Barney/Barry learns that his sexual prowess is missing a first act; The gang decides to join a gym together with hilarious results; Lily owns this episode on jokes.
In the most brilliantly layered episode of TV, perhaps EVER, we learn how the Platinum Rule came about via three stories over three years. Barney with Wendy the Waitress, Lily and Marshall with some neighbors, and Robin with a coworker.
Barney is being stalked by a past sex partner who is salting his game all over town. The gang holds their own march madness bracket with the most likely candidates.