“Milk”
How I Met Your Mother episode
Ted imagines his wedding without Robin.
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 21
Writer(s)	Carter Bays
Original airdate	May 8, 2006
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"Milk" is the 21^st episode in the first season of the television series How I Met Your Mother. It originally aired on May 8, 2006. How I Met Your Mother is a CBS sitcom that premiered on September 19, 2005. ... May 8 is the 128th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (129th in leap years). ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...

Plot

The episode opens with a celebration for Ted's 28^th birthday in the bar. Barney presents his gift to Ted, which is the "Greatest Pickup Line of All Time." The next morning, Ted gets a call from Love Solutions, the matchmaker service that Ted had signed up for in "Matchmaker," saying that they have found him a match. He goes and asks what is happening, since he thought that Love Solutions no longer existed. Ted finds out that it has merely changed hands, and has found him a perfect girl who meets all of the standards on his checklist. He asks them to set it up. Meanwhile, Barney wants Marshall to help him wage a battle of pranks against Clark Butterfield, a man who is Barney's target in such pranks. Marshall is appointed to help Barney with the mischief. Lily has found out about an art fellowship in San Francisco, and decides to apply, even though it could ruin the wedding plans. However, she must call Ted when a tire on Marshall's Pontiac Fiero goes flat. She tells Ted that she is still having doubts about marrying Marshall and wants to see if she can get into this art fellowship and see what happens. Ted tries to convince her not to go to the required interview in New Haven, but Lily does anyway, leaving Ted on the side of the road quite far from town. Ted calls Barney, but then tells him it was a joke because he does not want Marshall to know why he was out in the middle of nowhere. Robin eventually comes to get Ted, and takes him back to the bar so that he can be there for his date with the perfect woman. However, Ted decides that he doesn't want a perfect woman anymore; instead, he wants Robin, even though he has tried and failed before with Robin. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Barney's "Greatest Pickup Line of All Time"

(Barney approaches a woman)
Barney: "Excuse me, has anyone ever told you" (pauses suddenly)
Barney: "Oh My God!"
Unsuspecting Woman: "What?"
Barney: "Call an ambulance!"
Unsuspecting Woman: "What's going on?"
Barney; (to girl) "J-just try not to speak, here, sit down. Just don't talk, don't talk." (Barney seats her at a table and sits across from her)
Waitress: "Is she OK?"
Barney: (to waitress) "I'm serious, call 911!"
Unsuspecting Woman: "What's wrong, what's the matter?"
Barney: (to girl) "Shh, Shh, just don't move, don't move, just try, here, have some water." (To waitress) "Water!" (Waitress brings a glass of water)
Barney: (to girl) "Here, drink this." (Barney then pulls out a flashlight and starts checking her left eye)
(Paramedics arrive)
Barney: (to paramedics) "Oh, thank God you're here!"
Unsuspecting Woman: (slightly furious tone) "What is going on?"
Barney: "I think there might be some internal bleeding, probably some, some fractures, and we gotta get her to the hospital."
Unsuspecting Woman: "What are you talking about?"
Barney: (to girl) "You've had a terrible fall."
Unsuspecting Woman: "No, I haven't."
Barney: (to girl) "Really? Because I could swear you fell straight out of Heaven, Angel!" (makes a ding sound)
Unsuspecting Woman: (surprised look on her face)
Barney: (starting chant out of the side of his mouth) "Give him your number! What? Give him your number!"

Note: Although it worked for Barney in the episode, Robin has doubts about this line and whether it is actually a good pickup line.

External links

• "Milk" at TV.com
• "Milk" at the Internet Movie Database