Ted: [v.o.] After that, background checks became standard operating procedure.
[flashback to Ted arriving back at the apartment:]
Ted: The date with Nadine went great. Unless you guys found something.
Barney: Are you sitting down?
Ted: No.
Robin: She's wanted in Florida on crystal meth charges.
Barney: She breeds pit bulls for dog fighting.
Robin: Also, the FBI...
Ted: What's this link?
Robin: Oh, she also writes online movie reviews. Anyway, she's still married to a death row inmate convicted...
Ted: [gasps] She gave Annie Hall two out of ten stars? "Slow and overrated"?
Robin: Really? That's your takeaway?
Ted: It's the Wood Man at the height of his powers. The way he broke the fourth wall by talking directly to camera? People have been ripping that off ever since.
Robin: [to camera] Can you believe this guy?