The Pre-Nup
| "The Pre-Nup" | |
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| 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 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
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Becki Newton (Quinn) |
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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, but it was panned by critics.
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.
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