‘The Window’
Season 5, Episode 10 - Aired December 7, 2009
Ted is alerted to the fact that a woman he's known since college is single again. Meanwhile, Marshall questions his life choices after reading a letter that he wrote to himself when he was fifteen.
Quote from Barney
Ted: How could you?
Barney: Ted, I challenged myself to get laid wearing overalls. And if you stand in my way, then you're letting Barney win. And you don't want that. That smug son of a bitch will never let us hear the end.
Quote from Barney
Ted: [to Jim] Whoa, whoa, whoa. Bro.
Barney: Where do you think you're going?
Jim: To tell that girl I love her.
Ted: Get in line, bub.
Barney: Yeah, I'm going to have sex with her, then he's going to tell her he loves her, and then you can do whatever you want. Do we agree on the order?
Quote from Robin
Robin: [to Jim, out of breath] Mister! You just missed out on the night of your life.
Quote from Barney
Jim: I've been in love for five years.
Ted: I've been love for twelve years.
Barney: I've been in these overalls for an hour and a half.
Quote from Lily
Lily: Hey, maybe you can't dunk anymore. But you've achieved more in your 30 years than that 15-year-old dweeb could ever dream of. You put yourself through Columbia Law School. You had the sense to chop off that stupid rat tail. And you married a smoking-hot chick who looks nothing like your mother. I think that earns you an entire foot closer to dunking. There you go, Vanilla Thunder.
Marshall: Step back.
[Marshall tries to dunk the basketball, but grazes the bottom of the net and falls to the ground in agony]
Lily: Oh, baby. How about instead of dunking, we go up to your office, and you lie very still while I go bananas all over you?
Marshall: Could we maybe instead just do it right here?
Lily: Sure, baby.
Quote from Barney
Ted: We have to figure this out.
Jim: We're dealing with a small window of opportunity.
Barney: Guys, let me assure you, if you let me in there, that window's gonna open up again in, like, ten minutes.
Quote from Future Ted
Ted: No, she's right. Maggie deserves some time to herself. Nobody likes to be alone, especially after a breakup, but that's when we discover who we really are and... what we really want. She deserves that.
Future Ted: [v.o.] And kids, I meant that. Which is why I'm not proud of what happened next.
Quote from Barney
Barney: Hey, hey, I got it! That country bar, Giddy-Ups! The overalls have gotta work there. Wingman me?
Ted: I don't want Giddy-Ups. I want that. I forgot what it feels like to chase the real thing, but... I think I'm ready again.
Barney: Yeah. Let me tell you where I'm at. I want to have sex with a girl so I can take off these overalls. Come on. You gotta help me! I gotta get these damn things off!
Mrs. Douglas: Hey, there. I just love your overalls.