Californication’s Eva Amurri guests on How I Met Your Mother

If you’re a Showtime and CBS viewer, you probably got an unexpected treat this Sunday and Monday: Back-to-back viewings of actress Eva Amurri.

On Californication, Amurri’s character is a self-actualized stripper/college student who’s unwilling to let Professor Hank Moody end their relationship. This week her antics with her coworkers brought much hilarity (and much nudity) to the series.

On CBS’ How I Met Your Mother, Amurri’s guest appearance was much more demure.

She played Shelly, a teacher and co-worker of Lily’s who was about to be set up with the perennially single Ted (a blind date three years in the making). She instead fell for a fictional alter ego of Barney’s as part of his elaborate scam to meet women sleep with women.

The HIMYM folks kept much of Amurri’s va-va-voom under wraps, dressing her in conservative sweaters and jackets, but she still had great on-screen chemistry.

In fact, she left at least one critic hoping for repeat appearances (we’ll second that motion!).

So would Amurri, according to her Twitter page. Before the episode aired, she told a follower: “Just 1 ep on HIMYM but I had a blast! Would love to do another in the future.”

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