When Ted's best friend Marshall proposes to his girlfriend, Lily, Ted realizes he'd better get a move on if he hopes to find true love. Ted soon meets Robin in a neighborhood bar, immediately becomes smitten and scores a first date. But when Ted can hardly wait to see her again, his eagerness threatens to scare her away.
Meanwhile, Marshall and Lily are now happily engaged, although the engagement gets off to a rocky start when Marshall inadvertently pops a cork from a champagne bottle into Lily's eye.
Comments
Very compact pilot. But, man, it's very weird to see the actors so young after so many years.