No Tomorrow (How I Met Your Mother)

"No Tomorrow"
How I Met Your Mother episode
Episode no.	Season 3 Episode 12
Directed by	Pamela Fryman
Written by	Craig Thomas Carter Bays
Production code	3ALH12
Original air date	March 17, 2008 (2008-03-17)
Guest appearances
Vanessa Minnillo as Ashlee Terrell Lee as Bouncer
Episode chronology

"No Tomorrow" is the 12th episode in the third season of the television series How I Met Your Mother and 56th overall. It originally aired on March 17, 2008. It was the first episode to air after the 2007–2008 Writers Guild of America strike concluded.^[1]

Plot

On Saint Patrick's Day 2008, Ted, Marshall, and Lily plan a board game night, opting out of joining Barney, who dresses in green and goes out alone. Barney convinces Ted to join him for a night out with the promise of no consequences and a date. Meanwhile, Marshall and Robin discover the new apartment is crooked, leading to a secret and the creation of a game called "roller luge" to cope with the uneven floors.

Out with Barney, Ted experiences a night where bad behavior seems to be rewarded, including ditching dates, charging champagne to someone else's tab, and considering a one-night stand with a married woman, which ends with him getting punched. Ted wakes up with regrets and a black eye, reflecting on his actions after hearing voicemails he unintentionally left for Marshall.

Ted later retrieves a yellow umbrella from the club, unaware it connects to his future wife, who was also there that night. The episode ends with Barney declaring his awesomeness despite waking up next to a dumpster.

Critical response

Donna Bowman of The A.V. Club rated the episode B+.^[2]

Michelle Zoromski of IGN gave the episode 8 out of 10.^[3]

Several critics speculated on whether actress Nicole Muirbrook, who is credited as "Woman" in the episode, could be the titular Mother.^[1][2][3][4]

Joel Keller of TV Squad described the episode as "above average" and wondered if the show would survive to be renewed for a fourth season. The article also included a poll asking if the woman Ted ran into was the mother or a red herring thrown in by the writers.^[1]

Omar of Television Without Pity rated the episode with a grade B.^[5]

This is the second most watched episode of season 3.

References

1. Joel Keller (2008-03-17). "How I Met Your Mother: No Tomorrow". TV Squad. Weblogs, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-03-20. Retrieved 2010-04-04. In one of the party scenes, Ted and a young woman briefly encounter each other and say "excuse me." Wonder if that's the infamous mother...?
2. Donna Bowman (March 17, 2008). "How I Met Your Mother "No Tomorrow"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2010-04-20. Clues, coincidences, and crazy-ass theories: That girl that Ted bumped into and exchanged brief "sorries" with -- was that the mother? Because if so, um, she doesn't look like the marrying type. Rating B+
3. Michelle Zoromski (2007-10-16). "How I Met Your Mother: "No Tomorrow" Review. The suit's made of green". IGN. News Corporation. Retrieved 2010-04-20. And of course, this episode serves to bring us just a little bit closer to meeting the mother. Does anyone else think it was the woman Ted bumped into at the bar?
4. "'How I Met Your Mother': We Think We Figured Out Who 'Your Mother' Is". New York Magazine. 2008-03-18.
5. Omar G. "How I Met Your Mother: When They're Sixty-Four". Television Without Pity. NBC Universal. p. 7. Archived from the original on 2008-04-14. Retrieved 2010-04-20.

External links

• "No Tomorrow" at IMDb