How I Met Your Mother: 10 Episodes Proving It's Past Its Best

6. The Over-Correction

Before Barney and Robin ended up together, Barney and Quinn had to break up. Well, Barney didn't exactly go straight to Robin, or so it seemed. Fresh off his first engagement being called off, Barney finds comfort in... Patrice? Barney apparently begins dating Patrice, and Robin being the great "friend" she is, tries to warn her about Barney's antics. Patrice, on the other hand, thinks her Barney can do no wrong. Robin decides to break into Barney's apartment, steal The Playbook and show it to Patrice. When Barney comes home and Patrice sees it, Barney burns it, trying to prove that he's not the man he used to be. Robin, still not giving up on the idea that Barney's just gone crazy, is finally given the intervention we all saw coming. Decent, albeit outlandish plot, but that's not really why this shows it jumped the shark, though... Marshall's mom decides it's time to start dating again, and ends up with Lily's dad. Need I say more? The scene where Marshall walks in on them is one of the most disturbing things ever, baby monitor and all, and I'm dreading the inevitable episode where they're each other's dates to the wedding.