Tuesday, October 2, 2012

The Pre-Nup - How I Met Your Mother S08E02 Synopsis



Kids, in the summer of 2012, everyone's in love--Barney and Quinn, Ted and Victoria, Robin and Nick, and Lily, Marshall with new baby Marvin. Seems like everyone's in a state of bliss... until October, "The Autumn of Breakups". Arthur Hobbs forces Barney to let Quinn sign a prenup before marrying her. Barney doesn't want one because he thinks she's a great girl and that he trusts her. Hobbs tells him that he once thought of the same thing with his ex that led him to losing everything after the divorce, just because he trusted her and married her sans prenup.


Quinn was shocked about signing a prenup. Upon reading the ridiculous terms in the agreement, she was so disappointed and tells the girls--Lily and Robin of her grievances. They got her back after hearing the contents of the prenup. The guys--Marshall, Ted and Nick discusses with Barney his crazy prenup, but Barney convinces them and the guys see his point.


That night, the couples talks about it in bed. The guys use Barney's prenup as an excuse for them to complain about their partners, causing one of them to break up the next day. The girls share their common issues with the guys and Quinn suddenly thinks of an idea.

She approaches Barney and tells him she's finally on board with the whole prenup thing. However, she's got pretty crazy stuff to insert on the contract as well (with the ladies' help). The men comes in to back up Barney, while reviewing Quinn's prenup stipulations. Everyone then pitches in their provisions on Barney and Quinn's prenup, causing a riot. Hobbs mediates the situation, fixing each couple's issues. However, Barney and Quinn's relationship is the only pair that didn't survive, all because they have no trust in each other. Thus, becoming the first "Autumn of Breakups" casualty.


Thomas Lennon returns as Klaus, Victoria's ex-fiancee-turned-Ted's-roommate in this episode.
Michael Trucco reprises his role as Nick, Robin's boyfriend. Becki Newton and Ashley Williams also return as Quinn and Victoria, respectively.

It is seen later on that Barney and Robin are about to marry. Hobbs suggests a prenup once more, but Barney refuses without hesitation this time. Ted, Victoria and Klaus (and his ferret) remained roomies.


**It was announced that this episode will be Becki Newton's last appearance on How I Met Your Mother.

1 comment:

  1. Loved the new ep! This (maybe?) final season is starting off strong; and I’m hoping that if they decide not to extend the run, the show goes out on top, as it deserves to do. I was live-tweeting the show with some of my friends and coworkers at DISH, and can’t wait to see how Barney and Robin get back together. We’re also all glad that Quinn is finally gone! I do tend to miss a few things when I chat online during the show, so I always re-watch the episodes by myself the next day. I use Auto Hop on my Hopper to watch it without commercials, and see the show as it was meant to be seen; uninterrupted. Can’t wait for next week’s new episode!

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