For one, there was the recent announcement that the third season of How I Met Your Mother is going to be on DVD as of October 7th. I guess it was inevitable, given the smash success of the first two seasons on DVD but it's still great to have a solid date as to when it's going to happen.

From the press release: "Season Three Features Special Guest Stars Sarah Chalke, Heidi Klum, Mandy Moore, Enrique Iglesias, and The Much-Hyped Appearance By Pop Superstar Britney Spears." I know I'm looking forward to getting it.

Secondly, regarding Sarah Chalke: There were conflicting reports about her return but the final say is that she is definitely coming back, if not for only a few episodes. While the creators of the show admit that they already know who "The Mother" is, they wouldn't of course say if it was going to be Sarah Chalke's character or not - what fun would that be?

Lastly, if you ever wanted your very own copy of The Bro Code, just watch out for it in bookstores this coming November. This article tells all about the upcoming book release. Personally, if it's by Barney, I'm buying it.

We go back to the cab ride. Apparently the cab in which Ted got happened to get hit by a car and so everyone gets calls to come immediately, including Marshall who comes with the guitar from Guitar Hero. Barney is not there. Curiously, he does not seem all that injured. Ted says that he wants Stella back but the people at the hospital say that he can't leave before they run some tests on him. Marshall says it was a miracle and Robin says there are no miracles. Marshall reminds everyone of the time that a pencil went up Barney's nose.

Lily says she wants to tell Barney and Ted insists that he won't care. Lily calls Barney and he hangs up on her when he mentions Ted. Barney runs out of his meeting to get to Ted. Marshall tells another miracle story of coming back from Amsterdam and not getting busted because the guards changed and Doug Benson is awesome. Ted suddenly gets a visitor - Stella.

Ted asks for a minute with Stella. He tells her that he loves her and asks if they can forget about everything and then she agrees. She looks on his chart and mounts him, seeing that he is fine. Marshall says that it was a miracle. Robin disagrees again. Marshall tells the story of how he went to Lily's kindergarden class and manages to get lice, so when he goes to get his job back he didn't get it and therefore wasn't there when the CEO was arrested.

Lily tells Stella that she's glad that they are back together and Stella says that they didn't break up and Stella gets angry that he broke up with her and goes in and tells him that she can't rely on car accidents to save them every time so she breaks up with him. A little later, Ted is discussing what happened when he gets a phone call from the hospital saying that he is the emergency contact for Barney. Apparently Barney got hit by a bus. They all go to see him and Ted and Barney finally make up. Marshall says that it's amazing how there were two miracles in one day and Robin scoffs.

Robin explains how she had a dog who was very ill and the doctor said that he just found out about and of course the procedure involves replacing the dog with a turtle. Ted decides he will go to see Stella. Marshall and Lily ask if his life flashed before his eyes and Ted looks up at Robin and smiles.

Ted find Stella and gives her an orange kangaroo and tells her that he changed substantially in the time between breaking up with her and realizing that he wanted her back - and then he asks her to marry him. Didn't see that coming, did you?

-- Gordon Davidescu

Lily and Ted are discussing how she yelled at a child and when Marshall comes in he says that their floor fixing estimate is going to be higher than anticipated and so he has set up a site to sell off her stuff. She says that a better site would be http://guyforceshiswifetodressinagarbagebagforthenextthreeyears.com/ which as you can see is a real site - and she notices this as well.

Barney asks Abby why she is doing so much to ruin his dating life and they compare the bad things that happened to them and they find that Ted is a common enemy, so to speak. Soon they are in bed.

Robyn and Ted talk about things that they own to sell and the red cowboy boots that Ted owns are brought up. Lily says that she doesn't want to sell her clothing. Marshall says he doesn't know what else he can do while they wait for him to find a job. She says they can sell her paintings and we are reminded about why sometimes you can get something right a thousand times and then mess it up on time one thousand and one - Marshall says he doesn't think they can sell the paintings for the right amount.

The right amount turns out to be $1500 and Lily says she can sell them in a week. Ted comes out in the boots and says that he is, in fact, pulling them off. Lily starts by showing one painting to a gallery and it did not sell. The next day they take it to a coffee shop but nobody notices it. Ted and Robyn talk about it loudly.

Barney and Abby lay in bed naked and talk about Ted. Barney says they need to show Ted how horrible he is in a relationship and Abby says she has an idea.

Mat Besser makes an awesome appearance as a tube sock salesman who needs the money for heroin. Just as she was ready to give up a couple comes up and buys it from her. Soon at the bar, Lily says that she sold the painting to a GCWK - gay couple without kids.

Barney and Abby come in with matching sweaters and talk about how they are in love. Abby keeps messing it up humorously. Barney then proposes to Abby - somehow to teach Ted a lesson.

Lily calls the man that bought the painting and it turns out that he bought it just for the frame and Barney says he wants to buy champagne for the whole bar but then tells the bartender to just use ginger ale.

Lily says that her dream of being an artist disappeared and now had to sell her clothing. Marshall and Ted come in and say that they went to the GCWK apartment to ask about the painting but Ted first wants approval for his boots. They are told the painting was in the trash but it wasn't there. It turns out that it went to a vet who finds that the painting calms animals down. It speaks to animals on a primal level yet it bums out birds. He sold four more paintings for five hundred dollars each and says they should reinvest the money in a web site to sell her paintings to vets.

Barney goes to get his tie back from Abby and she is still talking about the wedding and so he tells her that Ted wants her again because their plan worked. Oh, and lilyandmarshallselltheirstuff.com works but it will probably be slow for a few days while everyone and their mother goes there to bid on stuff to benefit the Children's Hospital of Los Angeles.

-- Gordon Davidescu

Barney begins the search for a new wingman and everyone he calls somehow is incompatible for bro purposes for different reasons.

Stella is telling Ted a story about a patient and he says that they should have sex. She says that she is nervous because it has been awhile since she has been intimate with anyone. He says it has been awhile for him, too. His awhile is five months. Her awhile is five years, on the other hand. Everyone in the apartment yells this out in shock.

Marshall says that the last time Stella had sex, Seabiscuit was in theaters and the world was learning about SARS. Robin wonders if there is a reason for this and we see by flashback that she says that women regret the men they have been with but then she says she thinks she could trust him enough to be with him like that. Ted worries that she will not enjoy sex with him and Marshall suggests that he lower her expectations for her.

At Barney's work, a guy called Randy (who happens to be on SNL) asks Barney if he can be his new wingman and after some hesitation he finally agrees.

Ted makes a painfully obvious comparison between potato skins and her expectations for sex with him. She tells him not to worry about it.

At the bar, Barney says that he will make Randy the greatest wingman in history. Randy says it will be easy because he has been reading his blog for three years. Randy keeps pulling Barney back because he is hesitant to approach a woman with Barney. Barney tries the "have you met" approach but Randy has run away.

Stella gets upset when she finds out that Ted told his friends about her sexual abstinence. He apologizes but explains that they are his best friends. She says she obviously can't trust him and he says that she was just looking for a reason because things were getting serious between them and she wishes him a good night and leaves.

Barney and Randy go over pickup techniques and then they try them. Randy gives it a try but fails and gets a drink in the face. They approach a couple of other women and that fails as well. Barney changes things again by letting him practice with Robin and he gets a nosebleed.

Robin wonders if he is just trying to fill the void of losing Ted by going with Randy - a rebound bro. Barney realizes this is the case and tells Randy as much. Randy says it's almost as bad as when he was a New York City police officer and they use this information to pick up a woman for Randy. That works quite well.

Stella comes to see Ted and admits that he is onto her and she is actually in and they kiss. She says that they have to go because there's something they have to do and so he gets to meet her daughter Lucy. A little later, Stella comes to tell him that her sister will be in town all weekend and - yes, they go to a hotel to make whoopee. I mean, have sex.

-- Gordon Davidescu

Robin tells him that she's going to shower and Barney again says that it never happened. Later at the bar, Ted talks about how only he and Barney have hit it and each of them talks about how they are going to hit it. Ted is referring to turning thirty. Barney goes to the bar with Robin and Ted says he knows everything - like the surprise party that is being planned. So close, but not at all.

Barney calls Marshall and says he wants to hire him for a little. At the office, Barney tries to tell Marshall but he covers his ears so he throws him a vase and he has to catch it. Barney then tells him just in time for the Sky Mall bought hot dog heater to have prepared their hot dogs. By the way, it costs fifty dollars.

Barney asks if Marshall is mad at him. He needs help as his attorney - did he break the law? Not just any law, the bro code. We review different laws of the bro code such as Bro Code 34 - no eye contact during a Devils Three Way. Marshall says that it's just something he wrote.

Barney talks about how back in the time of Benjamin Franklin, Barney's ancestor wrote the Bro code and they agree it. Part of the Bro code is "No sex with your bro's ex" - oh, yes. Marshall was reticent but agreed to do it.

Lily's entire class is traumatized when a farmer tells them what happens to a goat. Soon we see that Lily takes the goat home and Robin and Marshall both are great at identifying goat turds.

Marshall says that there's no way out of the bro code because it is ironclad. Barney says perhaps he has broken the bro code and Marshall says that he has upheld the bro code time and time again. We see examples of different ways the bro code has been upheld. Marshall says that he has to tell him.

The day of Ted's birthday comes and Lily gets the goat ready. The goat keeps giving an ominous eye. Ted gets in the limo with Barney who says the party is in Vegas. Barney says the party is happening on the roof but they are going to Vegas and describes what will happen. He says he wants to tell him something and Ted knows that it was that Barney slept with Robin.

We go back to the day of Lily getting the goat and Robin tells Ted the truth after he gives her an old photo. Ted says it's okay but then he says that he may as well sleep with his mother. He then goes off on him and then asks exactly how it happened. Barney offers him one free punch anywhere but the face and he gets a punch in the groin instead. Ted says that he can't believe he broke the bro code and then tells him that he doesn't want to be friends anymore and gets out of the limo.

At the party, Lily asks about sex with Robin. Ted arrives at the building and goes up to the roof and is "surprised" by everyone. Future Ted tells us that the goat was actually there on his thirty-first birthday. Alas.

-- Gordon Davidescu

After the wonderful week, the guy tells Robin that he is leaving her for his ex-girlfriend because her family is getting a pool. Simon (the guy) then asks her to load his drum set. Lily says that clearly she wants to win and Robin denies it for a moment and then they tally point distribution. The last point is based on looks and while it is obvious to everyone when he walks in that he now looks like a total loser, Robin gets quite excited.

Ted asks everyone what just happened and Robin says it wasn't so bad and we go to flashback. Robin says he looks hotter (if that's possible) and then proceeds to whip out a can of beer from his pocket. Our crew tries to make Robin look good but somehow even though the band was called "The Four Skins" he still looks awesome to Robin. Simon says that he starred in her video - oh yes, there was ANOTHER VIDEO.

Barney demands the tape of the video and she refuses. He says his life will be a hell of searching down this thing that might not be possible to find. Ted says that when you are around people you knew when you were young you often revert to how you were when you were that age. Marshall calls it revertego and Marshall says that Lily's friend Michelle is like that.

Later, Robin at the bar says that Simon asked her out on a date and she said that she would love to do so. Ted asks to clarify and Lily says that the guy doesn't deserve a second chance. Robin says that it was 10 years earlier and nobody is the same way they were ten years earlier, right? Lily says, "aw hell no" and has quite the curious way of speaking when her friend Michelle.

Meanwhile, Robin plays music from The Four Skins during the news. They talk about revertego and point out Ted's friend "Punchy" as an example. Robin says that they have fun together and they discuss it until Marshall and Lily start talking to her like they're her parents. Robin says that she and Simon are going to go all the way.

After the show, of course, Robin gets dumped again for the very same reason in the same van. Well, this time it was a jacuzzi and not a pool but it's essentially the same.

I have no idea how to explain how Michelle and Lily talk when they are around each other but when Lily walks away, Michelle explains it in clinical terms. Not long after this everyone but Robin leaves and when Barney comes he comforts her. She says she just wanted to feel like she was sixteen again and Ted says it's the stupidest thing she has said. She used to be quite lame but now she is awesome; way more awesome than Simon ever will be. She then invites him to his place.

The invitation, of course, is to watch the video - the video called "Sandcastles in the Sand." It is the "artistic followup" to her last video. Hee hee, Tiffany was even in the video. Alan Thicke was also in the video. Barney says that there is surely a tampon commercial to be found in the video. Robin agrees that she was lame but yet they somehow watch it again and again and again. (Repeat ad infinitum) - and THEN they suddenly decide to make out. WHAT?! No, I'm serious. Was not expecting that at all.

-- Gordon Davidescu

Inside, Marshall talks about how when things start at a law firm, it's like war because you're so excited but then the shells start to fall. The shells started to fall for Marshall with one of the senior partners, Arthur. Marshall was witness to quite an attack from Arthur - on "Take Your Daughter to Work" day, no less.

Marshall says that all this led up to today, when Marshall has been working on what he comes to refer to as the Ninja report. Marshall knew that a screaming was coming because of how it happened. Barney says that screaming is a motivational tool and is just good business. Lily says that it's not fair because he has been working so hard and they have barely made love in weeks.

Robin says the man probably respects him more for taking the screaming and Marshall disagrees. While the screaming was going on, he suddenly felt it all - the fact that he is working a job he doesn't want to in order to pay for a mortgage on a crooked apartment. He snapped and believe it or not, he cried.

Barney says he can't believe he cried and Marshall says it felt like being scolded by his father - he felt powerless, flacid - aw heck, castrated. He wonders how he will face him.

Robin says she will show how she would do it and we see a scene where Robin in a suit takes a gun in and socks it to him.

Ted says that he should bring in an eloquent speech and we see Ted in a suit doing exactly that. Arthur applauses and then security will rough him up on the way out.

Marshall says that he needs the money and so can't just tell off the boss. Barney tells the story of a guy called Blauman who told off the boss and is now the thing of legends. It didn't end well for the guy because he ended up in a poor house and died. The lesson of Blauman is that you shouldn't yell back due to the Chain of Screaming - Arthur's Boss' Boss screams at Arthur's Boss who in turn screams at Arthur, who screams at Marshall, who screams at Lily, who screams at one of her students who then screams at her father who happens to be Arthur's Boss' Boss. Nice?

Lily says it would be best to speak constructively as she does and we see Lily go in and speak constructively followed by a nasty sex talk. Mama needs it bad, she says. It seemed like that was the end of it, Future Ted says.

The following evening, Lily is apparently still feeling randy and Marshall calls and asks Ted to come downstairs without Lily. He goes outside and Marshall is standing there with a box of his stuff and a hot dog or two. Oh yes, and a hamburger.

Marshall asks Ted to please drive and he asks him to explain. Marshall was in the diner writing and Barney tells him that he has to scream at someone - perhaps the diner owner, who didn't take his order wrong. The owner ends up yelling at him because he has been having a horrible day. Robin and Barney soon come to hear the story and Ted gets progressively more mad that everyone is nearly spilling stuff on his car.

Barney tells Marshall he needs to yell at him and he starts to yell at him about different things but particularly how he doesn't want to turn into Barney. This turns into Marshall yelling at his boss and quits. Marshall wonders how he will tell Lily that he has thrown away their future. Lily knocks on the window and everyone drops their stuff.

Marshall tells Lily that he will beg for his job again and she says he doesn't have to do it and they will figure it out somehow. Future Ted says that they were ultimately able to make ends meet and we see Ted giving him a check - he says he didn't need a car in the city anyhow.

-- Gordon Davidescu

I don't know about you but I'm pretty excited. I went on the site that was auctioning all of her various outfits from the show and of course, they were all just a bit out of my personal reach, fiscally speaking.

Barney meets up with Lily who tells him that a blond woman just told her that Barney will do whatever it takes to get in her pants and to beware him. Barney tries to think of who it could be but gets the equivalent of brain freeze.

The group discusses Barney's problem and Ted says they should consult his list. Barney says that he would never have a list - instead, he has a scrapbook. Barney says that it's way too difficult and so we soon see Barney in front of the chalkboard with an NCAA like tournament of the women with whom he has slept. We have a delightful montage of different women being compared until they get to the final four.

Lily takes Barney to see the first woman. He wants to hide while she identifies the woman but Lily insists that he apologize to her. She somehow thinks that it was all her fault and apologizes to him. It turns out not to be the first one.

The second woman created a web site called TedMosbyisaJerk.com - Barney doesn't mind telling everyone that they should go to the site.

The third woman was tricked into thinking that Barney had a twin brother called Larney. She gives him a good beating.

The fourth woman, Holly, is super amused that Barney came to see her. Barney manages to ruin her relationship as well.

Robin gives Barney the idea to bust the woman by having Barney hit on her. She makes an elaborate plan that is difficult because Robin giggles when she lies. Robin asks what causes these women to sleep with Barney and he whispers something in her ear. When the woman finally comes out Barney goes into hiding and realizes that he doesn't recognize her.

He apologizes profusely to her but it turns out that it was just a colleague of Robin. Lily takes a photo of Barney looking disappointed and when we see it in her scrapbook Future Ted tells us that Barney eventually figured out who the woman was but that was to come later.

The final scene has Barney blogging in a style exactly like when he was on Doogie Howser, MD. Yeah, they even play the music. That was one of my favourite shows as a kid.

-- Gordon Davidescu

Later, at the bar, Barney says it takes 8.3 seconds for a woman to assess if she wants to sleep with a guy. Ted says that he is more like "Stairway to Heaven" than a short pop song and Robyn says that Roger Daltrey is rolling around in his grave. They ask about the session and Ted explains that he may have squealed a little when the procedure was going on. The receptionist, played by Britney Spears, comes in because she thought she heard a woman scream.

Ted says that the weeks just went by and shortly describes sessions two through five, at the end of which she said, "Still no." Ted says that he even juggled and Barney says that juggling is lame, whereas he says that magic is lame and Barney whips out a fireball trick. Everyone gets mad at Barney and banish him.

The receptionist, whose name is Abby, seems to cry a lot. Ted gets coffee and breakfast for Abby. After session seven, Stella tells Ted that she is going to break her big rule and then says that Abby wants to go bowling with Ted. This leads to an odd Abby / Allen discussion. The group chides him for gimmicks and he says that he will read "The Power of Me" because it was in her office.

Ted decides he will read the entire book to impress Stella. He soon embarasses himself again because the doctor doesn't care for the book and Abby then shows the doctor the copy of the book that Ted had brought in and thrown away. Barney says he went to see his doctor and found out that Stella is only attracted to men with mustaches.

Ted grows the mustache and then Barney laughs because a year earlier he bet Ted ten dollars that he wouldn't grow a mustache. Ted gets upset and decides that he's not going to ask her out. Lily says that she's sure she wouldn't say no. Marshall, it turns out, went to see her and overheard something about a crush. After the tenth visit, Stella says that she has no time for dating because of her daughter.

At the bar, Ted says that he has nobody but himself to blame but then realizes that she never said no. He approaches her and asks for a two minute date since she only has two minutes for lunch. They very briefly eat and then they see a very strange and even shorter movie. They even make time for coffee and dessert, sort of. The taxi drive they keep taking for five feet is driven by the same chauffeur, I think, from the New Year's episodes.

There is even a kiss! He asks her for a second date when she has time and she agrees. Of course, who else but Abby sees him with the flowers that Stella couldn't take due to not being into flowers and takes them to mean that he wants to be with her? I have to say, she was quite good in this role.

Barney talks to Abby and asks her out. He offers to take her out shopping but they should stop by his hotel room to make sure that his bed has been fixed. She says that if the bed is okay they should have sex before going shopping. Oh, Barney.

We start off with the kids sitting and listening to the story. Isn't anyone worried that the kids will age over time and they'll still say it's 2030? Future Ted says that he met their mother thanks to Saint Patrick's Day. Barney comes in wearing a green suit and is surprised that everyone says they're not doing Saint Patrick's Day this year - and want to do Board Game Night instead. Barney says he will celebrate by himself and leaves. Marshall gets a phone call from Ted's rear end - he pocket dialed.

Barney soon calls Ted from a cab where he has two attractive women. He does everything to convince Ted to come out with them. After seeing Marshall and Lily discussing the smell of Marshall's hands he quickly agrees to go. Future Ted says that their mother was at the party - we see the telltale yellow umbrella in a sea of black.

Barney introduces Ted to Mary and Stephanie. They seem to have some trouble getting into the party. The bouncer tells Barney and Ted that there is a shortage of men in the nightclub. They promptly ditch their dates.

Marshall carries Lily over the threshold of their new apartment and then struggles to hang up a painting. Robin points out that the entire apartment is CROOKED - as in, everything rolls in one direction. Marshall tells Robin to keep everything quiet from Lily.

Ted finds that in this alternate universe in which they have found themselves, doing bad things makes good things happen. Ted buys two bottles of Dom Perignon and puts it on someone else's tab. Barney postulates that this is because there is absolutely no tomorrow.

Lily wonders why she keeps winning Hungry Hungry Hippo. She soon figures out that something is wrong. Marshall is about to tell her the truth but then tells her that there is a ghost in the apartment. Robin confirms it and then Marshall says it was a Confederate General. Lily says that Marshall sees ghosts everywhere but Robin is a skeptic and so Robin swears that there is a ghost.

Ted tells a woman that he is going to try out his new theory and then says that he wants to sleep with her and never talk with her again and she says she's into it. Barney says that there is no tomorrow and the woman says it's good because she is married.

Marshall, Robin, and Lily discuss the ghost until Robin can't take it anymore and says that the floor is crooked. I'm still not quite sure how that can be but Lily says that they will be spending the next thirty mortgage paying years of their lives on a crooked floor.

Barney and Ted talk about the married woman and how Barney believes that it's not cheating because she is from a different area code, has two vowels in her name, and because Ted is not married.

Lily says that they will have to nail down their furniture and their children will be crooked so they clearly can't live there. Robin tells Marshall to open the door and she sits on a skateboard with a makeshift helmet and rolls out the door.

Soon Ted is confronted by the man whose tab they were exploiting and gets punched out by the same man. The next morning Ted says that they got free drinks the rest of the night. Marshall plays the messages Ted accidentally left on Marshall's phone. The entire night is quickly played back for us but it seems a lot worse and less fun.

Ted goes back for his phone but instead finds a yellow umbrella. Future Ted tells us that his luck was about to change.

Barney wakes up near a dumpster, covered in what appears to be soot. He proclaims that he is awesome.

For those of you who are Britney Spears fans, or not yet fans - whether you love her or hate her, this is bound to be interesting. Apparently it has been confirmed by E News that Britney Spears will guest star on HIMYM - and you have to appreciate that her character is being called a female version of Michael Cera.

I don't know about you but nothing sounds sexier to me than a female version of Michael Cera. I'm not even sure if I'm kidding.

Look forward to HIMYM to return this upcoming Monday.

Step one is attraction. Barney finds the waitress to be attractive, Marshall and Lily find the neighbors to be attractive in their own way, and Robin finds her coworker to be attractive. Barney says that at this point you think the platinum rule doesn't apply. At this point, step two occurs - compromise.

Robin talks about being attracted to the sportscaster and is reminded of the neighbors. We flash back to 2005 when Marshall and Lily want to invite the neighbors over. Barney tells them not to do it and reminds everyone of what happened when he wanted to date Wendy the waitress. We flash forward to him saying it was a huge mistake, followed by Marshall and Lily saying it was a huge mistake, followed by Robin saying that she too made a huge mistake. Ted hears this all and says it will be okay.

Ted says he and Stella are adults and they're just seeing a movie and if it gets weird, they will back off. Barney says this is when Step Three takes place - submission. We see the step between our three stories - Marshall and Lily have the neighbors over, Barney makes out with the waitress, and Robin goes to a hockey game. After being intimate, Barney asks for a gin and tonic. Flashing forward, Barney says this is step four - the perks.

Everyone talks about the perks they have - or thought they had. Robin lists her perks and Marshall and Lily talk about their perks. Barney reminds them of his perceived perks. The waitress gives Barney free nachos and after she leaves, everyone tells him not to kill the bar. We flash forward again with everyone saying "it should be fine" and then "but... it wasn't."

This is step five - the tipping point where everyone finds out the mistake they made. Robin gets scolded by her coworker, Barney can't hit on anyone else, and the neighbors keep on coming over when they are not invited.

Barney says it's time for step six - purgatory. Robin says that she feels like an idiot because her coworker keeps leaving her love notes. Marshall says he's reminded of the neighbors who keep on stalking them. Barney is reminded of when he wanted to know why he decided to hit on Wendy the waitress. He feels declawed and like a lion in a zoo. Everyone says that he will just have to marry the waitress.

Barney says it leads to a relationshipectomy which is step seven - CONFRONTATION. We see everyone confronting everyone in their own way. In any other relationship, he says, that would be it. Because of the fact that they have to see each other every day there is step eight - fallout. Robin's coworker can't seem to keep it together. Marshall and Lily's neighbors now terrify them to the extent that they won't leave their apartment and won't answer the door even when it is Ted. Wendy tells Barney she hopes they can be friends but Barney says clearly she must be trying to kill him. He slaps the burger out of Marshall's mouth. In the present, Robin says Barney isn't the expert because there has been no fallout.

Ted says that he will go out and none of Barney's stupid rules will apply. It later turns out the AMA forbids doctors to date their patients. He also says there is an unwritten ninth step - coexistence - in which the people just learn to get along fine.

-- Gordon Davidescu

Marshall and Lily debate about Marshall's trainer - she is worried that his trainer is too hot to be his trainer and he disagrees. She starts him with one hundred push-ups and he says that he thought she was just using a figure of speech.

Everyone teases Robin about looking like a bit of a butch lesbian and / or man. Barney approaches and says that he recognizes the woman who took his virginity and she doesn't even recognize him.

At the bar, Marshall is still sore - apparently he had a rough workout. Barney can't figure out why Rhonda doesn't remember him. He tells the story of how after his serious girlfriend dumped him, he went straight to his brother James who tells him that he has to find a woman and have sex with her as soon as possible. James was not yet gay at this point - 1998. Barney says he doesn't know how to seduce a woman and overthinks it and James tells him that he doesn't want to get the yips - which happens when you overthink something. He suggests going to the Man Maker - Rhonda.

Rhonda apparently is a neighbor that devirginizes a lot of people. Barney goes to Rhonda and a bit later she says that he rocked her world. Barney says that he rose like a phoenix to become the awesome person he turned into.

At the gym, Marshall gets tortured while Lily has a great time with her trainer.

Rhonda admits to Barney that it was James that told her to tell Barney everything that she told him in exchange for sex with him. Barney tells her that the only reason he got the confidence to rock worlds after that was because of the confidence she instilled in him.

Marshall tells Lily about how his trainer lies a lot and Lily says that he should quit his trainer. Lily makes a rather harsh call to the trainer and then tells Marshall he needs to get there. Barney shows off tickets to the Victoria's Secret Show after-party. Barney hits on a woman and it goes terribly. He then can't even say legen-dary. He can't even hit on a woman who doesn't speak english. Things go even worse when he talks to Heidi Klum. Ted tells the woman he has the yips and Hedi says that they call it something in German that I can't transcribe due to lack of closed captioning on the phrase. Heidi tells him that he has to go out there and find the woman and earn it for real - that will be how he can get rid of the yips. After Heidi leaves he says that he made out with her.

Barney goes to find Rhonda and she doesn't want to have sex anymore. Later, Barney is in the bar in a sweatsuit.

Marshall complains about the gym as it is horrible. Lily wants to quit - her trainer didn't even work for the gym. Ted encourages to not quit the gym as he had a nice moment with Robin - we flash back to Robin grunting while pumping iron. Everyone remembers how Ted keeps on coming to the gym but does not ever really work out. Lily has a better idea - she gets Marshall's trainer to be his trainer.

Rhonda approaches Barney and they talk about his first time. She says that sex isn't everything and asks when he last talked to a woman without planning on having sex with her and he says it was with Madeline Albright. Rhonda says they should try something else to cure his problem and they start playing Go Fish at her home before they both get bored and have sex. She soon says it was the best ever and really means it. Barney says he is back.

Ted has problems walking to the bar and everyone says that they were glad they joined the gym - but Future Ted says that they never went back to the gym again.

-- Gordon Davidescu