"The Fight" is the tenth episode in the fourth season of the television series ''

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'' and 74th overall. It originally aired on December 8, 2008.

Plot

A bartender, Doug, gets

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and

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involved in a fight with a group of guys sitting in the gang's favorite booth.

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and

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try to warn them off, but Barney vows to join in when

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reveals that she is turned on by violence. Ted joins in as he thinks it is an experience he should have sometime in his life. When they arrive in the back alley, Doug has already knocked out the guys single-handedly. Ted and Barney try to give him credit, but he insists they were in the fight as well. Afraid of appearing unmasculine, they take the credit after Barney creates "battle wounds" by blackening his own eye and punching Ted in the nose. They earn the admiration of everyone except Marshall, who claims that he used to fight with his brothers and Ted and Barney would never have stood a chance in their fights. Robin, Ted and Barney laugh Marshall off, believing his fights with his brothers to be gentle and childish horseplay. When Ted and Barney are sued by the losers of the fight, they admit to Marshall and the girls that they had no role in the victory. Marshall gets the two out of the lawsuit with their admission of no involvement; this leaves Doug now the only person named in the suit. When Doug plans to pulverize Ted and Barney for their betrayal in the alley behind MacLaren's, Barney runs away in fear. Ted tries to leave, until Doug brings up

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leaving him and Ted punches Doug, who subsequently knocks Ted out cold in retaliation. Marshall proves his earlier stories of fighting prowess by knocking out Doug with one blow; as it turns out Marshall's fights with his brothers weren't gentle and childish horseplay as Robin, Ted and Barney believed, but very violent brawls. Barney returns to find both Doug and Ted on the ground in pain. At school, Lily is having trouble with two boys in her class who are also fighting. First, she has Marshall come to class to preach

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, but the kids call him a wuss. She later has Ted come to class after he has been punched by Doug to preach the consequences of fighting. The kids are still unmoved. Marshall is shown with Lily at his mother's house 3–5 years later for

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and he pulls out a

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to carve the turkey.

Critical response

Donna Bowman of ''

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'' rated the episode B+.How I Met Your Mother "The Fight" B+ by Donna Bowman December 8, 2008 http://www.avclub.com/articles/the-fight,13419/

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Michelle Zoromski of

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rated the episode 8.2 out of 10.

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gave the episode a rating A.How I Met Your Mother Fight Club By Cindy McLennan , Season 4 , Episode 10 , Aired on 2008.12.08 http://www.televisionwithoutpity.com/show/how_i_met_your_mother/the_fight_1_1.php Pages 11

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fight How I Met Your Mother (season 4) episodes 2008 American television episodes