A cikin farkon kakar, Ted ya sake ganin Cindy tare da yarinyar da ya yi tunanin cewa ita ce abokiyar zamanta, amma ta zama budurwar Cindy wanda ta yi aure daga baya. Bayan Barney ya ba da shawara, Ted daga bisani GNB ya sake hayar shi a matsayin mai tsara sabon hedkwatar bankin, wanda aka yi watsi da shi a farkon kakar 4. Duk da haka, ya haɗu da adawa lokacin da ya sadu da Zoey Pierson (Jennifer Morrison), wata mace da ke nuna rashin amincewa da GNB don zaɓar wani otal mai lalacewa, Arcadian, da za a rushe shi don hedkwatar. A cikin kakar, Ted ya sadu da Zoey a ƙarshe ya zama dangantaka bayan ta saki mijinta mai arziki, Kyaftin Mac (Kyle Lachlan), amma sun rabu kamar yadda ya sanya abokansa da ƙaunarsa a kan Arcadian, wanda ya jagoranci Ted ya sake yin zanga-zanga tare da GNB. Tambaya: Wanene Zoey?
Zoey Pierson (Jennifer Morrison)