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Double Date

‘Double Date’

Season 5, Episode 2 -  Aired September 28, 2009

When Ted goes on a blind date, he realizes he went out with the same woman seven years earlier. Meanwhile, Barney and Marshall discover Lily's doppelganger at a strip club.

Quote from Lily

Barney: Ladies, meet Stripper Lily.
Lily: Oh!
Barney: Yeah, I couldn't get her face in it. But she looks just like you.
Lily: So you went to a strip club?
Barney: Busted.
Lily: And there was a stripper who looked exactly like me?
Marshall: Okay, babe, look, before you get mad, let me...
Lily: Awesome! I bet the guys were going crazy. Oh, I bet they wanted to touch her so bad. But all you can do is look, unless you go into the back room, but honey, you got to pay for that.

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Quote from Barney

Robin: So, strip club.
Barney: Marshall made me go.

Quote from Ted

Ted: All right, so what did I do wrong next? Let me have it. I'm here to learn.
Jen: Well, I kept telling you I was cold, but you didn't offer me your jacket.
[2002:]
Jen: It's a little brisk out tonight, huh?
Ted: Not really.
Jen: Really? I can't feel my fingers.
Ted: I'm pretty impervious to stuff like that.
[2009:]
Ted: I couldn't admit I was cold. I didn't want to seem like a wimp compared to your action hero ex-boyfriend who you wouldn't stop talking about.
[2002:]
Jen: After a day of fighting fires, Jim would love to come home and unwind working on his '68 Camaro. That or bare-knuckle boxing, which he learned in the Marine Corps.
Ted: I had an aunt in the Coast Guard.
[2009:]
Jen: Okay, so no talking about the ex. Not even about his shockingly small wiener?
Ted: See? Why didn't you lead off with that? [removes jacket]

Quote from Lily

Lily: Was there a shower on stage? Sometimes there's a shower on stage. I bet stripper me would get in there with another girl and just go bananas.

Quote from Ted

Jen: Actually you know what it was? I remember him coming across as kind of a player.
Ted: Me?
All: Ted?
Jen: Yeah. We were all sitting over there... [points to a table]
[2002:]
Jen: And here's a picture of my cats dressed up like Batman villains. You've got the Joker, the Riddler, Mr. Freeze...
Lily: What about Cat Woman?
Jen: Yeah, that would've been good.
Barney: Psst! Ted! [points his head towards a woman at the bar]
Ted: [looks over] Nice.
[2009:]
Ted: Wait, wait, wait. No, no, no! I remember that. I was not checking out a girl.
[2002:]
Barney: Psst, Ted. [points his head to Mustache Marshall at the bar]
Ted: Nice.
[2009:]
Ted: We were checking out Mustache Marshall.
All: Ah.

Quote from Ted

[on the roof of Ted's building in 2009:]
Jen: Thank you very much.
Ted: You got it.
Jen: Yes. Oh, yeah! I remember this.
[2002:]
Ted: ... And there's the Chrysler Building. And the Empire State Building. And at 12:00, a rotund couple going at it against the glass.
Jen: Aw. That's kind of sweet. Oh, look. Snack break.
Ted: Good for them. Letting a guy eat pizza off your back, that's love. So, um... I know this wasn't the best first date of all time, but, uh, I'm glad we stuck it out.
Jen: Me, too. [they kiss]

Quote from Ted

Ted: That was really great. What went wrong?
Jen: I remember now.
[2002:]
Jen: [after their kiss] Wow.
Ted: Yeah. So would you maybe, um... want to go out again?
Jen: Yeah, I would. Will you call me?
Ted: Absolutely.
Jen: Promise?
Ted: Promise.
[2009:]
Ted: I have been so busy.
Jen: Good night, Ted.

Quote from Ted

[As Jen starts to walk away, her "cat meowing" ringtone plays]
Jen: [answers phone] Hello?
Ted: Jen, I sorry. Look, I know I'm seven years late with this call, but I was an idiot back then. You saw the goatee. The truth is, I had a great time tonight, and I'd love to see you again.
Jen: Ted, there are two kinds of guys. The guys that you want to call you, who don't; and the guys you don't want to call you, who always do. And somehow, right now, you're both.

Quote from Lily

Lily: Okay, when Stripper Lily gets out here, you have my permission to fantasize about her. And since she's basically me, maybe you won't feel guilty.
Marshall: Thanks, baby. I'm so lucky I have you. And stripper you.
Lily: Bring out Stripper Lily!

Quote from Barney

Barney: You know, I don't come here that much.
Waitress: Heya, Barney. He's the usual and I'll send over the other usual as soon as she's done stretching.
Barney: Thank you, kindly stranger.
Announcer: Ladies and gentlemen... Oh, hey, Barney. Didn't see you come in. I'll load up some AC/DC for you, buddy.

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