Two con-artists have spent 26 years training their daughter to be like them, but during a desperate heist, they convince a stranger to join their next scam.
After a family goes to the movies, their son falls in love with everything about movies and begins to create films at home documenting everything he can.
After Robin insinuates that Ted's job is boring, Barney takes it upon himself to prove that she is wrong and urges Ted to use his occupational title as a pickup
Barney feels that his bachelorhood is in danger when Lily moves in and their relationship goes to the next level; Marshall spends quality time with another man.
Barney may have to live with the fact that all of his friends have gotten married when his gay, black brother James, joins him as his number one wingman.
When Lily tries to ruin the gang's Christmas plans, it is up to Ted to patch things up with her before Marshall gets home and finds out what she has done.
The gang shares the stories of their first sexual experiences after learning that Robin is trying to talk her younger sister out of losing her virginity.
Sandy begins cooking and cleaning obsessively, causing Charlie to warn Alan that his girlfriend is a "nester"; Sandy becomes a lunatic during Christmastime.
Charlie plans a romantic date for Mia, hoping to consummate their relationship; Alan takes full advantage of an opportunity when sultry Kandi shows up.
Charlie and Mia's lifestyles clash when Charlie is forced to conceal his drinking and smoking from her as she attempts to makeover his unhealthy habits.
Alan is elated to be dating a 22-year-old babe, but he doesn't want her attending Jake's birthday party; Jake mistakes Alan's "performance" pills for vitamins.
Charlie is annoyed to find that Kandi has been living in his house for some time without him knowing, but is even more distraught by his own sexual dry spell.