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How I Met Your Mother Season 6 Episode 4

Subway Wars

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AIRED: Oct 11, 2010

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Robin sets out to prove she's now a bona fide New Yorker by racing the gang to a downtown restaurant where Woody Allen is rumored to be.

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The guys race to see who can use the most Microsoft products in 20 minutes.

6.5

By MrBIonde, Sep 08, 2011

An average enough episode made all the worse by the Microsoft marketing dept's inability to understand the word "subtle". Ridiculous.

That said, the episode is unfortunately a slide back towards the irrelevancy of season 5 with some big high concept idea driving the whole episode, in this case a race across New York with each of the characters using a different method of transport.

HIMYM's strength as a show always came from the characters and it seemed like the writers were refocusing on them over the start of this season, I just hope this episode was only a small bump on the road back to a really funny show.moreless
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The gang tries to prove that they are "real" New Yorkers.

8.5

By Jon_MW_14, Sep 03, 2011

"Subway Wars" is a great How I Met Your Mother episode. I love how each character tries to prove that they are "real" New Yorkers. I love how Ted thinks stealing a cab from someone who really needs one is a "real" New Yorker. I love how Lily thinks that crying on the subway is "real" New Yorker. I love how Marshall thinks killing a cockroach with bare hands is a "real" New Yorker. I love how Robin does all three things in this episode. I give this episode a 8.5/10.moreless
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By Canogaparkcindy, Sep 02, 2011

I would not be surprised if this episode maintained to be the best episode on TV.com, because in my opinion, it definitely was one of the best episodes of How I Met Your Mother, it managed to be funny, entertaining, and very intriguing. I loved every minute of it, this epsiode was even, dare I say it... epic! I don't used that word a lot so that just goes to show how much I liked this episode, the plot for the episode was amazing. Racing to get to a restaurant, all the interactions from all the characters were amazing and everything managed to tie in together in the end, all 5 different plots.

This is the How I Met Your Mother I grew to love, and I hope they keep this coming, because I haven't been so impressed with an episode like this since season 4, so that really goes to show how great this episode was. As I was watching it, I thought to myself that this episode might be under appreciated when I get on to TV.com like other episodes of How I Met Your Mother. Lets hope I'm wrong.

One of the best episodes of this show, without a doubt, and entering this show's sixth season, that's really saying something.moreless
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After a promising start to the new season that seemed to mark the return to a plot, the show has officially returned to where it was at the end of season 5. As the underlying story goes missing, so do the good jokes.moreless

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By FelixBhme, Jun 06, 2011

After a promising start to the new season that seemed to mark the return to a plot, the show has officially returned to where it was at the end of season 5. As the underlying story goes missing, so do the good jokes.

I recently watched the first 4 seasons again that made this show so successful and found myself loving it again. The jokes where actually really funny to the point where you laugh out loud in front of the television, something that rarely happens with the new episodes. And there was actually something like story development.

When you take this episode as a representative of the new style of HIMYM you just can't help it notice that something is fundamentally different now - and not in a good way. It's just trying too hard to be funny, failing horribly. Individual episodes seem disconnected from any underlying story. Think about it, this episode could have taken place in any other season - except it would have really stood out as the worst episode in that season, whereas now that's just the standard you expect every week.

Bring back the plot. Bring back good, clever jokes. Past success is not going to be enough to keep a viewership around forever.moreless
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It's the How I Met Your Mother take on tThe Amazing Race! Hiloarious episode!

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By amazing_race, Apr 05, 2011

This episode was very much sensational, particularly after a boring episode last wekk. This one sees our five protagonists eompeting in a rrace through New York, with each of them needing to win for a fdifferent reason.

The episode was absolutely hilariosu! I really enjoye d Barney's idea of pretending to be posioned, in order to get an ambulance to drive him to the Finish Line! Hilarious stuff!

Another thing I enjoyed was Robin's breakdown on the subway - especially when she tears her TV show's poster down, and the onld one is still behind it.

Overall, a hilarious episode wihich I would highly recommend! Very brilliant stuff, and I hope this standard is maintained throughout future episodes! Great job, keep it up!moreless
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Josh Radnor	Ted Mosby
Neil Patrick Harris	Barney Stinson
Alyson Hannigan	Lily Aldrin
Jason Segel	Marshall Eriksen
Cobie Smulders	Robin Scherbatsky

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Shaughn Buchholz	Waiter	Guest Star
Jan Bryant	Mildred	Guest Star
Steve Rizzo	Giant Calculator	Guest Star
Bob Saget	Voice of Ted, 2030	Recurring Role
Marshall Manesh	Ranjit	Recurring Role
Geoff Stults	Max	Recurring Role

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TRIVIA (3)
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- Just after Maury Povich steals the cab from Robin, he is seen sitting beside Lily in the subway. He is also later seen sitting at the stairs when Marshall came passing by. How can he be all over the places at one time?
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- At the bar, Ted points out the route on his laptop. When they all jump up and start racing each other Ted takes the laptop with him. As soon as they leave the bar the laptop is gone and we don't see it again this episode.
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- The guy that wears a calculator costume says, "Clear everything" as he points to the CE button. It actually stands for "Clear Entry". The "C" (sometimes "AC") stands for (All) Clear, which clears everything.
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QUOTES (1)
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- Lily: Marshall's here, let's go!
  Ranjit: Ted's in the way.
  Lily: Run him over!
  Ranjit: Running him over!
  Marshall: Baby! What the hell is the matter with you?
  Lily: Nothing, I just want to win this really badly! So badly I ditched my best friend when she needed me.
  Marshall: Aw, sweetie… you were also about to run over Ted.
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- The episode won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Picture Editing for a Comedy Series (Single or Multi-Camera).
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- International Airdates: United Kingdom: January 13, 2011 on E4; Australia: February 10, 2011 on Channel 7; Germany: September 14, 2011 on ProSieben;Czech Republic: January 18, 2012 on Prima COOL
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- Marshall sings, "He brought the jukebox back to life with his Fonzarelli arm," and hits a jukebox to fix it, whereupon everyone cheers, "Aaay!" Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli was a character from Happy Days. Fonzie frequently hit a jukebox in order to fix it, and his catchphrase was "Aaay!"
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