Barney is a foil for Ted through this series. We only believe that Ted is mature and a “good guy” because we see him contrasted with Barney

Marshall and Lily are more interested in their relationship than anything else. Barney is desperate and vapid. Ted is pedantic and dorky.

Ted opens this episode with the line, "Some stories end with people getting hurt, and none of it would have happened if it weren’t for that

In order for Ted to lick the Liberty Bell, basically everything has to go wrong, though.

This week, we're talking about episode 1.1, the pilot for How I Met Your Mother. If you've watched the show before, you know they...