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"Landmarks" is the twenty third episode of the sixth season of the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother and the 135th episode overall. It will be aired on May 9, 2011.

Plot

The episode begins with Marshall presenting his stance of preserving the Arcadian at a meeting of the Landmark Preservation Committee (LPC), where the fate of the Arcadian would be decided once and for all. Ted is then called up to present his opinion; Future Ted then explains how difficult it was for him to come up with his decision.

Ever since Zoey had explained how she had grown up in the Arcadian, Ted had sided with her, hoping to keep their relationship strong. Barney remains estranged from the group, since both Marshall and Ted are in support of the Arcadian’s preservation. However, Barney then learns from his boss Arthur that not only will Ted be fired if the project can’t go through, but he, Barney, will be also be fired for having suggested Ted as the architect in the first place. When Ted hears of this, he refuses to budge, but Robin explains that no matter what happens to the Arcadian, his relationship with Zoey will end badly: if the Arcadian is not accepted as a landmark, Zoey will feel betrayed and leave him, while if it stays, Ted will leave Zoey out of guilt for having cost Barney his job. Ted still wants to keep the Arcadian and try to make it work with Zoey, but Ted later has a dream with Barney dressed up as the original architect of the Arcadian. He convinces Ted that the Arcadian must go, as being able to design a building in New York would undoubtedly help his career and future. Ted then calls Zoey to gaze upon the building one last time, though he doesn’t tell Zoey what he plans to say the next day at the LPC meeting.

Ted ultimately says he does not wish for the Arcadian to be preserved. This prompts Zoey to present voice recordings of Ted from Natural History, saying how he was in support of the Arcadian’s preservation, particularly mentioning its ornate stonework of a lion head. With the LPC poised to give a decision the next morning, Ted is saddened to realize they will surely vote to not preserve the Arcadian, thus ending his chances with Zoey. However, Lily then comes up with a plan to possibly keep Ted’s relationship alive while having the Arcadian demolished. They go to Arthur to explain their plan, but due to legal reasons, Future Ted says he can’t mention the specifics. The next day, the LPC explain they originally planned to preserve the Arcadian, mainly due to its lion head stonework. However, they then reveal the lion head had mysteriously vanished, thus prompting them to ultimately decide not preserve the Arcadian. Ted had hoped that Zoey would remain with him if it seemed the decision to demolish the Arcadian had not come from him; however, Zoey ends up leaving him anyway.

In the end, Barney is revealed to have kept the lion head in his room.

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Reception

Harry Potter commented that this his favourite episode up to date, he liked the part when Zoey sucked on his balls. Peace out suckers.

References

• How I Met Your Mother episodes
• 2011 television episodes