This week, Barney and Robin's relationship hits a snag. He gains weight, she stops caring about her looks and they basically lose their awesomeness - both as individuals and as a couple. Concerned for their friends, Marshall, Ted and Lily devise a fo more

Ted's mother gets married to Clint (last seen in Season 2's "How Lily Stole Christmas") and the pair immediately start skeeving out Ted with their completely inappropriate behavior. Unable to handle the fact that his mom is on her seco more

After not-so-subtlety hinting at his daddy issues in last week's season 6 premiere, How I Met Your Mother threw Barney into the belly of the beast this week, sending the gang and him to his mother's home, where they dredged up old (and false) me more

I'm really starting to think that Carter Bays was telling the absolute truth when he told Mike Ausiello that the writers threw the Barney-Robin relationship into the trash heap. He wasn't being coy about a future plotline; I get the feeling that more

As someone who isn't a sports fan, it's a testament both to the writing and the cast that I can find an episode filled with baseball metaphors to be both fun and enjoyable. Regardless of whether you know who Jim Nantz or Nick Swisher are, baseba more

There's no secret formula to picking up women but How I Met Your Mother has a few hilarious tips courtesy of Barney, who is back to his womanizing ways now that he's already broken up with Robin. "The Playbook" teaches us every trick, more

This week is chock-full of Valentine's Day romantic escapades. Ted puts Marshall and Lily in charge of his romantic future - that is, he asks them to choose his perfect woman for him. Meanwhile, Barney tries his most successful girl-getting tactic ye more

So wow, what an excellent episode from How I Met Your Mother. I have a feeling, I'll be talking about "The Playbook" for months to come. Let's recall the plays in Barney's book: "The Don't Drink That" - Where he pre more