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Barney dusts off his “playbook” to help him back into the dating scene following his breakup with Robin.

After Barney (Neil Patrick Harris) and Robin hit a rough patch in their relationship, Lily devises the perfect plan to break them up, calling in help from Robin’s famous friend, Alan Thicke.

Despite their best efforts to be the perfect couple, Barney’s know-it-all attitude gets him in trouble with Robin and they are forced to ask Marshall and Lily for relationship advice.

Barney tries his best hoping to convince Robin into becoming an American citizen, while Ted and Marshall’s road trip takes an unexpected turn for the worst when Marshall invites Lily to come along.

Marshall and Lily want to hook up with Barney and Robin for double-dating and fun, but their desperate eagerness to please is a huge turn-off. Meanwhile, when a succession of girls come to his apartment and immediately fall asleep, Ted is bummed to learn he is a “Sexless Innkeeper” whose “dates” are only interested in [...]

When Robin fears that Barney is cheating on her, she soon discovers that he is spending his evenings with Ted learning everything there is to know on how to date her.

Barney takes Marshall, and Robin to a strip club where they find a stripper who looks almost exactly like Lily. Meanwhile, Ted discovers he had been fixed up with the same woman, Jen seven years earlier.

When the gang finds out that Barney and Robin are hesitant to define their relationship, Lily forces them to confront their biggest fear…becoming boyfriend/girlfriend. Meanwhile, Ted is anxious about teaching his first lecture at Columbia.