How I Met Your Mother 9.09 Review – Platonish

Last night s episode of How I Met Your Mother saw a return to the bar and a time before Barney and Robin were engaged.  Specifically, the flashback led to Barney s first encounter with the mother, and the circumstances that led him to his greatest challenge getting Robin to fall in love with him. The episode opened with Robin still in tears over her mother not coming to the wedding.  Apparently, the flashback was an attempt by Barney to cheer her up, though the transition was somewhat unclear.  We jump back six months in time to find Ted and Robin being more than just platonic friends, Lily telling Ted to knock if off with her, and Marshall encouraging Ted to go for it.  Ted insists to everyone that he and Robin are done, she s made up her mind he even plays through possible scenarios of what would happen if he made an attempt for her again but ultimately admits that yes, there will always be something between them. And then Ted finds Robin eating olives, which he had thought she

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