With Mickey now taking care of Marvin, Marshall and Lily finally reunite with the gang at MacLaren’s. However, when the two ask Barney, Ted, and Robin about how they are doing, the three simply say everything’s great. In reality, they have nothing good to say per Marshall and Lily’s previous “eight-or-higher” decree: Victoria tells Ted [...]

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Barney goes back to his womanizing ways to get over his recent breakup with Quinn, organizing a festival called “Bangtoberfest” to pick up women, but it flops. Barney is forced to try other gimmicks such as adding children’s toys to his apartment and try to seduce young women under the guise of a widower seeking [...]

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Future Ted tells his children that the summer of 2012 was uneventful because everyone was happy and in love, so he skips ahead to October. Barney designs a detailed and complex prenuptial agreement for his and Quinn’s upcoming wedding after he fears that his marriage will fail and that he will be left with nothing. [...]

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Sitting alone at a train station in Farhampton ten hours after Barney and Robin’s wedding, Ted tells a nearby old woman a story. When Robin asked to see him before the ceremonies began, she asks how Barney is doing. Ted tells her that Barney is fully committed to the wedding, even as Barney tries to [...]

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Part 1 Lily starts going into labor, but refuses to go to the hospital until Marshall is there with her. Ted and Robin try to distract her with stories from their past until her contractions are four minutes apart, and Lily finally agrees to go to the hospital.

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Lily and Marshall hold their baby shower. However, Ted and Robin separately miss the shower on purpose to avoid seeing each other. Because Ted had been eager to avoid Robin for as long as he can, Barney encourages Ted to try online dating and sets him up with three specific women. Over the course of [...]

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Ted begins to get accustomed to his life alone in Quinn’s apartment. He shares his experiences with Marshall, particularly being able to walk around naked with nobody taking offense and eating takeout food he saved for himself. Seeing an opportunity to excite Ted, Barney invites him to “make every night legendary” by doing zany things [...]

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An unknown man obsesses over “the blond man in the suit” who comes outside at 8:00pm every night and smiles. The man is revealed to be Barney, who is trying to pass gas without Quinn being around because they now live together. However, they have been fighting; although Quinn has thrown out most of her [...]

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After being off the grid for a while, Barney summons Ted to his apartment to administer “The Bro-Oath” or “Broath,” swearing Ted to secrecy about what Quinn does for a living. Ted immediately tells the group who feel that she is still using him like she did at the Lusty Leopard. Following an evening at [...]

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Barney decides to pursue Quinn, even after discovering she works as a stripper named Karma. Barney tries to ask her out on a second date, and although she appears interested, she continually avoids answering and only wishes to hang out at the strip club; she always claims her boss is watching, and requests more money [...]

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