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See? I knew it. If Barney truly loved Quinn, he wouldn’t ask her to do all this stuff. He loves Robin exactly the way she is. And he and Quinn don’t trust each other. Mutual relationships are based on trust. It never would have worked (obviously he and Robin trust each other more than that) And the flash forward snippet of him and Robin was perfect. Super sweet. Now I will lie in wait until they realize they’re still in love.

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"The Pre-Nup" - 'How I Met Your Mother'

This episode pretty much does, as Ronseal would have it, exactly what it says on the tin. It’s about Barney and Quinn’s pre-nup. It’s not amazing and it’s not terrible. Like much of How I Met Your Mother, the best that can be said about it is that it’s still watchable. There are enough jokes to keep it entertaining, and the storylines aren’t so offensively bad as to make you switch off. Though, in saying that, this week’s was pretty light on laughs. So it was one of those episodes where, when I finished, I had this all-consuming feeling of ‘why did I just spend half an hour of my life on that?’

Here’s the plot:

Everyone’s happy with their partners. Barney’s boss talks him into writing a pre-nup. The pre-nup’s pretty outrageous. Everyone ends up fighting about it, women on one side, men on the other. Everyone makes up – because they were really fighting about other stuff, like Marshall being too rough with the baby, Klaus living with Ted, and Robin watching cable during sex – except Barney and Quinn. Barney and Quinn split up. We’re promised more break-ups in the coming weeks. October 2012 is the “Autumn of break-ups”. Bye-bye Nick. Bye-bye Victoria. Barney says he’ll never trust anyone enough to get married. Flash-forward a year, he’s engaged to Robin and there’s no pre-nup. And that’s the whole thing in a nutshell!

Shortest. Review. Ever. – K

Quoteworthy:

“I even lost out with the kids. Full custody. I got full custody of those kids.” – Barney’s boss

“The pre-shtup.” – Barney’s legal document signed by women he picks up

“If I shut my eyes it’s like they’re here…” – Quinn, after Lily and Robin’s (terrible) impressions

“This morning you thought a ghost made your toast.” – Lily, to Marshall

“It should be simpler than this.” – Quinn, to Barney

[Told you it was light on laughs.]