15 years ago today: Britney appears on How I Met Your Mother's episode "Ten Sessions"

[PokemonSpears]

On March 24, 2008, How I Met Your Mother's season 3 thirteenth episode titled "Ten Sessions" aired on CBS. Britney Spears was one of the guest stars in the role of Abby, along with Sarah Chalke, Marhsall Manesh and Charlene Amoia. The episode was directed by Pamela Fryman and written by Chris Harris, Carter Bays and Craig Thomas.

This was Britney's first TV appearance since the 2007 VMA's, and it was also the first project she did while being under the (fraudulent and corrupt) conservatorship, which was granted to her father just the previous month.

In the episode Britney plays the receptionist of Dr. Stella Zinman (Sarah Chalke), the dermatologist that Ted (Josh Radnor) is seeing for ten sessions to remove his tattoo. Each week he tries to convince Dr. Zinman to date him, even though she warned him the answer was gonna be no. After five sessions he decides to start being nice to Abby to show the doctor his good side, but instead Abby starts to fall in love with him.

 

"Ten Sessions" was the most watched episode of the season, and the only one to surpass 10M viewers. Her participation got mixed reviews from critics, with some praising her acting and others her "change of pace from her latest public appearances".

Britney would reprise her role again on episode 19 "Everything Must Go" which aired on May 12.

 

 

Edited March 24, 2023 by PokemonSpears

[babyimmafreak90]

I loved her role in this. She was funny and super adorkable 

[blackingouthenegativity]

And to think her father checked a box that said she had dementia just weeks before this was filmed...

[MasterMindz]

Love it!

[nwonder]

She did soo good

[notbritneyspears]

it worked so well on #HIMYM as the character was written perfectly to match Britney’s comedic chops.

shes actually very funny too on Will and Grace considering how awful the writing for her character was.

[ElectricPlatypusLove]

Not to brag or anything but...I am in this episode! I am an extra in the bar scenes and visible in various shots. I wish I could have actually been in a scene with Britney, but I still think it's kind of cool that I share a credit with her (sort of, since extras aren't credited).

[ElectricPlatypusLove]

You can see me here, I'm behind the stars, in the brown leather jacked. Young me!