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Unfinished

‘Unfinished’

Season 6, Episode 3 -  Aired October 4, 2010

After Ted declines Barney's offer to design the new GNB headquarters, Barney tries to woo him using his techniques for picking up women. Meanwhile, Robin has trouble moving on from her relationship with Don.

Quote from Lily

Robin: Hey, Lily!
Lily: Don't "Hey, Lily" me. I smelled poop all the way from the hallway.
Robin: Oh, no, not this again.
Lily: Where's the poop, Robin?

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Quote from Robin

Robin: Okay, I left Don another message.
[flashback to Robin on the phone:]
Robin: "This just in is what I'm gonna say when I'm stabbing you."
[present:]
Lily: But that's impossible. You deleted his number.
Robin: I tried to. But then this thing popped up on my phone that said, "Are you sure?" And I wasn't sure. I can't lie to my phone.

Quote from Lily

Lily: Oh, sweetie, I totally understand. Delete it!
Robin: It's not that easy, okay? You're not just deleting a number, you're deleting a part of your life. You know, all those memories, all those experiences. It's like you're admitting they're gone forever.
Lily: I know, sweetie. I know. Delete it!

Quote from Lily

Robin: Okay, if it's that easy, I'm gonna delete one of your numbers from your phone, see how you like it.
Lily: My "plezh." If you can find a number in there that I don't call regularly, I'll gladly delete it.
Robin: Super Kicks Karate.
Lily: No, not that one. That's my dojo.
Robin: You have a dojo?
Lily: I took an introductory karate class.
[flashback to Lily arriving in a karate class full of children:]
Lily: Oops, wrong room. Where do the grown-ups go for the real karate class?
Seven-year-old Clint Eastwood: What's the matter, lady? You scared?
Lily: Of you? Please. I'm a kindergarten teacher.
Seven-year-old Clint Eastwood: I hated kindergarten. All three times. [karate yell]

Quote from Robin

Robin: Lily, this is a number that you will never dial again.
Lily: I might.
Robin: No, no. But you keep it in your phone because it reminds you of a version of yourself that you could be, even if it's a version of yourself that you'll never become. And that's okay.
Lily: No, it's not. Okay, you know what? There, gone. Your move, Scherbatsky.

Quote from Ted

Robin: So at any point in this did you say, "Barney, I know what you're doing, and it's not going to work. I am not taking that job"?
Ted: Well, I mean, not exactly in those...
Lily: You're loving this.
Ted: No.
Lily: You are. You're loving the attention.
Ted: It's nice to be wanted, okay? And, yes, this is a new vest. Thank you all for noticing. Oh, that's right, you didn't. Barney did!

Quote from Robin

Robin: Oh, Teddy, you are so going to spread your legs and design that building.
Ted: I am not that kind of architect.

Quote from Marshall

Robin: You guys played one gig four years ago. I'm deleting it.
Marshall: No, no, we're gonna... We're gonna play another gig again. Probably really soon. It's just we all got
super busy, and... We're not going to play another gig again, are we?
Lily: Probably not, baby.
Robin: See, it's hard to hit that delete button, isn't it?
Marshall: Well, it's just that without that number in my phone, I'm just a corporate lawyer working 60 very un-funky hours a week.

Quote from Ted

Ted: Barney, I gotta tell you something.
Barney: Oh, that reminds me. I got you a little airplane. It represents the spirit of adventure. Do you like it, Ted? Do you?
Ted: Stop it. Stop looking at me like I'm the only person in the world who matters. I'm not designing the GNB Tower.
Barney: Yeah, I know. You turned it down. We hired someone else.
Ted: Oh. Oh.
[later, Ted talks to Marshall at MacLaren's:]
Ted: Can you believe it? He's resorting to the oldest move in the book. The classic, "pretend to take the offer off the table so I'll want it more." It's so obvious, right? As if that's going to make me be like, "Oh, God, I never should have said no."
Marshall: It's not a move, dude. I executed the paperwork for the new architect this morning. Barney wasn't lying.
Ted: Oh, God, I never should have said no!

Quote from Barney

Ted: Come on, GNB didn't really hire a new architect. This is just one of Barney's moves.
Marshall: It's not a move, dude. The senior partners were getting impatient. I thought you didn't even want the job.
Ted: I didn't! I don't! I don't. I don't.
[later, Ted interrupts Marshall and Barney in his office:]
Ted: Okay, I'll do it!
Barney: What? Ted, it's too late.
Ted: I'll design it for half of what you're paying the other architect. And you know I will do stuff they would never do. Lobby stuff.
Barney: Wow, half? Ted, of behalf of Goliath National Bank...
Marshall: Okay, it's a move.
Ted: What?
Barney: Dude!
Marshall: There is no other architect. I'm sorry, I'm sorry I lied. I was being Barney's wingman, and I never get to be the wingman.

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