Saturday 11 AM.  31 hours before the wedding

Robin is still upset after learning that her mother would not be able to attend her wedding. Barney then accepts the challenge of cheering her and claimed that once a challenge is accepted it can not be unaccepted and has to be seen though. Lily argues that Barney failed to finish one challenge to pick diapers and Samosas while picking up a woman. 

Flashback a couple months back. Lily, Robin and Barney are on Mclaren’s bar and Lily has argued that Barney only accepts challenges that he create. She then gave him his first challenge. Picking up a girl while speaking like a dolphin. Eventually he succeeded. Second is pickup a girl without using the letter E.

The third challenge is picking up a girl who Robin has chosen. Before explaining the challenge to Barney, she talked to a girl on bar telling her that she is an assistant of Ryan Gosling and that Gosling would not speak to her if she talks to any guy.

When Barney arrives in Mclaren she refused to talk to him. Barney had to trick her that he was Ryan Gosling and that he had facial surgery to play a role of a guy who is much more handsome than Gosling.  She gave in and gave him her number.

Robin and Lily made one more challenge getting diapers and Samosas while trying to get a girl. While trying to complete the challenge, Barney met the mother and asked him if he wants to keep on playing or if he wants to win. He decided to stop the challenge and started creating a plan on how he would propose to Robin.

Also in the Episode, Marshall is trying to push Ted in making his move on Robin. He explained that Ted still had feelings for Robin and should not let the opportunity pass. Ted has argued that the end result would still be the same and it would end the same way as before.

Ted gets a phone from Hammond Druthers (Bryan Cranston of Breaking Bad) offering him a job in Chicago. Ted has declined and Druthers has promised to make him miserable if he refused by calling him non-stop, tweeting and even flooding Ted’s Facebook page with messages in which Ted replies that they are not Facebook friends. In the end Ted declines the Job as he is still not yet ready to leave New York and not yet ready to give up on Robin.

There are two things great about this episode. First Barney meeting the mother and second is Bryan Cranston as Hammond Druthers. Barney’s meeting with the mother has set things on perspective for Barney. It was a turning point and if they did not meet, Barney would still not consider settling down. Cranston played his role perfectly. It is funny seeing him like this in comparison on how he acts on Breaking Bad. The episode explains why Ted is going to Chicago. This is one of the best episodes of the season so Far. What are your thoughts on Platonish?