Columns (How I Met Your Mother)

Columns (How I Met Your Mother)
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“Columns”

How I Met Your Mother episode

Episode no.

Season 2
Episode 13

Written by

Matt Kuhn

Directed by

Rob Greenberg

Guest stars

Joe Nieves (Carl), Ewan Chung (Carol), Thomas Anthony (Man), William Schallert (Brady), Preston Bailey (Kindergartner), Bryan Cranston (Druthers)

Production no.

2ALH13

Original airdate

January 22, 2007

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List of How I Met Your Mother episodes

"Columns" is the 13^th episode in the second season of the television series How I Met Your Mother. It originally aired on January 22, 2007.

1 Plot
2 Notes
3 Music
4 Cultural References
5 Continuity
6 External links

Plot

Ted is trying to deal with his former boss Hammond Druthers, but when he can't he decides to fire him. The first time he attempts to fire him, he is interrupted by fellow employees bearing a birthday cake for Hammond - it turns out that it's his birthday. The second time, Ted comes into the office one night and finds Hammond in boxers and a pajama shirt. Hammond's wife has left him, and Hammond has been sleeping at the office, which he explains tearily. Once again, Ted's plan is thwarted, and he takes Hammond home to sleep on his couch.

Despite Ted's altruism, Hammond continues to belittle his ideas in the office. He tries to fire him again, but just as he is, Hammond is handed his divorce papers. In addition, his dog is dead. Then, the employees approach with a birthday cake, singing "Happy Birthday" to Hammond, since they were in Montreal during his real birthday celebration days before. Ted decides to fire him anyway, but Hammond suffers a heart attack in the process. Ted thinks he is joking and continues to mock him. Hammond, however, was not faking the heart attack, and is taken away in a stretcher. Everyone forgives Ted for his mistake when he comes up with the idea of "Margarita Fridays," replete with margarita machines

Meanwhile Marshall is tormented by the picture Lily painted of him posing nude as a freshman at Wesleyan. Ted, Marshall, and Robin find the painting behind the piano and have the bartender hang it up behind the bar at McClaren's. Marshall manages to snatch it away by jumping at it.

Marshall wants to spend his honeymoon in caverns, but Lily - who is up all night thinking about Barney's offer to have her paint him nude - says they can stay in Scotland using money from painting Barney. Marshall finds a more expensive castle in Scotland to stay at and tricks Barney into paying another $5000 by pretending to yell at Lily that she could not paint another nude male. Barney is upset with the painting as Lily gave him the "Ken Doll" (not painting his genitals).