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As those of you who regularly watch the show know, Barney and Robin have both been spinning out of control over the last several episodes. Unfortunately, instead of spinning together they seemed to be spinning further and further apart. Yet we, as loyal viewers, knew that something had to bring them together.

The first ten episodes of Season Eight definitely did everything in their power to dissuade us from believing that truth. First, Barney and Robin drunkenly kissed Then Barney told Robin that he was letting her go Robin's reaction to that was less than favorable, and she began to realize her true feelings for Barney. But she never had time to act upon them, because Barney started dating Robin's "arch-nemesis" Patrice for a more thorough description of the beginning of Season Eight go HERE.

In actuality, the climax of the episode felt very much like a season finale, but since the show may not be renewed for a ninth season and since it would have been painful to watch the writers attempt to drag out the tension much longerthis was a perfect time to does he like me or am i just a hookup the episode. In the opener, Ted revealed that the gang is obsessive about jinxes. They link them religiously and cannot speak once they've been jinxed unless someone present at the time of the jinx releases them by saying their name. In any other show this would seem like a situation contrived solely for this episode, link because of prior 'HIMYM' episodes it actually worked.

Throughout the show the characters have all engaged in slap bets: a bet that enables the winner to slap the loser.

HIMYM: "Band or DJ", Season 8 Episode 13

This seems ridiculous and childish as does a belief in jinxes but has become a vital part of the show's canon. Hence the believability of committing fully to a jinx. The audience needed to fully believe that each of the characters would commit to a jinx in order for the episode to work. Through the opening narration we learned that the one time Barney broke a jinx he got hit by a truck. Loyal viewers will recall that was the day that Barney first realized that he had feelings for Robin.

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When they showed the brief flashback of the gang in Barney's hospital room, which looked suspiciously like the moment before Barney first stared at Robin in open adoration, it made me wonder whether the writers were referencing their canon again. Perhaps this episode had something to do with Robin and Barney?

Back to the episode at hand: The gang manages to jinx Barney and, because of his strong belief in the jinx, he stops talking. He doesn't even say anything when he discovers that Ted is going a tad crazy.

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Why's Ted going crazy? Because it's finally! Of course, considering the fact that most of Ted's career has been based on proving this professor wrong and because, come on, he's Tedhe decides that the only recourse is to drive to his alma mater and confront the professor.

Since Lily and Marshall also went to Wesleyan they decide to come along as, for some inexplicable reason, does Barney. However, Barney's still under the power of the jinx, leading the gang to taunt him with sexual innuendo during the car ride Lily: "I want a big wiener. In my mouth". On campus Marshall and Lily run into a creepy guy they went to college with Seth Green, who just happens to have played Alyson Hannigan's boyfriend on 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'; now the show is referencing other show's canons.]

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