This Day in Pop: Britney Spears appears on HIMYM's episode "Everything Must Go" in 2008 (May 12)

[PokemonSpears]

On May 12, 2008, the 19th episode of How I Met Your Mother's Season 3, "Everything Must Go", aired on CBS, and if featured Britney Spears as a guest, reprising her role of Abby. She had previously appeared on the March 24 episode "Ten Sessions".

This episode was written by Jonathon Groff and Chris Harris, and it was directed by Pamela Fryman. Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) finds out Abby has been sabotaging his dates, since a previous episode called "The Bracket" (where Britney didn't actually appear). After confronting her in a taxi, he tells her Ted (Josh Radnor), who she is in love with, dumped him as a friend and they both start bashing him, which leads to them sleeping together again.

 

They try to make Ted feel bad about their supposed relationship, but he's not falling for the trick. Barney pushes it further by proposing to Abby, but she doesn't realize it's part of the joke and believes they're actually getting married. At the end Barney goes to her apartment and tells her they can't marry, because Ted is in love with her. He gives her Ted's address and tells her to stop by at 2:00 AM "because he works late". The episode finishes here with a sort of cliffhanger, suggesting there could still be more to this story, however this would be the last time that Britney, and thus, her character Abby, appeared in the series, so we never get to know what happened afterwards. 

 

 

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[bitbitboi]

Honestly? This is when I started seeing her as a real actress, she's actually really good! I wish she had kept working on this part of entertainment as a side thing...

[MyAccountGotBanned]

Crazy how this was so close to her breakdown. 

[Look But Don't Touch]

She looked so good

[rr_174]

recently i watched the episode by surprise! loved so much, britney was so sweet and funny! she was great 

[F.a.u.zish]

The fact her two HMIYM episodes were shot at most two months apart but she looks drastically different in both of them is kinda astonishing . I wonder what the timeline for them getting filmed was.

[Frankie8]

I remember her first episode, but not so much this one. Brit is way overdue to guest star on a show. I'd love to see her try her hand at drama.

[FemmeFataleBrit]

1 hour ago, Frankie8 said:

I remember her first episode, but not so much this one. Brit is way overdue to guest star on a show. I'd love to see her try her hand at drama.

I’m kinda worried after Jane The Virgin though.

[Midnight]

The only time I ever watched that show 

Also how gorgeous does her hair look, and that purple suits her nicely.

[Frankie8]

3 hours ago, FemmeFataleBrit said:

I’m kinda worried after Jane The Virgin though.

Yea, that popped into my mind, but I quickly banished the thought. I don't want that to happen again 

[mythology]

She's great with comedy, would love to see her more in those types of roles, she generally does well there

[asitalian12587]

she crushed it, i enjoyed this a lot. not to mention she is credited by the show's producers as helping to save the show so....

[Phonography423]

She did such a good job