Robin: Okay, now we need to get them something that will make them emotionally vulnerable and completely, pathetically honest.
Lily: Yeah, we need a drink that that takes subtext and turns it into text.
[title card: whiskey]
Marshall: See, ever since the death of my father I have been drawn to the idea of preservation. That's why the Arcadian speaks to me.
Barney: Ever since my father walked out on my childhood, I've had serious abandonment issues. You walking out on me like that...
Marshall: Oh, God, I didn't even think of that.
Barney: It made me wonder what could I have done to make him stay.
Marshall: You didn't do anything wrong. It wasn't you, Barney.
Barney: That's what everyone keeps saying, but people just keep leaving me! [whimpers]