How I Met Your Podcast: A How I Met Your Mother Recap

Lily tries to finally play match-maker for Ted but her candidate becomes a victim to a great "play" out of Barney's Playbook. Ted and Marshall torture Robin with predictions of impending romance.

Robin and Barney's relationship are stretched to the limits so the gang conspires to break them up. This leads to a brilliant stakeout scene in a car that includes the late great Alan Thicke. Steve and Jen also quickly cover HIMYF 1.3 The Fixer.

Barney and Robin, in their state of New Relationship Smugness worry about a minor argument splitting Marshall and Lily apart. Marshall gets seduced by Barney's circus tent of funhouse mirrors and flawed logic to deal with Lily's demands. Also, the show offers a new euphemism for sex.

HIMYM finds a good excuse to send Ted, Marshall and Lily on a road trip to Chicago. Robin's over the top Canadian antics almost get her deported and inspire a citizenship decision.

Sophie thinks a Tinder date may be the one and then meets everyone else in the cast. Steve and Jen veer left in this podcast to cover the pilot episode of How I met your Father.

In a fantastic episode, Ted tried to woo the ladies wearing Tweed, but gets labelled the shows title before he achieves his goal. Marshall and Lily are hilariously bad at double dating.

Ted gives a lecture series to Barney on how to date Robin. Marshall loves a barrel. Steve and Jen get lots of love via mailbag.

Ted goes on a blind date with the same woman for the second time in 7 years. Marshall has trouble fantasizing about other women, but uses stripper Lily as a baby step.

Ted's hilarious attempts to define himself as a Professor carry this episode as Lily forces Barney and Robin to admit they're a couple. Also, Brad's biceps and abs.

Robin pulls some reverse Psych on Barney to make him disinterested in her. In lesser stories, Marshall contemplates leaping to the next building and Ted battles a goat.