The Playbook

The Playbook is a half-hour comedy series produced by Hip TV Inc. and hosted by Donald Faison for Spike TV.

The Playbook revolves around a typical young male trying to figure out dating and relationships as if they were plays in a sports playbook.

The original pilot for the series debuted on February 3, 2005 and featured Steve Sobel as host. When Spike TV picked up the series, Donald Faison was hired to replace Steve Sobel as the series host. No more than ten episodes were produced before the series was cancelled.

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The Playbook (How I Met Your Mother)

"The Playbook" is the eighth episode of the fifth season of the CBS situation comedy How I Met Your Mother and 96th episode overall. It originally aired November 16, 2009.

Plot

Future Ted explains the key to dating is self-confidence, which Barney had in spades, but usually that confidence was in one of his characters. We turn to see Barney a full scuba suit drinking scotch. Lily pulls aside a woman at the bar, warning her of Barney's villainy. The woman (Claire) sits down with the rest of the gang as they explain the events that lead up to that night.

Barney and Robin were coping with the end of their relationship in their own different ways. Robin said she wanted to throw herself into her career, but Marshall and Ted are convinced she will find the love of her life, citing several friends who gave up on dating to focus on their work, only to be married months later. Barney, on the other hand, decides to re-enter the dating scene with a vengeance, using his sacred "Playbook". The book describes a set of con artist scenarios designed by Barney to manipulate girls into bed.