The Playbook was written by Barney and consisted of hundreds of different schemes to trick women into sleeping with him. Getting rid of it would have shown incredible character development and was probably one of the reasons that Robin accepted his proposal.
But, as it turns out, Barney lied to her about burning his life's work, and instead burned a fake one to deceive her. People watch television as a way to escape reality, so when Barney and Robin got divorced, the audience was robbed of their "happily ever after.
However, How I Met Your Mother made it very clear from the beginning that the show was about the ups and downs of life. It's up to viewers whether or not that's the type of show they want to spend their time on, but Barney and Robin's toxic relationship never would have survived as long as it did, in reality. Barney and Robin broke up because they realized they didn't work as a couple.
Neither of them were happy in the relationship and even their friends knew they had to stop dating for their own good. They might have loved each other, but love doesn't equal compatibility. The two never date again after coming to this conclusion, yet they randomly got engaged without even a test run first. It makes complete sense that their marriage didn't work, and no sense that they ever thought it would. Robin and Ted weren't a popular couple among fans, but they knew each other better than anyone else.
After their relationship ended, the two became best friends and lived together for years. They were each other's person, and while Ted had several flaws, Robin had just as many. Many argue that Ted going back to Robin was character regression, when in fact, it's the complete opposite. Ted spent his entire life searching for the perfect woman who would check off all his boxes. But he came to the realization that there is no perfect person, and that people can have more than one great love in their lifetime.
Ted's famous line, "I don't want perfect. I want Robin," was a sign of his growth. Robin and Barney's communication problems were something they should have gone to counseling to work out. However, neither one of them wanted to address their issues in a healthy way. At MacLaren's , Marshall watches Barney eat an entire plate of ribs and asks him directly if he is happy.
Not giving a proper answer, Barney describes his relationship in a depressing manner, convincing Marshall that he is unhappy. Since Lily has reformed her ways, Ted plans a repeat of what broke up his relationship with Robin in Something Blue , involving champagne and a wedding ring. Much to their surprise, the plan results in the couple merely mutually surrendering to the idea of matrimony, and after they announce it in the bar, Lily agrees to break them up properly.
Lily has a plan to remind the couple of their four biggest arguments: dirty dishes, a Canadian-American war, whether Stormtroopers are cool, and the presence of Barney's ex-girlfriends. She contacts Robin's friend, Alan Thicke , to meet the couple at their usual diner, along with one of Barney's insane one-night stands, Meg , a passing actor dressed as a Stormtrooper, and a busboy carrying dirty dishes.
The gang stakes out the location in a rented station wagon. Marshall is annoyed at Ted for being too cheap to rent a proper stake-out van. Thicke and Meg arrive and apparently know each other. Lily was unable to find a Stormtrooper and instead finds a man dressed as the robot from Lost in Space as she thinks Stormtroopers are also robots.
As they argue over the station wagon and a pizza delivery, Barney and Robin look right in their direction. Ted and Marshall think their cover is blown, but Lily executes the plan anyway. As the plan unfolds, they notice that neither Barney nor Robin is angry or arguing, and they kiss each other before leaving the diner. In MacLaren's they share a beer with Thicke and the pizza delivery boy, and Robin stops by and explains that they have broken up.
What the gang thought was Robin and Barney looking at them was really the couple aghast at their reflections. The realization makes them examine their relationship and they agree that "two awesomes cancel each other out", making them less than they want to be, so they break up. They quickly avoid all of Lily's traps and kiss each other goodbye. Barney laments that they will not be able to go back to being friends but Robin tells him not think of it as a break-up but as getting back together as friends.
Although Robin says it might take Barney a while to recover from the breakup, he appears as his old self, catching enticing glances from most of the women in the bar and declaring "Daddy's home". Before he leaves, Thicke reveals that he and Robin starred in a short-lived Canadian variety show. Barney runs off to find the footage.
Where Were We? Do I Know You? Ring Up P. Barney's Blog User Blogs. That's why they drank so much in the "Rally" flash-forward — to avoid their emotions just before making the decision to split. A few years later, Barney changed forever. At first, Barney responded terribly, denying paternity and insisting his life was over. But after laying eyes on his new daughter Ellie, things finally snapped into perspective for the longtime womanizer.
Everything I have and everything I am, is yours. Seeing his growth as a person and parent was a good enough ending.
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