| Series: | How I Met Your Mother |
| Season: | 3 |
| Episode: | 12 |
| Production: | 3ALH12 |
| Director: | Pamela Fryman |
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| Episode List: | List of How I Met Your Mother episodes |
| Season Article: | How I Met Your Mother season 3 |
"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.
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.
Donna Bowman of The A.V. Club rated the episode B+.[1]
Michelle Zoromski of IGN gave the episode 8 out of 10.[2]
Several critics speculated on whether actress Nicole Muirbrook, who is credited as "Woman" in the episode, could be the titular Mother.[3]
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.[4]
Omar of Television Without Pity rated the episode with a grade B.[5]
This is the second most watched episode of season 3.