How I Met Your Mother season 5
season of television series
The fifth season of the American television comedy series How I Met Your Mother premiered on September 21, 2009, and concluded on May 24, 2010. It consists of 24 episodes, each running approximately 22 minutes in length. CBS broadcast the fifth season on Monday nights at 8:00 pm in the United States.
Cast
Main cast
Josh Radnor as Ted Mosby
Jason Segel as Marshall Eriksen
Cobie Smulders as Robin Scherbatsky
Neil Patrick Harris as Barney Stinson
Alyson Hannigan as Lily Aldrin
Bob Saget (uncredited) as Future Ted Mosby (voice only)
Recurring cast
Lyndsy Fonseca as Penny, Ted's Daughter
David Henrie as Luke, Ted's Son
Marshall Manesh as Ranjit
Joe Nieves as Carl, the owner of MacLarens Pub
Charlene Amoia as Wendy the Waitress
Cristine Rose as Virginia Mosby
Ben Koldyke as Don Frank
Chris Elliott as Mickey Aldrin
Guest cast
Joe Manganiello as Brad Morris
Tim Gunn as TV's Tim Gunn (Barney's personal tailor)
Lindsay Sloane as Jen
Rachel Bilson as Cindy
JoAnna Garcia as Maggie
Jennifer Lopez as Anita Appleby
Stacy Keibler as Karina (Hot Bartender)
Alan Thicke as himself
Amanda Peet as Jenkins
Laura Prepon as Karen
Nick Swisher as himself
Carrie Underwood as Tiffany
Malin Åkerman as Movie Stella
Chris Kattan as Jed Mosely
Judy Greer as Royce
Peter Bogdanovich as himself
Hong Chau as Cook Pu
Charles Chun as Mr. Park
Sarah Wright as Claire
Phillip Wilburn as Joe
Jim Nantz as himself
Episodes
Reception
Reviews for season 5 of How I Met Your Mother were mixed.
Cindy McLennan of Television Without Pity gave the season a negative review, and at the end of the season wrote: "I'm okay with any given season not being primarily focused on mother-meeting, but this season, the characters seemed to regress -- particularly Barney and Ted. Usually, when a season ends, I have to deal with a week or two weeks' worth of letdown. Right now, all I'm feeling is relief."
On the other hand, Amanda Sloane Murray from IGN gave the season a lukewarm review saying "So maybe this season didn't have the funniest jokes or the freshest material to work with. On the whole, it's not one that's going to stand out in our minds as one of the best seasons in the How I Met Your Mother canon; most of us are eager to forget Robin and Barney ever happened, Robin's co-anchor Don was switched up from funny guy to boring straight man and eventually discarded; nobody made significant strides in their career or their love life. Yet at the end of the day, a few loose ends suggest tantalizing possibilities for next season: Ted is now in possession of a house, while Marshall and Lily have decided to get pregnant.
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