The Pre-Nup

"The Pre-Nup"
How I Met Your Mother episode
Episode no.	Season 8 Episode 2
Directed by	Pamela Fryman
Written by	Carter Bays and Craig Thomas
Original air date	October 1, 2012 (2012-10-01)
Guest actors
Becki Newton (Quinn) Ashley Williams (Victoria) Michael Trucco (Nick) Thomas Lennon (Klaus) Bob Odenkirk (Arthur Hobbs) Suzie Plakson (Judy Eriksen) Bill Fagerbakke (Marvin Eriksen Sr.)

"The Pre-Nup" is the second episode of the eighth season of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother, and the 162nd episode overall.

The episode narrates Ted Mosby's problems with his current girlfriend, Victoria, and it focuses on the downfall and eventual breakup of Barney and Quinn. It gathered 8.17 million viewers,^[1] but it was panned by critics.

Plot

Future Ted tells his children that the summer of 2012 was uneventful because everyone was happy and in love, so he skips ahead to October. Barney designs a detailed and complex prenuptial agreement for his and Quinn's upcoming wedding after he fears that his marriage will fail and that he will be left with nothing. The conditions in the pre-nup are unreasonable; Quinn angrily tells Lily, Robin, and Victoria, who all agree with her.

When Barney relates the same story to Marshall, Ted, and Nick, they all consider how in their relationships there are some things they would like to change: Marshall is upset that Lily won't let him play with baby Marvin as he wishes, Nick is annoyed by how Robin wants to watch television as they have sex (unaware that she is aroused from watching herself on the news), and Ted is having second thoughts about letting Victoria's ex-fiancé Klaus stay with them as he tries to get back on his feet. That night, all the couples talk about the prenup and Future Ted reveals that all of the couples except Lily and Marshall would break up by the end of the season and that one would break up the following day.

Quinn and the girls confront Barney with an equally unreasonable pre-nup. Barney calls up the other guys and the meeting turns into a huge argument between all the couples. Barney's lawyer, Arthur Hobbs, convinces everyone to stop fighting and actually reveal what has been bothering them in their relationships. All the couples manage to resolve their differences, except Barney and Quinn. Despite their attempt to get rid of their pre-nups, they realize that getting married shouldn't be so hard but find they cannot trust each other, so they break up.

At MacLaren's, Barney tells Marshall and Ted that he's better off not getting married and that his single life will always be "legendary." However, in a flash-forward, he announces his wedding will be "legendary" to his co-workers. When Arthur asks if he needs a pre-nup, Barney tells him he doesn't need it this time as Robin arrives and they leave GNB together.

Music

"Hey Beautiful" - The Solids
"Museum of Flight" - Damien Jurado (uncredited)^[2]

Critical reception

The AV Club's Donna Bowman wrote that "while HIMYM can sometimes take hackneyed plots and give them fresh twists, that didn't happen here" because "the episode proceeds by the numbers." She gave the episode a C.^[3]

Max Nicholson at IGN said that "it was most definitely lackluster in both comedy and all-around enjoyable content" and gave the episode a score of 5.2/10 (mediocre).^[4]

Television without Pity's Angel Cohn graded the episode at C− writing that it "was annoying and nearly completely useless, save for the fact that it explained how/why Barney and Quinn split up." ^[5]

References

↑ Bibel, Sara (October 2, 2012). "Monday Final Ratings: 'The Voice', 'How I Met Your Mother', 'Dancing With the Stars', '2 Broke Girls' & 'Hawaii Five-0' Adjusted Up; 'IHeartRadio Music Festival' Adjusted Down". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved October 2, 2012.
↑ Fryman, Pamela (2012-10-01), The Pre-Nup, retrieved 2016-02-02
↑ Donna Bowman (October 1, 2012). "How I Met Your Mother: "The Pre-Nup"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
↑ Max Nicholson (October 1, 2012). "How I Met Your Mother: "The Pre-Nup" Review". ign.com. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
↑ Angel Cohn. "How I Met Your Mother TV Show - Before He Cheats". televisionwithoutpity.com. Retrieved July 2, 2014.

External links

"The Pre-Nup" at the Internet Movie Database

How I Met Your Mother

Creators	Carter Bays Craig Thomas

Episodes	Season 1 Season 2 Season 3 Season 4 Season 5 Season 6 Season 7 Season 8 Season 9

Characters	Ted Mosby Marshall Eriksen Lily Aldrin Barney Stinson Robin Scherbatsky The Mother (Tracy McConnell)

Related articles	Awards and nominations The Bro Code "Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit"

How I Met Your Mother episodes

Season 1	"Pilot" "Purple Giraffe" "Sweet Taste of Liberty" "Return of the Shirt" "Okay Awesome" "Slutty Pumpkin" "Matchmaker" "The Duel" "Belly Full of Turkey" "The Pineapple Incident" "The Limo" "The Wedding" "Drumroll, Please" "Zip, Zip, Zip" "Game Night" "Cupcake" "Life Among the Gorillas" "Nothing Good Happens After 2 A.M." "Mary the Paralegal" "Best Prom Ever" "Milk" "Come On"

Season 2	"Where Were We?" "The Scorpion and the Toad" "Brunch" "Ted Mosby: Architect" "World's Greatest Couple" "Aldrin Justice" "Swarley" "Atlantic City" "Slap Bet" "Single Stamina" "How Lily Stole Christmas" "First Time in New York" "Columns" "Monday Night Football" "Lucky Penny" "Stuff" "Arrivederci, Fiero" "Moving Day" "Bachelor Party" "Showdown" "Something Borrowed" "Something Blue"

Season 3	"Wait for It" "We're Not from Here" "Third Wheel" "Little Boys" "How I Met Everyone Else" "I'm Not That Guy" "Dowisetrepla" "Spoiler Alert" "Slapsgiving" "The Yips" "The Platinum Rule" "No Tomorrow" "Ten Sessions" "The Bracket" "The Chain of Screaming" "Sandcastles in the Sand" "The Goat" "Rebound Bro" "Everything Must Go" "Miracles"

Season 4	"Do I Know You?" "The Best Burger in New York" "I Heart NJ" "Intervention" "Shelter Island" "Happily Ever After" "Not a Father's Day" "Woooo!" "The Naked Man" "The Fight" "Little Minnesota" "Benefits" "Three Days of Snow" "The Possimpible" "The Stinsons" "Sorry, Bro" "The Front Porch" "Old King Clancy" "Murtaugh" "Mosbius Designs" "The Three Days Rule" "Right Place, Right Time" "As Fast as She Can" "The Leap"

Season 5	"Definitions" "Double Date" "Robin 101" "The Sexless Innkeeper" "Duel Citizenship" "Bagpipes" "The Rough Patch" "The Playbook" "Slapsgiving 2: Revenge of the Slap" "The Window" "Last Cigarette Ever" "Girls Versus Suits" "Jenkins" "Perfect Week" "Rabbit or Duck" "Hooked" "Of Course" "Say Cheese" "Zoo or False" "Home Wreckers" "Twin Beds" "Robots Versus Wrestlers" "The Wedding Bride" "Doppelgangers"

Season 6	"Big Days" "Cleaning House" "Unfinished" "Subway Wars" "Architect of Destruction" "Baby Talk" "Canning Randy" "Natural History" "Glitter" "Blitzgiving" "The Mermaid Theory" "False Positive" "Bad News" "Last Words" "Oh Honey" "Desperation Day" "Garbage Island" "A Change of Heart" "Legendaddy" "The Exploding Meatball Sub" "Hopeless" "The Perfect Cocktail" "Landmarks" "Challenge Accepted"

Season 7	"The Best Man" "The Naked Truth" "Ducky Tie" "The Stinson Missile Crisis" "Field Trip" "Mystery vs. History" "Noretta" "The Slutty Pumpkin Returns" "Disaster Averted" "Tick, Tick, Tick..." "The Rebound Girl" "Symphony of Illumination" "Tailgate" "46 Minutes" "The Burning Beekeeper" "The Drunk Train" "No Pressure" "Karma" "The Broath" "Trilogy Time" "Now We're Even" "Good Crazy" "The Magician's Code"

Season 8	"Farhampton" "The Pre-Nup" "Nannies" "Who Wants to Be a Godparent?" "The Autumn of Break-Ups" "Splitsville" "The Stamp Tramp" "Twelve Horny Women" "Lobster Crawl" "The Over-Correction" "The Final Page" "Band or DJ?" "Ring Up!" "P.S. I Love You" "Bad Crazy" "The Ashtray" "Weekend at Barney's" "The Fortress" "The Time Travelers" "Romeward Bound" "The Bro Mitzvah" "Something Old" "Something New"

Season 9	"The Locket" "Coming Back" "Last Time in New York" "The Broken Code" "The Poker Game" "Knight Vision" "No Questions Asked" "The Lighthouse" "Platonish" "Mom and Dad" "Bedtime Stories" "The Rehearsal Dinner" "Bass Player Wanted" "Slapsgiving 3: Slappointment in Slapmarra" "Unpause" "How Your Mother Met Me" "Sunrise" "Rally" "Vesuvius" "Daisy" "Gary Blauman" "The End of the Aisle" "Last Forever"

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