A good romance author will tell you that kissing and even sex are not markers of intimacy.

Which all begs the question: Why are they selling themselves to this one specific lawyer so hard?

Ted can’t tell a short version of a story to save his life, so this is the principle we’re learning: postponing a reveal.

Your characters’ false beliefs might affect their behavior like Barney’s.

This week, we’re talking about closeness and how these storylines demonstrate that these characters are now closer than ever.

This episode isn’t really about the stuff and it isn’t really about the play. Both are just highlighting character conflicts.