends. Source: Zap2It's Korbi TV
* 03/14 - I'm hearing Barney will service his 200th satisfied (female) customer before the end of the season. Source: Zap2It's Korbi TV
Episode 4.23: Title Unknown
Airdate: May 11, 2009
Episode 4.24: Title Unknown (Season? finale)
Airdate: May 18, 2009
* 03/06 - Something major is going to happen with [Barney and Robin] in the season finale. I know this because executive producer Carter Bays told me so. "That is one of the stories that we sort of have been teasing out over the course of the season," he says. "And it definitely comes to a head in the finale." [...] "At the end of the season, we will address the title of our show," reveals Bays, adding that the last four episodes will feature "big events in the lives of our characters -- specifically Ted. We're going to wrap up some things that have been left dangling." Translation: I think the M-bomb's about to be dropped! Source: The Ausiello Files
* 01/28 - [Craig] Thomas warned, "We've shot the season finale, and the goat does appear." Source: The Hollywood Reporter